Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	30	-11	£63,000	-3.07%	236 5.65%	141
SQL	37	-24	£60,000	+9.09%	204 4.89%	148
Java	50	-16	£70,000	+3.70%	148 3.54%	79
JavaScript	53	-34	£60,000	-4.00%	134 3.21%	76
C#	55	-12	£65,000	+8.33%	126 3.02%	53
TypeScript	70	-28	£70,000	+3.70%	88 2.11%	50
PHP	106	-15	£50,000	-9.09%	45 1.08%	6
PowerShell	120	-14	£55,000	-6.38%	31 0.74%	17
C++	132	-24	£57,500	+4.54%	19 0.46%	28
Go	133	-26	£90,000	+20.00%	18 0.43%	12
Kotlin	136	-1	£65,000	+26.82%	15 0.36%	5
R	137	-1	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.34%	9
C	139	-23	£53,250	-7.39%	12 0.29%	14
Bicep	142	-7	£62,647	-5.43%	9 0.22%	5
Swift	143	-2	£77,500	+12.72%	8 0.19%	2
VBA	144	-5	£45,000	-16.27%	7 0.17%	3
T-SQL	145	-10	£52,500	+7.69%	6 0.14%	5
Bash	145	-19	£43,750	-39.22%	6 0.14%	12
Embedded C	146	-4	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.12%	3
Embedded C++	146	-	£46,500	-	5 0.12%	1
Data Analysis Expressions	147	-11	£48,750	+14.70%	4 0.096%	12
PL/SQL	147	-22	£47,500	+6.74%	4 0.096%	2
ANSI SQL	147	-	£67,500	-	4 0.096%
Scala	147	-9	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.096%	9
Ladder Logic	147	-	£47,500	-	4 0.096%	3
Delphi	148	-7	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.072%	1
VB	148	-11	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.072%	2
Erlang	148	-6	£60,000	-	3 0.072%
Kusto Query Language	150	-11	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.024%	1
Ruby	150	-13	£75,000	+25.00%	1 0.024%	2
COBOL	150	-	£55,000	-	1 0.024%	2
VB.NET	150	-9	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.024%	2
Shell Script	150	-25	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.024%	3
MATLAB	150	-	-	-	1 0.024%	2
Groovy	150	-	£57,500	-	1 0.024%	3
SPARQL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
SHACL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%