Mandarin Language Contracts

Mandarin Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mandarin Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mandarin 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 515 498 676
Rank change year-on-year -17 +178 +150
Contract jobs citing Mandarin Language 5 84 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.19% 0.070%
As % of the General category 0.027% 0.33% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 7 11
10th Percentile - £91 £320
25th Percentile - £98 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £124 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -75.69% -
75th Percentile - £164 £523
90th Percentile - £340 £550
UK excluding London median daily rate - £109 £515
% change year-on-year - -78.83% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £19.00 - -
25th Percentile £22.38 £11.06 -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £14.27 -
Median % change year-on-year +71.69% - -
75th Percentile £24.75 £18.00 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £11.54 -
% change year-on-year +112.31% - -

All General Skills
UK

Mandarin 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%

Mandarin Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Mandarin Language in the UK

Mandarin Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Mandarin Language in the UK

Mandarin Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Mandarin Language in the UK

Mandarin Language
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mandarin 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 +3 4 - - 160
UK excluding London +2 4 - - 121
North of England +11 3 - - 33
North West +9 3 - - 21
London +23 1 - - 59
Scotland +6 1 - - 6

Mandarin 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 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MongoDB
General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Cantonese Language
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Insight Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) IT Support
3 1 (20.00%) Resource Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Software Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (20.00%) PhD
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft