Programming Language Statistics

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 3 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	27	Down 10 places-10	£70,000	-	3,170 4.65%	9,714
SQL	35	Down 22 places-22	£60,000	+14.28%	2,909 4.27%	5,626
Java	59	Up 19 places+19	£70,000	-6.66%	1,828 2.68%	3,168
C#	75	Up 1 place+1	£67,500	+12.50%	1,454 2.13%	2,088
JavaScript	114	Down 55 places-55	£60,000	+4.34%	1,000 1.47%	1,571
C++	145	Up 47 places+47	£67,500	+12.50%	844 1.24%	2,349
TypeScript	147	Down 26 places-26	£69,305	-7.59%	840 1.23%	2,360
PowerShell	172	Down 74 places-74	£57,750	+0.43%	713 1.05%	1,401
C	269	Down 4 places-4	£60,000	+9.09%	433 0.63%	1,395
Bash	321	Down 85 places-85	£65,000	-5.45%	342 0.50%	970
Go	337	Down 4 places-4	£85,000	-5.55%	314 0.46%	970
Kotlin	421	Down 44 places-44	£70,000	-12.50%	207 0.30%	450
Rust	436	Down 54 places-54	£74,000	-32.72%	189 0.28%	669
MATLAB	448	Down 29 places-29	£54,250	-15.23%	176 0.26%	536
PHP	450	Down 156 places-156	£58,179	+22.48%	173 0.25%	462
R	471	Down 147 places-147	£90,000	+195.08%	150 0.22%	431
Data Analysis Expressions	481	Down 105 places-105	£60,000	-	140 0.21%	178
Bicep	488	Down 122 places-122	£77,500	+26.59%	133 0.20%	291
T-SQL	500	Down 167 places-167	£65,000	+30.00%	121 0.18%	208
Ruby	509	Down 87 places-87	£55,000	-26.66%	112 0.16%	272
Scala	511	Down 120 places-120	£75,000	-	110 0.16%	305
Shell Script	522	Down 129 places-129	£64,043	+16.44%	99 0.15%	221
Embedded C	528	Down 96 places-96	£57,500	+4.54%	93 0.14%	194
Assembly Language	559	Down 103 places-103	£30,000	-	62 0.091%	126
PL/SQL	562	Down 198 places-198	£62,500	+22.54%	59 0.087%	116
Ladder Logic	564	Down 116 places-116	£45,000	-5.26%	57 0.084%	37
Kusto Query Language	565	Down 125 places-125	£62,500	+13.63%	56 0.082%	108
Apex Code	569	Down 168 places-168	£80,000	+10.34%	52 0.076%	184
VBA	572	Down 191 places-191	£62,500	+19.04%	49 0.072%	97
Embedded C++	578	Down 139 places-139	£65,000	+39.78%	43 0.063%	97
ABAP	583	Down 151 places-151	£58,541	-16.37%	38 0.056%	78
Perl	584	Down 171 places-171	£80,000	+37.93%	37 0.054%	151
VB.NET	585	Down 147 places-147	£45,000	-10.00%	36 0.053%	59
SOQL	588	Down 145 places-145	£80,000	-17.94%	33 0.048%	42
VB	588	Down 142 places-142	£40,000	-7.15%	33 0.048%	73
JCL	591	Down 136 places-136	£70,000	-20.00%	30 0.044%	25
Ada	593	Down 145 places-145	£55,000	-0.89%	28 0.041%	67
COBOL	595	Down 141 places-141	£54,250	-20.49%	26 0.038%	21
RPG	598	Down 148 places-148	£65,000	-4.76%	23 0.034%	52
SystemVerilog	598	Down 143 places-143	£67,500	+3.84%	23 0.034%	253
Swift	599	Down 172 places-172	£60,000	-11.11%	22 0.032%	170
Groovy	600	Down 158 places-158	£60,000	-40.00%	21 0.031%	59
Delphi	605	Down 184 places-184	£75,000	+35.86%	16 0.024%	6
Tcl	605	Down 155 places-155	£60,625	+27.63%	16 0.024%	105