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 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 441 442
Rank change year-on-year -113 +1 +56
Contract jobs citing French Language 83 76 93
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.18% 0.27% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.32% 0.43% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 27 49
10th Percentile £257 £270 £313
25th Percentile £275 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £315 £513 £440
Median % change year-on-year -38.54% +16.48% -20.00%
75th Percentile £541 £588 £540
90th Percentile £600 £610 £575
UK median daily rate £428 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -14.40% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 22 8
10th Percentile £14.61 £14.75 -
25th Percentile £14.85 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year +35.48% -24.39% +19.60%
75th Percentile £40.00 £16.25 £35.00
90th Percentile £41.05 £52.20 £36.13
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £15.50 £20.50
% change year-on-year +41.94% -24.39% +19.60%

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 25,880 17,797 19,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.10% 64.16% 58.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,159 11,293 11,495
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £535
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,315 1,027 901
10th Percentile £13.51 £13.50 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.77 £16.17 £18.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £25.08 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.64% -33.13% +30.43%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.41 £69.65 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +27.27%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -80 37 £338 -27.42% 294
South East -45 24 £305 -41.90% 26
North of England -65 14 - - 15
North West -45 13 - - 8
South West -46 2 £550 - 21
Midlands - 2 - - 6
East of England -23 1 - - 13
West Midlands - 1 - - 5
North East - 1 - - 3
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
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 4 (4.82%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 4 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) CMS
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Excel
1 14 (16.87%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (10.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Workfront
2 2 (2.41%) Eloqua
3 1 (1.20%) Actimize
3 1 (1.20%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.20%) Sage 50
3 1 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.43%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (6.02%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) SaaS
3 4 (4.82%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.20%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.20%) Commercetools
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub
4 1 (1.20%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.20%) Meta Ads
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.41%) Multicast
1 2 (2.41%) VLAN
1 2 (2.41%) WAN
2 1 (1.20%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.41%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Postman
2 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 44 (53.01%) Social Skills
2 37 (44.58%) Spanish Language
3 27 (32.53%) Italian Language
4 23 (27.71%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (26.51%) German Language
6 17 (20.48%) Retail
7 10 (12.05%) Portuguese Language
8 8 (9.64%) Finance
9 7 (8.43%) Dutch Language
9 7 (8.43%) Marketing
10 6 (7.23%) Front Office
11 5 (6.02%) Arabic Language
12 3 (3.61%) Banking
12 3 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (3.61%) Investment Banking
12 3 (3.61%) Legal
12 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
13 2 (2.41%) Aerospace
13 2 (2.41%) Games
13 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (26.51%) Technical Support
2 15 (18.07%) 2nd Line Support
2 15 (18.07%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 6 (7.23%) Analyst
3 6 (7.23%) Senior
4 4 (4.82%) Business Analyst
4 4 (4.82%) Consultant
4 4 (4.82%) Field Engineer
4 4 (4.82%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (4.82%) Lead
4 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
5 3 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (3.61%) Developer
5 3 (3.61%) Junior
5 3 (3.61%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (3.61%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (3.61%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (2.41%) Network Engineer
6 2 (2.41%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (2.41%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.20%) .NET
1 1 (1.20%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.20%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.20%) REST
1 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.20%) SAML
1 1 (1.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.43%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (6.02%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.61%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.61%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.41%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.41%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.41%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.20%) FMCG
5 1 (1.20%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.20%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.20%) Photovoltaics
5 1 (1.20%) PMI
5 1 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 24 (28.92%) Windows
2 7 (8.43%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.61%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.20%) Android
4 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (38.55%) Customer Service
1 32 (38.55%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (36.14%) Customer Experience
3 24 (28.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (15.66%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.84%) AI
5 9 (10.84%) Analytics
6 8 (9.64%) B2B
6 8 (9.64%) CRM
6 8 (9.64%) Matrix Organization
7 7 (8.43%) Incident Management
7 7 (8.43%) Roadmaps
8 6 (7.23%) Agile
8 6 (7.23%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (7.23%) Migration
8 6 (7.23%) Use Case
9 5 (6.02%) B2C
9 5 (6.02%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (6.02%) Translating Business Requirements
10 4 (4.82%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 17 (20.48%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) Java
2 2 (2.41%) Python
3 1 (1.20%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (19.28%) Degree
2 3 (3.61%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.41%) CCNA
3 2 (2.41%) CCNP
3 2 (2.41%) CIPD
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.41%) HNC
3 2 (2.41%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.20%) ACCA
4 1 (1.20%) CBAP
4 1 (1.20%) CIMA
4 1 (1.20%) PMP
4 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.23%) QA
2 5 (6.02%) GDPR
3 4 (4.82%) SLA
4 1 (1.20%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (8.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 16 (19.28%) ServiceNow
3 6 (7.23%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.82%) Adobe
4 4 (4.82%) SAP
5 2 (2.41%) Arista
5 2 (2.41%) Aruba
5 2 (2.41%) Cisco
5 2 (2.41%) Marketo
5 2 (2.41%) Workday
6 1 (1.20%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.20%) Okta
6 1 (1.20%) Oracle
6 1 (1.20%) Ping Identity
6 1 (1.20%) Relativity
6 1 (1.20%) Sage
6 1 (1.20%) YouTube