Mandarin Language Contract Job Trends in London

Mandarin Language
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mandarin Language in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mandarin Language over the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 366 378 412
Rank change year-on-year +12 +34 +157
Contract jobs citing Mandarin Language 5 3 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.036% 0.019% 0.088%
As % of the General category 0.053% 0.030% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - - £168
25th Percentile £331 - £224
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 £550 £325
Median % change year-on-year -38.64% +69.23% -38.82%
75th Percentile £344 - £424
90th Percentile - - £479
England median daily rate £338 £550 £510
% change year-on-year -38.64% +7.84% -4.00%

All General Skills
London

Mandarin 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 9,501 9,844 13,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.31% 62.84% 64.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,214 6,295 9,592
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £575 £585
Median % change year-on-year -4.78% -1.71% -2.50%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £823 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 111 169
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £18.26
25th Percentile £22.50 £26.84 £21.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £37.50 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +6.38% +13.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 £54.38 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.34 £76.25 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.00 £31.56 £30.48
% change year-on-year -20.79% +3.56% +18.53%

Mandarin Language
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Mandarin Language job vacancy trend in London

Mandarin Language
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Mandarin Language
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Mandarin 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 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Asana
1 1 (20.00%) Miro
1 1 (20.00%) Slack
1 1 (20.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Arabic Language
2 4 (80.00%) Dutch Language
2 4 (80.00%) French Language
2 4 (80.00%) German Language
2 4 (80.00%) Italian Language
2 4 (80.00%) Japanese Language
2 4 (80.00%) Polish Language
2 4 (80.00%) Portuguese Language
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Spanish Language
3 1 (20.00%) Electronics
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) DevOps
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PMI Certification
1 1 (20.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) SAP