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 22 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 505 440 447
Rank change year-on-year -65 +7 +203
Contract jobs citing French Language 82 99 162
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.22% 0.29% 0.37%
As % of the General category 0.37% 0.48% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 52 91
10th Percentile £144 £272 £245
25th Percentile £253 £368 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £383 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £514 £550 £725
90th Percentile £606 £636 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £390 £373 £504
% change year-on-year +4.70% -26.05% -1.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 4
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.50 £16.34
25th Percentile £14.88 £24.50 £16.86
Median hourly rate £15.50 £29.75 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -47.90% +73.57% +3.88%
75th Percentile £31.25 £34.25 £17.29
90th Percentile £51.05 £36.95 £17.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £26.34 £17.14
% change year-on-year -41.14% +53.65% +3.88%

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 22,438 20,642 26,003
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 61.05% 61.12% 59.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,027 12,330 17,202
10th Percentile £275 £288 £275
25th Percentile £400 £413 £416
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 -2.56% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,448 708 1,066
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.48 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £23.54 £27.30 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.78% -17.27% +32.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £69.75 £71.25 £70.66
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £25.99 £30.48
% change year-on-year -15.35% -14.72% +41.74%

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 22 December 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 22 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 12 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 22 December 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 -43 62 £343 -23.89% 284
London -18 34 £325 -35.00% 80
Work from Home -31 29 £550 +23.60% 141
UK excluding London -30 28 £390 +4.70% 228
South East -19 8 - - 63
North of England -40 8 £130 -64.86% 48
South West +2 6 £513 +36.67% 25
North West -24 6 £125 - 21
Scotland - 3 £500 - 6
North East -7 2 £363 -2.03% 5
Wales - 2 - - 8
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 3

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 2 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.22%) CMS
2 1 (1.22%) Confluence
2 1 (1.22%) Drupal
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.22%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.22%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.44%) SAP MM
1 2 (2.44%) SAP QM
2 1 (1.22%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.22%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.22%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.22%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (7.32%) Azure
2 5 (6.10%) SaaS
3 4 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.44%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.44%) Google Analytics
4 2 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.22%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.22%) Canva
5 1 (1.22%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.22%) Figma
5 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.22%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) WAN
2 1 (1.22%) BGP
2 1 (1.22%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.22%) DNS
2 1 (1.22%) HTTP
2 1 (1.22%) LAN
2 1 (1.22%) Network Security
2 1 (1.22%) OpenLDAP
2 1 (1.22%) OSPF
2 1 (1.22%) TACACS
2 1 (1.22%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.22%) VPN
2 1 (1.22%) VSAN
2 1 (1.22%) Wireless
2 1 (1.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.44%) Tableau
2 1 (1.22%) DB2
2 1 (1.22%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.22%) Informix
2 1 (1.22%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.22%) Power BI
2 1 (1.22%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.22%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (4.88%) JIRA
2 2 (2.44%) Git
General
1 34 (41.46%) Social Skills
2 20 (24.39%) Spanish Language
3 18 (21.95%) German Language
4 15 (18.29%) Marketing
5 14 (17.07%) Italian Language
6 12 (14.63%) Dutch Language
7 11 (13.41%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (13.41%) Japanese Language
8 10 (12.20%) Finance
9 9 (10.98%) Portuguese Language
10 8 (9.76%) Arabic Language
11 7 (8.54%) Legal
12 6 (7.32%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (7.32%) Polish Language
13 5 (6.10%) Retail
13 5 (6.10%) Telecoms
14 4 (4.88%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (3.66%) Advertising
15 3 (3.66%) Banking
15 3 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (12.20%) Analyst
2 7 (8.54%) Business Analyst
3 6 (7.32%) Administrator
3 6 (7.32%) Marketing Executive
4 5 (6.10%) Test Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Architect
5 4 (4.88%) Compliance Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Consultant
5 4 (4.88%) Customer Service Advisor
5 4 (4.88%) Developer
5 4 (4.88%) E-Commerce Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.88%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.66%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (3.66%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (3.66%) Technical Support
6 3 (3.66%) Technical Support Engineer
6 3 (3.66%) Trainer
7 2 (2.44%) Programme Manager
7 2 (2.44%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.66%) .NET
1 3 (3.66%) Middleware
1 3 (3.66%) React
2 2 (2.44%) CSS
2 2 (2.44%) HTML
2 2 (2.44%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.44%) REST
2 2 (2.44%) SOAP
2 2 (2.44%) Swagger
3 1 (1.22%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.22%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.22%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.10%) Social Media
2 4 (4.88%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.44%) Blog
3 2 (2.44%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.44%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.22%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.22%) Clustering
4 1 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.22%) LIMS
4 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.22%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.32%) Windows
2 3 (3.66%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.44%) Linux
3 2 (2.44%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.22%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.22%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (23.17%) CRM
2 15 (18.29%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (14.63%) Customer Service
4 11 (13.41%) E-Commerce
5 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (9.76%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (8.54%) Agile
6 7 (8.54%) ERP
6 7 (8.54%) Project Management
7 6 (7.32%) Analytics
7 6 (7.32%) Migration
8 5 (6.10%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.10%) Logistics
8 5 (6.10%) Process Improvement
9 4 (4.88%) Computer Science
9 4 (4.88%) Data Protection
9 4 (4.88%) Project Delivery
10 3 (3.66%) Actionable Insight
10 3 (3.66%) Decision-Making
10 3 (3.66%) Multichannel Marketing
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) Java
1 3 (3.66%) Python
1 3 (3.66%) SQL
2 2 (2.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.44%) Perl
3 1 (1.22%) Bash
3 1 (1.22%) COBOL
3 1 (1.22%) Jython
3 1 (1.22%) Korn
3 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) Degree
2 4 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.44%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.44%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.22%) CCNP
4 1 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.22%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.22%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.22%) VCDX
4 1 (1.22%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.32%) QA
2 2 (2.44%) GDPR
3 1 (1.22%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.22%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.22%) GAAP
3 1 (1.22%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 2 (2.44%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.22%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (1.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.22%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) SCCM
1 1 (1.22%) TADDM
1 1 (1.22%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 13 (15.85%) Salesforce
1 13 (15.85%) SAP
2 7 (8.54%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.10%) Oracle
4 3 (3.66%) Ariba
4 3 (3.66%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.44%) Google
5 2 (2.44%) Intapp
5 2 (2.44%) VMware
5 2 (2.44%) Workday
6 1 (1.22%) Aruba
6 1 (1.22%) Cisco
6 1 (1.22%) HP
6 1 (1.22%) IBM
6 1 (1.22%) NetApp
6 1 (1.22%) NGA Human Resources
6 1 (1.22%) OpenText
6 1 (1.22%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.22%) SolarWinds