French Language Contracts in the UK excluding London

French Language
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited French Language over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 318 370 446
Rank change year-on-year +52 +76 -22
Contract jobs citing French Language 18 29 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.14% 0.066%
As % of the General category 0.23% 0.26% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 13 5
10th Percentile £333 £304 £424
25th Percentile £345 £425 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £519 £575 £588
90th Percentile £523 £750 £805
UK median daily rate £506 £450 £473
% change year-on-year +12.50% -4.76% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - £16.49 -
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.43 -
Median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.76% - -
75th Percentile £28.17 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £46.00
% change year-on-year +6.87% -28.80% +253.85%

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,944 11,365 13,581
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 62.23% 54.72% 56.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,914 6,491 9,285
10th Percentile £213 £205 £228
25th Percentile £363 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £580 £597 £600
90th Percentile £662 £688 £693
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 1,652 782
10th Percentile £13.88 £12.50 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.30 £15.00 £16.54
Median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%
75th Percentile £55.76 £52.84 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £69.95
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing French Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for French Language in the UK excluding London

French Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing French Language in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for French Language in the UK excluding London

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in the UK excluding London

French Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing French Language in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for French Language in the UK excluding London

French Language
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +31 16 £423 -15.50% 14
Yorkshire - 8 - - 3
North West +18 5 £513 +2.50% 8
North East - 3 £370 - 3
South East +33 2 £525 +23.53% 56
French Language
UK

French Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (22.22%) SAP PP
1 4 (22.22%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) GCP
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) DHCP
1 4 (22.22%) DNS
1 4 (22.22%) TCP/IP
1 4 (22.22%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) MongoDB
1 2 (11.11%) Redis
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Git
1 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio
1 3 (16.67%) Visual Studio Code
2 2 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (5.56%) git-flow
3 1 (5.56%) Postman
3 1 (5.56%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) German Language
4 1 (5.56%) Finance
4 1 (5.56%) Italian Language
4 1 (5.56%) Law
4 1 (5.56%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Consultant
1 8 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) IT Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support
2 4 (22.22%) IT Support Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) Project Engineer
2 4 (22.22%) SAP MM Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP PP Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP QM Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP SD Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
2 4 (22.22%) Support Engineer
3 2 (11.11%) C# Developer
3 2 (11.11%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Lead Developer
4 1 (5.56%) SAP Trainer
4 1 (5.56%) Technical Analyst
4 1 (5.56%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (16.67%) .NET
1 3 (16.67%) CSS
1 3 (16.67%) HTML
1 3 (16.67%) RESTful
2 1 (5.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.56%) React
2 1 (5.56%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 12 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 6 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (16.67%) Product Ownership
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Change Management
1 8 (44.44%) Data Migration
1 8 (44.44%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 8 (44.44%) Migration
1 8 (44.44%) Use Case
2 4 (22.22%) Agile
2 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
2 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (22.22%) ITSM
2 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (22.22%) Project Management
2 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 4 (22.22%) Service Management
3 3 (16.67%) Microservices
4 2 (11.11%) API Integration
4 2 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 2 (11.11%) SDLC
5 1 (5.56%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 3 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (5.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) A+ Certification
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) AWS Certification
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.56%) CTC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) SAP
2 7 (38.89%) Microsoft
3 4 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (11.11%) New Relic