German Language Contract Job Trends in England

German Language
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited German Language over the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 549 437 433
Rank change year-on-year -112 -4 +56
Contract jobs citing German Language 48 41 116
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.17% 0.31%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.26% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 18 54
10th Percentile £284 £194 £213
25th Percentile £371 £296 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% -1.14% +10.83%
75th Percentile £588 £684 £847
90th Percentile £739 £703 £950
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 9 27
10th Percentile £14.89 £15.62 -
25th Percentile £15.84 - -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.85 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% +25.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile - £36.00 £29.00
90th Percentile £21.32 £37.50 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £18.85 £15.00
% change year-on-year +11.41% +25.67% +3.45%

All General Skills
England

German 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 23,410 15,921 21,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 54.53% 64.35% 57.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,274 10,255 13,686
10th Percentile £313 £284 £281
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £520 £533
Median % change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
75th Percentile £638 £640 £650
90th Percentile £749 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £514 £504 £525
% change year-on-year +1.98% -4.00% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,636 764 1,831
10th Percentile £14.22 £13.28 £12.88
25th Percentile £18.75 £16.95 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.50 £28.00 £31.97
Median % change year-on-year +16.07% -12.42% +6.57%
75th Percentile £63.75 £53.75 £52.89
90th Percentile £82.25 £75.00 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £32.00 £27.85 £31.00
% change year-on-year +14.90% -10.16% +1.51%

German Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing German Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

German Language job vacancy trend in England

German Language
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language

German Language
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing German Language in England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for German Language in England

German Language
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language

German 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 German Language within the England region over the 6 months to 17 June 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 -47 34 £545 +14.74% 96
East of England -36 3 £596 - 63
North West -38 3 - - 42
North of England -67 3 - - 94
Midlands - 3 - - 50
East Midlands - 2 - - 30
South East -59 1 £195 -6.94% 81
West Midlands - 1 - - 20
German Language
UK

German 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 5 (10.42%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (10.42%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.08%) CMS
2 1 (2.08%) Confluence
2 1 (2.08%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.17%) SAP FS
1 2 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.08%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.67%) Azure
1 8 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (10.42%) GCP
2 5 (10.42%) OneDrive
3 4 (8.33%) AWS
3 4 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.33%) SaaS
4 1 (2.08%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.08%) Figma
4 1 (2.08%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.25%) BGP
1 3 (6.25%) Firewall
1 3 (6.25%) IPsec
2 1 (2.08%) LAN
2 1 (2.08%) Unified Communications
2 1 (2.08%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.08%) Db2
2 1 (2.08%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (8.33%) JIRA
General
1 14 (29.17%) Finance
1 14 (29.17%) Social Skills
2 11 (22.92%) French Language
3 8 (16.67%) Italian Language
4 7 (14.58%) Spanish Language
5 6 (12.50%) Marketing
5 6 (12.50%) Retail
6 5 (10.42%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (6.25%) Law
7 3 (6.25%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (4.17%) Billing
8 2 (4.17%) Dutch Language
8 2 (4.17%) Japanese Language
8 2 (4.17%) Legal
8 2 (4.17%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.17%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.08%) Banking
9 1 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.08%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (22.92%) Analyst
2 6 (12.50%) Business Analyst
3 5 (10.42%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Digital Marketing Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Marketing Manager
4 4 (8.33%) Senior
5 3 (6.25%) Business Development Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Business Manager
5 3 (6.25%) Consultant
5 3 (6.25%) Development Manager
5 3 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Environment Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Junior
6 2 (4.17%) Lead
6 2 (4.17%) Migration Project Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (4.17%) Sales Manager
6 2 (4.17%) SAP Manager
6 2 (4.17%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.08%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.50%) PMI
2 3 (6.25%) Reinsurance
3 2 (4.17%) Educational Technology
3 2 (4.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.17%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (2.08%) AI Agents
4 1 (2.08%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (2.08%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.08%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (2.08%) Mainframe
4 1 (2.08%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.08%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.08%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (16.67%) B2B
1 8 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 8 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (14.58%) Agile
3 6 (12.50%) Project Management
4 5 (10.42%) Business Development
4 5 (10.42%) Business Intelligence
4 5 (10.42%) Customer Service
4 5 (10.42%) Migration
4 5 (10.42%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (8.33%) AI
5 4 (8.33%) Demand Generation
5 4 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
5 4 (8.33%) ERP
5 4 (8.33%) Generative AI
5 4 (8.33%) PRINCE2
5 4 (8.33%) Process Improvement
5 4 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (8.33%) Time Management
6 3 (6.25%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.08%) ABAP
1 1 (2.08%) COBOL
1 1 (2.08%) JCL
1 1 (2.08%) Korn
1 1 (2.08%) Python
1 1 (2.08%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (12.50%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.25%) Degree
3 2 (4.17%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.08%) CBAP
4 1 (2.08%) CFA
4 1 (2.08%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.08%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.17%) QA
3 1 (2.08%) EMIR
3 1 (2.08%) MiFID
Vendors
1 14 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.58%) SAP
3 5 (10.42%) Salesforce
4 3 (6.25%) Palo Alto
4 3 (6.25%) ServiceNow
5 2 (4.17%) Atlassian
5 2 (4.17%) Google
6 1 (2.08%) Bloomberg
6 1 (2.08%) Guidewire
6 1 (2.08%) Reuters