This article analyzes data from 5,508 software engineering jobs to help you find out which programming languages have the highest salaries.
With a wide variety of jobs, software engineers are simply “spoiled”. Almost every industry needs some level of programmers, from web development to righteous hackers…. This diversity means that there are huge differences in salary and talent availability between different programming languages.
We analyzed data from more than 5,000 jobs on RemoteOK, one of the world’s largest job search sites, to find the programming languages with the highest and lowest salaries.
Which programming languages have the highest salaries in 2022
When looking for programming language-related jobs, it is necessary to compare the salaries offered by employers to the average salary levels across the industry.
Are employers offering salaries that are higher or lower than the industry average?
The following are the highest paying programming languages:
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Swift: Median $116,000 (30 jobs)
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Python: Median $105,000 (227 jobs)
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Golang: Median $100,000 (412 jobs)
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C++: Average annual salary of $100,000 (61 jobs)
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Java: Average salary of $95,000 (134 jobs)
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Ruby: Median $95,000 (474 jobs)
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Rust: Median $88,000 (13 jobs)
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SQL: Median $85,000 (147 jobs)
From the analysis results, Swift has the greatest earning potential, with a median salary of about $116,000 and an annual income of more than $170,000 (about 1.15 million RMB).
Swift was also voted the “most popular” programming language in a 2015 Stack Overflow survey.
Swift is generally used to develop iOS and macOS applications, but there are fewer and declining jobs. With only 30 Swift jobs in the data we analyzed, competition is fierce!
If you’re considering a less competitive programming language, you might want to consider Python or Ruby. Ruby offers the most job opportunities while offering programmers a stable median salary.
However, the 2021 Stack Overflow Developer Survey provides slightly different numbers:
According to Stack Overflow, the highest paying programming languages are:
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Clojure
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F#
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Elixir
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Erlang
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Perl
These are relatively niche programming languages with few job opportunities – a trade-off between niche programming languages and salary.
Which programming languages have the lowest salaries in 2022
Now look at the other extreme – which programming languages have the lowest salaries.
Here is the list sorted by 2022 data:
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HTML: $70,000 (48 jobs)
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PHP: $75,000 (160 jobs)
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TypeScript: $80K (118 jobs)
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JavaScript: $81,000 (436 jobs)
Generally speaking, software development roles with lower salaries tend to be front-end developers. This is determined by market supply and demand, that is, there are more front-end developers than back-end developers. Often, programmers learn web development before learning back-end development and architecture.
The number of front-end and back-end developers can also be seen from the data published by Indeed:
Aside from the front end, PHP developers are also generally paid relatively low salaries.
You need to make a trade-off between what you earn and what you like to do. PHP and HTML have the lowest salaries, usually only $50,000.
While this may be enough for some, many programmers opt for more lucrative programming languages in order to maximize the benefits of their skills.
Which programming languages will increase in demand in 2022
Salary and job openings aren’t the only way to analyze the state of the programming job market. We can also take a look at which programming languages are in greatest demand. For example, we can look at the year-over-year growth in the number of jobs in a particular programming language.
Here are two rising stars:
TypeScript (391% increase):
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2020: 33 jobs
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2021: 162 jobs
SQL (158% increase):
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2020: 57 jobs
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2021: 147 jobs
The fastest growing programming languages are SQL and TypeScript. Both are fairly safe choices when considering a future sustainable programming language.
When considering the number of monthly active users, the fastest growing programming languages are JavaScript, Python and Java:
Which programming languages are in decreasing demand in 2022
There are some programming languages that are increasing in demand and others that are decreasing in demand.
While demand for programming languages may eventually recover, it’s best not to put too much faith in programming languages that are currently on a downward trend.
Here are two examples:
C++: (21% reduction)
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2020: 77 jobs
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2021: 61 jobs
Java: (17% decrease)
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2020: 162 jobs
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2021: 134 jobs
Programming languages such as C++ and Java are primarily aimed at enterprises, and their popularity has declined in recent years. However, despite the reduction in the number of these jobs, the salaries are still high (the two programming languages are in the top 5 earners).
These programming languages are slowly becoming a more niche skill. However, most of the world’s applications are still developed in C++ and Java, so the need for these programming languages isn’t going away anytime soon.
Which programming languages will be the most popular in 2022
We determine the popularity of a programming language not by the number of developers but by the number of related jobs. The job market is the best benchmark for measuring the popularity of a programming language.
Let’s take a look at the most popular programming languages in 2022:
657 jobs
$7 billion market value
426 jobs
$5.1 billion market value
390 jobs
$5.1 billion market value
232 jobs
$2.2 billion market value
$2.6 billion market value
$1.5 billion market value
$1.6 billion market value
$1.4 billion market value
If you’re looking for jobs in the most popular and highest paying programming languages in 2022, consider Python and Golang, which have a median $105,000.
When considering the number of monthly active users, the most popular programming languages are JavaScript, Python and Java:
Summarize
Well, that’s all for this article on the factors that may influence your decision on which programming language to learn.
Our advice is to choose the traditional software development career path, that is, don’t simply make the highest paying programming language your first choice. Learn the basics of front-end development before moving into the more advantageous back-end world.
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