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 30 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 431 407
Rank change year-on-year -109 -24 +97
Contract jobs citing German Language 46 48 136
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.20% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.31% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 60
10th Percentile - £159 £217
25th Percentile £284 £213 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £348 £600
Median % change year-on-year -3.60% -42.08% +11.63%
75th Percentile £575 £450 £791
90th Percentile £691 £679 £950
UK median daily rate £395 £400 £600
% change year-on-year -1.25% -33.33% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 10 20
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 -
25th Percentile £17.13 £16.71 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.85 £17.75
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% +6.20% +22.41%
75th Percentile £21.40 £25.88 £27.48
90th Percentile £33.14 £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 22,204 15,579 21,742
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.07% 64.03% 58.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,889 10,118 14,023
10th Percentile £305 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -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 1,450 673 1,785
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.06 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.26 £17.33 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.38 £28.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.50% -6.67% -11.53%
75th Percentile £62.75 £58.37 £51.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £29.02 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +3.64% -6.67% -14.29%

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 30 April 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing German Language in England over the 6 months to 30 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for German Language in England

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 30 April 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 -42 35 £306 +2.00% 60
South East -50 3 - - 23
Midlands - 3 - - 5
North East -16 2 £363 - 1
East of England -47 2 £616 - 4
North of England -78 2 £363 -29.27% 11
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
West Midlands - 1 - - 3
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 (10.87%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (10.87%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.35%) CMS
2 2 (4.35%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.17%) SAP FI
1 1 (2.17%) SAP FS
1 1 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (23.91%) SaaS
2 7 (15.22%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (10.87%) OneDrive
4 4 (8.70%) Power Platform
5 3 (6.52%) Azure
6 2 (4.35%) Figma
6 2 (4.35%) GCP
6 2 (4.35%) Google Analytics
7 1 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (2.17%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.70%) Power BI
2 1 (2.17%) DB2
2 1 (2.17%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (6.52%) JIRA
General
1 19 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 17 (36.96%) Marketing
3 12 (26.09%) French Language
4 8 (17.39%) Finance
5 7 (15.22%) Italian Language
5 7 (15.22%) Spanish Language
6 5 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (6.52%) Japanese Language
8 3 (6.52%) Law
9 2 (4.35%) Arabic Language
9 2 (4.35%) Billing
9 2 (4.35%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (4.35%) Dutch Language
9 2 (4.35%) Legal
9 2 (4.35%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (4.35%) Manufacturing
9 2 (4.35%) Polish Language
9 2 (4.35%) Portuguese Language
9 2 (4.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (23.91%) Digital Marketing Manager
1 11 (23.91%) Marketing Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Analyst
3 5 (10.87%) Project Manager
4 4 (8.70%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Administrator
5 2 (4.35%) Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (4.35%) IT Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Junior
5 2 (4.35%) Marketing Executive
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Migration Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Sales Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Senior
5 2 (4.35%) Web Administrator
5 2 (4.35%) Web Content Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) ADO
1 1 (2.17%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) PMI
2 2 (4.35%) Blog
2 2 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.35%) Educational Technology
2 2 (4.35%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.35%) Reinsurance
2 2 (4.35%) Social Media
2 2 (4.35%) Web Conferencing
3 1 (2.17%) AI Agents
3 1 (2.17%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.17%) Legacy Applications
3 1 (2.17%) Life Science
3 1 (2.17%) Mainframe
3 1 (2.17%) Multi-touch
3 1 (2.17%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.17%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (2.17%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (2.17%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.17%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) B2B
2 11 (23.91%) Demand Generation
2 11 (23.91%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (13.04%) Migration
4 6 (13.04%) Project Management
4 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (8.70%) Agile
5 4 (8.70%) AI
5 4 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (8.70%) Generative AI
5 4 (8.70%) Pay per click
5 4 (8.70%) PRINCE2
6 3 (6.52%) B2B Marketing
6 3 (6.52%) CRM
6 3 (6.52%) ERP
6 3 (6.52%) Process Improvement
6 3 (6.52%) Time Management
7 2 (4.35%) Data Modelling
7 2 (4.35%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.17%) ABAP
1 1 (2.17%) COBOL
1 1 (2.17%) JCL
1 1 (2.17%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (10.87%) PMI Certification
2 3 (6.52%) Degree
3 1 (2.17%) CFA
3 1 (2.17%) DBS Check
3 1 (2.17%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.17%) MBA
3 1 (2.17%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.35%) Data Quality
2 1 (2.17%) EMIR
2 1 (2.17%) MiFID
Vendors
1 15 (32.61%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.04%) Google
3 5 (10.87%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.35%) Atlassian
4 2 (4.35%) HubSpot
4 2 (4.35%) SAP
5 1 (2.17%) Guidewire
5 1 (2.17%) Reuters