Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	31	-13	£61,418	-5.51%	203 5.67%	133
SQL	32	-21	£57,500	+4.54%	194 5.42%	130
JavaScript	50	-30	£57,500	-4.16%	122 3.41%	74
C#	50	-14	£65,000	+8.33%	122 3.41%	72
Java	53	-21	£70,000	+7.69%	111 3.10%	58
TypeScript	73	-27	£70,000	+7.69%	78 2.18%	77
PHP	110	-31	£50,000	-4.76%	36 1.01%	16
PowerShell	113	-14	£55,000	-8.33%	33 0.92%	19
Go	130	-26	£95,000	+46.15%	16 0.45%	16
C++	131	-37	£57,500	-8.00%	15 0.42%	26
R	132	-1	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.39%	13
C	134	-19	£46,500	-31.11%	12 0.34%	10
Bicep	135	-3	£62,500	-7.40%	11 0.31%	6
Bash	136	-14	£52,500	-23.35%	10 0.28%	10
Kotlin	138	-8	£60,000	-2.04%	8 0.22%	16
Embedded C	140	0	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.17%	3
Embedded C++	140	-	£46,500	-	6 0.17%	1
ANSI SQL	141	-	£67,500	-	5 0.14%
Rust	141	-8	£85,000	+54.54%	5 0.14%	1
T-SQL	142	-12	£52,500	-	4 0.11%	4
Data Analysis Expressions	142	-7	£57,500	+24.32%	4 0.11%	2
Scala	142	-7	£82,500	+50.00%	4 0.11%	8
Apex Code	143	-9	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.084%	1
Ladder Logic	143	-	£47,500	-	3 0.084%	1
Swift	143	-5	£71,250	+5.55%	3 0.084%	8
Erlang	143	-3	£60,000	-	3 0.084%	1
VBA	143	-6	£54,000	+0.46%	3 0.084%	8
VB	143	-9	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.084%	1
Delphi	143	-3	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.084%	1
Groovy	144	-	£57,500	-	2 0.056%
PL/SQL	145	-20	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.028%	3
VB.NET	145	-7	£41,500	-15.30%	1 0.028%
Shell Script	145	-17	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.028%
MATLAB	145	-	-	-	1 0.028%	2
Ruby	145	-11	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.028%	3
SPARQL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%	1
SHACL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%	1
Kusto Query Language	145	-8	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.028%	2