Spanish Language Contract Job Trends

Spanish Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Spanish Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Spanish Language over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 583 495 536
Rank change year-on-year -88 +41 +105
Contract jobs citing Spanish Language 42 24 64
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.094% 0.083% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.17% 0.13% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 27
10th Percentile £123 £390 £233
25th Percentile £243 £415 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £376 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.64% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £426 £578 £488
90th Percentile £467 £683 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £125 - £401
% change year-on-year - - -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile - - £13.12
25th Percentile - £19.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £13.33 £27.50 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% +34.15% +13.89%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £24.00
90th Percentile £19.61 - £29.85
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.33 £20.00 £17.75
% change year-on-year -33.35% +12.68% +47.92%

All General Skills
UK

Spanish 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 general skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 25,119 18,234 25,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 56.22% 62.79% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,660 11,696 16,405
10th Percentile £300 £300 £268
25th Percentile £406 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £640 £650
90th Percentile £738 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,557 715 1,850
10th Percentile £13.71 £15.00 £12.78
25th Percentile £17.14 £19.00 £15.38
Median hourly rate £25.38 £29.07 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.69% +11.81% -25.71%
75th Percentile £59.00 £58.56 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.15 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.00 £27.70 £25.00
% change year-on-year -13.36% +10.80% -19.35%

Spanish Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Spanish Language relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Spanish Language job vacancy trend in the UK

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language

Spanish Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Spanish Language over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Spanish Language in the UK

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language

Spanish Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Spanish Language over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Spanish Language in the UK

Spanish Language
Top 9 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. 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 -89 38 £375 -31.82% 56
UK excluding London -78 18 £125 - 35
London -64 16 £377 -31.45% 26
Work from Home -41 11 £375 -9.64% 26
East of England -21 8 - - 1
North of England -64 7 £125 - 12
North West -38 5 £125 - 3
South East - 3 - - 7
North East - 2 £363 -

Spanish 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 3 (7.14%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) CMS
2 1 (2.38%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.14%) Temenos T24
2 1 (2.38%) SAP CO
2 1 (2.38%) SAP FI
2 1 (2.38%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.90%) Azure
2 2 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (4.76%) Google Analytics
2 2 (4.76%) Google Workspace
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.38%) Dialogflow
3 1 (2.38%) Figma
3 1 (2.38%) GCP
3 1 (2.38%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 5 (11.90%) Firewall
2 3 (7.14%) WAN
2 3 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.76%) DMZ
3 2 (4.76%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (2.38%) Bitbucket
General
1 18 (42.86%) French Language
2 15 (35.71%) Italian Language
3 13 (30.95%) German Language
4 11 (26.19%) Portuguese Language
4 11 (26.19%) Social Skills
5 8 (19.05%) Marketing
6 6 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (14.29%) Arabic Language
6 6 (14.29%) Dutch Language
6 6 (14.29%) Japanese Language
6 6 (14.29%) Mandarin Language
6 6 (14.29%) Polish Language
7 5 (11.90%) Banking
7 5 (11.90%) Finance
8 4 (9.52%) Investment Banking
9 2 (4.76%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (4.76%) Front Office
9 2 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (2.38%) Advertising
10 1 (2.38%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (19.05%) Help Desk Adviser
2 7 (16.67%) Analyst
3 6 (14.29%) Marketing Executive
4 4 (9.52%) Developer
4 4 (9.52%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (9.52%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Security Engineer
5 3 (7.14%) Service Desk Support
6 2 (4.76%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Performance Reporting Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (4.76%) Report Analyst
7 1 (2.38%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (2.38%) SAP Functional Consultant
7 1 (2.38%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (2.38%) Web Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.38%) Node.js
1 1 (2.38%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 3 (7.14%) Derivative
2 2 (4.76%) Blog
2 2 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
2 2 (4.76%) Onboarding
2 2 (4.76%) Social Media
3 1 (2.38%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.38%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.38%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.38%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (19.05%) Windows
2 3 (7.14%) Linux
2 3 (7.14%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.38%) Android
3 1 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) Customer Service
2 8 (19.05%) Agile
3 6 (14.29%) Process Improvement
4 5 (11.90%) CRM
4 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.52%) ITIL
6 3 (7.14%) Architectural Design
6 3 (7.14%) Cloud Security
6 3 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (7.14%) Incident Management
6 3 (7.14%) Information Security
6 3 (7.14%) Information Security Management
6 3 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (7.14%) ISMS
6 3 (7.14%) Security Management
6 3 (7.14%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (7.14%) Security Operations
6 3 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.76%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.52%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.76%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.38%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.38%) Korn
3 1 (2.38%) Python
3 1 (2.38%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.14%) Degree
2 2 (4.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (4.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (4.76%) MCSA
2 2 (4.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.76%) PMO
2 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Active Directory
1 3 (7.14%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (11.90%) SCCM
2 3 (7.14%) CASB
2 3 (7.14%) SCOrch
2 3 (7.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (11.90%) Salesforce
2 5 (11.90%) ServiceNow
3 4 (9.52%) Google
3 4 (9.52%) SAP
4 3 (7.14%) Ariba
4 3 (7.14%) jBASE
4 3 (7.14%) Reuters
4 3 (7.14%) Temenos
5 2 (4.76%) Bloomberg
5 2 (4.76%) Citrix
5 2 (4.76%) HubSpot
5 2 (4.76%) ION Trading
5 2 (4.76%) Planview
6 1 (2.38%) IBM
6 1 (2.38%) Proofpoint