Programming Language Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	23	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	-14.23%	126 5.89%	116
SQL	27	Down -2 places-2	£50,000	-23.07%	112 5.23%	94
Java	40	Up 9 places+9	£65,000	+36.29%	76 3.55%	27
JavaScript	59	Down -27 places-27	£55,000	-8.33%	52 2.43%	31
C#	70	Down -40 places-40	£51,619	-20.58%	41 1.92%	28
TypeScript	84	Down -34 places-34	£57,500	-3.76%	27 1.26%	24
PowerShell	85	Down -28 places-28	£53,085	-3.48%	26 1.21%	21
Ruby	93	Down -31 places-31	£72,500	+92.13%	18 0.84%	7
C++	99	Down -60 places-60	£44,000	-32.30%	12 0.56%	10
PHP	100	Down -42 places-42	£35,000	-36.36%	11 0.51%	2
Scala	102	New entry-	£63,500	-	9 0.42%	6
Bash	103	Down -42 places-42	£60,000	+4.34%	8 0.37%	3
C	104	Down -61 places-61	£44,000	-32.30%	7 0.33%	7
COBOL	107	New entry-	£80,000	-	4 0.19%
Bicep	108	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.14%	1
Embedded C	108	New entry-	£44,000	-	3 0.14%	4
MATLAB	108	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-	3 0.14%	1
R	108	Down -47 places-47	£39,511	-43.55%	3 0.14%	10
Go	109	New entry-	£75,000	-	2 0.093%	8
Kotlin	109	New entry-	£66,000	-	2 0.093%
Google Apps Script	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.047%
PL/SQL	110	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.047%	3
Dart	110	New entry-	£71,500	-	1 0.047%
Natural	110	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.047%
XAML	110	New entry-	-	-	1 0.047%