French Language Contracts in England

French Language
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited French Language over the 6 months leading up to 6 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 420 465 543
Rank change year-on-year +45 +78 +77
Contract jobs citing French Language 78 87 97
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.29% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 43 46
10th Percentile £246 £220 £204
25th Percentile £400 £311 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +22.19% -20.00% +15.94%
75th Percentile £573 £535 £598
90th Percentile £609 £577 £738
UK median daily rate £470 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +17.50% -15.79% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 7 8
10th Percentile £14.75 - £21.00
25th Percentile £15.25 - £22.88
Median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -66.67% +200.00%
75th Percentile £37.50 £33.38 £53.06
90th Percentile £54.00 £35.00 £58.80
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year +19.23% -66.67% +200.00%

All General Skills
England

French Language falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 16,961 21,330 28,501
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.87% 57.31% 59.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,881 13,604 19,999
10th Percentile £281 £300 £315
25th Percentile £404 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £533 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -3.09% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £798
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 852 1,767 970
10th Percentile £13.35 £13.00 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.40 £15.92 £17.25
Median hourly rate £27.25 £33.00 £30.52
Median % change year-on-year -17.44% +8.13% +31.38%
75th Percentile £51.20 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £68.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £27.22 £31.89 £30.54
% change year-on-year -14.65% +4.40% +27.25%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing French Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for French Language in England

French Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for French Language in England

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in England

French Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for French Language in England

French Language
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing French Language in England over the 6 months to 6 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in England

French Language
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the England region over the 6 months to 6 July 2025. 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
London +26 41 £465 +16.25% 327
North of England +13 13 £513 +2.50% 31
South West - 8 - - 21
Yorkshire - 8 - - 8
South East +31 7 £525 +54.19% 62
North West +10 5 £513 +2.50% 21
East of England +23 3 - - 6
French Language
UK

French Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.28%) SAS
1 1 (1.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.28%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.28%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.28%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.28%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.28%) SPSS
3 1 (1.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) SAP PP
1 4 (5.13%) SAP SD
2 2 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.28%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 10 (12.82%) Azure
2 9 (11.54%) SaaS
3 4 (5.13%) Entra ID
3 4 (5.13%) GCP
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.56%) OCI
4 2 (2.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.28%) AWS
5 1 (1.28%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.28%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.28%) Figma
5 1 (1.28%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.28%) IaaS
5 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.28%) PaaS
5 1 (1.28%) SAP Fieldglass
5 1 (1.28%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 6 (7.69%) DNS
2 5 (6.41%) DHCP
2 5 (6.41%) VPN
3 4 (5.13%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.56%) Network Security
5 1 (1.28%) 4G
5 1 (1.28%) 5G
5 1 (1.28%) Firewall
5 1 (1.28%) HTTP
5 1 (1.28%) Intranet
5 1 (1.28%) LTE
5 1 (1.28%) PPP
5 1 (1.28%) TETRA
5 1 (1.28%) VLAN
5 1 (1.28%) VSAN
5 1 (1.28%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) DB2
1 2 (2.56%) Informix
1 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.56%) Tableau
2 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.28%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.28%) Power BI
2 1 (1.28%) Power Query
2 1 (1.28%) Sisense
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Postman
1 2 (2.56%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.28%) JIRA
General
1 25 (32.05%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.67%) German Language
2 13 (16.67%) Spanish Language
3 10 (12.82%) Finance
3 10 (12.82%) Marketing
4 9 (11.54%) Italian Language
4 9 (11.54%) Retail
5 7 (8.97%) Telecoms
6 6 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Japanese Language
6 6 (7.69%) Legal
7 4 (5.13%) Advertising
8 3 (3.85%) Arabic Language
8 3 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.85%) Korean Language
8 3 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.56%) Dutch Language
9 2 (2.56%) Games
9 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.56%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (11.54%) Consultant
1 9 (11.54%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (10.26%) Administrator
2 8 (10.26%) Support Engineer
3 7 (8.97%) Project Manager
4 6 (7.69%) Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Business Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Customer Service Advisor
6 4 (5.13%) IT Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) IT Support
6 4 (5.13%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Lead
6 4 (5.13%) Project Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) SAP MM Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) SAP PP Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) SAP QM Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) SAP SD Consultant
6 4 (5.13%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
7 3 (3.85%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.13%) FIDO
2 2 (2.56%) OAuth
2 2 (2.56%) OpenID
2 2 (2.56%) SAML
2 2 (2.56%) SOAP
3 1 (1.28%) .NET
3 1 (1.28%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.28%) MDX
3 1 (1.28%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 14 (17.95%) Management Information System
2 4 (5.13%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.85%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.56%) Clustering
4 2 (2.56%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.56%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.56%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 2 (2.56%) Social Media
5 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.28%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.28%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.28%) FMCG
5 1 (1.28%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.28%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.28%) New Media
5 1 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.28%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (11.54%) Windows
2 4 (5.13%) Linux
3 2 (2.56%) Unix
4 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.28%) VMS
4 1 (1.28%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (25.64%) Migration
2 15 (19.23%) Change Management
2 15 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (19.23%) Project Management
3 10 (12.82%) Customer Service
3 10 (12.82%) E-Commerce
4 9 (11.54%) Computer Science
5 8 (10.26%) Data Migration
5 8 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 8 (10.26%) ERP
5 8 (10.26%) Use Case
6 7 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.69%) CRM
7 6 (7.69%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.69%) Identity Access Management
7 6 (7.69%) ITIL
7 6 (7.69%) Service Delivery
8 5 (6.41%) Agile
8 5 (6.41%) Service Migration
8 5 (6.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.13%) SQL
2 2 (2.56%) Bash
2 2 (2.56%) Korn
2 2 (2.56%) Perl
2 2 (2.56%) PL/SQL
2 2 (2.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (15.38%) Degree
2 4 (5.13%) A+ Certification
2 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.85%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.85%) CISSP
3 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.56%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.56%) CCSP
4 2 (2.56%) GCIH
4 2 (2.56%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
4 2 (2.56%) PMP
4 2 (2.56%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.28%) CCDP
5 1 (1.28%) CCNP
5 1 (1.28%) MBA
5 1 (1.28%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (3.85%) NIST
2 2 (2.56%) SLA
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
3 1 (1.28%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.28%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) OpenAM
3 2 (2.56%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.28%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.28%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (5.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.56%) TADDM
2 2 (2.56%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) SAP
2 18 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 5 (6.41%) Google
5 4 (5.13%) Oracle
6 2 (2.56%) IBM
7 1 (1.28%) Adobe
7 1 (1.28%) Ariba
7 1 (1.28%) Citrix
7 1 (1.28%) Criteo
7 1 (1.28%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.28%) Instagram
7 1 (1.28%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (1.28%) NetApp
7 1 (1.28%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.28%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.28%) VMware
7 1 (1.28%) YouTube