Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	28	-10	£61,418	-5.51%	203 5.80%	137
SQL	30	-18	£57,500	+4.54%	196 5.60%	142
C#	46	-8	£65,000	+8.33%	129 3.69%	76
JavaScript	49	-29	£56,000	-6.66%	125 3.57%	75
Java	52	-16	£70,000	+7.69%	112 3.20%	71
TypeScript	67	-17	£70,000	+7.69%	77 2.20%	72
PHP	103	-22	£50,000	-4.76%	37 1.06%	17
PowerShell	105	-5	£55,000	-8.33%	35 1.00%	24
Go	124	-11	£95,000	+22.58%	16 0.46%	13
C++	124	-28	£57,500	-8.00%	16 0.46%	28
R	126	+9	£30,500	-46.95%	14 0.40%	11
C	127	-6	£46,500	-31.11%	13 0.37%	13
Bicep	129	+8	£62,500	-7.40%	11 0.31%	6
Bash	130	-1	£52,500	-27.07%	10 0.29%	13
Embedded C	133	+13	£46,500	+16.25%	7 0.20%	1
Embedded C++	133	-	£46,500	-	7 0.20%
Kotlin	133	+3	£57,500	-6.12%	7 0.20%	11
Rust	134	+5	£75,000	+36.36%	6 0.17%	1
Scala	134	+6	£80,000	+33.33%	6 0.17%	6
ANSI SQL	135	-	£67,500	-	5 0.14%
Data Analysis Expressions	136	+6	£57,500	+35.29%	4 0.11%	3
T-SQL	136	-1	£52,500	-	4 0.11%	6
VB	137	+2	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.086%
Erlang	137	+9	£60,000	-	3 0.086%	1
Delphi	137	+9	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.086%	1
Apex Code	137	+3	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.086%	1
Ladder Logic	137	-	£47,500	-	3 0.086%	1
Kusto Query Language	138	+5	£46,250	-7.50%	2 0.057%	3
Groovy	138	-	£57,500	-	2 0.057%
VBA	138	+5	£63,000	+17.20%	2 0.057%	7
PL/SQL	139	-9	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.029%	6
VB.NET	139	+4	£41,500	-15.30%	1 0.029%
Shell Script	139	-5	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.029%
MATLAB	139	-	-	-	1 0.029%	2
Ruby	139	0	£75,000	+15.38%	1 0.029%	3
SPARQL	139	-	£82,500	-	1 0.029%	1
Swift	139	+5	£65,000	-3.70%	1 0.029%	9
SHACL	139	-	£82,500	-	1 0.029%	1