5 Highest Paying Programming Languages in India

3. Swift

Average Annual Salary: $25,230

Swift, developed by Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the open-source community, is a high-level, multi-paradigm programming language compiled to machine code via LLVM. Released in 2014, it enhances Objective-C concepts for safer coding. Swift supports protocol-oriented programming and underwent major evolution up to version 3.0. Open-sourced in 2015, it surpassed Objective-C in popularity by 2018. Swift 5, introduced in 2019, established a stable binary interface. Version 5.1, in 2019, brought module stability. Swift 5.5, announced in 2021, focused on concurrency and an actor model. The latest release, Swift 5.9 (September 2023), introduced a macro system, generic parameter packs, and ownership features.