French Language Contracts

French Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited French Language over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 488 526
Rank change year-on-year +32 +38 +112
Contract jobs citing French Language 95 107 154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.25% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.48% 0.43% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 48 58
10th Percentile £253 £228 £205
25th Percentile £400 £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £400 £473
Median % change year-on-year +17.50% -15.34% -0.53%
75th Percentile £568 £575 £569
90th Percentile £598 £605 £708
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £400 £544
% change year-on-year +28.13% -26.44% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 8 8
10th Percentile £14.75 £12.66 £21.00
25th Percentile £15.25 - £22.88
Median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £39.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -66.67% +200.00%
75th Percentile £37.50 £32.56 £53.06
90th Percentile £54.00 £35.00 £58.80
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +19.23% -25.71% +34.62%

All General Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19,963 24,787 32,914
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.17% 57.06% 58.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,522 15,498 22,682
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £402 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.67% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -4.08% -2.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 988 1,949 1,051
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.82 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.36 £15.62 £16.85
Median hourly rate £27.22 £31.80 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +4.13% +25.42%
75th Percentile £52.00 £53.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £70.05 £68.75 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £23.00 £30.91 £25.95
% change year-on-year -25.60% +19.12% +29.75%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing French Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for French Language in the UK

French Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing French Language.

Daily rate trend for French Language in the UK

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing French Language.

Hourly rate trend for French Language in the UK

French Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing French Language over the 6 months to 4 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 4 July 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
England +53 77 £489 +22.19% 1,382
London +23 41 £465 +16.25% 876
Work from Home +41 33 £465 +16.25% 737
UK excluding London +32 31 £513 +28.13% 561
North of England +18 13 £513 +2.50% 120
South West - 8 - - 73
Yorkshire - 8 - - 41
South East +30 6 £525 +54.19% 176
North West +7 5 £513 +2.50% 68
East of England +18 3 - - 74
Scotland -1 1 £470 - 34

French Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.11%) SAS
2 1 (1.05%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.05%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.05%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.05%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.05%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.05%) SPSS
3 1 (1.05%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.21%) SAP PP
1 4 (4.21%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (4.21%) SAP SD
2 2 (2.11%) SAP ERP
2 2 (2.11%) Workfront
3 1 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.05%) Magento
3 1 (1.05%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.05%) SAP MDM
3 1 (1.05%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.05%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (11.58%) Azure
2 8 (8.42%) SaaS
3 4 (4.21%) Entra ID
3 4 (4.21%) GCP
3 4 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.16%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.11%) AWS
5 2 (2.11%) OCI
5 2 (2.11%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.05%) Azure ExpressRoute
6 1 (1.05%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (1.05%) Figma
6 1 (1.05%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.05%) IaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (1.05%) PaaS
6 1 (1.05%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.05%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.05%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.32%) DNS
2 5 (5.26%) DHCP
2 5 (5.26%) VPN
3 4 (4.21%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.11%) Network Security
5 1 (1.05%) 4G
5 1 (1.05%) 5G
5 1 (1.05%) Firewall
5 1 (1.05%) HTTP
5 1 (1.05%) Intranet
5 1 (1.05%) LTE
5 1 (1.05%) PPP
5 1 (1.05%) TETRA
5 1 (1.05%) VLAN
5 1 (1.05%) VSAN
5 1 (1.05%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) DB2
1 2 (2.11%) Informix
1 2 (2.11%) Oracle Database
1 2 (2.11%) Power BI
1 2 (2.11%) Tableau
2 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.05%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.05%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (1.05%) Power Query
2 1 (1.05%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (1.05%) Sisense
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.11%) JIRA
1 2 (2.11%) Postman
1 2 (2.11%) SoapUI
2 1 (1.05%) Git
2 1 (1.05%) LSMW
General
1 33 (34.74%) Social Skills
2 17 (17.89%) German Language
3 14 (14.74%) Spanish Language
4 13 (13.68%) Marketing
5 11 (11.58%) Finance
5 11 (11.58%) Italian Language
6 10 (10.53%) Retail
7 8 (8.42%) Analytical Skills
8 7 (7.37%) Legal
8 7 (7.37%) Telecoms
9 6 (6.32%) Dutch Language
9 6 (6.32%) Japanese Language
10 5 (5.26%) Advertising
11 4 (4.21%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (3.16%) Arabic Language
12 3 (3.16%) Korean Language
12 3 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (2.11%) Banking
13 2 (2.11%) Games
13 2 (2.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (9.47%) Consultant
1 9 (9.47%) SAP Consultant
2 8 (8.42%) Administrator
2 8 (8.42%) Analyst
2 8 (8.42%) Business Analyst
2 8 (8.42%) Project Manager
2 8 (8.42%) Support Engineer
3 6 (6.32%) Lead
4 5 (5.26%) Service Manager
5 4 (4.21%) Architect
5 4 (4.21%) Customer Service Advisor
5 4 (4.21%) IT Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) IT Support
5 4 (4.21%) IT Support Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) Project Engineer
5 4 (4.21%) SAP MM Consultant
5 4 (4.21%) SAP PP Consultant
5 4 (4.21%) SAP QM Consultant
5 4 (4.21%) SAP SD Consultant
5 4 (4.21%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.21%) FIDO
2 2 (2.11%) OAuth
2 2 (2.11%) OpenID
2 2 (2.11%) SAML
2 2 (2.11%) SOAP
3 1 (1.05%) .NET
3 1 (1.05%) .NET Framework
3 1 (1.05%) Django
3 1 (1.05%) MDX
3 1 (1.05%) Middleware
3 1 (1.05%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.74%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.21%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.16%) Social Media
3 3 (3.16%) Virtual Team
4 2 (2.11%) Clustering
4 2 (2.11%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (2.11%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.11%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.11%) Public Cloud
4 2 (2.11%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.05%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.05%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.05%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.05%) FMCG
5 1 (1.05%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.05%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.05%) New Media
5 1 (1.05%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.47%) Windows
2 5 (5.26%) Linux
3 2 (2.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.11%) Unix
4 1 (1.05%) VMS
4 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.05%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (26.32%) Migration
2 20 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (21.05%) Project Management
3 18 (18.95%) Change Management
4 11 (11.58%) E-Commerce
5 10 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 9 (9.47%) Customer Service
6 9 (9.47%) Data Migration
6 9 (9.47%) ERP
6 9 (9.47%) Service Delivery
7 8 (8.42%) Agile
7 8 (8.42%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 8 (8.42%) ITIL
7 8 (8.42%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (8.42%) Use Case
8 6 (6.32%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.32%) CRM
8 6 (6.32%) Cybersecurity
8 6 (6.32%) Identity Access Management
8 6 (6.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.26%) SQL
2 3 (3.16%) Bash
2 3 (3.16%) Python
3 2 (2.11%) Korn
3 2 (2.11%) Perl
3 2 (2.11%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (20.00%) Degree
2 4 (4.21%) A+ Certification
2 4 (4.21%) Master's Degree
2 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.16%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (3.16%) CISSP
3 3 (3.16%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.16%) PMI Certification
3 3 (3.16%) PMP
4 2 (2.11%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.11%) CCSP
4 2 (2.11%) GCIH
4 2 (2.11%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.05%) CCDP
5 1 (1.05%) CCNP
5 1 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.05%) MBA
5 1 (1.05%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.05%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.26%) SLA
2 3 (3.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (3.16%) NIST
3 1 (1.05%) GDPR
3 1 (1.05%) HIPAA
3 1 (1.05%) PMO
3 1 (1.05%) QA
System Software
1 4 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.16%) OpenAM
3 2 (2.11%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (1.05%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (1.05%) VMware NSX
4 1 (1.05%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (4.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.11%) TADDM
2 2 (2.11%) Tivoli
3 1 (1.05%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 21 (22.11%) SAP
2 18 (18.95%) Microsoft
3 5 (5.26%) Google
3 5 (5.26%) Salesforce
4 4 (4.21%) Ariba
4 4 (4.21%) Oracle
5 2 (2.11%) Adobe
5 2 (2.11%) IBM
5 2 (2.11%) Red Hat
5 2 (2.11%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.05%) Citrix
6 1 (1.05%) Criteo
6 1 (1.05%) Hyperion
6 1 (1.05%) Instagram
6 1 (1.05%) MicroStrategy
6 1 (1.05%) NetApp
6 1 (1.05%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.05%) TikTok
6 1 (1.05%) VMware
6 1 (1.05%) YouTube