Building skills in technologies that have a higher demand can programmers earn a great number of salaries. Developers need to know what technologies have a higher demand in the industry and build skills in those technologies.

Stack Overflow's recent survey collected developers' median salaries worldwide. The platform covered those salaries to USD and calculated the global median salaries. Here are the top programming language skills that offer higher pay packages to developers.

1. Scala
The programming language developed by German computer scientist is a popular alternative to Java. Developers use the language to make their business applications more productive, scalable, and reliable. Scala developers are paid a global median salary of $76,000 (Rs 57.59 lakh) per annum.

2. Go
Google-created programming language has become popular for its simple syntax. Go developers have a great demand in the tech industry. It is also among the fastest-growing programming languages as per GitHub's list. Go developers are paid a median average salary of $74,000 (approx Rs 56.07 lakh) per annum.

3. Objective-C
The C-based programming language is used to create apps and software for Apple ecosystem. While Apple has switched to Swift as an official language, you can still use Objective-C for development. The developers are paid a median salary of $64000 (approx Rs 48.49 lakh) per annum.

4. Kotlin
The JetBrains-developed programming language is used to build native mobile applications for Android. Kotlin developers have a great demand in the industry. It works similar to the older alternative Java. Kotlin developers are paid a global median salary of $54,000 (approx Rs 40.92 lakh).

5. Perl
The 30-year old programming language still has a great demand today. It is used for rapid prototyping, large scale projects, text manipulation, web development, and network programming. The developers with Perl skills are paid an average salary of $76,000 (approx Rs 57.59 lakh).