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

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 473 550
Rank change year-on-year +37 +77 +78
Contract jobs citing French Language 83 127 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.28% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.45% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 57 60
10th Percentile £229 £202 £207
25th Percentile £345 £280 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -4.76% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £650 £541
90th Percentile £650 £750 £600
UK excluding London median daily rate £370 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -26.00% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 7
10th Percentile £26.90 £17.08 £22.80
25th Percentile £30.50 £24.90 £27.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.75 £46.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.87% -28.80% +253.85%
75th Percentile £45.00 £35.00 £53.38
90th Percentile £58.50 - £60.40
UK excluding London median hourly rate £26.34 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.76% - -

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 18,465 25,387 34,897
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.16% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,795 16,033 24,201
10th Percentile £300 £270 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £496 £500
% change year-on-year -4.23% -0.80% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,939 1,062
10th Percentile £14.20 £12.78 £13.42
25th Percentile £17.85 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%
75th Percentile £56.00 £51.91 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £28.13 £30.54
% change year-on-year -10.58% -7.91% +65.08%

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 30 April 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 30 April 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 9 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 30 April 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 +26 66 £513 +13.89% 298
London +15 44 £538 +50.35% 232
Work from Home +32 35 £463 -15.91% 222
UK excluding London +43 18 £370 -26.00% 75
North of England +40 16 £423 -15.50% 12
Yorkshire - 8 - - 3
North West +12 5 £513 +2.50% 7
North East - 3 £370 - 2
South East +30 2 £250 -41.18% 27

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 (2.41%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.20%) IBM Domino
2 1 (1.20%) SAS
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.20%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
3 1 (1.20%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (4.82%) SAP PP
1 4 (4.82%) SAP SD
2 3 (3.61%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.20%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.20%) SAP ERP
3 1 (1.20%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.20%) SAP MDM
3 1 (1.20%) SAP MM
3 1 (1.20%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.25%) Azure
2 5 (6.02%) GCP
3 4 (4.82%) AWS
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.61%) Entra ID
4 3 (3.61%) SaaS
5 2 (2.41%) OCI
5 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.41%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.20%) Figma
6 1 (1.20%) Google Ads
6 1 (1.20%) IaaS
6 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Advertising
6 1 (1.20%) PaaS
6 1 (1.20%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) DHCP
1 4 (4.82%) DNS
1 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
1 4 (4.82%) VPN
2 3 (3.61%) Network Security
3 2 (2.41%) Firewall
4 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (1.20%) Intranet
4 1 (1.20%) SD-WAN
4 1 (1.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.61%) Big Data
2 2 (2.41%) Informix
2 2 (2.41%) MongoDB
2 2 (2.41%) Power BI
2 2 (2.41%) Redis
3 1 (1.20%) DB2
3 1 (1.20%) Hadoop
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.02%) Git
1 5 (6.02%) JIRA
2 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.61%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (1.20%) git-flow
3 1 (1.20%) GitLab
3 1 (1.20%) LSMW
3 1 (1.20%) Postman
3 1 (1.20%) SoapUI
General
1 27 (32.53%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.89%) German Language
3 15 (18.07%) Finance
4 14 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (13.25%) Italian Language
5 11 (13.25%) Marketing
6 8 (9.64%) Dutch Language
6 8 (9.64%) Spanish Language
7 5 (6.02%) Banking
8 4 (4.82%) Japanese Language
8 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.61%) Law
9 3 (3.61%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.41%) Advertising
10 2 (2.41%) Electronics
10 2 (2.41%) Financial Institution
10 2 (2.41%) Games
10 2 (2.41%) Korean Language
10 2 (2.41%) Legal
10 2 (2.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 12 (14.46%) Consultant
2 11 (13.25%) Analyst
3 10 (12.05%) SAP Consultant
4 7 (8.43%) Support Engineer
5 6 (7.23%) Business Analyst
5 6 (7.23%) Lead
5 6 (7.23%) Project Manager
6 5 (6.02%) Junior
6 5 (6.02%) Support Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) Junior Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Junior Support Analyst
7 4 (4.82%) Project Engineer
7 4 (4.82%) SAP MM Consultant
7 4 (4.82%) SAP PP Consultant
7 4 (4.82%) SAP QM Consultant
7 4 (4.82%) SAP SD Consultant
7 4 (4.82%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
7 4 (4.82%) Unix Support
7 4 (4.82%) Unix Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.82%) .NET
1 4 (4.82%) RESTful
2 3 (3.61%) CSS
2 3 (3.61%) FIDO
2 3 (3.61%) HTML
3 2 (2.41%) OAuth
3 2 (2.41%) OpenID
3 2 (2.41%) SAML
3 2 (2.41%) Web Services
4 1 (1.20%) .NET Framework
4 1 (1.20%) ASP.NET
4 1 (1.20%) Django
4 1 (1.20%) React
4 1 (1.20%) SOAP
4 1 (1.20%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Management Information System
2 6 (7.23%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (7.23%) Onboarding
3 5 (6.02%) Derivative
4 4 (4.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (4.82%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.61%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.61%) Social Media
6 2 (2.41%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (2.41%) Security Posture
7 1 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 1 (1.20%) Clustering
7 1 (1.20%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (1.20%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.20%) New Media
7 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.20%) Reinsurance
7 1 (1.20%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.25%) Windows
2 6 (7.23%) Unix
3 2 (2.41%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.41%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.20%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (25.30%) Migration
2 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.66%) Change Management
4 12 (14.46%) Project Management
5 9 (10.84%) Agile
5 9 (10.84%) Use Case
6 8 (9.64%) Data Migration
6 8 (9.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 6 (7.23%) Computer Science
7 6 (7.23%) Cybersecurity
7 6 (7.23%) ITIL
7 6 (7.23%) Service Delivery
8 5 (6.02%) Customer Service
8 5 (6.02%) Digital Marketing
8 5 (6.02%) Due Diligence
8 5 (6.02%) Electronic Trading
8 5 (6.02%) Identity Access Management
8 5 (6.02%) Service Migration
8 5 (6.02%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.82%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.84%) Python
1 9 (10.84%) SQL
2 4 (4.82%) C#
3 2 (2.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.20%) Korn
4 1 (1.20%) Perl
4 1 (1.20%) PL/SQL
4 1 (1.20%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.20%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 12 (14.46%) Degree
2 4 (4.82%) A+ Certification
2 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.61%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (2.41%) AWS Certification
4 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
4 2 (2.41%) CCSP
4 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.41%) CISSP
4 2 (2.41%) GCIH
4 2 (2.41%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (1.20%) CIPD
5 1 (1.20%) CTC Cleared
5 1 (1.20%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.20%) MBA
5 1 (1.20%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.20%) PMP
5 1 (1.20%) SAP Certification
5 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.61%) QA
1 3 (3.61%) SLA
2 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (2.41%) NIST
3 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.20%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (6.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.61%) OpenAM
3 1 (1.20%) Docker
3 1 (1.20%) Firmware
3 1 (1.20%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
3 1 (1.20%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (2.41%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (1.20%) TADDM
3 1 (1.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (27.71%) Microsoft
2 19 (22.89%) SAP
3 5 (6.02%) Google
4 4 (4.82%) Ariba
5 3 (3.61%) Oracle
6 2 (2.41%) New Relic
7 1 (1.20%) Adobe
7 1 (1.20%) Cisco
7 1 (1.20%) Criteo
7 1 (1.20%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.20%) Hyperion
7 1 (1.20%) IBM
7 1 (1.20%) Juniper
7 1 (1.20%) PeopleSoft
7 1 (1.20%) Remedy
7 1 (1.20%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.20%) Telerik
7 1 (1.20%) Workday