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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 450 450
Rank change year-on-year -53 0 +207
Contract jobs citing French Language 83 103 161
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.23% 0.30% 0.36%
As % of the General category 0.37% 0.49% 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 54 90
10th Percentile £138 £278 £295
25th Percentile £241 £381 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.94% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £533 £550 £738
90th Percentile £614 £634 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £470 £373 £475
% change year-on-year +26.17% -21.58% -7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 5 4
10th Percentile - £17.60 £16.34
25th Percentile £14.75 £24.50 £16.86
Median hourly rate £15.50 £28.00 £17.14
Median % change year-on-year -44.64% +63.36% +3.88%
75th Percentile £33.75 £32.75 £17.29
90th Percentile £53.85 £36.35 £17.57
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.50 £19.67 £17.14
% change year-on-year -21.19% +14.75% +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 22,394 20,846 26,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 61.45% 60.80% 59.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,014 12,434 17,495
10th Percentile £275 £290 £280
25th Percentile £400 £413 £423
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 1,453 739 1,086
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.32 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.13 £16.85
Median hourly rate £23.58 £27.50 £32.75
Median % change year-on-year -14.27% -16.03% +31.00%
75th Percentile £45.46 £53.75 £59.03
90th Percentile £70.00 £70.45 £71.28
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.00 £26.06 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.59% -13.13% +38.12%

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 15 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 15 December 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 15 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 -52 63 £338 -25.00% 242
London -40 35 £325 -35.00% 63
Work from Home -18 30 £550 +23.60% 221
UK excluding London -41 27 £470 +26.17% 204
South East -4 9 - - 59
South West -1 7 £513 +36.67% 24
North West -20 6 £125 - 18
North of England -42 6 £125 -66.22% 37
Scotland +2 3 £500 - 8
Wales - 2 - - 6

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 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) CMS
2 1 (1.20%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Drupal
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Coherence
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 QM
2 1 (1.20%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.20%) Magento
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (1.20%) SAP HR
2 1 (1.20%) SAP PP
2 1 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.43%) Azure
2 6 (7.23%) SaaS
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.41%) Azure ExpressRoute
4 2 (2.41%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.41%) Google Analytics
4 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.20%) Canva
5 1 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (1.20%) Figma
5 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (1.20%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (1.20%) SuccessFactors
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 4 (4.82%) JIRA
2 2 (2.41%) Git
General
1 33 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 19 (22.89%) Spanish Language
3 16 (19.28%) German Language
3 16 (19.28%) Marketing
4 13 (15.66%) Italian Language
5 12 (14.46%) Dutch Language
6 11 (13.25%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (13.25%) Japanese Language
7 10 (12.05%) Finance
8 9 (10.84%) Portuguese Language
9 8 (9.64%) Arabic Language
9 8 (9.64%) Legal
10 7 (8.43%) Retail
11 6 (7.23%) Mandarin Language
11 6 (7.23%) Polish Language
11 6 (7.23%) Telecoms
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 10 (12.05%) Analyst
2 7 (8.43%) Administrator
2 7 (8.43%) Business Analyst
3 6 (7.23%) Marketing Executive
4 5 (6.02%) Architect
4 5 (6.02%) Customer Service Advisor
4 5 (6.02%) E-Commerce Manager
4 5 (6.02%) Test Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Compliance Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Consultant
5 4 (4.82%) Developer
5 4 (4.82%) Project Manager
5 4 (4.82%) Support Engineer
6 3 (3.61%) Azure Engineer
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%) Salesforce Developer
7 2 (2.41%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) .NET
1 3 (3.61%) Middleware
1 3 (3.61%) React
2 2 (2.41%) CSS
2 2 (2.41%) HTML
2 2 (2.41%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.41%) REST
2 2 (2.41%) SOAP
2 2 (2.41%) Swagger
3 1 (1.20%) 802.1X
3 1 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.20%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.02%) Social Media
2 4 (4.82%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.41%) Blog
3 2 (2.41%) Low-Code
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%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.20%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) LIMS
4 1 (1.20%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.20%) Replication
4 1 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Windows
2 3 (3.61%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.41%) Linux
3 2 (2.41%) Windows 7
4 1 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.20%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) CRM
2 16 (19.28%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (15.66%) Customer Service
3 13 (15.66%) E-Commerce
4 8 (9.64%) Agile
4 8 (9.64%) ERP
4 8 (9.64%) Migration
4 8 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (7.23%) Analytics
6 6 (7.23%) Project Management
7 5 (6.02%) Computer Science
7 5 (6.02%) Data Protection
7 5 (6.02%) Process Improvement
8 4 (4.82%) High Availability
8 4 (4.82%) Logistics
9 3 (3.61%) Business Analysis
9 3 (3.61%) OOP
9 3 (3.61%) Scrum
9 3 (3.61%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.61%) Java
1 3 (3.61%) Python
1 3 (3.61%) SQL
2 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.41%) Perl
3 1 (1.20%) Bash
3 1 (1.20%) COBOL
3 1 (1.20%) Jython
3 1 (1.20%) Korn
3 1 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.41%) CCNP
3 2 (2.41%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.41%) SAP Certification
4 1 (1.20%) A+ 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%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.20%) VCDX
4 1 (1.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (6.02%) QA
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.20%) GAAP
2 1 (1.20%) GDPR
2 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 14 (16.87%) Salesforce
1 14 (16.87%) SAP
2 8 (9.64%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.02%) Oracle
4 3 (3.61%) Ariba
4 3 (3.61%) HubSpot
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%) 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