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 12 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 558 435 439
Rank change year-on-year -123 +4 +50
Contract jobs citing French Language 78 76 91
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.17% 0.27% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.43% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 28 48
10th Percentile £273 £259 £313
25th Percentile £303 £336 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £513 £440
Median % change year-on-year -20.78% +16.48% -20.00%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £538
90th Percentile £638 £625 £576
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £450
% change year-on-year -2.50% +11.11% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 23 9
10th Percentile £14.36 £14.75 -
25th Percentile £14.85 £15.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £15.84 £15.50 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.19% -44.64% +63.36%
75th Percentile £40.00 £20.00 £35.00
90th Percentile £42.10 £50.40 £35.75
UK median hourly rate £39.00 £15.50 £28.00
% change year-on-year +151.61% -44.64% +63.36%

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 26,186 17,847 18,992
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.61% 63.94% 58.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,232 11,332 11,400
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £750 £738 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,452 1,069 816
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.68 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.30 £17.39
Median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56.21 £45.00 £61.60
90th Percentile £78.68 £70.38 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £32.14
% change year-on-year +10.00% -22.22% +8.95%

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 12 October 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 12 October 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 12 October 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 -94 35 £550 +18.28% 214
South East -53 23 £305 -41.90% 20
North of England -57 14 - - 6
North West -35 13 - - 2
South West -40 2 £550 - 13
Midlands - 2 - - 6
North East - 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - - 4
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 (5.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 4 (5.13%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.28%) CMS
2 1 (1.28%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.28%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Workfront
2 3 (3.85%) Eloqua
3 1 (1.28%) Actimize
3 1 (1.28%) Infor M3
3 1 (1.28%) Sage 50
3 1 (1.28%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.69%) SaaS
2 5 (6.41%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (3.85%) Azure
4 2 (2.56%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.28%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.28%) Commercetools
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub
5 1 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (1.28%) Meta Ads
5 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.28%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) Multicast
1 2 (2.56%) VLAN
1 2 (2.56%) WAN
2 1 (1.28%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.56%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Postman
2 1 (1.28%) Visual Studio
General
1 45 (57.69%) Social Skills
2 36 (46.15%) Spanish Language
3 27 (34.62%) Italian Language
4 22 (28.21%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (26.92%) German Language
6 16 (20.51%) Retail
7 10 (12.82%) Portuguese Language
8 8 (10.26%) Finance
9 7 (8.97%) Dutch Language
9 7 (8.97%) Marketing
10 5 (6.41%) Arabic Language
11 4 (5.13%) Front Office
12 3 (3.85%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (3.85%) Legal
12 3 (3.85%) Manufacturing
13 2 (2.56%) Aerospace
13 2 (2.56%) Automotive
13 2 (2.56%) Games
14 1 (1.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 19 (24.36%) Technical Support
2 14 (17.95%) 2nd Line Support
2 14 (17.95%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 8 (10.26%) Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Senior
5 4 (5.13%) Consultant
5 4 (5.13%) Field Engineer
5 4 (5.13%) Help Desk Support
5 4 (5.13%) Lead
6 3 (3.85%) Developer
6 3 (3.85%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Architect
7 2 (2.56%) Business Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Business Project Manager
7 2 (2.56%) Junior
7 2 (2.56%) Junior Python Developer
7 2 (2.56%) Marketing Manager
7 2 (2.56%) QA Engineer
7 2 (2.56%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.28%) .NET
1 1 (1.28%) .NET Core
1 1 (1.28%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.28%) REST
1 1 (1.28%) SailPoint
1 1 (1.28%) SAML
1 1 (1.28%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.69%) Web Conferencing
2 5 (6.41%) Cloud Native
2 5 (6.41%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.85%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (3.85%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 3 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.56%) AI Agents
4 2 (2.56%) Data Centre
4 2 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.56%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.28%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.28%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.28%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.28%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.28%) Photovoltaics
5 1 (1.28%) PMI
5 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 21 (26.92%) Windows
2 5 (6.41%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.28%) Android
3 1 (1.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.28%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.46%) Customer Service
2 29 (37.18%) Problem-Solving
3 26 (33.33%) Customer Experience
4 23 (29.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
6 9 (11.54%) Analytics
6 9 (11.54%) B2B
7 8 (10.26%) Agile
7 8 (10.26%) AI
8 7 (8.97%) CRM
8 7 (8.97%) Matrix Organization
8 7 (8.97%) Roadmaps
9 6 (7.69%) Customer Engagement
9 6 (7.69%) Migration
9 6 (7.69%) Use Case
10 5 (6.41%) B2C
10 5 (6.41%) Business Analysis
10 5 (6.41%) Incident Management
10 5 (6.41%) Marketing Strategy
10 5 (6.41%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) SQL
2 2 (2.56%) Java
2 2 (2.56%) Python
3 1 (1.28%) C#
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Degree
2 2 (2.56%) CCNA
2 2 (2.56%) CCNP
2 2 (2.56%) CIPD
2 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (2.56%) HNC
2 2 (2.56%) PMI Certification
3 1 (1.28%) ACCA
3 1 (1.28%) Azure Certification
3 1 (1.28%) CBAP
3 1 (1.28%) CIMA
3 1 (1.28%) PMP
3 1 (1.28%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.28%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) QA
2 5 (6.41%) GDPR
3 4 (5.13%) SLA
4 1 (1.28%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (6.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) ServiceNow
2 15 (19.23%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.97%) Salesforce
4 4 (5.13%) Adobe
4 4 (5.13%) SAP
5 3 (3.85%) Marketo
6 2 (2.56%) Arista
6 2 (2.56%) Aruba
6 2 (2.56%) Cisco
6 2 (2.56%) Murex
6 2 (2.56%) Workday
7 1 (1.28%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.28%) Okta
7 1 (1.28%) Oracle
7 1 (1.28%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.28%) Relativity
7 1 (1.28%) Sage
7 1 (1.28%) YouTube