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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 569 471 396
Rank change year-on-year -98 -75 +65
Contract jobs citing German Language 65 47 127
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.14% 0.17% 0.40%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.26% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 40
10th Percentile £157 £243 £185
25th Percentile £368 £425 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £445
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +23.60% -12.75%
75th Percentile £574 £675 £550
90th Percentile £755 £718 £562
UK median daily rate £450 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -18.18% +22.22% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 8 31
10th Percentile £20.94 - -
25th Percentile £31.91 £17.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £39.00 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +106.90% +16.14% +11.93%
75th Percentile £41.31 £22.38 £18.00
90th Percentile £43.68 £33.55 £32.75
UK median hourly rate £40.18 £18.43 £16.23
% change year-on-year +118.07% +13.52% +11.93%

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 26,286 17,862 18,891
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 56.47% 63.91% 58.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,330 11,337 11,341
10th Percentile £313 £275 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £530
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.66% -3.64%
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 2,416 1,048 851
10th Percentile £13.50 £13.51 £15.00
25th Percentile £16.62 £16.29 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.01 £25.15 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -29.15% +19.33%
75th Percentile £56.00 £45.19 £61.52
90th Percentile £77.50 £70.00 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £25.08 £33.52
% change year-on-year +11.07% -25.19% +21.89%

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 7 October 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 7 October 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 7 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 -65 40 £540 -16.92% 370
North West -33 10 £280 -58.52% 10
North of England -62 10 £280 -58.52% 16
East of England -25 4 £596 - 9
South East -67 3 £322 +54.19% 42
Midlands - 2 £135 - 7
East Midlands - 1 - - 3
South West - 1 - - 8
West Midlands - 1 £135 - 4
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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (7.69%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.54%) Confluence
3 1 (1.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.54%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 4 (6.15%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (6.15%) Workfront
2 2 (3.08%) Infor M3
2 2 (3.08%) SAP FS
3 1 (1.54%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.54%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (1.54%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.54%) SAP IBP
3 1 (1.54%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (15.38%) Azure
2 7 (10.77%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (9.23%) AWS
4 5 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 4 (6.15%) GCP
5 4 (6.15%) SaaS
6 3 (4.62%) Entra ID
7 2 (3.08%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.08%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.54%) Anthropic Claude
8 1 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.54%) GitHub
8 1 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.54%) Meta Ads
8 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.54%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.54%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.69%) Firewall
2 3 (4.62%) BGP
2 3 (4.62%) IPsec
3 2 (3.08%) DNS
4 1 (1.54%) LAN
4 1 (1.54%) Unified Communications
4 1 (1.54%) WAN
4 1 (1.54%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.54%) Power BI
1 1 (1.54%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.54%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (3.08%) JIRA
1 2 (3.08%) MSI
2 1 (1.54%) Claude Code
2 1 (1.54%) GitLab
2 1 (1.54%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.54%) Postman
2 1 (1.54%) Robot Framework
2 1 (1.54%) SonarQube
2 1 (1.54%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 23 (35.38%) Italian Language
2 21 (32.31%) French Language
2 21 (32.31%) Spanish Language
3 20 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 13 (20.00%) Finance
5 10 (15.38%) Dutch Language
6 8 (12.31%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (9.23%) Marketing
8 5 (7.69%) Manufacturing
8 5 (7.69%) Portuguese Language
8 5 (7.69%) Retail
9 3 (4.62%) Automotive
10 2 (3.08%) Advertising
10 2 (3.08%) Games
10 2 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.08%) Law
10 2 (3.08%) Legal
10 2 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (3.08%) Polish Language
10 2 (3.08%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (15.38%) Analyst
2 9 (13.85%) Consultant
3 7 (10.77%) Senior
4 6 (9.23%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.15%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.15%) Field Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Architect
6 3 (4.62%) Business Development Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Business Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Development Manager
6 3 (4.62%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (3.08%) Administrator
7 2 (3.08%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) IT Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Migration Project Manager
7 2 (3.08%) SAP Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Security Consultant
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.08%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.08%) AWS CDK
1 2 (3.08%) JSON
1 2 (3.08%) REST
1 2 (3.08%) Terraform
2 1 (1.54%) ADO
2 1 (1.54%) Jakarta EE
2 1 (1.54%) JMS
2 1 (1.54%) JNDI
2 1 (1.54%) Middleware
2 1 (1.54%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.54%) SAML
2 1 (1.54%) SAP ALE
2 1 (1.54%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.23%) Cloud Native
1 6 (9.23%) PMI
2 3 (4.62%) Analytical Mindset
2 3 (4.62%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.62%) Operational Technology
2 3 (4.62%) Reinsurance
2 3 (4.62%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (3.08%) CMDB
3 2 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.08%) Social Media
4 1 (1.54%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.54%) Blog
4 1 (1.54%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.54%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.54%) Infotainment
4 1 (1.54%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.54%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (1.54%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.54%) Photovoltaics
4 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.08%) Linux
1 2 (3.08%) Windows
2 1 (1.54%) Android
2 1 (1.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (20.00%) Migration
3 10 (15.38%) Customer Service
4 9 (13.85%) AI
4 9 (13.85%) Customer Engagement
5 7 (10.77%) B2B
5 7 (10.77%) Validation
6 6 (9.23%) ERP
6 6 (9.23%) Roadmaps
7 5 (7.69%) Business Development
7 5 (7.69%) Customer Experience
7 5 (7.69%) Decision-Making
7 5 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (7.69%) Workflow
8 4 (6.15%) Analytics
8 4 (6.15%) B2C
8 4 (6.15%) Data Governance
8 4 (6.15%) PRINCE2
8 4 (6.15%) Project Management
8 4 (6.15%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) Python
2 2 (3.08%) Java
2 2 (3.08%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.54%) ABAP
3 1 (1.54%) Bash
3 1 (1.54%) Go
3 1 (1.54%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (9.23%) Degree
1 6 (9.23%) PMI Certification
2 2 (3.08%) CIPD
2 2 (3.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.08%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.54%) AWS Certification
3 1 (1.54%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
3 1 (1.54%) CBAP
3 1 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.54%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.69%) GDPR
2 3 (4.62%) Data Quality
2 3 (4.62%) QA
3 2 (3.08%) NIST
3 2 (3.08%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (3.08%) Active Directory
1 2 (3.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.08%) Argo
1 2 (3.08%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (3.08%) SCCM
2 1 (1.54%) Istio
2 1 (1.54%) Podman
2 1 (1.54%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (15.38%) SAP
2 10 (15.38%) ServiceNow
3 5 (7.69%) Salesforce
4 4 (6.15%) Adobe
5 3 (4.62%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.08%) Tanium
6 2 (3.08%) Workday
7 1 (1.54%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.54%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.54%) Google
7 1 (1.54%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.54%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.54%) IBM
7 1 (1.54%) Infor
7 1 (1.54%) Okta
7 1 (1.54%) Oracle
7 1 (1.54%) Ping Identity
7 1 (1.54%) Siemens