French Language Contract Job Trends

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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 499 457 476
Rank change year-on-year -42 +19 +180
Contract jobs citing French Language 83 105 151
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.29% 0.33%
As % of the General category 0.37% 0.48% 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 57 82
10th Percentile £125 £286 £301
25th Percentile £234 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £533 £550 £719
90th Percentile £588 £597 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £350 £425
% change year-on-year +34.29% -17.65% -17.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 £16.46
25th Percentile £14.75 £15.88 -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £27.17 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -42.95% +58.50% -21.65%
75th Percentile £20.00 £32.44 £17.50
90th Percentile £54.00 £35.75 £17.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.14
% change year-on-year +19.23% -24.15% -21.65%

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 22,355 21,719 27,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.37% 59.89% 59.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,022 12,860 18,127
10th Percentile £275 £292 £281
25th Percentile £400 £413 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.61% -2.45% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,428 807 1,121
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.71 £18.00 £17.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £27.72 £32.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.42% -13.38% +28.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £59.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £71.90
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.08 £26.50 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.70% -11.67% +36.36%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

French Language job vacancy trend in the UK

French Language
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing French Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing French Language

French Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing French Language over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing French Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing French Language

French Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing French Language over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 11 Contract Job 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 30 November 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 -44 67 £350 -21.79% 58
London -9 35 £338 -32.50% 35
UK excluding London -11 30 £470 +34.29% 48
Work from Home -19 28 £550 +23.60% 35
South East -6 10 - - 33
South West +16 9 £513 +36.67% 4
North West -17 6 £125 - 2
North of England -45 6 £125 -69.70% 2
Scotland +8 3 £500 -
East of England -12 1 - - 5
Wales - 1 - - 2

French Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (1.20%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.41%) SAP MM
1 2 (2.41%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.20%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.20%) Magento
2 1 (1.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.20%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.43%) Azure
1 7 (8.43%) SaaS
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.41%) Google Analytics
3 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.41%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) WAN
2 2 (2.41%) DNS
2 2 (2.41%) VPN
2 2 (2.41%) VSAN
3 1 (1.20%) BGP
3 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.20%) DHCP
3 1 (1.20%) Firewall
3 1 (1.20%) HTTP
3 1 (1.20%) LAN
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
3 1 (1.20%) OpenLDAP
3 1 (1.20%) OSPF
3 1 (1.20%) TACACS
3 1 (1.20%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.20%) VLAN
3 1 (1.20%) Wireless
3 1 (1.20%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.41%) Tableau
2 1 (1.20%) DB2
2 1 (1.20%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.20%) Informix
2 1 (1.20%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) JIRA
2 1 (1.20%) Git
General
1 36 (43.37%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.10%) Spanish Language
3 16 (19.28%) Marketing
4 15 (18.07%) German Language
5 14 (16.87%) Italian Language
6 11 (13.25%) Dutch Language
6 11 (13.25%) Japanese Language
7 10 (12.05%) Finance
7 10 (12.05%) Legal
8 9 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
8 9 (10.84%) Portuguese Language
8 9 (10.84%) Retail
9 8 (9.64%) Arabic Language
10 7 (8.43%) Telecoms
11 6 (7.23%) Mandarin Language
11 6 (7.23%) Polish Language
12 4 (4.82%) Advertising
12 4 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (3.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 9 (10.84%) Analyst
2 8 (9.64%) Administrator
3 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
3 6 (7.23%) Customer Service Advisor
3 6 (7.23%) Marketing Executive
4 5 (6.02%) Architect
4 5 (6.02%) E-Commerce Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Project Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Test Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Compliance Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Developer
6 3 (3.61%) SAP Manager
6 3 (3.61%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (3.61%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Technical Support
6 3 (3.61%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Trainer
7 2 (2.41%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.41%) .NET
1 2 (2.41%) Middleware
1 2 (2.41%) React
2 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
2 1 (1.20%) CSS
2 1 (1.20%) HTML
2 1 (1.20%) OpenAPI
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.20%) REST
2 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.20%) SOAP
2 1 (1.20%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.02%) Social Media
2 3 (3.61%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.41%) Blog
3 2 (2.41%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.20%) Clustering
4 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.20%) FMCG
4 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.02%) Windows
2 2 (2.41%) Linux
2 2 (2.41%) Windows 10
2 2 (2.41%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.20%) Unix
3 1 (1.20%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) CRM
1 19 (22.89%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (18.07%) E-Commerce
3 14 (16.87%) Customer Service
4 10 (12.05%) ERP
5 8 (9.64%) Migration
5 8 (9.64%) Project Management
5 8 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (7.23%) Agile
7 6 (7.23%) Analytics
7 6 (7.23%) Process Improvement
8 5 (6.02%) Change Management
8 5 (6.02%) Integrated Marketing
8 5 (6.02%) Service Delivery
9 4 (4.82%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.82%) Data Protection
9 4 (4.82%) High Availability
9 4 (4.82%) Product Marketing
9 4 (4.82%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) Python
1 3 (3.61%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) Java
2 2 (2.41%) Perl
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) COBOL
3 1 (1.20%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.20%) Jython
3 1 (1.20%) Korn
3 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Degree
2 4 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.41%) CCNP
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.20%) CCDP
4 1 (1.20%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.20%) PMP
4 1 (1.20%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.20%) VCDX
4 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) SLA
3 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.20%) GAAP
3 1 (1.20%) GDPR
3 1 (1.20%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 2 (2.41%) Active Directory
1 2 (2.41%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (2.41%) VMware NSX
1 2 (2.41%) vSphere
2 1 (1.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (1.20%) SCCM
1 1 (1.20%) TADDM
1 1 (1.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 16 (19.28%) SAP
2 14 (16.87%) Salesforce
3 7 (8.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.61%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.61%) Oracle
4 3 (3.61%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.61%) VMware
5 2 (2.41%) Google
5 2 (2.41%) Intapp
5 2 (2.41%) NetApp
5 2 (2.41%) Workday
6 1 (1.20%) Adobe
6 1 (1.20%) Ariba
6 1 (1.20%) Aruba
6 1 (1.20%) Cisco
6 1 (1.20%) HP
6 1 (1.20%) IBM
6 1 (1.20%) NGA Human Resources
6 1 (1.20%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.20%) SolarWinds