Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	27	Down -12 places-12	£65,000	-3.70%	319 5.94%	157
SQL	35	Down -19 places-19	£58,843	+2.33%	263 4.90%	138
Java	48	Down -29 places-29	£70,000	-12.50%	176 3.28%	60
JavaScript	58	Down -45 places-45	£60,000	-7.69%	130 2.42%	52
C#	60	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	+8.33%	126 2.35%	51
TypeScript	84	Down -41 places-41	£70,000	-	88 1.64%	32
PHP	118	Down -20 places-20	£48,750	-11.36%	50 0.93%	6
PowerShell	125	Down -16 places-16	£55,000	-	43 0.80%	14
C++	134	Down -75 places-75	£59,500	+8.18%	34 0.63%	29
Go	149	Down -91 places-91	£90,000	+18.03%	19 0.35%	12
Bash	149	Down -14 places-14	£61,250	-14.91%	19 0.35%	17
Kotlin	154	Down -9 places-9	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.26%	4
C	155	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	+9.09%	13 0.24%	18
Bicep	155	Down -7 places-7	£62,543	-7.34%	13 0.24%	6
R	156	Down -9 places-9	£30,500	-46.95%	12 0.22%	9
VBA	158	Down -8 places-8	£45,000	-16.27%	10 0.19%	1
T-SQL	160	Down -19 places-19	£47,500	-2.56%	8 0.15%	8
Swift	160	Down -8 places-8	£77,500	-	8 0.15%	1
Embedded C	164	Down -12 places-12	£46,500	+16.25%	4 0.075%	3
Embedded C++	164	New entry-	£46,500	-	4 0.075%
Scala	164	Down -17 places-17	£82,500	+4.76%	4 0.075%	8
Data Analysis Expressions	165	Down -19 places-19	£40,000	-20.00%	3 0.056%	11
PL/SQL	165	Down -26 places-26	-	-	3 0.056%	1
VB	165	Down -17 places-17	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.056%	1
ANSI SQL	165	New entry-	£72,500	-	3 0.056%
COBOL	166	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.037%
SOQL	166	New entry-	£71,250	-	2 0.037%	1
Apex Code	166	Down -15 places-15	£71,250	+20.76%	2 0.037%	1
Ladder Logic	166	New entry-	£53,750	-	2 0.037%