Programming Language Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 23 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	13	Up 19 places+19	£57,500	+4.54%	257 7.98%	111
Python	34	Down -2 places-2	£60,000	-5.88%	168 5.21%	104
Java	53	Up 4 places+4	£66,000	+10.00%	106 3.29%	49
JavaScript	82	Down -49 places-49	£56,250	-10.00%	64 1.99%	33
TypeScript	98	Down -41 places-41	£58,750	+11.90%	46 1.43%	29
C#	101	Down -61 places-61	£51,619	+6.43%	43 1.33%	38
Ruby	105	New entry-	£55,810	-	39 1.21%	11
PowerShell	107	Down -57 places-57	£38,500	-30.00%	37 1.15%	23
C++	135	Down -88 places-88	£54,500	+3.80%	9 0.28%	12
Scala	135	New entry-	£63,500	-	9 0.28%	5
PHP	136	Down -72 places-72	£35,000	-36.36%	8 0.25%	11
Bicep	136	New entry-	£75,000	-	8 0.25%	7
Bash	136	Down -72 places-72	£60,000	-	8 0.25%	8
COBOL	138	New entry-	£80,000	-	6 0.19%
C	140	Down -88 places-88	£54,500	+3.80%	4 0.12%	13
PL/SQL	140	Down -74 places-74	£38,500	-23.00%	4 0.12%	1
Go	141	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.093%	8
R	142	Down -79 places-79	£40,000	-27.27%	2 0.062%	13
Kotlin	142	New entry-	£66,000	-	2 0.062%	5
Shell Script	142	New entry-	-	-	2 0.062%	4
Embedded C	143	Down -77 places-77	£44,000	-2.22%	1 0.031%	2
Google Apps Script	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%
Natural	143	New entry-	£31,000	-	1 0.031%
MATLAB	143	Down -80 places-80	-	-	1 0.031%	3
XAML	143	New entry-	-	-	1 0.031%	2
Dart	143	Down -77 places-77	£71,500	+104.28%	1 0.031%