French Language Contract Job Trends 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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 470 432 455
Rank change year-on-year -38 +23 +183
Contract jobs citing French Language 75 87 112
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.25% 0.28% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.39% 0.47% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 49 64
10th Percentile £123 £309 £363
25th Percentile £253 £375 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 £445 £563
Median % change year-on-year -18.54% -20.89% +18.42%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £750
90th Percentile £621 £628 -
UK median daily rate £464 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +3.06% -18.18% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 5
10th Percentile £14.75 - £16.46
25th Percentile £15.00 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -24.15% -21.65%
75th Percentile £28.13 £32.13 £17.50
90th Percentile £50.40 £35.15 £17.65
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.14
% change year-on-year +19.23% -24.15% -21.65%

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 19,254 18,519 23,541
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.68% 59.30% 59.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,219 11,136 16,074
10th Percentile £275 £300 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £630 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,250 704 1,026
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.86 £17.25 £17.04
Median hourly rate £24.48 £31.97 £31.09
Median % change year-on-year -23.44% +2.84% +20.92%
75th Percentile £45.46 £59.96 £57.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £71.25 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £24.09 £29.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -18.34% -1.67% +20.00%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing French Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

French Language job vacancy trend in England

French Language
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing French Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing French Language

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language in England over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in England

French Language
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing French Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing French Language

French Language
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing French Language in England over the 6 months to 14 November 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 14 November 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 +5 39 £350 -30.00% 87
South West +9 11 £513 +36.67% 6
South East -4 10 - - 29
North West -17 6 £125 -64.29% 3
North of England -40 6 £125 -64.29% 4
East of England -15 3 - - 2
French Language
UK

French Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.33%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Eloqua
1 1 (1.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.33%) SAP ERP
1 1 (1.33%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.33%) SAP MM
1 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.33%) Azure
2 6 (8.00%) SaaS
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.67%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.67%) Google Analytics
4 2 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.33%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) WAN
2 2 (2.67%) DNS
2 2 (2.67%) VPN
2 2 (2.67%) VSAN
3 1 (1.33%) BGP
3 1 (1.33%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.33%) DHCP
3 1 (1.33%) Firewall
3 1 (1.33%) HTTP
3 1 (1.33%) LAN
3 1 (1.33%) Network Security
3 1 (1.33%) OSPF
3 1 (1.33%) TACACS
3 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.33%) VLAN
3 1 (1.33%) Wireless
3 1 (1.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.33%) DB2
2 1 (1.33%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.33%) Informix
2 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.33%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 33 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 19 (25.33%) Spanish Language
3 16 (21.33%) German Language
4 15 (20.00%) Marketing
5 14 (18.67%) Italian Language
6 11 (14.67%) Finance
6 11 (14.67%) Japanese Language
7 10 (13.33%) Retail
8 9 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (12.00%) Legal
8 9 (12.00%) Portuguese Language
9 8 (10.67%) Arabic Language
9 8 (10.67%) Dutch Language
10 7 (9.33%) Telecoms
11 6 (8.00%) Mandarin Language
11 6 (8.00%) Polish Language
12 4 (5.33%) Advertising
12 4 (5.33%) Banking
12 4 (5.33%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (13.33%) Administrator
2 6 (8.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 6 (8.00%) Marketing Executive
3 5 (6.67%) Test Manager
4 4 (5.33%) Analyst
4 4 (5.33%) Compliance Manager
4 4 (5.33%) E-Commerce Manager
4 4 (5.33%) Support Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Architect
5 3 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Project Manager
5 3 (4.00%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Technical Support
5 3 (4.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Trainer
6 2 (2.67%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.67%) Consultant
6 2 (2.67%) Developer
6 2 (2.67%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (2.67%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.33%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.33%) FIDO
1 1 (1.33%) Middleware
1 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.00%) Social Media
2 2 (2.67%) Blog
2 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
3 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.33%) Clustering
3 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.33%) FMCG
3 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.33%) Low-Code
3 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.33%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Windows
2 3 (4.00%) Linux
3 2 (2.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.33%) Unix
4 1 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (22.67%) CRM
1 17 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.33%) E-Commerce
3 14 (18.67%) Customer Service
4 8 (10.67%) ERP
5 6 (8.00%) Analytics
5 6 (8.00%) Change Management
6 5 (6.67%) Integrated Marketing
6 5 (6.67%) Project Management
6 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (6.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (5.33%) Agile
7 4 (5.33%) Migration
7 4 (5.33%) Product Marketing
7 4 (5.33%) Service Delivery
7 4 (5.33%) Workflow
8 3 (4.00%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.00%) Data Protection
8 3 (4.00%) Fintech
8 3 (4.00%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) Perl
2 2 (2.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) Bash
3 1 (1.33%) Java
3 1 (1.33%) Jython
3 1 (1.33%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (10.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.67%) CCNP
3 2 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.33%) CCDP
4 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.33%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.33%) PMP
4 1 (1.33%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.33%) VCDX
4 1 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.00%) QA
2 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.33%) GAAP
2 1 (1.33%) GDPR
2 1 (1.33%) HIPAA
2 1 (1.33%) ISO 19650
2 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (4.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.67%) vSphere
3 1 (1.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) SCCM
1 1 (1.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.33%) TADDM
1 1 (1.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 14 (18.67%) SAP
2 12 (16.00%) Salesforce
3 8 (10.67%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.33%) ServiceNow
5 3 (4.00%) HubSpot
5 3 (4.00%) Oracle
6 2 (2.67%) Google
6 2 (2.67%) Intapp
6 2 (2.67%) NetApp
6 2 (2.67%) VMware
6 2 (2.67%) Workday
7 1 (1.33%) Cisco
7 1 (1.33%) Citrix
7 1 (1.33%) IBM
7 1 (1.33%) Instagram
7 1 (1.33%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.33%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.33%) Red Hat
7 1 (1.33%) TikTok
7 1 (1.33%) YouTube