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

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 482 452 494
Rank change year-on-year -30 +42 +155
Contract jobs citing French Language 92 99 140
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.27% 0.27% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.42% 0.46% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 47 73
10th Percentile £129 £308 £315
25th Percentile £263 £375 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.21% -19.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £561 £519 £725
90th Percentile £625 £571 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +34.29% -26.32% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 7 5
10th Percentile £14.75 - £16.46
25th Percentile £15.13 - -
Median hourly rate £15.50 £13.00 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year +19.23% -24.15% -21.65%
75th Percentile £25.94 £32.13 £17.50
90th Percentile £48.60 £35.15 £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 21,792 21,474 27,590
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 62.94% 58.79% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,628 12,654 18,461
10th Percentile £275 £285 £293
25th Percentile £400 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £625 £643 £662
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,377 811 1,093
10th Percentile £13.80 £14.73 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £16.85 £16.70
Median hourly rate £25.00 £29.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.25% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £44.09 £55.13 £57.50
90th Percentile £67.35 £70.00 £71.77
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.94 £27.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -19.13% -1.36% +23.37%

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 6 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 6 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 10 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 6 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 -5 77 £363 -18.08% 272
London -12 41 £350 -26.32% 180
Work from Home +1 34 £513 +15.17% 97
UK excluding London -36 33 £470 +34.29% 156
South West +22 12 £513 +36.67% 4
South East -2 9 - - 135
North West -13 6 £125 -64.29% 3
North of England -31 6 £125 -64.29% 5
Scotland +4 3 £500 - 3
East of England -13 3 - - 1

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 (1.09%) Oracle Coherence
1 1 (1.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.09%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.09%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 2 (2.17%) SAP MM
1 2 (2.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.09%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.09%) Magento
2 1 (1.09%) OpenText VIM for SAP
2 1 (1.09%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.09%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.09%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.09%) Shopify
2 1 (1.09%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 7 (7.61%) Azure
1 7 (7.61%) SaaS
2 5 (5.43%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.17%) Azure ExpressRoute
3 2 (2.17%) Entra ID
3 2 (2.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.17%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (1.09%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.09%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Copilot
4 1 (1.09%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) SAP Commerce Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.26%) WAN
2 2 (2.17%) DNS
2 2 (2.17%) VPN
2 2 (2.17%) VSAN
3 1 (1.09%) 4G
3 1 (1.09%) 5G
3 1 (1.09%) BGP
3 1 (1.09%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.09%) DHCP
3 1 (1.09%) Firewall
3 1 (1.09%) HTTP
3 1 (1.09%) LTE
3 1 (1.09%) Network Security
3 1 (1.09%) OSPF
3 1 (1.09%) PPP
3 1 (1.09%) TACACS
3 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.09%) TETRA
3 1 (1.09%) VLAN
3 1 (1.09%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.17%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.17%) Tableau
2 1 (1.09%) DB2
2 1 (1.09%) EDRMS
2 1 (1.09%) Informix
2 1 (1.09%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.09%) Power BI
2 1 (1.09%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.09%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 1 (1.09%) JIRA
General
1 38 (41.30%) Social Skills
2 20 (21.74%) Spanish Language
3 17 (18.48%) German Language
4 16 (17.39%) Marketing
5 13 (14.13%) Italian Language
6 12 (13.04%) Retail
7 11 (11.96%) Finance
7 11 (11.96%) Legal
8 10 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (10.87%) Japanese Language
9 9 (9.78%) Telecoms
10 8 (8.70%) Dutch Language
10 8 (8.70%) Portuguese Language
11 7 (7.61%) Arabic Language
12 5 (5.43%) Mandarin Language
12 5 (5.43%) Polish Language
13 4 (4.35%) Advertising
13 4 (4.35%) Banking
13 4 (4.35%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (3.26%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (11.96%) Administrator
2 9 (9.78%) Analyst
3 6 (6.52%) Business Analyst
3 6 (6.52%) Customer Service Advisor
4 5 (5.43%) E-Commerce Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Marketing Executive
4 5 (5.43%) Project Manager
4 5 (5.43%) Test Manager
5 4 (4.35%) Architect
5 4 (4.35%) Compliance Manager
5 4 (4.35%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.26%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (3.26%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.26%) SAP Manager
6 3 (3.26%) SAP Project Manager
6 3 (3.26%) Service Delivery Manager
6 3 (3.26%) Service Manager
6 3 (3.26%) Technical Engineer
6 3 (3.26%) Technical Support
6 3 (3.26%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.09%) .NET
1 1 (1.09%) 802.1X
1 1 (1.09%) FIDO
1 1 (1.09%) Middleware
1 1 (1.09%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.43%) Social Media
2 3 (3.26%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.17%) Low-Code
3 2 (2.17%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.17%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.17%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.09%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.09%) Blog
4 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.09%) Clustering
4 1 (1.09%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.09%) FMCG
4 1 (1.09%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.09%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.09%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.52%) Windows
2 4 (4.35%) Linux
3 2 (2.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.17%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.09%) Unix
4 1 (1.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (23.91%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (19.57%) CRM
2 18 (19.57%) E-Commerce
3 14 (15.22%) Customer Service
4 10 (10.87%) ERP
4 10 (10.87%) Project Management
5 9 (9.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 8 (8.70%) Migration
6 8 (8.70%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (7.61%) Change Management
7 7 (7.61%) Process Improvement
7 7 (7.61%) Service Delivery
8 5 (5.43%) Agile
8 5 (5.43%) Analytics
8 5 (5.43%) Integrated Marketing
9 4 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (4.35%) High Availability
9 4 (4.35%) Product Marketing
9 4 (4.35%) Validation
9 4 (4.35%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.26%) Python
1 3 (3.26%) SQL
2 2 (2.17%) Perl
3 1 (1.09%) Bash
3 1 (1.09%) COBOL
3 1 (1.09%) Java
3 1 (1.09%) Jython
3 1 (1.09%) Korn
3 1 (1.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 13 (14.13%) Degree
2 3 (3.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.17%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.17%) CCNP
3 2 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.17%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.17%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.17%) PMP
4 1 (1.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.09%) CCDP
4 1 (1.09%) CISSP
4 1 (1.09%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.09%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.09%) VCDX
4 1 (1.09%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.52%) QA
2 3 (3.26%) SLA
3 2 (2.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.09%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.09%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.09%) GAAP
4 1 (1.09%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.09%) ISO 19650
4 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.09%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (3.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (2.17%) VMware NSX
2 2 (2.17%) vSphere
3 1 (1.09%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (1.09%) SCCM
1 1 (1.09%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (1.09%) TADDM
1 1 (1.09%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 17 (18.48%) SAP
2 13 (14.13%) Salesforce
3 8 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 4 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.26%) Oracle
5 3 (3.26%) VMware
6 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
6 2 (2.17%) Intapp
6 2 (2.17%) NetApp
6 2 (2.17%) Red Hat
6 2 (2.17%) Workday
7 1 (1.09%) Cisco
7 1 (1.09%) Google
7 1 (1.09%) IBM
7 1 (1.09%) Instagram
7 1 (1.09%) LogicMonitor
7 1 (1.09%) NGA Human Resources
7 1 (1.09%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.09%) TikTok
7 1 (1.09%) YouTube