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 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 422 409
Rank change year-on-year -58 -13 +229
Contract jobs citing French Language 61 78 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.19% 0.28% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 43 80
10th Percentile £129 £275 £295
25th Percentile £241 £343 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year -25.84% -19.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £505 £550 £750
90th Percentile £591 £635 -
UK median daily rate £350 £448 £550
% change year-on-year -21.79% -18.64% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 4
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.50 £16.34
25th Percentile £15.00 £24.50 £16.86
Median hourly rate £15.50 £29.75 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% +73.57% +3.88%
75th Percentile £28.75 £34.25 £17.29
90th Percentile £44.75 £36.95 £17.57
UK median hourly rate £15.50 £29.75 £17.14
% change year-on-year -47.90% +73.57% +3.88%

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 19,413 17,486 21,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.32% 61.79% 59.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,309 10,584 14,509
10th Percentile £284 £300 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £661
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,232 598 1,007
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.42 £16.75
Median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £57.90 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.42 £74.05 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025. 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 -27 35 £275 -46.34% 62
North of England -45 9 £130 -64.86% 15
North West -14 7 £125 - 10
South East -18 7 - - 17
South West +2 5 £513 +36.67% 6
North East -9 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 1 (1.64%) CMS
1 1 (1.64%) Drupal
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle SOA Suite
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Workflow
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
1 1 (1.64%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (8.20%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.64%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.64%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.64%) Eloqua
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (1.64%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
1 1 (1.64%) SAP HR
1 1 (1.64%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.84%) Azure
2 5 (8.20%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (6.56%) SaaS
4 2 (3.28%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.64%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.64%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.64%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.64%) Figma
5 1 (1.64%) IaaS
5 1 (1.64%) OCI
5 1 (1.64%) PaaS
5 1 (1.64%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.28%) WAN
2 1 (1.64%) BGP
2 1 (1.64%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.64%) DNS
2 1 (1.64%) HTTP
2 1 (1.64%) LAN
2 1 (1.64%) Network Security
2 1 (1.64%) OSPF
2 1 (1.64%) TACACS
2 1 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.64%) VPN
2 1 (1.64%) VSAN
2 1 (1.64%) Wireless
2 1 (1.64%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.64%) DB2
2 1 (1.64%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.64%) Informix
2 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.64%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.64%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) JIRA
General
1 27 (44.26%) Social Skills
2 17 (27.87%) Spanish Language
3 16 (26.23%) German Language
4 14 (22.95%) Italian Language
5 13 (21.31%) Marketing
6 12 (19.67%) Japanese Language
7 10 (16.39%) Portuguese Language
8 8 (13.11%) Arabic Language
9 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (11.48%) Dutch Language
9 7 (11.48%) Finance
10 6 (9.84%) Mandarin Language
10 6 (9.84%) Polish Language
11 5 (8.20%) Banking
11 5 (8.20%) Investment Banking
12 4 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (6.56%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (6.56%) Retail
13 3 (4.92%) Legal
13 3 (4.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 6 (9.84%) Marketing Executive
1 6 (9.84%) Support Engineer
2 5 (8.20%) Administrator
2 5 (8.20%) Azure Engineer
2 5 (8.20%) Technical Engineer
2 5 (8.20%) Technical Support
2 5 (8.20%) Technical Support Engineer
2 5 (8.20%) Test Manager
3 4 (6.56%) Analyst
3 4 (6.56%) Compliance Manager
3 4 (6.56%) E-Commerce Manager
4 3 (4.92%) Customer Service Advisor
5 2 (3.28%) Applications Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Consultant
5 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Logistics Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Programme Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Security Manager
5 2 (3.28%) Service Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.28%) Middleware
1 2 (3.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.64%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.64%) EDI
2 1 (1.64%) XML
2 1 (1.64%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.20%) Social Media
2 4 (6.56%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.28%) Blog
3 2 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.64%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.64%) Clustering
4 1 (1.64%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.64%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.64%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.64%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.11%) Windows
2 4 (6.56%) Windows 10
2 4 (6.56%) Windows 7
3 3 (4.92%) Linux
4 1 (1.64%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.64%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) CRM
2 11 (18.03%) Customer Service
2 11 (18.03%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (16.39%) E-Commerce
4 7 (11.48%) Analytics
5 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.20%) ERP
7 4 (6.56%) Agile
7 4 (6.56%) Data Protection
7 4 (6.56%) Incident Management
7 4 (6.56%) Logistics
7 4 (6.56%) Project Management
8 3 (4.92%) B2B
8 3 (4.92%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (4.92%) Fintech
8 3 (4.92%) Migration
8 3 (4.92%) Multichannel Marketing
8 3 (4.92%) Project Delivery
8 3 (4.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.92%) Python
1 3 (4.92%) SQL
2 2 (3.28%) Perl
3 1 (1.64%) Bash
3 1 (1.64%) Java
3 1 (1.64%) Jython
3 1 (1.64%) Korn
Qualifications
1 6 (9.84%) Degree
2 4 (6.56%) Azure Certification
3 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (3.28%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.64%) CCNP
5 1 (1.64%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.64%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.64%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.64%) PMP
5 1 (1.64%) VCDX
5 1 (1.64%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.20%) QA
2 2 (3.28%) GAAP
3 1 (1.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.64%) Basel III
3 1 (1.64%) IFRS
3 1 (1.64%) IFRS 17
3 1 (1.64%) IFRS 9
3 1 (1.64%) ISO 19650
3 1 (1.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (3.28%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.64%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.64%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Control-M
1 1 (1.64%) SCCM
1 1 (1.64%) TADDM
1 1 (1.64%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 9 (14.75%) Microsoft
1 9 (14.75%) Salesforce
2 8 (13.11%) SAP
3 4 (6.56%) Oracle
3 4 (6.56%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.92%) HubSpot
4 3 (4.92%) Workday
5 2 (3.28%) Google
5 2 (3.28%) Intapp
6 1 (1.64%) Aruba
6 1 (1.64%) Cisco
6 1 (1.64%) IBM
6 1 (1.64%) Informatica
6 1 (1.64%) LogicMonitor
6 1 (1.64%) NetApp
6 1 (1.64%) NGA Human Resources
6 1 (1.64%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.64%) SolarWinds
6 1 (1.64%) VMware