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 have cited German Language over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 409 500 607
Rank change year-on-year +91 +107 -77
Contract jobs citing German Language 170 217 261
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.37% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.67% 0.63% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 77 100
10th Percentile £221 £180 £193
25th Percentile £351 £263 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.25% -9.09% +29.41%
75th Percentile £741 £600 £630
90th Percentile £950 £723 £689
UK excluding London median daily rate £343 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -25.95% -2.63% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 23
10th Percentile - £12.00 £10.20
25th Percentile - £14.25 £11.21
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £26.98 £16.00 £14.75
90th Percentile £34.35 £27.50 £28.30
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -8.77%

All General Skills
UK

German Language is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,243 34,529 49,874
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.17% 58.46% 56.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,931 23,943 34,598
10th Percentile £275 £313 £320
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £768 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +10.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,945 1,058 1,430
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.98 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.96% +48.16% -2.22%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.25 £29.00 £18.75
% change year-on-year -2.59% +54.67% -4.79%

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 6 May 2024.

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 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Top 12 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 6 May 2024. 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 +98 139 £600 +18.81% 239
London +99 66 £613 +22.50% 112
Work from Home +85 66 £625 +25.00% 211
UK excluding London +52 51 £343 -25.95% 143
East of England +11 15 £293 - 23
South East +12 14 £225 -56.73% 40
Midlands +35 11 £600 +200.00% 27
West Midlands +28 11 £600 -17.24% 25
North of England +28 6 £575 +9.52% 34
North West +27 6 £575 +9.52% 20
South West - 4 - - 19
Scotland +31 1 - - 10

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 7 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.94%) CMS
3 2 (1.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.59%) Confluence
4 1 (0.59%) IIS
4 1 (0.59%) JBoss
4 1 (0.59%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.59%) WildFly
Applications
1 17 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 9 (5.29%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.94%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.76%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.59%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 6 (3.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.18%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle AGIS
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.18%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 2 (1.18%) SAP Travel Management
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.59%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.59%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.59%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.59%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.29%) Azure
2 18 (10.59%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.29%) AWS
4 8 (4.71%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.71%) SaaS
5 7 (4.12%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.35%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.76%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.18%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.18%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.59%) GCP
10 1 (0.59%) IaaS
10 1 (0.59%) OCI
10 1 (0.59%) PaaS
10 1 (0.59%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.88%) Firewall
2 5 (2.94%) HTTP
3 3 (1.76%) DHCP
3 3 (1.76%) DNS
3 3 (1.76%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.18%) Internet
4 2 (1.18%) VPN
5 1 (0.59%) BGP
5 1 (0.59%) Broadband
5 1 (0.59%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.59%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.59%) Network Security
5 1 (0.59%) OSPF
5 1 (0.59%) RFID
5 1 (0.59%) VLAN
5 1 (0.59%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.53%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.53%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.35%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (2.35%) DynamoDB
3 2 (1.18%) Big Data
3 2 (1.18%) Data Mart
3 2 (1.18%) DB2
3 2 (1.18%) MariaDB
3 2 (1.18%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.18%) MySQL
4 1 (0.59%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) Power BI
4 1 (0.59%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (4.71%) Git
2 6 (3.53%) JIRA
3 1 (0.59%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
General
1 67 (39.41%) Social Skills
2 38 (22.35%) Finance
2 38 (22.35%) French Language
3 33 (19.41%) Marketing
4 31 (18.24%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (10.00%) Spanish Language
7 12 (7.06%) Italian Language
8 8 (4.71%) Banking
8 8 (4.71%) Manufacturing
8 8 (4.71%) Telecoms
9 7 (4.12%) Arabic Language
9 7 (4.12%) Legal
10 6 (3.53%) Dutch Language
10 6 (3.53%) Public Sector
10 6 (3.53%) Retail
11 5 (2.94%) Electronics
11 5 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.35%) Automotive
13 3 (1.76%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 32 (18.82%) Consultant
2 21 (12.35%) Analyst
3 15 (8.82%) Senior
4 14 (8.24%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.06%) Architect
6 10 (5.88%) Business Analyst
6 10 (5.88%) Business Consultant
7 7 (4.12%) Lead
7 7 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (3.53%) Strategy Consultant
9 5 (2.94%) Azure Architect
9 5 (2.94%) Security Consultant
10 4 (2.35%) Database Engineer
10 4 (2.35%) Marketing Manager
10 4 (2.35%) SAP Manager
10 4 (2.35%) SAP Project Manager
10 4 (2.35%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (2.35%) Senior Database Engineer
10 4 (2.35%) Senior Manager
11 3 (1.76%) Help Desk Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.12%) Node.js
2 5 (2.94%) REST
3 4 (2.35%) Fastify
3 4 (2.35%) GraphQL
3 4 (2.35%) Next.js
3 4 (2.35%) React
4 3 (1.76%) CSS
4 3 (1.76%) HTML
4 3 (1.76%) OAuth
4 3 (1.76%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.76%) OpenID
4 3 (1.76%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.76%) SAML
5 2 (1.18%) JSON
5 2 (1.18%) SAP ALE
5 2 (1.18%) SOAP
5 2 (1.18%) TIBCO EMS
5 2 (1.18%) XML
5 2 (1.18%) XSD
5 2 (1.18%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.71%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.12%) Digital Media
4 6 (3.53%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.94%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (2.94%) IoT
6 4 (2.35%) Social Media
7 3 (1.76%) Data Protection Act
7 3 (1.76%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.18%) Clustering
8 2 (1.18%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.18%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.59%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.59%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.59%) Embedded Systems
9 1 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.59%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.59%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 16 (9.41%) Windows
2 8 (4.71%) Windows 10
3 6 (3.53%) Linux
4 3 (1.76%) Android
4 3 (1.76%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.76%) Unix
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.59%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (21.76%) Agile
2 31 (18.24%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (14.12%) Migration
4 22 (12.94%) Project Management
5 17 (10.00%) Customer Service
6 16 (9.41%) Analytics
7 15 (8.82%) DevOps
8 14 (8.24%) Service Delivery
9 13 (7.65%) Use Case
10 12 (7.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (7.06%) Data Architecture
11 11 (6.47%) Digital Marketing
11 11 (6.47%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence
12 10 (5.88%) Computer Science
12 10 (5.88%) Process Management
12 10 (5.88%) Project Delivery
13 9 (5.29%) Business Strategy
13 9 (5.29%) Roadmaps
13 9 (5.29%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 14 (8.24%) SQL
2 6 (3.53%) Java
3 5 (2.94%) Python
4 4 (2.35%) C#
4 4 (2.35%) TypeScript
5 3 (1.76%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.76%) PHP
5 3 (1.76%) Ruby
6 2 (1.18%) ABAP
6 2 (1.18%) C++
6 2 (1.18%) XPath
7 1 (0.59%) Bash
7 1 (0.59%) C
7 1 (0.59%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.59%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 39 (22.94%) Degree
2 6 (3.53%) PMI Certification
2 6 (3.53%) PMP
3 5 (2.94%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (2.94%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.94%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.94%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.35%) CISA
4 4 (2.35%) CISM
4 4 (2.35%) CISMP
4 4 (2.35%) CISSP
4 4 (2.35%) CRISC
4 4 (2.35%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.76%) CIMA
6 2 (1.18%) ACCA
6 2 (1.18%) CBAP
6 2 (1.18%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.29%) QA
2 5 (2.94%) COBIT
2 5 (2.94%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.35%) GRC
3 4 (2.35%) NIST
3 4 (2.35%) SLA
4 2 (1.18%) GxP
5 1 (0.59%) GAAP
5 1 (0.59%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.59%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (5.29%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.53%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.18%) Docker
5 1 (0.59%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.94%) Ansible
2 4 (2.35%) Terraform
3 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (1.18%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 2 (1.18%) Kubernetes
4 2 (1.18%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.59%) Forefront Identity Manager
5 1 (0.59%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.59%) Puppet
5 1 (0.59%) Salt
5 1 (0.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 41 (24.12%) Microsoft
2 31 (18.24%) SAP
3 9 (5.29%) Oracle
4 6 (3.53%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.35%) Google
5 4 (2.35%) IBM
6 3 (1.76%) Avaya
6 3 (1.76%) Citrix
6 3 (1.76%) Ivanti
6 3 (1.76%) Sun
7 2 (1.18%) Cloudera
7 2 (1.18%) Murex
7 2 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.18%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.59%) Adyen
8 1 (0.59%) Aruba
8 1 (0.59%) Ingenico
8 1 (0.59%) Meraki
8 1 (0.59%) SaltStack
8 1 (0.59%) UiPath