The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited French Language over the 3 months to 17 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 for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
French Language
Rank 235 244 229
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -15
Permanent jobs citing French Language 13 7 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.182% 0.099% 0.175%
As % of the General category 0.503% 0.296% 0.541%
Number of salaries quoted 9 7 10
Average salary £28,000 £25,000 £31,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.00% -21.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,200 £19,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,400 £30,700 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,250 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-3.35% -6.87%
All of the General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
2587 2361 2218
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 36.28% 33.48% 32.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2056 2028 1870
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -3.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £67,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%
French Language
England

French Language
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing French Language across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

North West French Language Jobs Demand Trend

French Language
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing French Language across the North West region.

North West French Language Salary Trend

French Language
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing French Language across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West French Language Salary Histogram

French Language
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Lancashire +8 7 £28,000 +43.58%
Manchester -16 5 £16,000 -36.00%
Cheshire - 1 £40,000 -
French Language
England

French Language
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing French 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 IT job ads sampled that cited French Language.

1 11 (39.29%) Project Management
1 11 (39.29%) German Language
2 8 (28.57%) Spanish Language
2 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 8 (28.57%) MS Office
2 8 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (21.43%) Windows
4 6 (21.43%) Flash
4 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
4 6 (21.43%) CMS
4 6 (21.43%) E-Learning
5 5 (17.86%) Data Analysis
5 5 (17.86%) Italian Language
6 4 (14.29%) VB
6 4 (14.29%) C
6 4 (14.29%) DotNetNuke
6 4 (14.29%) Drupal
6 4 (14.29%) Time Management
6 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
6 4 (14.29%) Market Research
7 3 (10.71%) Finance
7 3 (10.71%) Legal
7 3 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
7 3 (10.71%) MS Project
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
7 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
8 2 (7.143%) Adobe
8 2 (7.143%) Active Directory

French Language
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing French 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 IT job ads sampled that cited French Language. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (21.43%) Flash
2 2 (7.143%) HTML
3 1 (3.571%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (21.43%) CMS
2 4 (14.29%) DotNetNuke
2 4 (14.29%) Drupal
3 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Office
2 6 (21.43%) MS Excel
3 3 (10.71%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (10.71%) MS Project
4 2 (7.143%) Adobe Captivate
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) Broadband
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
General
1 11 (39.29%) German Language
2 8 (28.57%) Spanish Language
3 5 (17.86%) Italian Language
4 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 3 (10.71%) Legal
5 2 (7.143%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Project Manager
2 6 (21.43%) Coordinator
2 6 (21.43%) Project Coordinator
3 5 (17.86%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Web Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Applications Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Web Applications Developer
4 4 (14.29%) E-Learning Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Help Desk Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) Service Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Installation Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Administrator
6 2 (7.143%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (7.143%) Account Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Help Desk Operator
6 2 (7.143%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (7.143%) Instructional Designer
6 2 (7.143%) Designer
7 1 (3.571%) Business Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) E-Learning
2 4 (14.29%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 6 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (7.143%) Windows XP
2 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) Project Management
2 8 (28.57%) E-Commerce
3 5 (17.86%) Data Analysis
4 4 (14.29%) Time Management
4 4 (14.29%) Market Research
5 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.143%) CRM
7 1 (3.571%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (3.571%) B2C
7 1 (3.571%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Business Development
7 1 (3.571%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (3.571%) Data Entry
7 1 (3.571%) Data Mapping
Programming Languages
1 4 (14.29%) C
1 4 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (3.571%) Java
2 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (10.71%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
System Software
1 2 (7.143%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.143%) Adobe
2 2 (7.143%) Salesforce.com