The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Spanish Language in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spanish Language over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Spanish Language
Rank 476 457 494
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +37
Contract jobs citing Spanish Language 53 127 90
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.114% 0.218% 0.147%
As % of the General category 0.265% 0.480% 0.296%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 57 38
Average daily rate £425 £340 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -2.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £172 £220 £102
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £605 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £225 £300 £331
% change year-on-year
-25.00% -9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 4
Average hourly rate £21.50 £13.86 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+55.12% +2.66%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.70 £11.75 £9.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.30 £20.13 £14.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £12.50 £14.00
% change year-on-year
+140.00% -10.71%
All of the General Category
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
General category
19979 26477 30377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 43.07% 45.40% 49.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 11992 15778 18181
Average daily rate £450 £427 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.32% -14.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £375 £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 653 726 916
Average hourly rate £25.00 £22.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.11% -10.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £11.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £42.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate £25.50 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year
+2.00% -3.84%

Spanish Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Spanish Language Jobs Demand Trend

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK.

Spanish Language Daily Rate Trend

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Spanish Language Daily Rate Histogram

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK.

Spanish Language Hourly Rate Trend

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Spanish Language Hourly Rate Histogram

Spanish Language
Top 21 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England -27 52 £425 +25.00%
London +15 30 £475 +10.14%
South East -16 16 £225 -32.33%
Buckinghamshire -16 8 £215 -36.76%
Milton Keynes -15 7 £215 -36.76%
City of London +8 4 £375 -9.09%
Canary Wharf - 4 £650 -
Berkshire +12 3 - -
North West +12 3 £151 -53.69%
Maidenhead - 3 - -
Middlesex +8 2 £250 -64.28%
Hampshire - 2 - -
Basingstoke - 2 - -
Tyne and Wear - 1 £375 -
South West - 1 - -
North East - 1 £375 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £375 -
East Sussex - 1 - -
Cheshire - 1 £250 -
Bristol - 1 - -
Brighton - 1 - -

Spanish Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spanish Language also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Spanish Language.

1 52 (44.07%) French Language
2 36 (30.51%) German Language
3 33 (27.97%) Italian Language
4 26 (22.03%) Finance
5 18 (15.25%) Greek Language
6 17 (14.41%) Portuguese Language
6 17 (14.41%) Project Management
7 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
8 15 (12.71%) Arabic Language
9 12 (10.17%) Marketing
9 12 (10.17%) Degree
9 12 (10.17%) E-Commerce
10 11 (9.322%) MS Excel
10 11 (9.322%) SQL
10 11 (9.322%) Banking
10 11 (9.322%) Polish Language
11 10 (8.475%) Telecoms
11 10 (8.475%) Windows
12 9 (7.627%) Java
12 9 (7.627%) Japanese Language
13 8 (6.780%) Croatian Language
13 8 (6.780%) Retail
13 8 (6.780%) PRINCE2
13 8 (6.780%) CRM
13 8 (6.780%) Business Intelligence
13 8 (6.780%) Cisco
14 7 (5.932%) Data Modelling
14 7 (5.932%) SAP
14 7 (5.932%) SOAP
14 7 (5.932%) Foreign Exchange (FX)

Spanish Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Spanish Language also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Spanish Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (5.932%) SOAP
2 5 (4.237%) .NET
3 4 (3.390%) RESTful
3 4 (3.390%) Web Services
3 4 (3.390%) .NET Framework
4 3 (2.542%) CSS
4 3 (2.542%) jQuery
5 2 (1.695%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 2 (1.695%) XML
5 2 (1.695%) Ajax
5 2 (1.695%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.847%) SAP XI
6 1 (0.847%) XSLT
6 1 (0.847%) JDBC
6 1 (0.847%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.847%) HTML
6 1 (0.847%) Middleware
6 1 (0.847%) SAP PI
6 1 (0.847%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 4 (3.390%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (2.542%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.695%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (1.695%) IIS
4 1 (0.847%) Documentum
4 1 (0.847%) Apache
4 1 (0.847%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 11 (9.322%) MS Excel
2 6 (5.085%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (4.237%) MS Project
3 5 (4.237%) MS Office
4 3 (2.542%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.695%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.695%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.847%) Pro/ENGINEER
6 1 (0.847%) Simulink
6 1 (0.847%) PaintShop Pro
6 1 (0.847%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.847%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.847%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (0.847%) Kondor+
1 1 (0.847%) SAP SCM
1 1 (0.847%) Summit
1 1 (0.847%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.847%) Oracle Payroll
1 1 (0.847%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.847%) ION MarketView
1 1 (0.847%) Bloomberg TOMS
1 1 (0.847%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.237%) MGCP
1 5 (4.237%) Unified Communications
2 4 (3.390%) QSIG
2 4 (3.390%) H.323
3 3 (2.542%) LDAP
3 3 (2.542%) DSL
4 2 (1.695%) Internet
4 2 (1.695%) VPN
4 2 (1.695%) Wireless
5 1 (0.847%) WiMAX
5 1 (0.847%) BSS
5 1 (0.847%) ATM
5 1 (0.847%) Broadband
5 1 (0.847%) HTTP
5 1 (0.847%) SNMP
5 1 (0.847%) 802.11
5 1 (0.847%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.847%) LTE
5 1 (0.847%) Radio Access Network
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.085%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.695%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (1.695%) DTS
2 2 (1.695%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 2 (1.695%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (1.695%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 1 (0.847%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (0.847%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 7 (5.932%) JIRA
2 5 (4.237%) QuickTest Pro
2 5 (4.237%) LoadRunner
3 2 (1.695%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.847%) JMeter
General
1 52 (44.07%) French Language
2 36 (30.51%) German Language
3 33 (27.97%) Italian Language
4 26 (22.03%) Finance
5 18 (15.25%) Greek Language
6 17 (14.41%) Portuguese Language
7 15 (12.71%) Arabic Language
8 12 (10.17%) Marketing
9 11 (9.322%) Banking
9 11 (9.322%) Polish Language
10 10 (8.475%) Telecoms
11 9 (7.627%) Japanese Language
12 8 (6.780%) Croatian Language
12 8 (6.780%) Retail
13 4 (3.390%) Dutch Language
13 4 (3.390%) Games
13 4 (3.390%) Retail Banking
13 4 (3.390%) Swedish Language
14 3 (2.542%) Korean Language
14 3 (2.542%) Norwegian Language
Job Titles
1 23 (19.49%) Analyst
2 15 (12.71%) Project Manager
3 11 (9.322%) Coordinator
4 9 (7.627%) Consultant
5 7 (5.932%) Developer
5 7 (5.932%) Web Analyst
6 6 (5.085%) Administrator
6 6 (5.085%) Architect
7 5 (4.237%) Trainer
7 5 (4.237%) Business Analyst
8 4 (3.390%) Senior Communications Engineer
8 4 (3.390%) Tester
8 4 (3.390%) Test Manager
8 4 (3.390%) Test Analyst
8 4 (3.390%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (3.390%) Support Analyst
8 4 (3.390%) Implementation Manager
8 4 (3.390%) Communications Engineer
8 4 (3.390%) Java Developer
8 4 (3.390%) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.932%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (4.237%) Social Media
3 3 (2.542%) PMI
3 3 (2.542%) FMCG
3 3 (2.542%) Blog
3 3 (2.542%) New Media
4 2 (1.695%) Smart Meter
4 2 (1.695%) RIA
4 2 (1.695%) Clustering
4 2 (1.695%) Fixed Income
4 2 (1.695%) Animation
4 2 (1.695%) Computer Science
5 1 (0.847%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.847%) CCTV
5 1 (0.847%) Derivative
5 1 (0.847%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.847%) Statistics
5 1 (0.847%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.847%) Mainframe
5 1 (0.847%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.475%) Windows
2 4 (3.390%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (3.390%) Linux
3 3 (2.542%) Windows XP
3 3 (2.542%) UNIX
3 3 (2.542%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (2.542%) Windows 7
3 3 (2.542%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (1.695%) Windows NT
5 1 (0.847%) Android
5 1 (0.847%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (14.41%) Project Management
2 12 (10.17%) E-Commerce
3 8 (6.780%) PRINCE2
3 8 (6.780%) CRM
3 8 (6.780%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (5.932%) Data Modelling
5 6 (5.085%) Migration
5 6 (5.085%) ERP
6 5 (4.237%) ITIL
6 5 (4.237%) UML
6 5 (4.237%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (3.390%) Capacity Management
7 4 (3.390%) Time Management
7 4 (3.390%) Multithreading
7 4 (3.390%) Analytics
7 4 (3.390%) OO
7 4 (3.390%) Scrum
7 4 (3.390%) TDD
7 4 (3.390%) Project Planning
8 3 (2.542%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.322%) SQL
2 9 (7.627%) Java
3 2 (1.695%) T-SQL
3 2 (1.695%) Python
4 1 (0.847%) VBScript
4 1 (0.847%) ABAP
4 1 (0.847%) ActionScript
4 1 (0.847%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.847%) C
4 1 (0.847%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.847%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 12 (10.17%) Degree
2 4 (3.390%) PMI Certification
3 3 (2.542%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (1.695%) MCP
4 2 (1.695%) MCSE
4 2 (1.695%) CCA
4 2 (1.695%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (1.695%) CCEA
4 2 (1.695%) ISEB
4 2 (1.695%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.847%) ISEB Practitioner
5 1 (0.847%) GIAC
5 1 (0.847%) CISSP
5 1 (0.847%) ACCA
5 1 (0.847%) PMP
5 1 (0.847%) CISA
5 1 (0.847%) CIMA
5 1 (0.847%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.847%) QA
1 1 (0.847%) ISO 8583
1 1 (0.847%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (3.390%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.542%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.695%) Terminal Server
3 2 (1.695%) Terminal Services
3 2 (1.695%) ISA Server
3 2 (1.695%) VMware ESX
3 2 (1.695%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 5 (4.237%) Cisco UCCX
2 4 (3.390%) HP Quality Center
2 4 (3.390%) SCOM
3 3 (2.542%) BladeLogic
4 2 (1.695%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.847%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.847%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.847%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 16 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.780%) Cisco
3 7 (5.932%) SAP
4 5 (4.237%) Oracle
5 4 (3.390%) 29West
5 4 (3.390%) Twitter
5 4 (3.390%) Murex
5 4 (3.390%) Citrix
5 4 (3.390%) VMware
6 3 (2.542%) Adobe
6 3 (2.542%) JD Edwards
6 3 (2.542%) StreamBase
6 3 (2.542%) Facebook
7 2 (1.695%) Salesforce.com
7 2 (1.695%) Remedy
7 2 (1.695%) Bloomberg
7 2 (1.695%) HP
8 1 (0.847%) Google
8 1 (0.847%) ION Trading
8 1 (0.847%) EMC
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Rate: £20 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Excellent stakeholder management skills required and dealing with 3rd party suppliers. Previous consultancy experience would be a distinct advantage as would the ability to speak Spanish.
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Rate: £600 - £700 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Rate: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Medical insurance, life insurance
Posted: 11 May 2013
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Rate: £10.00 - £14.00 per hour
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