Portuguese Language Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Portuguese Language
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Portuguese Language in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Portuguese Language over the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 366 406
Rank change year-on-year -13 +40 +90
Contract jobs citing Portuguese Language 2 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.013% 0.006% 0.024%
As % of the General category 0.021% 0.010% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £123 £663 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £125 £675 £450
Median % change year-on-year -81.48% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £128 £688 £475
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £400 £450 £450
% change year-on-year -11.11% - +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate - - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £13.25
90th Percentile - - £13.70
UK median hourly rate - - £13.00
% change year-on-year - - -10.34%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Portuguese 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 9,571 9,806 11,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 60.61% 56.42% 55.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,806 5,351 7,523
10th Percentile £205 £206 £213
25th Percentile £360 £358 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £600
90th Percentile £662 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 972 776 888
10th Percentile £13.38 £14.70 £13.72
25th Percentile £15.65 £15.97 £15.25
Median hourly rate £21.39 £30.00 £27.08
Median % change year-on-year -28.70% +10.77% +28.96%
75th Percentile £42.31 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.23 £72.00 £70.84
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £32.14 £29.50
% change year-on-year -22.22% +8.95% +18.00%

Portuguese Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Portuguese Language job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Portuguese Language
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Portuguese Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Portuguese Language

Portuguese Language
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Portuguese Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Portuguese Language

Portuguese 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 Portuguese Language within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East +15 1 - - 8
North of England - 1 £125 - 1
North West - 1 £125 - 1
Portuguese Language
UK

Portuguese Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (100.00%) French Language
1 2 (100.00%) Italian Language
1 2 (100.00%) Spanish Language
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Greek Language
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Quality Manager
1 1 (50.00%) Service Desk Support
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Business Development
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Trend Analysis
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow