Programming Language Statistics in Wales

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	11	Up 13 places+13	£55,000	+2.32%	273 7.96%	32
Python	43	Down 14 places-14	£61,750	-8.51%	130 3.79%	41
Java	48	Up 11 places+11	£66,750	+8.97%	114 3.33%	8
C#	80	Down 38 places-38	£55,000	+13.40%	66 1.93%	16
JavaScript	82	Down 45 places-45	£55,000	-8.33%	64 1.87%	14
Ruby	98	Down 29 places-29	£60,000	-20.00%	46 1.34%	1
TypeScript	99	Down 36 places-36	£57,500	+10.04%	45 1.31%	8
PowerShell	116	Down 63 places-63	£35,000	-36.36%	27 0.79%	10
Bicep	133	New entry-	£68,750	-	10 0.29%	4
Scala	134	Down 65 places-65	£63,500	-15.33%	9 0.26%
Bash	134	Down 67 places-67	£65,000	+8.33%	9 0.26%	7
C++	134	Down 90 places-90	£50,000	-4.76%	9 0.26%	7
PHP	136	Down 70 places-70	£45,000	-18.18%	7 0.20%
Go	136	New entry-	£75,000	-	7 0.20%	1
COBOL	137	New entry-	£80,000	-	6 0.18%
Rust	139	Down 73 places-73	-	-	4 0.12%
PL/SQL	139	Down 71 places-71	£38,500	-23.00%	4 0.12%	1
C	140	Down 89 places-89	£50,000	-4.76%	3 0.088%	7
VB.NET	140	Down 73 places-73	£57,500	+38.55%	3 0.088%	7
Shell Script	141	New entry-	-	-	2 0.058%	3
Embedded C	141	Down 72 places-72	£50,000	+11.11%	2 0.058%	3
Embedded C++	141	Down 72 places-72	£50,000	+11.11%	2 0.058%	2
Data Analysis Expressions	141	Down 74 places-74	£50,000	-	2 0.058%	1
Natural	142	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.029%
Dart	142	Down 73 places-73	£77,500	+121.42%	1 0.029%	1
Kusto Query Language	142	New entry-	£47,500	-	1 0.029%	1
R	142	Down 80 places-80	-	-	1 0.029%	6
Kotlin	142	Down 73 places-73	£66,000	-12.00%	1 0.029%	2
Assembly Language	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%	3
Google Apps Script	142	New entry-	-	-	1 0.029%