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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 463 504
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 +168
Contract jobs citing French Language 103 110 135
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.29% 0.27%
As % of the General category 0.49% 0.50% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 55 62
10th Percentile £256 £313 £301
25th Percentile £386 £375 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £440 £525
Median % change year-on-year +11.65% -16.19% +20.00%
75th Percentile £588 £539 £658
90th Percentile £613 £577 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £513 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +36.67% -21.05% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 8 4
10th Percentile £14.75 - £17.17
25th Percentile £14.88 £13.00 £17.22
Median hourly rate £15.50 £20.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.39% +17.14% +20.69%
75th Percentile £16.25 £35.00 £19.06
90th Percentile £52.20 £36.13 £21.43
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +19.23% -25.71% +20.69%

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 20,950 22,147 29,362
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.60% 57.91% 59.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,987 13,281 19,876
10th Percentile £275 £283 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £650 £671
90th Percentile £738 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,199 1,107 1,067
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.70 £13.91
25th Percentile £16.17 £17.08 £16.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.14% +30.91% +12.24%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.50 £70.39 £70.56
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.39 £35.36 £26.25
% change year-on-year -39.51% +34.70% +25.00%

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
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 17 September 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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +25 85 £519 +17.90% 206
London +18 42 £465 -2.11% 119
UK excluding London +2 38 £513 +36.67% 124
Work from Home -3 36 £470 +6.82% 152
North of England -4 13 £513 +20.59% 15
South West +33 11 - - 8
South East +20 10 £525 +53.96% 54
Yorkshire - 8 - - 11
North West -15 5 £513 +20.59% 4
East of England +1 3 - - 13
Scotland -7 1 £470 - 10

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 (1.94%) SAS
1 2 (1.94%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.85%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.97%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.97%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.97%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.97%) SPSS
3 1 (0.97%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.88%) SAP PP
1 4 (3.88%) SAP S/4HANA
1 4 (3.88%) SAP SD
2 2 (1.94%) Workfront
3 1 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.97%) Magento
3 1 (0.97%) OpenText VIM for SAP
3 1 (0.97%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.97%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.97%) SAP MDM
3 1 (0.97%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.97%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 13 (12.62%) Azure
2 9 (8.74%) SaaS
3 5 (4.85%) Entra ID
3 5 (4.85%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.91%) GCP
5 2 (1.94%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (1.94%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.94%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.97%) AWS
6 1 (0.97%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (0.97%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.97%) Figma
6 1 (0.97%) Google Ads
6 1 (0.97%) IaaS
6 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (0.97%) OCI
6 1 (0.97%) PaaS
6 1 (0.97%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.97%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.83%) DNS
2 5 (4.85%) VPN
3 4 (3.88%) DHCP
3 4 (3.88%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.91%) Network Security
5 2 (1.94%) HTTP
5 2 (1.94%) VSAN
5 2 (1.94%) WAN
6 1 (0.97%) 4G
6 1 (0.97%) 5G
6 1 (0.97%) Firewall
6 1 (0.97%) LTE
6 1 (0.97%) PPP
6 1 (0.97%) TETRA
6 1 (0.97%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.94%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.94%) Oracle Database
1 2 (1.94%) Tableau
2 1 (0.97%) DB2
2 1 (0.97%) EDRMS
2 1 (0.97%) Informix
2 1 (0.97%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (0.97%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (0.97%) Oracle Database 11g
2 1 (0.97%) Power BI
2 1 (0.97%) Power Query
2 1 (0.97%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.97%) SAP Data Services
2 1 (0.97%) SAP HANA
2 1 (0.97%) Sisense
2 1 (0.97%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.94%) Postman
1 2 (1.94%) SoapUI
2 1 (0.97%) Git
2 1 (0.97%) JIRA
2 1 (0.97%) LSMW
General
1 35 (33.98%) Social Skills
2 13 (12.62%) German Language
2 13 (12.62%) Spanish Language
3 12 (11.65%) Marketing
3 12 (11.65%) Retail
4 10 (9.71%) Finance
4 10 (9.71%) Italian Language
5 9 (8.74%) Legal
5 9 (8.74%) Telecoms
6 8 (7.77%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.83%) Dutch Language
8 5 (4.85%) Advertising
9 4 (3.88%) Banking
9 4 (3.88%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (2.91%) Investment Banking
10 3 (2.91%) Japanese Language
10 3 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.94%) Arabic Language
11 2 (1.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (1.94%) Korean Language
Job Titles
1 11 (10.68%) Administrator
2 10 (9.71%) Consultant
2 10 (9.71%) Project Manager
3 9 (8.74%) Analyst
3 9 (8.74%) SAP Consultant
4 8 (7.77%) Business Analyst
4 8 (7.77%) Support Engineer
5 6 (5.83%) Customer Service Advisor
6 5 (4.85%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.88%) Architect
7 4 (3.88%) SAP MM Consultant
7 4 (3.88%) SAP PP Consultant
7 4 (3.88%) SAP Project Manager
7 4 (3.88%) SAP QM Consultant
7 4 (3.88%) SAP SD Consultant
7 4 (3.88%) SAP SD/MM Consultant
7 4 (3.88%) Technical Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) Technical Support
7 4 (3.88%) Technical Support Engineer
7 4 (3.88%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.88%) FIDO
2 2 (1.94%) .NET
2 2 (1.94%) OAuth
2 2 (1.94%) OpenID
2 2 (1.94%) SAML
2 2 (1.94%) SOAP
3 1 (0.97%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.97%) Django
3 1 (0.97%) MDX
3 1 (0.97%) Middleware
3 1 (0.97%) React
3 1 (0.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.59%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.91%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (2.91%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.91%) Social Media
3 2 (1.94%) Low-Code
3 2 (1.94%) Mobile App
3 2 (1.94%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.94%) Public Cloud
3 2 (1.94%) Security Posture
3 2 (1.94%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.97%) Algorithms
4 1 (0.97%) Cloud Native
4 1 (0.97%) Data Centre
4 1 (0.97%) FMCG
4 1 (0.97%) Graphic Design
4 1 (0.97%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (0.97%) New Media
4 1 (0.97%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.97%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (8.74%) Windows
2 5 (4.85%) Linux
3 2 (1.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (1.94%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.94%) Windows 7
4 1 (0.97%) Unix
4 1 (0.97%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (23.30%) Migration
2 22 (21.36%) Problem-Solving
3 19 (18.45%) Project Management
4 18 (17.48%) Change Management
5 14 (13.59%) E-Commerce
6 12 (11.65%) Customer Service
6 12 (11.65%) ERP
7 10 (9.71%) CRM
7 10 (9.71%) Data Migration
7 10 (9.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 9 (8.74%) Computer Science
8 9 (8.74%) Service Delivery
8 9 (8.74%) Use Case
9 8 (7.77%) Agile
9 8 (7.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 8 (7.77%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (6.80%) ITIL
10 7 (6.80%) Validation
11 6 (5.83%) Cybersecurity
11 6 (5.83%) Identity Access Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.83%) SQL
2 3 (2.91%) Python
3 2 (1.94%) Bash
3 2 (1.94%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.97%) COBOL
4 1 (0.97%) Java
4 1 (0.97%) Jython
4 1 (0.97%) Korn
4 1 (0.97%) Perl
4 1 (0.97%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (17.48%) Degree
2 4 (3.88%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (3.88%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (2.91%) A+ Certification
3 3 (2.91%) CISSP
3 3 (2.91%) Master's Degree
3 3 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.94%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 2 (1.94%) Azure Certification
4 2 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.94%) CCNP
4 2 (1.94%) CCSP
4 2 (1.94%) GCIH
4 2 (1.94%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.94%) PMP
4 2 (1.94%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.97%) CCDP
5 1 (0.97%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.97%) SAP Certification
5 1 (0.97%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.85%) SLA
2 3 (2.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (2.91%) NIST
3 2 (1.94%) GDPR
4 1 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.97%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.97%) ISO 19650
4 1 (0.97%) QA
System Software
1 5 (4.85%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.91%) OpenAM
3 2 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.94%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.94%) vSphere
4 1 (0.97%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.97%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 4 (3.88%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 2 (1.94%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.97%) Oracle RMAN
3 1 (0.97%) TADDM
3 1 (0.97%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 25 (24.27%) SAP
2 18 (17.48%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.77%) Salesforce
4 4 (3.88%) Google
5 3 (2.91%) Ariba
5 3 (2.91%) Oracle
5 3 (2.91%) VMware
6 2 (1.94%) Intapp
6 2 (1.94%) NetApp
6 2 (1.94%) Red Hat
6 2 (1.94%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.97%) Citrix
7 1 (0.97%) HP
7 1 (0.97%) IBM
7 1 (0.97%) Instagram
7 1 (0.97%) MicroStrategy
7 1 (0.97%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.97%) TikTok
7 1 (0.97%) Workday
7 1 (0.97%) YouTube