Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	31	-11	£62,823	-3.34%	230 5.69%	130
SQL	35	-23	£60,000	+9.09%	202 4.99%	134
Java	49	-12	£70,000	+3.70%	141 3.49%	66
JavaScript	52	-34	£60,000	-4.00%	131 3.24%	72
C#	53	-13	£65,000	+8.33%	129 3.19%	55
TypeScript	69	-26	£70,000	+3.70%	89 2.20%	52
PHP	113	-21	£50,000	-9.09%	39 0.96%	8
PowerShell	120	-6	£57,500	-2.12%	32 0.79%	12
Go	135	-22	£90,000	+20.00%	17 0.42%	11
C++	136	-25	£57,500	+2.22%	16 0.40%	20
Kotlin	138	+3	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.35%	4
R	138	+4	£30,500	-44.54%	14 0.35%	10
C	140	-16	£46,500	-19.13%	12 0.30%	9
Bicep	143	0	£62,647	-5.43%	9 0.22%	4
Swift	145	+4	£77,500	+12.72%	7 0.17%	3
Bash	146	-12	£43,750	-39.22%	6 0.15%	12
VBA	146	+1	£45,000	-16.27%	6 0.15%	2
Embedded C	146	+4	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.15%	2
Embedded C++	146	-	£46,500	-	6 0.15%	1
T-SQL	146	-4	£52,500	+5.00%	6 0.15%	8
ANSI SQL	147	-	£67,500	-	5 0.12%
Data Analysis Expressions	147	-3	£57,500	+35.29%	5 0.12%	11
Scala	148	-2	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.099%	6
PL/SQL	148	-16	£47,500	+6.74%	4 0.099%	2
Ladder Logic	148	-	£47,500	-	4 0.099%	2
VB	149	-4	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.074%	2
Delphi	149	0	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.074%	1
Erlang	149	+1	£60,000	-	3 0.074%
Groovy	151	-	£57,500	-	1 0.025%	1
SPARQL	151	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Apex Code	151	-4	£75,000	+27.11%	1 0.025%	3
SHACL	151	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Rust	151	-7	£85,000	+54.54%	1 0.025%	2
Shell Script	151	-17	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.025%	3
MATLAB	151	-	-	-	1 0.025%	1
Ruby	151	-6	£75,000	+25.00%	1 0.025%	2
VB.NET	151	-2	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.025%	1
Kusto Query Language	151	-4	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.025%	1