Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	29	-11	£62,823	-3.34%	241 5.72%	144
SQL	35	-23	£60,000	+9.09%	207 4.91%	153
Java	48	-12	£70,000	+3.70%	148 3.51%	80
JavaScript	51	-32	£60,000	-5.88%	137 3.25%	74
C#	54	-9	£65,000	+8.33%	125 2.96%	57
TypeScript	69	-25	£70,000	+3.70%	88 2.09%	52
PHP	108	-15	£50,000	-9.09%	46 1.09%	7
PowerShell	123	-15	£55,000	-4.34%	31 0.74%	19
C++	135	-23	£57,500	+4.54%	19 0.45%	27
Go	136	-26	£90,000	+20.00%	18 0.43%	10
Kotlin	139	-1	£65,000	+26.82%	15 0.36%	5
R	140	-1	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.33%	10
C	142	-22	£53,250	-3.18%	12 0.28%	12
Bicep	145	-6	£62,647	-5.43%	9 0.21%	5
Swift	146	-2	£77,500	+12.72%	8 0.19%	2
VBA	147	-5	£45,000	-16.27%	7 0.17%	4
Bash	147	-19	£47,500	-34.01%	7 0.17%	13
T-SQL	148	-10	£52,500	+7.69%	6 0.14%	5
Embedded C	149	-4	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.12%	2
Embedded C++	149	-	£46,500	-	5 0.12%
ANSI SQL	150	-	£67,500	-	4 0.095%
Scala	150	-8	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.095%	8
Ladder Logic	150	-	£47,500	-	4 0.095%	3
Data Analysis Expressions	150	-11	£48,750	+14.70%	4 0.095%	11
Delphi	151	-7	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.071%	1
PL/SQL	151	-23	-	-	3 0.071%	2
VB	151	-11	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.071%	2
Erlang	151	-	£60,000	-	3 0.071%
COBOL	153	-	£55,000	-	1 0.024%	1
VB.NET	153	-9	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.024%	2
Shell Script	153	-26	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.024%	3
MATLAB	153	-	-	-	1 0.024%	2
Groovy	153	-	£57,500	-	1 0.024%	3
SPARQL	153	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
SHACL	153	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
Kusto Query Language	153	-11	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.024%	1
Ruby	153	-13	£75,000	+25.00%	1 0.024%	2