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 9 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 532 405 449
Rank change year-on-year -127 +44 +106
Contract jobs citing French Language 49 68 106
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.28% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.22% 0.44% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 36 52
10th Percentile £248 £239 £192
25th Percentile £275 £345 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £516 £420
Median % change year-on-year -41.89% +22.92% -10.06%
75th Percentile £463 £573 £595
90th Percentile £618 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £363 £500 £438
% change year-on-year -27.50% +14.29% -2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £17.63 £26.90 £30.40
25th Percentile £21.00 £30.50 £32.13
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% - -23.91%
75th Percentile £39.19 £45.00 -
90th Percentile £49.25 £58.50 -
UK median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -37.14% +6.87% -28.80%

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 22,262 15,582 21,447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.63% 64.12% 58.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,829 10,117 13,818
10th Percentile £306 £300 £280
25th Percentile £410 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.95% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,462 662 1,788
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.00 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.14 £16.96 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.50 £27.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.89% -9.84% -6.15%
75th Percentile £63.75 £56.91 £51.91
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.40
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.16
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.82% -10.24%

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 9 May 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 9 May 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 9 May 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 -82 31 £309 -41.82% 59
South East -61 7 £300 -42.86% 26
North of England -72 6 £335 -20.71% 12
North West -36 4 £115 -77.56% 10
East of England - 3 - - 2
North East -19 2 £363 -2.03%
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 (4.08%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.04%) CMS
2 1 (2.04%) Drupal
2 1 (2.04%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.04%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.24%) Azure
1 6 (12.24%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (8.16%) Entra ID
3 2 (4.08%) AWS
4 1 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (2.04%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (2.04%) BigCommerce
4 1 (2.04%) Commercetools
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.04%) Figma
4 1 (2.04%) GCP
4 1 (2.04%) IaaS
4 1 (2.04%) OCI
4 1 (2.04%) PaaS
4 1 (2.04%) SaaS
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.04%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (2.04%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.04%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.04%) MySQL
1 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.04%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) JIRA
2 2 (4.08%) Postman
General
1 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
2 14 (28.57%) Spanish Language
3 11 (22.45%) German Language
4 10 (20.41%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (16.33%) Italian Language
5 8 (16.33%) Retail
6 7 (14.29%) Banking
6 7 (14.29%) Finance
6 7 (14.29%) Investment Banking
7 4 (8.16%) Front Office
7 4 (8.16%) Marketing
7 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (8.16%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (6.12%) Advertising
9 2 (4.08%) Japanese Language
10 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (2.04%) Czech Language
10 1 (2.04%) Dutch Language
10 1 (2.04%) General Ledger
10 1 (2.04%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 11 (22.45%) Technical Support
2 6 (12.24%) Azure Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Support Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Technical Engineer
2 6 (12.24%) Technical Support Engineer
3 5 (10.20%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (10.20%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 4 (8.16%) Analyst
4 4 (8.16%) Lead
4 4 (8.16%) Senior
5 3 (6.12%) Business Analyst
6 2 (4.08%) Applications Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Consultant
6 2 (4.08%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (4.08%) Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Junior
6 2 (4.08%) Programme Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Tester
6 2 (4.08%) UAT Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.04%) EDI
1 1 (2.04%) Middleware
1 1 (2.04%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.04%) Spring
1 1 (2.04%) Spring Boot
1 1 (2.04%) XML
1 1 (2.04%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.12%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (6.12%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (4.08%) AI Agents
2 2 (4.08%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (2.04%) CMDB
3 1 (2.04%) FMCG
3 1 (2.04%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.04%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.04%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 12 (24.49%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 10
2 6 (12.24%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Customer Experience
1 12 (24.49%) Customer Service
2 11 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (16.33%) CRM
4 7 (14.29%) AI
4 7 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (12.24%) Agile
5 6 (12.24%) Incident Management
5 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (10.20%) Generative AI
6 5 (10.20%) Project Management
7 4 (8.16%) Analytics
7 4 (8.16%) ERP
7 4 (8.16%) Time Management
7 4 (8.16%) User Experience
8 3 (6.12%) Change Management
8 3 (6.12%) Data Protection
8 3 (6.12%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.12%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.12%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 7 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (2.04%) Java
2 1 (2.04%) Korn
2 1 (2.04%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (12.24%) Azure Certification
2 5 (10.20%) Degree
3 2 (4.08%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.04%) CFA
4 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (2.04%) MBA
4 1 (2.04%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) QA
2 1 (2.04%) Basel III
2 1 (2.04%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.04%) EMIR
2 1 (2.04%) GAAP
2 1 (2.04%) IFRS
2 1 (2.04%) IFRS 17
2 1 (2.04%) IFRS 9
2 1 (2.04%) MiFID
2 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.04%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 5 (10.20%) ServiceNow
3 4 (8.16%) Salesforce
3 4 (8.16%) SAP
4 2 (4.08%) Oracle
5 1 (2.04%) BMC
5 1 (2.04%) Google
5 1 (2.04%) Informatica
5 1 (2.04%) Reuters
5 1 (2.04%) Workday