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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 380 308 312
Rank change year-on-year -72 +4 +118
Contract jobs citing French Language 41 40 66
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.24% 0.32% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.39% 0.47% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 24 32
10th Percentile £234 £217 £177
25th Percentile £272 £264 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £309 £490 £375
Median % change year-on-year -36.93% +30.67% -22.68%
75th Percentile £450 £600 £595
90th Percentile £625 £650 £750
England median daily rate £300 £445 £450
% change year-on-year -32.58% -1.11% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £18.30 - -
25th Percentile £21.00 £32.50 £29.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -37.14% +14.75% -33.70%
75th Percentile £39.25 £52.50 £31.75
90th Percentile £48.35 £61.50 -
England median hourly rate £22.00 £35.00 £30.50
% change year-on-year -37.14% +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 10,620 8,480 11,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.42% 67.08% 63.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,913 5,740 8,080
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
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 £706 £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 178 137 252
10th Percentile £17.85 £16.39 £15.55
25th Percentile £21.46 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year - +16.67% -8.23%
75th Percentile £47.69 £53.75 £48.83
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.50 £69.43
England median hourly rate £27.88 £29.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -3.86% +5.45% -21.43%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -15 3 £220 -51.83% 23
West London - 1 - - 7
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 (4.88%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.44%) CMS
2 1 (2.44%) Drupal
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Workflow
2 1 (2.44%) WebSphere
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Eloqua
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle General Ledger
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Payables
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Receivables
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (14.63%) Azure
3 4 (9.76%) Entra ID
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (2.44%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (2.44%) Figma
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) IaaS
5 1 (2.44%) OCI
5 1 (2.44%) PaaS
5 1 (2.44%) SaaS
5 1 (2.44%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (2.44%) DynamoDB
1 1 (2.44%) MySQL
1 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
1 1 (2.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) JIRA
General
1 13 (31.71%) German Language
2 10 (24.39%) Marketing
2 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Finance
4 7 (17.07%) Banking
4 7 (17.07%) Investment Banking
5 5 (12.20%) Japanese Language
5 5 (12.20%) Spanish Language
6 4 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.76%) Front Office
6 4 (9.76%) Italian Language
7 3 (7.32%) Advertising
7 3 (7.32%) Publishing
8 2 (4.88%) Arabic Language
8 2 (4.88%) Dutch Language
8 2 (4.88%) Mandarin Language
8 2 (4.88%) Polish Language
8 2 (4.88%) Portuguese Language
8 2 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (14.63%) Azure Engineer
1 6 (14.63%) Support Engineer
1 6 (14.63%) Technical Engineer
1 6 (14.63%) Technical Support
1 6 (14.63%) Technical Support Engineer
2 4 (9.76%) Compliance Manager
2 4 (9.76%) E-Commerce Manager
2 4 (9.76%) Lead
2 4 (9.76%) Senior
2 4 (9.76%) Test Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Analyst
3 2 (4.88%) Architect
3 2 (4.88%) Campaign Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Infrastructure Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Junior
3 2 (4.88%) Logistics Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Marketing Executive
3 2 (4.88%) Marketing Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Programme Manager
3 2 (4.88%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
2 1 (2.44%) Middleware
2 1 (2.44%) Spring
2 1 (2.44%) Spring Boot
2 1 (2.44%) XML
2 1 (2.44%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.32%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (7.32%) Web Conferencing
2 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.88%) Social Media
3 1 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Code
3 1 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.51%) Windows
2 6 (14.63%) Windows 10
2 6 (14.63%) Windows 7
3 1 (2.44%) Linux
3 1 (2.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (24.39%) CRM
2 7 (17.07%) Analytics
2 7 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (14.63%) AI
3 6 (14.63%) Incident Management
3 6 (14.63%) Project Management
4 5 (12.20%) Customer Experience
4 5 (12.20%) E-Commerce
4 5 (12.20%) ERP
4 5 (12.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (9.76%) Generative AI
5 4 (9.76%) Time Management
6 3 (7.32%) B2B
6 3 (7.32%) Change Management
6 3 (7.32%) Data Protection
6 3 (7.32%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.88%) Decision-Making
7 2 (4.88%) Marketing Analytics
7 2 (4.88%) Multichannel Marketing
7 2 (4.88%) Programme Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.88%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) Java
2 1 (2.44%) Korn
2 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (14.63%) Azure Certification
2 4 (9.76%) Degree
3 2 (4.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.44%) CFA
4 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (2.44%) MBA
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMI Certification
4 1 (2.44%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) QA
2 2 (4.88%) GAAP
3 1 (2.44%) Basel III
3 1 (2.44%) EMIR
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS 17
3 1 (2.44%) IFRS 9
3 1 (2.44%) MiFID
3 1 (2.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (2.44%) Control-M
2 1 (2.44%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.32%) Oracle
3 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 1 (2.44%) Google
4 1 (2.44%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.44%) Informatica
4 1 (2.44%) Reuters
4 1 (2.44%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.44%) Workday