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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 427 443
Rank change year-on-year -118 +16 +81
Contract jobs citing French Language 79 85 90
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.31% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.48% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 30 51
10th Percentile £182 £246 £263
25th Percentile £271 £358 £335
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 £464 £440
Median % change year-on-year -34.23% +5.40% -13.73%
75th Percentile £500 £573 £541
90th Percentile £588 £609 £575
UK median daily rate £428 £465 £440
% change year-on-year -7.96% +5.68% -12.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 7
10th Percentile £14.06 £14.75 -
25th Percentile £19.31 £15.13 -
Median hourly rate £21.50 £15.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.71% +19.23% -35.80%
75th Percentile £40.00 £33.38 £35.00
90th Percentile £41.58 £49.05 £36.50
UK median hourly rate £21.50 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +38.71% +19.23% -35.80%

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 25,294 17,865 19,087
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.35% 64.26% 57.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,068 11,346 12,263
10th Percentile £313 £276 £300
25th Percentile £419 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -5.20% -2.18%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £660
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 2,019 974 1,202
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.25 £14.48
25th Percentile £17.75 £16.36 £18.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
Median % change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +38.62%
75th Percentile £61.18 £50.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.37 £75.00 £71.25
UK median hourly rate £31.56 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +25.47% -34.02% +38.62%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -83 33 £406 -12.22% 171
South East -47 25 £305 -41.90% 28
North West -31 14 £115 -77.56% 9
North of England -69 14 £115 -77.56% 19
East of England -20 3 - -
South West -52 1 - - 6
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 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (3.80%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.27%) CMS
3 1 (1.27%) Confluence
3 1 (1.27%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (15.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (8.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Workfront
2 1 (1.27%) Actimize
2 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.86%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (5.06%) Azure
3 3 (3.80%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.27%) AWS
4 1 (1.27%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (1.27%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.27%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.27%) Commercetools
4 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.27%) SaaS
4 1 (1.27%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.80%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.53%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.27%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.27%) MySQL
3 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.27%) JIRA
General
1 43 (54.43%) Social Skills
2 38 (48.10%) Spanish Language
3 24 (30.38%) Analytical Skills
3 24 (30.38%) Italian Language
4 22 (27.85%) German Language
5 19 (24.05%) Retail
6 12 (15.19%) Portuguese Language
7 8 (10.13%) Finance
8 6 (7.59%) Dutch Language
8 6 (7.59%) Front Office
9 5 (6.33%) Arabic Language
9 5 (6.33%) Marketing
10 4 (5.06%) Banking
10 4 (5.06%) Investment Banking
10 4 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (3.80%) Legal
12 2 (2.53%) Aerospace
12 2 (2.53%) Games
12 2 (2.53%) Manufacturing
13 1 (1.27%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (29.11%) Technical Support
2 16 (20.25%) 2nd Line Support
2 16 (20.25%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 5 (6.33%) Analyst
4 4 (5.06%) Business Analyst
4 4 (5.06%) Consultant
4 4 (5.06%) Help Desk Support
4 4 (5.06%) Junior
4 4 (5.06%) Lead
4 4 (5.06%) Senior
5 3 (3.80%) Azure Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) Field Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) Marketing Manager
5 3 (3.80%) Support Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) Technical Engineer
5 3 (3.80%) Technical Support Engineer
6 2 (2.53%) QA Engineer
6 2 (2.53%) Quality Engineer
6 2 (2.53%) Senior Manager
6 2 (2.53%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) Spring
1 1 (1.27%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.59%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (6.33%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.80%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.80%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.53%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.53%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.53%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.27%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.27%) FMCG
5 1 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.27%) Photovoltaics
5 1 (1.27%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 23 (29.11%) Windows
2 7 (8.86%) Windows 10
3 3 (3.80%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (45.57%) Customer Service
2 34 (43.04%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (39.24%) Customer Experience
4 25 (31.65%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (13.92%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.39%) CRM
7 8 (10.13%) AI
7 8 (10.13%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (8.86%) Analytics
8 7 (8.86%) Incident Management
8 7 (8.86%) Roadmaps
9 6 (7.59%) Agile
9 6 (7.59%) B2B
9 6 (7.59%) Customer Engagement
9 6 (7.59%) Use Case
10 5 (6.33%) B2C
10 5 (6.33%) Customer-Centricity
10 5 (6.33%) ERP
10 5 (6.33%) Migration
10 5 (6.33%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 18 (22.78%) SQL
2 3 (3.80%) Java
3 2 (2.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (18.99%) Degree
2 3 (3.80%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.53%) CIPD
3 2 (2.53%) HNC
3 2 (2.53%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.27%) ACCA
4 1 (1.27%) CBAP
4 1 (1.27%) CFA
4 1 (1.27%) CIMA
4 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.27%) MBA
4 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.06%) QA
1 4 (5.06%) SLA
2 3 (3.80%) GDPR
3 1 (1.27%) EMIR
3 1 (1.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 7 (8.86%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (21.52%) ServiceNow
2 15 (18.99%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.59%) Salesforce
4 5 (6.33%) SAP
5 3 (3.80%) Adobe
6 2 (2.53%) Workday
7 1 (1.27%) Oracle