Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	30	-11	£61,418	-5.51%	207 5.74%	131
SQL	32	-20	£57,500	+4.54%	194 5.38%	132
C#	49	-13	£65,000	+9.24%	124 3.44%	71
JavaScript	50	-29	£58,750	-2.08%	123 3.41%	73
Java	54	-23	£70,000	+7.69%	111 3.08%	62
TypeScript	70	-22	£70,000	+7.69%	81 2.25%	67
PHP	110	-28	£50,000	-4.76%	36 1.00%	13
PowerShell	113	-10	£55,000	-8.33%	33 0.91%	14
Go	130	-22	£95,000	+46.15%	16 0.44%	16
C++	131	-35	£57,500	-4.16%	15 0.42%	25
R	132	+3	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.39%	13
C	134	-16	£46,500	-27.05%	12 0.33%	11
Bicep	135	+1	£62,500	-7.40%	11 0.30%	6
Bash	136	-10	£52,500	-23.35%	10 0.28%	11
Kotlin	136	-2	£62,500	+2.04%	10 0.28%	14
Embedded C	140	+4	£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	-4	£85,000	+54.54%	5 0.14%	2
T-SQL	142	-8	£52,500	-	4 0.11%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	142	-3	£57,500	+24.32%	4 0.11%	2
Swift	142	0	£73,750	+9.25%	4 0.11%	7
Scala	142	-3	£82,500	+50.00%	4 0.11%	9
Apex Code	143	-5	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.083%	2
Ladder Logic	143	-	£47,500	-	3 0.083%	1
Erlang	143	+1	£60,000	-	3 0.083%	1
VBA	143	-2	£54,000	+0.46%	3 0.083%	8
VB	143	-5	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.083%	2
Delphi	143	+1	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.083%	1
Groovy	144	-	£57,500	-	2 0.055%
PL/SQL	145	-16	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.028%	4
VB.NET	145	-3	£41,500	-15.30%	1 0.028%	1
Shell Script	145	-13	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.028%	1
MATLAB	145	-	-	-	1 0.028%	2
Ruby	145	-7	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.028%	5
SPARQL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%
SHACL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%
Kusto Query Language	145	-4	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.028%	1