French Language Contract Job Trends in London

French Language
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited French Language over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 402 327 351
Rank change year-on-year -75 +24 +67
Contract jobs citing French Language 33 42 52
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.17% 0.31% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.28% 0.45% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 27 27
10th Percentile £275 £235 £184
25th Percentile £283 £372 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £465 £400
Median % change year-on-year -10.65% +16.25% -20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £581 £556
90th Percentile £635 £635 £577
England median daily rate £305 £489 £400
% change year-on-year -37.60% +22.19% -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 1
10th Percentile £16.95 £30.50 -
25th Percentile - £32.50 £29.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £54.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.11% +77.05% -33.70%
75th Percentile £22.50 - £31.75
90th Percentile £36.15 £59.40 -
England median hourly rate £21.00 £15.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +35.48% +19.23% -59.38%

All General Skills
London

French 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,968 9,275 10,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.51% 68.14% 62.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,663 6,182 7,682
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -4.06% -4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £514 £534
% change year-on-year +2.14% -3.70% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 176 211
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.13
Median hourly rate £31.50 £33.45 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +5.47% -9.40%
75th Percentile £44.59 £50.86 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £33.06 £27.28 £33.93
% change year-on-year +21.19% -19.60% +11.10%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

French Language job vacancy trend in London

French Language
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing French Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing French Language

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in London

French Language
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing French Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing French Language

French Language
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing French Language in London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in London

French Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (9.09%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (3.03%) CMS
2 1 (3.03%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Workfront
2 1 (3.03%) Actimize
Cloud Services
1 5 (15.15%) Azure
2 4 (12.12%) Entra ID
2 4 (12.12%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (6.06%) AWS
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.03%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.03%) BigCommerce
4 1 (3.03%) Commercetools
4 1 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.03%) GCP
4 1 (3.03%) SaaS
4 1 (3.03%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (3.03%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.06%) Relational Database
2 1 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (3.03%) DynamoDB
2 1 (3.03%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 12 (36.36%) German Language
2 9 (27.27%) Finance
2 9 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 6 (18.18%) Front Office
4 5 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (15.15%) Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Dutch Language
4 5 (15.15%) Investment Banking
4 5 (15.15%) Italian Language
4 5 (15.15%) Spanish Language
5 3 (9.09%) Marketing
5 3 (9.09%) Retail
6 2 (6.06%) Legal
7 1 (3.03%) Advertising
7 1 (3.03%) Back Office
7 1 (3.03%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (3.03%) Czech Language
7 1 (3.03%) Japanese Language
7 1 (3.03%) Law
7 1 (3.03%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Analyst
2 5 (15.15%) Business Analyst
3 4 (12.12%) Azure Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Technical Engineer
3 4 (12.12%) Technical Support
3 4 (12.12%) Technical Support Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Field Engineer
4 3 (9.09%) Junior
5 2 (6.06%) Architect
5 2 (6.06%) E-Commerce Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) E-Commerce Business Analyst
5 2 (6.06%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Lead
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Architect
5 2 (6.06%) Senior Enterprise Architect
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Digital Business Analyst
6 1 (3.03%) Financial Controller
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Spring
1 1 (3.03%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
1 4 (12.12%) Web Conferencing
2 3 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 2 (6.06%) AI Agents
3 2 (6.06%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.03%) Data Structures
4 1 (3.03%) Fixed Income
4 1 (3.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.03%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 1 (3.03%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.12%) Windows
1 4 (12.12%) Windows 10
1 4 (12.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (30.30%) Customer Experience
2 9 (27.27%) AI
3 8 (24.24%) Analytics
4 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (18.18%) Roadmaps
5 6 (18.18%) Use Case
6 5 (15.15%) Agile
6 5 (15.15%) B2B
6 5 (15.15%) B2C
6 5 (15.15%) CRM
6 5 (15.15%) Migration
7 4 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.12%) Customer Engagement
7 4 (12.12%) ERP
7 4 (12.12%) Generative AI
7 4 (12.12%) Incident Management
7 4 (12.12%) Strategic Roadmap
7 4 (12.12%) Time Management
7 4 (12.12%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) Java
1 2 (6.06%) Python
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Azure Certification
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) ACCA
2 1 (3.03%) CBAP
2 1 (3.03%) CFA
2 1 (3.03%) CIMA
2 1 (3.03%) CIPD
2 1 (3.03%) Master's Degree
2 1 (3.03%) MBA
2 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.09%) GDPR
2 2 (6.06%) QA
3 1 (3.03%) EMIR
3 1 (3.03%) MiFID
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 6 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.15%) SAP
3 4 (12.12%) Salesforce
4 3 (9.09%) Adobe
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Oracle
5 1 (3.03%) Reuters
5 1 (3.03%) Workday