Mandarin Language Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mandarin Language
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mandarin Language in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mandarin Language over the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 348 401
Rank change year-on-year -7 +53 +39
Contract jobs citing Mandarin Language 9 31 33
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.17% 0.15%
As % of the General category 0.095% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £506
25th Percentile £154 - £507
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 - £515
75th Percentile £161 - £523
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £158 - £510
% change year-on-year - - -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Median hourly rate £20.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £20.00 - -

All General Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,429 9,759 12,140
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 61.37% 53.74% 55.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,640 5,625 7,972
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £358 £363 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £656 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 854 1,136 825
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.85 £13.41
25th Percentile £15.25 £16.06 £15.00
Median hourly rate £22.14 £38.12 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.92% +52.48% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46.92 £60.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.39 £71.01
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +14.35%

Mandarin Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Mandarin Language in the UK excluding London

Mandarin Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Mandarin Language in the UK excluding London

Mandarin Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Mandarin Language in the UK excluding London

Mandarin 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 Mandarin Language within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Scotland -1 7 £158 -
North of England -19 2 - - 10
North East - 2 - -
Mandarin Language
UK

Mandarin 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 9 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 3 (33.33%) Field Service Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Technical Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Resource Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Business Strategy
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
1 3 (33.33%) Data Protection
1 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
1 3 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 3 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 2 (22.22%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (11.11%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (22.22%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (11.11%) Master's Degree
3 1 (11.11%) PhD