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 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 330 360
Rank change year-on-year +6 +30 +169
Contract jobs citing French Language 42 50 74
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.31% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.46% 0.50% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 28 51
10th Percentile £251 £322 £363
25th Percentile £280 £400 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -13.64% +83.33%
75th Percentile £584 £546 £750
90th Percentile £623 £577 -
England median daily rate £506 £440 £550
% change year-on-year +15.06% -20.00% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
10th Percentile £35.45 £25.65 -
25th Percentile £47.38 £27.38 -
Median hourly rate £54.00 £31.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% - -
75th Percentile - £35.75 -
90th Percentile - £37.55 -
England median hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £17.14
% change year-on-year -44.64% +63.36% +3.88%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,145 9,947 13,365
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.36% 62.60% 64.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,996 6,371 9,736
10th Percentile £329 £330 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £588
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £810
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 180 115 165
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.70 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.33 £26.34 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.75 £37.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.01% +7.14% +7.69%
75th Percentile £48.00 £54.38 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.20 £73.50 £73.29
England median hourly rate £24.61 £33.00 £29.86
% change year-on-year -25.42% +10.52% +19.44%

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025.

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 23 October 2025. 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 +11 6 £447 -10.60% 52
West London - 3 - - 11
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 1 (2.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (9.52%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.38%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (2.38%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.38%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.38%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.38%) SAP ERP
1 1 (2.38%) SAP MM
1 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (2.38%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.67%) Azure
2 3 (7.14%) Entra ID
2 3 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (4.76%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 1 (2.38%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (2.38%) Figma
4 1 (2.38%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) VPN
1 2 (4.76%) VSAN
1 2 (4.76%) WAN
2 1 (2.38%) 4G
2 1 (2.38%) 5G
2 1 (2.38%) DHCP
2 1 (2.38%) DNS
2 1 (2.38%) Firewall
2 1 (2.38%) LTE
2 1 (2.38%) PPP
2 1 (2.38%) TETRA
2 1 (2.38%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.38%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.38%) EDRMS
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.38%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (2.38%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) JIRA
General
1 16 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 12 (28.57%) Spanish Language
3 11 (26.19%) Marketing
4 9 (21.43%) Italian Language
5 8 (19.05%) German Language
5 8 (19.05%) Japanese Language
6 7 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (14.29%) Finance
8 5 (11.90%) Legal
9 4 (9.52%) Advertising
9 4 (9.52%) Arabic Language
9 4 (9.52%) Banking
10 3 (7.14%) Dutch Language
10 3 (7.14%) Investment Banking
10 3 (7.14%) Mandarin Language
10 3 (7.14%) Polish Language
10 3 (7.14%) Portuguese Language
11 2 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (7.14%) Lead
1 3 (7.14%) Marketing Executive
1 3 (7.14%) Project Manager
2 2 (4.76%) Analyst
2 2 (4.76%) Architect
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (4.76%) Business Analyst
2 2 (4.76%) Developer
2 2 (4.76%) Support Engineer
2 2 (4.76%) Technical Engineer
2 2 (4.76%) Technical Support
2 2 (4.76%) Technical Support Engineer
3 1 (2.38%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (2.38%) ERP Project Manager
3 1 (2.38%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (2.38%) Insurance Business Analyst
3 1 (2.38%) Python Developer
3 1 (2.38%) Resource Manager
3 1 (2.38%) SAP Project Manager
3 1 (2.38%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.14%) FIDO
2 2 (4.76%) OAuth
2 2 (4.76%) OpenID
2 2 (4.76%) SAML
3 1 (2.38%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
1 2 (4.76%) Social Media
2 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.38%) Data Centre
2 1 (2.38%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (2.38%) FMCG
2 1 (2.38%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.38%) New Media
2 1 (2.38%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.38%) Public Cloud
2 1 (2.38%) Replication
2 1 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (2.38%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.52%) Windows
2 2 (4.76%) Linux
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 10
2 2 (4.76%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.38%) Mac OS
3 1 (2.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (16.67%) CRM
3 6 (14.29%) Change Management
3 6 (14.29%) Migration
3 6 (14.29%) Project Management
4 5 (11.90%) Customer Service
5 4 (9.52%) Integrated Marketing
5 4 (9.52%) ITIL
5 4 (9.52%) Product Marketing
5 4 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 4 (9.52%) Validation
5 4 (9.52%) Workflow
6 3 (7.14%) Agile
6 3 (7.14%) Computer Science
6 3 (7.14%) ERP
6 3 (7.14%) High Availability
6 3 (7.14%) Open Source
6 3 (7.14%) Service Delivery
6 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (7.14%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.76%) SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Java
2 1 (2.38%) Jython
2 1 (2.38%) PL/SQL
2 1 (2.38%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (16.67%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Azure Certification
2 2 (4.76%) CCNP
2 2 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (4.76%) PMI Certification
2 2 (4.76%) PMP
3 1 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.38%) CCDP
3 1 (2.38%) CISSP
3 1 (2.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.38%) Postgraduate
3 1 (2.38%) VCDX
3 1 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) QA
2 1 (2.38%) GAAP
2 1 (2.38%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 4 (9.52%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.14%) OpenAM
3 2 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (4.76%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.76%) vSphere
4 1 (2.38%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (7.14%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (4.76%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (2.38%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.52%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.14%) SAP
4 2 (4.76%) NetApp
4 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 2 (4.76%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.76%) VMware
5 1 (2.38%) Citrix
5 1 (2.38%) Instagram
5 1 (2.38%) Qualtrics
5 1 (2.38%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.38%) TikTok
5 1 (2.38%) YouTube