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 15 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 565 456 424
Rank change year-on-year -109 -32 +64
Contract jobs citing German Language 53 49 119
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.18% 0.32%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.28% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 22 51
10th Percentile £296 £209 £200
25th Percentile £425 £296 £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £521 £520
Median % change year-on-year +5.52% +0.24% +9.47%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £600
90th Percentile £771 £688 £950
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £520
% change year-on-year +2.33% +3.37% +9.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 9 29
10th Percentile £15.05 £15.62 -
25th Percentile £17.13 - £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.00 £18.85 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year +11.41% +16.14% +11.93%
75th Percentile £21.40 £36.00 £29.00
90th Percentile £33.39 £37.50 £35.00
UK median hourly rate £21.00 £18.85 £16.23
% change year-on-year +11.41% +16.14% +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 24,681 17,301 21,065
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 55.17% 63.77% 57.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,862 11,088 13,439
10th Percentile £313 £285 £300
25th Percentile £413 £404 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £533
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -3.85% -3.09%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £744 £763 £775
UK median daily rate £520 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,804 896 1,708
10th Percentile £14.36 £13.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £19.24 £16.48 £16.06
Median hourly rate £34.00 £26.75 £33.93
Median % change year-on-year +27.08% -21.16% +11.10%
75th Percentile £65.00 £51.20 £56.49
90th Percentile £82.25 £73.75 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £33.00 £26.50 £32.90
% change year-on-year +24.53% -19.44% +7.71%

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 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -46 38 £550 +22.22% 95
North West -43 4 - - 34
North of England -72 4 - - 70
East of England -29 3 £596 - 57
Midlands - 3 - - 48
East Midlands - 2 - - 25
South East -70 1 £195 -6.94% 74
West Midlands - 1 - - 23
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 (9.43%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (9.43%) SharePoint
2 3 (5.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.89%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (5.66%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (5.66%) Workfront
2 2 (3.77%) SAP FS
3 1 (1.89%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 8 (15.09%) Azure
1 8 (15.09%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (9.43%) GCP
2 5 (9.43%) OneDrive
3 4 (7.55%) AWS
3 4 (7.55%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.77%) SaaS
5 1 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.89%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) BGP
1 3 (5.66%) Firewall
1 3 (5.66%) IPsec
2 1 (1.89%) LAN
2 1 (1.89%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.89%) WAN
2 1 (1.89%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.55%) Power BI
2 1 (1.89%) Db2
2 1 (1.89%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 17 (32.08%) French Language
3 14 (26.42%) Finance
3 14 (26.42%) Italian Language
4 13 (24.53%) Spanish Language
5 7 (13.21%) Retail
6 6 (11.32%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (11.32%) Dutch Language
7 4 (7.55%) Marketing
7 4 (7.55%) Portuguese Language
8 3 (5.66%) Law
8 3 (5.66%) Legal
9 2 (3.77%) Billing
9 2 (3.77%) Japanese Language
9 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
9 2 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.89%) Polish Language
10 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.89%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Analyst
2 6 (11.32%) Business Analyst
2 6 (11.32%) Project Manager
3 4 (7.55%) Consultant
3 4 (7.55%) Senior
4 3 (5.66%) Business Development Manager
4 3 (5.66%) Business Manager
4 3 (5.66%) Development Manager
4 3 (5.66%) Field Engineer
4 3 (5.66%) IT Manager
4 3 (5.66%) SAP Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Environment Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Junior
5 2 (3.77%) Lead
5 2 (3.77%) Microsoft 365 Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Migration Project Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Operations Analyst
5 2 (3.77%) Sales Manager
5 2 (3.77%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) SAP ALE
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.32%) PMI
2 3 (5.66%) Cloud Native
2 3 (5.66%) Reinsurance
2 3 (5.66%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (3.77%) Educational Technology
3 2 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.77%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.89%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) Blog
4 1 (1.89%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (1.89%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.89%) Mainframe
4 1 (1.89%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.89%) Social Media
4 1 (1.89%) VSAM
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.89%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
2 9 (16.98%) B2B
3 8 (15.09%) AI
3 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.21%) Agile
4 7 (13.21%) Migration
5 6 (11.32%) Customer Service
5 6 (11.32%) Project Management
6 5 (9.43%) Business Development
6 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (9.43%) Generative AI
6 5 (9.43%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (7.55%) B2C
7 4 (7.55%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (7.55%) ERP
7 4 (7.55%) PRINCE2
7 4 (7.55%) Process Improvement
7 4 (7.55%) Time Management
7 4 (7.55%) Use Case
7 4 (7.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) ABAP
1 1 (1.89%) COBOL
1 1 (1.89%) JCL
1 1 (1.89%) Korn
1 1 (1.89%) Python
1 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.32%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.89%) CBAP
4 1 (1.89%) CFA
4 1 (1.89%) CIPD
4 1 (1.89%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.89%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.66%) GDPR
3 2 (3.77%) QA
4 1 (1.89%) EMIR
4 1 (1.89%) MiFID
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.09%) SAP
3 5 (9.43%) Salesforce
4 4 (7.55%) ServiceNow
5 3 (5.66%) Adobe
5 3 (5.66%) Palo Alto
6 2 (3.77%) Atlassian
6 2 (3.77%) Google
7 1 (1.89%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.89%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.89%) Reuters
7 1 (1.89%) Workday