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 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 510 425 426
Rank change year-on-year -85 +1 +166
Contract jobs citing French Language 50 47 122
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.19% 0.32%
As % of the General category 0.24% 0.30% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 68
10th Percentile £129 £233 £214
25th Percentile £250 £309 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £460 £550
Median % change year-on-year -30.98% -16.36% +12.82%
75th Percentile £450 £556 £681
90th Percentile £529 £650 £750
UK median daily rate £375 £460 £550
% change year-on-year -18.48% -16.36% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £24.25 £26.23 £16.23
25th Percentile £28.75 £28.81 £16.57
Median hourly rate £38.50 £33.25 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% +93.99% -63.34%
75th Percentile £47.00 £45.00 £24.45
90th Percentile £51.05 £58.50 £28.83
UK median hourly rate £44.50 £33.25 £16.57
% change year-on-year +33.83% +100.66% -64.56%

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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 20,990 15,632 22,320
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.00% 63.14% 58.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,292 9,992 14,576
10th Percentile £300 £300 £266
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,299 561 1,673
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.06 £13.05
25th Percentile £17.50 £19.91 £15.29
Median hourly rate £25.00 £30.21 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.25% +16.19% -20.00%
75th Percentile £57.25 £60.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £75.79 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £24.03 £29.07 £25.75
% change year-on-year -17.34% +12.89% -20.77%

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 10 March 2026.

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 10 March 2026.

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 10 March 2026. 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 -41 34 £322 -38.46% 24
North of England -55 8 £130 -64.86% 19
North West - 6 £125 - 8
South East -40 4 £300 +8.11% 22
North East -14 2 £363 -2.03% 1
South West - 1 £513 - 5
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 (2.00%) CMS
1 1 (2.00%) Drupal
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (2.00%) WebSphere
Applications
1 3 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.00%) Eloqua
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (2.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (2.00%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (6.00%) Azure
3 2 (4.00%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.00%) AWS
4 1 (2.00%) Entra ID
4 1 (2.00%) Figma
4 1 (2.00%) GCP
4 1 (2.00%) IaaS
4 1 (2.00%) OCI
4 1 (2.00%) PaaS
4 1 (2.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.00%) BGP
1 1 (2.00%) Cisco ISE
1 1 (2.00%) LAN
1 1 (2.00%) OSPF
1 1 (2.00%) TACACS
1 1 (2.00%) WAN
1 1 (2.00%) Wireless
1 1 (2.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Postman
General
1 19 (38.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.00%) German Language
2 14 (28.00%) Spanish Language
3 13 (26.00%) Marketing
4 12 (24.00%) Italian Language
5 10 (20.00%) Japanese Language
6 9 (18.00%) Analytical Skills
6 9 (18.00%) Finance
6 9 (18.00%) Portuguese Language
7 7 (14.00%) Arabic Language
8 6 (12.00%) Dutch Language
8 6 (12.00%) Mandarin Language
8 6 (12.00%) Polish Language
9 3 (6.00%) Advertising
9 3 (6.00%) Banking
9 3 (6.00%) Investment Banking
10 2 (4.00%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (12.00%) Marketing Executive
2 5 (10.00%) Test Manager
3 4 (8.00%) Analyst
3 4 (8.00%) Compliance Manager
3 4 (8.00%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (6.00%) Architect
4 3 (6.00%) Azure Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Lead
4 3 (6.00%) Support Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Engineer
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Support
4 3 (6.00%) Technical Support Engineer
5 2 (4.00%) Consultant
5 2 (4.00%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Programme Manager
5 2 (4.00%) Senior
5 2 (4.00%) Senior Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Senior Enterprise Architect
5 2 (4.00%) Service Desk Support
5 2 (4.00%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.00%) 802.1X
2 1 (2.00%) EDI
2 1 (2.00%) Middleware
2 1 (2.00%) XML
2 1 (2.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.00%) Social Media
2 2 (4.00%) Blog
2 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.00%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.00%) Cloud Native
3 1 (2.00%) CMDB
3 1 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.00%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.00%) Windows
2 3 (6.00%) Windows 10
2 3 (6.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.00%) Linux
3 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) CRM
2 8 (16.00%) Analytics
3 6 (12.00%) Customer Service
3 6 (12.00%) E-Commerce
3 6 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (10.00%) Agile
4 5 (10.00%) Project Management
5 4 (8.00%) AI
5 4 (8.00%) B2B
5 4 (8.00%) ERP
5 4 (8.00%) Scrum
5 4 (8.00%) Test Strategy
6 3 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (6.00%) Fintech
6 3 (6.00%) Multichannel Marketing
6 3 (6.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.00%) Project Delivery
6 3 (6.00%) User Acceptance Testing
6 3 (6.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.00%) Python
1 2 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (2.00%) Korn
2 1 (2.00%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (6.00%) Azure Certification
1 3 (6.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.00%) ISTQB
2 1 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (2.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.00%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (14.00%) QA
2 2 (4.00%) GAAP
3 1 (2.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.00%) Basel III
3 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (2.00%) IFRS
3 1 (2.00%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.00%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.00%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (4.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.00%) Control-M
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (2.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (14.00%) Salesforce
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (12.00%) SAP
3 5 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 4 (8.00%) Oracle
5 3 (6.00%) Google
5 3 (6.00%) HubSpot
6 2 (4.00%) Workday
7 1 (2.00%) Aruba
7 1 (2.00%) BMC
7 1 (2.00%) Cisco
7 1 (2.00%) Informatica
7 1 (2.00%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (2.00%) NGA Human Resources
7 1 (2.00%) Reuters
7 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds