German Language Contracts

German Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited German Language over the 6 months leading up to 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 450 421 474
Rank change year-on-year -29 +53 +109
Contract jobs citing German Language 75 165 219
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.39% 0.39%
As % of the General category 0.41% 0.67% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 66 65
10th Percentile £175 £216 £179
25th Percentile £285 £313 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £556 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.62% +11.25% -9.09%
75th Percentile £696 £741 £600
90th Percentile £828 £950 £768
UK excluding London median daily rate £209 £325 £475
% change year-on-year -35.69% -31.58% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 23
10th Percentile £15.69 - £12.20
25th Percentile £16.25 - £14.25
Median hourly rate £18.85 £15.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +25.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £32.50 £29.00 £14.75
90th Percentile £37.20 £35.00 £26.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £18.30 £15.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +22.00% +3.45% -

All General Skills
UK

German 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 18,284 24,705 32,951
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.47% 57.69% 58.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,564 15,577 22,850
10th Percentile £281 £275 £313
25th Percentile £405 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +1.85%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £759 £769 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £490 £500
% change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 808 1,967 996
10th Percentile £13.50 £12.77 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.67 £15.50 £17.60
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £32.40
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.41% +44.00%
75th Percentile £55.00 £52.50 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £66.84 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.22 £28.13 £27.50
% change year-on-year -13.88% +2.27% +41.03%

German Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing German Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Daily rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Hourly rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German 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 German Language within the UK over the 6 months to 29 May 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 -17 44 £456 -18.89% 432
Work from Home +7 27 £538 -12.24% 583
UK excluding London +39 24 £209 -35.69% 148
London +15 20 £395 -34.17% 337
East of England +28 12 - - 13
North of England +8 5 £675 +22.73% 20
North West +4 5 £675 +22.73% 18
Scotland +12 4 £130 -53.98% 2
South East +34 3 £209 -7.11% 73

German 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 (2.67%) OpenStack
2 1 (1.33%) CMS
2 1 (1.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (14.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (13.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (1.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.33%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (13.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.67%) SAP MDM
2 2 (2.67%) Workfront
3 1 (1.33%) MoSes
3 1 (1.33%) SAP EWM
3 1 (1.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (1.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.00%) SaaS
2 2 (2.67%) AWS
2 2 (2.67%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (2.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.33%) Figma
3 1 (1.33%) Veeva
3 1 (1.33%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.67%) Firewall
1 2 (2.67%) FlexRay
2 1 (1.33%) Intranet
2 1 (1.33%) LAN
2 1 (1.33%) VPN
2 1 (1.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.67%) Informix
2 1 (1.33%) DB2
2 1 (1.33%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 3 (4.00%) JIRA
2 2 (2.67%) GitLab
2 2 (2.67%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (1.33%) Git
3 1 (1.33%) LSMW
General
1 32 (42.67%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.33%) French Language
3 11 (14.67%) Marketing
4 10 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (13.33%) Finance
5 7 (9.33%) Italian Language
6 5 (6.67%) Automotive
6 5 (6.67%) Spanish Language
7 4 (5.33%) Japanese Language
7 4 (5.33%) Legal
8 3 (4.00%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.00%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (2.67%) Advertising
9 2 (2.67%) Banking
9 2 (2.67%) Games
9 2 (2.67%) Investment Banking
9 2 (2.67%) Public Sector
9 2 (2.67%) Publishing
9 2 (2.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (12.00%) Project Manager
2 8 (10.67%) Analyst
3 6 (8.00%) Architect
3 6 (8.00%) Consultant
3 6 (8.00%) Lead
4 5 (6.67%) Developer
4 5 (6.67%) Senior
5 4 (5.33%) Asset Management Project Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Delivery Project Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Lead Project Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Project Leader
5 4 (5.33%) SAP Delivery Manager
5 4 (5.33%) SAP Manager
5 4 (5.33%) SAP Project Leader
5 4 (5.33%) SAP Project Manager
5 4 (5.33%) Service Analyst
5 4 (5.33%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (2.67%) Video Editor
6 2 (2.67%) Workday Manager
6 2 (2.67%) Workday Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) .NET
1 2 (2.67%) Web Services
2 1 (1.33%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.33%) Middleware
2 1 (1.33%) RESTful
2 1 (1.33%) SailPoint
2 1 (1.33%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.33%) SAPUI5
2 1 (1.33%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.33%) Social Media
2 3 (4.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.00%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.67%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.67%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.67%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.67%) Life Science
3 2 (2.67%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.33%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.33%) Data Structures
4 1 (1.33%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.33%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.33%) New Media
4 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (13.33%) Windows
2 4 (5.33%) Android
2 4 (5.33%) Linux
2 4 (5.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 2 (2.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (2.67%) SUSE
5 1 (1.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (30.67%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (21.33%) Customer Service
3 14 (18.67%) Project Management
4 10 (13.33%) Incident Management
4 10 (13.33%) Mathematics
4 10 (13.33%) Service Delivery
5 8 (10.67%) Migration
5 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 7 (9.33%) ERP
6 7 (9.33%) Project Delivery
6 7 (9.33%) Time Management
7 5 (6.67%) B2C
7 5 (6.67%) CRM
7 5 (6.67%) Data Protection
8 4 (5.33%) Agile
8 4 (5.33%) Asset Management
8 4 (5.33%) EAM
8 4 (5.33%) Inventory Management
9 3 (4.00%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (4.00%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Bash
1 3 (4.00%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) ABAP
3 1 (1.33%) C
3 1 (1.33%) C#
3 1 (1.33%) Korn
3 1 (1.33%) Perl
3 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (6.67%) Degree
2 3 (4.00%) PMP
3 2 (2.67%) PMI Certification
3 2 (2.67%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.00%) GDPR
2 2 (2.67%) GxP
3 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.33%) NIST
3 1 (1.33%) PMO
3 1 (1.33%) QA
3 1 (1.33%) Solvency II
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.33%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 3 (4.00%) Ansible
2 2 (2.67%) Terraform
3 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.33%) TADDM
3 1 (1.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 20 (26.67%) SAP
2 14 (18.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.00%) Ariba
4 3 (4.00%) Apple
4 3 (4.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (4.00%) Workday
5 1 (1.33%) Adobe
5 1 (1.33%) comScore
5 1 (1.33%) IBM
5 1 (1.33%) Infoblox
5 1 (1.33%) Informatica
5 1 (1.33%) Instagram
5 1 (1.33%) Qualtrics
5 1 (1.33%) Sparx
5 1 (1.33%) Telerik
5 1 (1.33%) TikTok
5 1 (1.33%) YouTube