Japanese Language Contracts

Japanese Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Japanese Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Japanese Language over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 575 710
Rank change year-on-year +63 +135 +121
Contract jobs citing Japanese Language 8 7 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.016% 0.013%
As % of the General category 0.043% 0.028% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £267 £253
25th Percentile - £278 £257
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £285 £321
Median % change year-on-year +40.35% -11.28% +100.78%
75th Percentile - - £441
90th Percentile - - £536
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £28.51 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £30.78 - -
75th Percentile £37.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £30.78 - -

All General Skills
UK

Japanese 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 18,479 25,363 34,892
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 63.12% 58.23% 58.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,802 16,004 24,197
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
75th Percentile £640 £650 £675
90th Percentile £763 £763 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 794 1,943 1,063
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.78 £13.43
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.50 £18.09
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%
75th Percentile £56.00 £52.20 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £65.00 £72.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.71 £28.42 £30.54
% change year-on-year -13.05% -6.94% +65.08%

Japanese Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Japanese Language in the UK

Japanese Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Japanese Language in the UK

Japanese Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Japanese Language in the UK

Japanese Language
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Japanese Language within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +58 8 £400 +40.35% 109
London +36 4 £400 +40.35% 99
East of England - 3 - - 1
UK excluding London - 3 - - 14
Work from Home +39 1 - - 25

Japanese 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (12.50%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) DB2
1 1 (12.50%) Informix
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (50.00%) French Language
2 4 (50.00%) German Language
3 3 (37.50%) Automotive
3 3 (37.50%) Italian Language
3 3 (37.50%) Spanish Language
4 2 (25.00%) Arabic Language
4 2 (25.00%) Games
4 2 (25.00%) Korean Language
4 2 (25.00%) Publishing
5 1 (12.50%) Finance
5 1 (12.50%) Front Office
5 1 (12.50%) Legal
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing
5 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Content Editor
1 2 (25.00%) Video Editor
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support
2 1 (12.50%) Applications Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Artworker
2 1 (12.50%) Creative Artworker
2 1 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Manager
2 1 (12.50%) PMO Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Service Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Support Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Tivoli Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Tivoli Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Clustering
1 1 (12.50%) Graphic Design
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) New Media
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (12.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) Android
2 1 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 1 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 2 (25.00%) Change Control
2 2 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 2 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 2 (25.00%) Requirements Management
2 2 (25.00%) SDLC
2 2 (25.00%) Virtual Environments
3 1 (12.50%) Change Management
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Deadline-Driven
3 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
3 1 (12.50%) High Availability
3 1 (12.50%) Migration
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Quality Management
3 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (12.50%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (12.50%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) Bash
2 1 (12.50%) Korn
2 1 (12.50%) Perl
2 1 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (25.00%) PMP
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (12.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PMO
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) TADDM
1 1 (12.50%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Interwoven
2 1 (12.50%) Splunk