German Language Contracts

German Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited German Language over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 420 483 592
Rank change year-on-year +63 +109 -58
Contract jobs citing German Language 166 212 260
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.36% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.62% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 64 74 99
10th Percentile £220 £180 £193
25th Percentile £354 £267 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £791 £600 £631
90th Percentile £950 £730 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £343 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -27.89% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 21 24
10th Percentile - £12.00 £10.30
25th Percentile - £14.25 £11.21
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £26.98 £16.00 £14.75
90th Percentile £34.03 £27.50 £28.12
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -8.77%

All General Skills
UK

German Language is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,035 33,973 49,462
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.06% 58.48% 56.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,784 23,569 34,307
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £769 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,040 1,416
10th Percentile £12.77 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.92 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%
75th Percentile £52.78 £61.25 £47.23
90th Percentile £65.35 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.70
% change year-on-year -1.72% +55.08% -4.10%

German Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing German Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Daily rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Hourly rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing German Language within the UK over the 6 months to 8 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +78 135 £600 +18.81% 226
Work from Home +78 66 £625 +25.00% 205
London +85 61 £625 +25.00% 103
UK excluding London +66 52 £343 -27.89% 137
East of England +8 16 £293 - 23
South East +1 14 £225 -56.73% 39
Midlands +35 11 £600 +200.00% 26
West Midlands +34 11 £600 -17.24% 24
North of England +30 6 £575 +9.52% 32
North West +25 6 £575 +9.52% 19
South West - 4 - - 18
Scotland +35 1 - - 9

German Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.41%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) JBoss
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.60%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (10.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (6.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (3.01%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.81%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.60%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle AGIS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.20%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.60%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.66%) Azure
2 14 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.42%) AWS
4 8 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (4.22%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.61%) SaaS
7 5 (3.01%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 5 (3.01%) Azure Service Bus
7 5 (3.01%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.41%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.60%) IaaS
10 1 (0.60%) OCI
10 1 (0.60%) PaaS
10 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.02%) Firewall
2 3 (1.81%) DHCP
2 3 (1.81%) DNS
2 3 (1.81%) HTTP
2 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.20%) VPN
4 1 (0.60%) BGP
4 1 (0.60%) Broadband
4 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.60%) Internet
4 1 (0.60%) Network Security
4 1 (0.60%) OSPF
4 1 (0.60%) RFID
4 1 (0.60%) VLAN
4 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.61%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.61%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.41%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (2.41%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.20%) Big Data
3 2 (1.20%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.20%) DB2
3 2 (1.20%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.20%) MySQL
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.60%) Power BI
4 1 (0.60%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.82%) Git
2 5 (3.01%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 64 (38.55%) Social Skills
2 37 (22.29%) Finance
3 36 (21.69%) French Language
4 32 (19.28%) Marketing
5 29 (17.47%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (11.45%) Presentation Skills
7 16 (9.64%) Spanish Language
8 12 (7.23%) Italian Language
9 8 (4.82%) Banking
9 8 (4.82%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.82%) Telecoms
10 7 (4.22%) Legal
11 6 (3.61%) Arabic Language
11 6 (3.61%) Dutch Language
11 6 (3.61%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.61%) Retail
12 5 (3.01%) Electronics
13 4 (2.41%) Automotive
13 4 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.81%) Japanese Language
Job Titles
1 30 (18.07%) Consultant
2 21 (12.65%) Analyst
3 15 (9.04%) Senior
4 14 (8.43%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.23%) Architect
6 10 (6.02%) Business Analyst
6 10 (6.02%) Business Consultant
7 7 (4.22%) Lead
7 7 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.61%) Strategy Consultant
9 5 (3.01%) Azure Architect
9 5 (3.01%) Security Consultant
10 4 (2.41%) Database Engineer
10 4 (2.41%) Marketing Manager
10 4 (2.41%) SAP Manager
10 4 (2.41%) SAP Project Manager
10 4 (2.41%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.41%) Senior Database Engineer
10 4 (2.41%) Senior Manager
11 3 (1.81%) Digital Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.01%) Node.js
2 4 (2.41%) Fastify
2 4 (2.41%) GraphQL
2 4 (2.41%) Next.js
2 4 (2.41%) React
3 3 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (1.81%) REST
4 2 (1.20%) BAPI
4 2 (1.20%) JSON
4 2 (1.20%) Kafka
4 2 (1.20%) Murex MxML
4 2 (1.20%) SAP ALE
4 2 (1.20%) SAP TM
4 2 (1.20%) SOAP
4 2 (1.20%) TIBCO EMS
4 2 (1.20%) XML
4 2 (1.20%) XSD
4 2 (1.20%) XSLT
5 1 (0.60%) HTML
5 1 (0.60%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.82%) Onboarding
1 8 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (4.22%) Digital Media
3 5 (3.01%) Cloud Native
3 5 (3.01%) Industry 4.0
3 5 (3.01%) IoT
3 5 (3.01%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.41%) Social Media
5 3 (1.81%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.20%) Clustering
6 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.60%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.43%) Windows
2 6 (3.61%) Linux
2 6 (3.61%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.81%) Unix
4 2 (1.20%) Android
4 2 (1.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.29%) Agile
2 30 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.46%) Migration
4 21 (12.65%) Project Management
5 17 (10.24%) Customer Service
6 15 (9.04%) Analytics
6 15 (9.04%) DevOps
7 14 (8.43%) Service Delivery
8 12 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (7.23%) Data Architecture
9 11 (6.63%) Digital Marketing
9 11 (6.63%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (6.63%) Use Case
10 10 (6.02%) Artificial Intelligence
10 10 (6.02%) Computer Science
10 10 (6.02%) Project Delivery
11 9 (5.42%) Business Strategy
11 9 (5.42%) Incident Management
11 9 (5.42%) Programme Management
11 9 (5.42%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.43%) SQL
2 4 (2.41%) Java
2 4 (2.41%) TypeScript
3 3 (1.81%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.81%) Python
4 2 (1.20%) ABAP
4 2 (1.20%) C#
4 2 (1.20%) C++
4 2 (1.20%) XPath
5 1 (0.60%) Bash
5 1 (0.60%) C
5 1 (0.60%) PHP
5 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.60%) Ruby
5 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 37 (22.29%) Degree
2 6 (3.61%) PMI Certification
2 6 (3.61%) PMP
3 5 (3.01%) Azure Certification
3 5 (3.01%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.01%) SC Cleared
3 5 (3.01%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.41%) CISA
4 4 (2.41%) CISM
4 4 (2.41%) CISMP
4 4 (2.41%) CISSP
4 4 (2.41%) CRISC
4 4 (2.41%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.81%) CIMA
6 2 (1.20%) ACCA
6 2 (1.20%) CBAP
6 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.42%) QA
2 5 (3.01%) COBIT
2 5 (3.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.41%) GRC
3 4 (2.41%) NIST
4 3 (1.81%) SLA
5 2 (1.20%) GxP
6 1 (0.60%) GAAP
6 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.61%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (3.01%) Ansible
2 4 (2.41%) Terraform
3 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.20%) TIBCO Hawk
4 1 (0.60%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.60%) Puppet
4 1 (0.60%) Salt
Vendors
1 38 (22.89%) Microsoft
2 31 (18.67%) SAP
3 9 (5.42%) Oracle
4 5 (3.01%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.41%) Google
5 4 (2.41%) IBM
6 2 (1.20%) Avaya
6 2 (1.20%) Citrix
6 2 (1.20%) Cloudera
6 2 (1.20%) Ivanti
6 2 (1.20%) Murex
6 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.20%) Sun
6 2 (1.20%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.60%) Apple
7 1 (0.60%) Ariba
7 1 (0.60%) CA
7 1 (0.60%) Dell
7 1 (0.60%) Juniper
7 1 (0.60%) Progress