Highest Paid Programming Languages in the UK

Discover the top paying programming languages in the UK. This data is based on all the advertised programming job listings in the UK between January 2023 and January 2024.

The Highest Paying Programming Languages in the UK

In the fast-paced world of technology, programming languages are the backbone of the digital age, offering exciting career opportunities and competitive salaries. If you're eager to explore the UK's programming job market and discover the top earners among programming languages, you've come to the right place. These tables delve into…

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Language	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Bash	142	£93,040.48	£105,570.83	£118,101.19
Rust	12	£80,833.33	£93,750.00	£106,666.67
TypeScript	1,802	£80,779.20	£92,508.19	£104,234.66
Go	394	£80,302.56	£90,841.03	£101,379.17
Kotlin	326	£72,783.01	£85,760.90	£98,739.42
Python	6,335	£76,211.09	£85,676.41	£95,140.32
Scala	211	£70,390.45	£81,999.55	£93,607.73
C++	1,423	£71,238.98	£81,014.41	£90,787.92
Perl	26	£63,181.82	£77,659.09	£92,136.36
Java	13,330	£66,787.01	£75,214.17	£83,639.37
Ruby	380	£66,243.15	£74,594.94	£82,947.32
PowerShell	300	£64,616.80	£70,767.58	£76,917.97
Elixir	1	£65,000.00	£70,000.00	£75,000.00
Scheme	36	£65,941.67	£68,361.11	£70,777.78
JavaScript	3,732	£58,847.92	£66,168.13	£73,485.63
C#	7,676	£58,280.40	£64,703.60	£71,124.40
Swift	144	£57,369.15	£63,406.38	£69,444.15
F#	4	£50,000.00	£62,500.00	£75,000.00
Haskell	10	£54,375.00	£61,562.50	£68,750.00
SQL	8,655	£53,376.94	£58,415.31	£63,455.04
PHP	2,269	£47,593.54	£53,076.67	£58,557.71
MATLAB	4	£44,250.00	£47,125.00	£50,000.00
Assembly	2	£33,100.00	£37,550.00	£42,000.00
Dart	2	£28,000.00	£29,000.00	£30,000.00
Elm	183	£22,196.00	£22,776.00	£23,354.00

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Language	Total Jobs	Average Low	Average 🔽	Average High
Haskell	2	£625.00	£675.00	£725.00
Kotlin	124	£600.40	£633.64	£665.31
Scala	237	£578.23	£609.84	£640.26
Bash	35	£557.23	£599.51	£639.28
Python	1,925	£551.33	£584.32	£617.31
Swift	120	£531.87	£582.48	£633.26
Go	233	£540.71	£576.57	£609.87
Perl	6	£518.75	£575.00	£643.75
Rust	10	£542.50	£571.25	£600.00
C++	266	£525.42	£568.00	£605.52
Elixir	9	£491.07	£566.96	£641.07
MATLAB	10	£534.38	£553.13	£568.75
TypeScript	319	£517.82	£552.47	£585.74
Java	3,712	£522.29	£549.86	£579.90
C#	1,290	£516.26	£546.15	£576.75
JavaScript	770	£505.78	£537.53	£568.40
Ruby	123	£502.05	£534.54	£563.85
PowerShell	181	£475.92	£519.14	£560.77
SQL	1,921	£477.87	£507.64	£536.83
F#	2	£475.00	£500.00	£525.00
Cobol	20	£437.50	£449.58	£457.92
PHP	388	£417.83	£443.06	£464.42
LINQ	2	£400.00	£437.50	£462.50
Dart	2	£387.50	£425.00	£437.50
Crystal	3	£356.25	£362.50	£368.75