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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 528 432 417
Rank change year-on-year -96 -15 +113
Contract jobs citing German Language 55 52 137
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.21% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.34% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 23 62
10th Percentile £213 £166 £220
25th Percentile £284 £218 £364
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £400 £581
Median % change year-on-year -16.25% -31.18% +10.71%
75th Percentile £575 £478 £741
90th Percentile £699 £644 £945
UK median daily rate £390 £415 £550
% change year-on-year -6.02% -24.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 19
10th Percentile £15.20 £15.62 -
25th Percentile £18.42 £15.90 -
Median hourly rate £21.00 £22.67 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.36% +51.12% +3.45%
75th Percentile £27.64 £37.50 £26.98
90th Percentile £38.15 £64.13 £29.55
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £18.38 £15.00
% change year-on-year +14.29% +22.50% -

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 21,980 15,509 21,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.18% 63.72% 58.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,825 10,109 14,128
10th Percentile £304 £300 £275
25th Percentile £408 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -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 1,399 634 1,739
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.20 £13.00
25th Percentile £17.87 £18.13 £15.29
Median hourly rate £27.88 £29.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.86% +5.45% -21.43%
75th Percentile £61.18 £59.69 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £26.61 £28.88 £26.73
% change year-on-year -7.86% +8.02% -23.63%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -65 42 £306 -23.02% 69
South East -54 3 - - 15
Midlands - 3 - - 10
North East -15 2 £363 -
North of England -68 2 £363 -29.27% 11
East Midlands - 2 - - 2
East of England -36 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 - - 8
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 4 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (7.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.64%) CMS
2 2 (3.64%) Drupal
3 1 (1.82%) Camunda
Applications
1 6 (10.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.82%) SAP FI
1 1 (1.82%) SAP FS
1 1 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (20.00%) SaaS
2 6 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.27%) OneDrive
4 3 (5.45%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.64%) Azure
5 2 (3.64%) Figma
5 2 (3.64%) Google Analytics
5 2 (3.64%) n8n
5 2 (3.64%) Power Automate
5 2 (3.64%) Zapier
6 1 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.82%) Dialogflow
6 1 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.82%) GCP
6 1 (1.82%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.82%) IBM Watson
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.45%) Power BI
2 1 (1.82%) DB2
2 1 (1.82%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 3 (5.45%) JIRA
General
1 23 (41.82%) Marketing
2 22 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 17 (30.91%) French Language
4 10 (18.18%) Spanish Language
5 9 (16.36%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (16.36%) Finance
5 9 (16.36%) Italian Language
6 6 (10.91%) Japanese Language
7 4 (7.27%) Arabic Language
7 4 (7.27%) Dutch Language
7 4 (7.27%) Mandarin Language
7 4 (7.27%) Organisational Skills
7 4 (7.27%) Polish Language
7 4 (7.27%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (5.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (5.45%) Law
8 3 (5.45%) Publishing
9 2 (3.64%) Legal
9 2 (3.64%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.64%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (21.82%) Marketing Manager
2 11 (20.00%) Digital Marketing Manager
3 8 (14.55%) Analyst
4 4 (7.27%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.27%) Marketing Executive
4 4 (7.27%) Project Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Sales Manager
5 3 (5.45%) Senior
6 2 (3.64%) Administrator
6 2 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
6 2 (3.64%) IT Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Junior
6 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
6 2 (3.64%) Operations Analyst
6 2 (3.64%) Web Administrator
6 2 (3.64%) Web Content Administrator
7 1 (1.82%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 1 (1.82%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 1 (1.82%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.64%) CrewAI
2 1 (1.82%) ADO
2 1 (1.82%) Node.js
2 1 (1.82%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.09%) Social Media
2 3 (5.45%) AI Agents
2 3 (5.45%) PMI
3 2 (3.64%) Blog
3 2 (3.64%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.64%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.64%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.64%) Reinsurance
3 2 (3.64%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (1.82%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.82%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.82%) Life Science
4 1 (1.82%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.82%) Multi-touch
4 1 (1.82%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.82%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.82%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.82%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.82%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (27.27%) B2B
2 12 (21.82%) Digital Marketing
3 11 (20.00%) Demand Generation
4 10 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (14.55%) CRM
6 7 (12.73%) AI
7 6 (10.91%) Generative AI
7 6 (10.91%) Migration
7 6 (10.91%) Project Management
7 6 (10.91%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.09%) Agile
8 5 (9.09%) Analytics
9 4 (7.27%) Pay per click
10 3 (5.45%) Business Development
10 3 (5.45%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (5.45%) ERP
10 3 (5.45%) Marketing Strategy
10 3 (5.45%) PRINCE2
10 3 (5.45%) Process Improvement
10 3 (5.45%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.45%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.64%) TypeScript
3 1 (1.82%) ABAP
3 1 (1.82%) COBOL
3 1 (1.82%) JCL
3 1 (1.82%) Korn
3 1 (1.82%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (7.27%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.45%) Degree
3 1 (1.82%) CFA
3 1 (1.82%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.82%) MBA
3 1 (1.82%) PMP
3 1 (1.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.64%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.82%) EMIR
2 1 (1.82%) MiFID
Vendors
1 15 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 7 (12.73%) Google
3 6 (10.91%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.64%) Atlassian
4 2 (3.64%) HubSpot
4 2 (3.64%) SAP
4 2 (3.64%) UiPath
5 1 (1.82%) Charles River
5 1 (1.82%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.82%) IBM
5 1 (1.82%) Reuters