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 16 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 437 444 490
Rank change year-on-year +7 +46 +150
Contract jobs citing French Language 75 89 110
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.28% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.42% 0.47% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 47 60
10th Percentile £259 £313 £345
25th Percentile £406 £358 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £440 £550
Median % change year-on-year +17.90% -20.00% +50.07%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £731
90th Percentile £625 £575 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £445 £550
% change year-on-year +12.36% -19.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 5
10th Percentile £14.75 - £16.46
25th Percentile £15.00 £13.00 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -44.64% +63.36% +3.88%
75th Percentile £20.00 £35.00 £17.50
90th Percentile £50.40 £35.75 £17.65
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £17.14
% change year-on-year -44.64% +63.36% +3.88%

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 18,038 18,901 24,185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 63.95% 58.95% 59.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,459 11,342 16,669
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 £638 £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 1,080 797 1,005
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.45 £17.50 £16.84
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% +16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £61.60 £58.75
90th Percentile £70.27 £72.50 £71.96
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.00 £29.75
% change year-on-year -21.88% +7.56% +19.00%

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 16 October 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 16 October 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 16 October 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 +11 39 £483 +1.58% 166
South West +23 12 £513 +36.67% 5
South East +6 10 £525 +53.96% 117
North of England -22 5 £125 -64.29% 10
East of England -2 3 - - 1
North West -17 3 £125 -64.29% 3
Yorkshire - 2 - - 7
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 2 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (1.33%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.33%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
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 PP
1 1 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.33%) SAP SD
1 1 (1.33%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 11 (14.67%) Azure
2 7 (9.33%) SaaS
3 5 (6.67%) Entra ID
3 5 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.67%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.67%) SuccessFactors
5 1 (1.33%) AWS
5 1 (1.33%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.33%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.33%) Figma
5 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.33%) OCI
5 1 (1.33%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.00%) DNS
1 3 (4.00%) WAN
2 2 (2.67%) HTTP
2 2 (2.67%) VPN
2 2 (2.67%) VSAN
3 1 (1.33%) 4G
3 1 (1.33%) 5G
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%) LAN
3 1 (1.33%) OSPF
3 1 (1.33%) PPP
3 1 (1.33%) TACACS
3 1 (1.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.33%) TETRA
3 1 (1.33%) VLAN
3 1 (1.33%) Wireless
3 1 (1.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.67%) Tableau
2 1 (1.33%) DB2
2 1 (1.33%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.33%) Informix
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.33%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.33%) Power Query
2 1 (1.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.33%) Sisense
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Postman
1 1 (1.33%) SoapUI
General
1 26 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 15 (20.00%) Spanish Language
3 11 (14.67%) Finance
3 11 (14.67%) German Language
3 11 (14.67%) Italian Language
3 11 (14.67%) Retail
4 9 (12.00%) Legal
4 9 (12.00%) Marketing
5 8 (10.67%) Telecoms
6 7 (9.33%) Japanese Language
7 6 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (5.33%) Advertising
8 4 (5.33%) Arabic Language
8 4 (5.33%) Banking
8 4 (5.33%) Dutch Language
8 4 (5.33%) Portuguese Language
9 3 (4.00%) Investment Banking
9 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.67%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (14.67%) Administrator
2 6 (8.00%) Customer Service Advisor
2 6 (8.00%) Project Manager
3 5 (6.67%) Support Engineer
4 4 (5.33%) Analyst
4 4 (5.33%) Consultant
4 4 (5.33%) Technical Engineer
4 4 (5.33%) Technical Support
4 4 (5.33%) Technical Support Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Architect
5 3 (4.00%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (4.00%) Business Analyst
5 3 (4.00%) SAP Consultant
5 3 (4.00%) Trainer
6 2 (2.67%) Developer
6 2 (2.67%) Lead
6 2 (2.67%) Marketing Executive
6 2 (2.67%) SAP Manager
6 2 (2.67%) SAP Project Manager
6 2 (2.67%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) FIDO
2 2 (2.67%) OAuth
2 2 (2.67%) OpenID
2 2 (2.67%) SAML
3 1 (1.33%) .NET
3 1 (1.33%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.33%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.33%) MDX
3 1 (1.33%) Middleware
3 1 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.33%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.67%) Social Media
3 2 (2.67%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.33%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.33%) Clustering
4 1 (1.33%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.33%) FMCG
4 1 (1.33%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.33%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.33%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.33%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.33%) New Media
4 1 (1.33%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.33%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.33%) Replication
4 1 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.00%) Windows
2 4 (5.33%) Linux
3 2 (2.67%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.67%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (1.33%) Unix
4 1 (1.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (17.33%) E-Commerce
3 12 (16.00%) CRM
3 12 (16.00%) Customer Service
3 12 (16.00%) Migration
4 9 (12.00%) Change Management
4 9 (12.00%) ERP
4 9 (12.00%) Project Management
5 6 (8.00%) Agile
5 6 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (6.67%) Computer Science
6 5 (6.67%) ITIL
7 4 (5.33%) Data Protection
7 4 (5.33%) High Availability
7 4 (5.33%) Identity Access Management
7 4 (5.33%) Product Marketing
7 4 (5.33%) Service Migration
7 4 (5.33%) Validation
7 4 (5.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Python
1 3 (4.00%) SQL
2 2 (2.67%) Perl
3 1 (1.33%) Bash
3 1 (1.33%) Java
3 1 (1.33%) Jython
3 1 (1.33%) Korn
3 1 (1.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) Degree
2 4 (5.33%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.67%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.67%) CCNP
3 2 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.67%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.67%) PMP
4 1 (1.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.33%) CCDP
4 1 (1.33%) CISSP
4 1 (1.33%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.33%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.33%) VCDX
4 1 (1.33%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.67%) 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 5 (6.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (4.00%) OpenAM
3 2 (2.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.67%) VMware NSX
3 2 (2.67%) vSphere
4 1 (1.33%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (5.33%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.33%) TADDM
3 1 (1.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 16 (21.33%) SAP
2 11 (14.67%) Microsoft
3 9 (12.00%) Salesforce
4 5 (6.67%) Oracle
5 2 (2.67%) Intapp
5 2 (2.67%) NetApp
5 2 (2.67%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.67%) VMware
5 2 (2.67%) Workday
6 1 (1.33%) Aruba
6 1 (1.33%) Citrix
6 1 (1.33%) Instagram
6 1 (1.33%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (1.33%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.33%) NGA Human Resources
6 1 (1.33%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.33%) Red Hat
6 1 (1.33%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.33%) TikTok
6 1 (1.33%) YouTube