Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	30	-9	£65,000	-3.70%	284 5.89%	129
SQL	39	-26	£60,000	+9.09%	241 5.00%	132
Java	53	-21	£70,000	-9.67%	161 3.34%	50
JavaScript	55	-38	£60,000	-7.69%	138 2.86%	69
C#	60	-18	£65,000	+9.24%	125 2.59%	63
TypeScript	81	-43	£70,000	+3.70%	90 1.87%	47
PHP	117	-26	£50,000	-9.09%	49 1.02%	9
PowerShell	125	-20	£55,000	-	41 0.85%	17
C++	144	-29	£58,250	+3.55%	22 0.46%	17
Go	148	-37	£90,000	+16.12%	18 0.37%	4
Kotlin	152	-16	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.29%	4
Bash	153	-26	£52,500	-28.56%	13 0.27%	13
R	153	-15	£30,500	-45.77%	13 0.27%	10
C	154	-24	£53,250	-3.18%	12 0.25%	13
Bicep	155	-16	£62,439	-5.75%	11 0.23%	4
VBA	157	-16	£45,000	-16.27%	9 0.19%	2
Swift	158	-15	£77,500	+12.72%	8 0.17%
Data Analysis Expressions	160	-22	£47,500	+11.76%	6 0.12%	10
T-SQL	160	-23	£52,500	+20.00%	6 0.12%	9
Embedded C	161	-17	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.10%	4
Embedded C++	161	-	£46,500	-	5 0.10%
Ladder Logic	162	-	£47,500	-	4 0.083%	1
Scala	163	-22	£90,000	+26.31%	3 0.062%	3
Delphi	163	-19	£60,000	+9.09%	3 0.062%	1
PL/SQL	163	-34	-	-	3 0.062%	2
VB	163	-24	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.062%	1
ANSI SQL	163	-	£72,500	-	3 0.062%
COBOL	164	-	£55,000	-	2 0.042%
SPARQL	165	-	£82,500	-	1 0.021%
Apex Code	165	-23	£67,500	+14.40%	1 0.021%	3
SHACL	165	-	£82,500	-	1 0.021%
VB.NET	165	-22	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.021%	1
SOQL	165	-	£67,500	-	1 0.021%	1
Shell Script	165	-30	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.021%	2
MATLAB	165	-	-	-	1 0.021%
Groovy	165	-21	£57,500	-17.85%	1 0.021%	2