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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 383 307 331
Rank change year-on-year -76 +24 +106
Contract jobs citing French Language 32 43 63
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.18% 0.34% 0.35%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.50% 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 28 30
10th Percentile £262 £229 £173
25th Percentile £275 £386 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £531 £358
Median % change year-on-year -36.47% +48.60% -28.50%
75th Percentile £475 £588 £575
90th Percentile £630 £650 £683
England median daily rate £325 £494 £450
% change year-on-year -34.18% +9.72% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
10th Percentile £17.63 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £32.50 £29.25
Median hourly rate £21.50 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.57% +14.75% -33.70%
75th Percentile £39.19 £52.50 £31.75
90th Percentile £49.25 £61.50 -
England median hourly rate £21.50 £35.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -38.57% +14.75% -33.70%

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 10,652 8,601 11,281
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.74% 67.49% 63.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,940 5,824 8,070
10th Percentile £344 £338 £335
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £663 £707 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 187 141 247
10th Percentile £18.17 £15.84 £15.80
25th Percentile £22.57 £23.59 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.45% +21.05% -12.82%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £44.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £65.30
England median hourly rate £30.15 £28.18 £28.75
% change year-on-year +6.99% -1.98% -17.86%

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 25 April 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 25 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in London

French Language
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the London region over the 6 months to 25 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
Central London -23 1 - - 14
French Language
England

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 2 (6.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (3.13%) Drupal
2 1 (3.13%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (3.13%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Eloqua
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (18.75%) Azure
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 1 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (3.13%) AWS Step Functions
4 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.13%) Figma
4 1 (3.13%) GCP
4 1 (3.13%) IaaS
4 1 (3.13%) OCI
4 1 (3.13%) PaaS
4 1 (3.13%) SaaS
4 1 (3.13%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.13%) DynamoDB
1 1 (3.13%) MySQL
1 1 (3.13%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) JIRA
General
1 9 (28.13%) German Language
2 7 (21.88%) Banking
2 7 (21.88%) Finance
2 7 (21.88%) Investment Banking
3 6 (18.75%) Marketing
4 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
5 4 (12.50%) Front Office
6 3 (9.38%) Advertising
6 3 (9.38%) Spanish Language
7 2 (6.25%) Italian Language
7 2 (6.25%) Japanese Language
7 2 (6.25%) Publishing
8 1 (3.13%) Back Office
8 1 (3.13%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (3.13%) Czech Language
8 1 (3.13%) Games
8 1 (3.13%) General Ledger
8 1 (3.13%) Law
8 1 (3.13%) Legal
8 1 (3.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (18.75%) Azure Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Support Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Technical Engineer
1 6 (18.75%) Technical Support
1 6 (18.75%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (12.50%) Senior
3 3 (9.38%) Lead
4 2 (6.25%) Applications Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Campaign Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Compliance Manager
4 2 (6.25%) E-Commerce Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Infrastructure Programme Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Logistics Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Programme Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Security Manager
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Architect
4 2 (6.25%) Senior Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.13%) EDI
1 1 (3.13%) Middleware
1 1 (3.13%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (3.13%) Spring
1 1 (3.13%) Spring Boot
1 1 (3.13%) XML
1 1 (3.13%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (9.38%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Code
2 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (3.13%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Social Media
2 1 (3.13%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
2 6 (18.75%) Windows 10
2 6 (18.75%) Windows 7
3 1 (3.13%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (18.75%) AI
1 6 (18.75%) CRM
1 6 (18.75%) Incident Management
1 6 (18.75%) Project Management
2 5 (15.63%) Analytics
2 5 (15.63%) Customer Experience
2 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (15.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (12.50%) ERP
3 4 (12.50%) Generative AI
3 4 (12.50%) Time Management
4 3 (9.38%) B2B
4 3 (9.38%) Data Protection
4 3 (9.38%) E-Commerce
4 3 (9.38%) Project Delivery
5 2 (6.25%) Change Management
5 2 (6.25%) Decision-Making
5 2 (6.25%) Migration
5 2 (6.25%) Programme Delivery
5 2 (6.25%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
2 1 (3.13%) Java
2 1 (3.13%) Korn
2 1 (3.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Azure Certification
2 3 (9.38%) Degree
3 2 (6.25%) Master's Degree
4 1 (3.13%) CFA
4 1 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (3.13%) MBA
4 1 (3.13%) PMI Certification
4 1 (3.13%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.25%) QA
2 1 (3.13%) Basel III
2 1 (3.13%) EMIR
2 1 (3.13%) GAAP
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS 17
2 1 (3.13%) IFRS 9
2 1 (3.13%) MiFID
2 1 (3.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.13%) Control-M
Vendors
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 3 (9.38%) SAP
4 2 (6.25%) Oracle
5 1 (3.13%) Google
5 1 (3.13%) HubSpot
5 1 (3.13%) Informatica
5 1 (3.13%) Reuters
5 1 (3.13%) Workday