Programming Language Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	25	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-7.69%	133 5.72%	108
SQL	28	Down -3 places-3	£52,500	-16.00%	128 5.51%	93
Java	39	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	+40.74%	95 4.09%	43
JavaScript	56	Down -21 places-21	£55,000	-10.20%	63 2.71%	75
C#	70	Down -38 places-38	£51,810	-20.29%	47 2.02%	48
TypeScript	85	Down -32 places-32	£57,500	-16.05%	32 1.38%	31
Ruby	90	New entry-	£72,500	-	27 1.16%	16
PowerShell	90	Down -33 places-33	£53,000	-3.63%	27 1.16%	12
C++	105	Down -64 places-64	£44,000	-32.30%	12 0.52%	16
PHP	106	Down -45 places-45	£35,000	-36.36%	11 0.47%	16
Scala	108	New entry-	£63,500	-	9 0.39%	4
Bash	109	Down -47 places-47	£60,000	+4.34%	8 0.34%	10
C	110	Down -66 places-66	£44,000	-32.30%	7 0.30%	8
COBOL	111	New entry-	£80,000	-	6 0.26%
Bicep	113	New entry-	£75,000	-	4 0.17%	2
MATLAB	114	Down -55 places-55	£55,000	-10.56%	3 0.13%	1
R	114	Down -52 places-52	£39,511	-43.55%	3 0.13%	7
Embedded C	114	New entry-	£44,000	-	3 0.13%	2
Go	114	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.13%	15
Kotlin	115	New entry-	£66,000	-	2 0.086%	7
Natural	116	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.043%
XAML	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%	2
Dart	116	New entry-	£71,500	-	1 0.043%
PL/SQL	116	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.043%	1
Google Apps Script	116	New entry-	-	-	1 0.043%