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 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 489 521
Rank change year-on-year -45 +32 +159
Contract jobs citing Spanish Language 56 41 75
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.21% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 12 29
10th Percentile £150 £377 £245
25th Percentile £336 £398 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £435 £415
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +4.82% -17.00%
75th Percentile £469 £475 £638
90th Percentile £542 £595 £661
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £440 £401
% change year-on-year -20.45% +9.66% -10.83%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 8 8
10th Percentile - - £13.36
25th Percentile £13.33 £15.62 £15.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £17.32
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -6.29% +6.36%
75th Percentile - £17.88 £22.31
90th Percentile £18.50 £21.00 £26.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.38 £16.23 £17.14
% change year-on-year -5.27% -5.31% +6.66%

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 22,804 19,459 26,421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 59.18% 61.95% 58.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,323 11,606 17,132
10th Percentile £286 £282 £266
25th Percentile £400 £410 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £730 £763 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,387 626 1,569
10th Percentile £13.72 £15.62 £13.12
25th Percentile £16.35 £20.12 £15.16
Median hourly rate £22.50 £28.60 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +10.00% +4.00%
75th Percentile £47.00 £53.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.25 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.13 £26.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -20.28% +6.00% +11.11%

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 February 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 February 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 February 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 -37 52 £375 -14.77% 22
UK excluding London -47 29 £350 -20.45% 11
East of England -4 21 £560 -
London -26 19 £375 -9.09% 12
Work from Home -15 11 £375 -14.77% 16
North of England -58 5 £230 - 3
South East -16 3 - - 3
North West -28 3 £125 - 1
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 6 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) CMS
2 1 (1.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.36%) Temenos T24
2 2 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.79%) SAP CO
3 1 (1.79%) SAP FI
3 1 (1.79%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (1.79%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.29%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (3.57%) Google Analytics
2 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.79%) Dialogflow
3 1 (1.79%) Figma
3 1 (1.79%) Google Workspace
3 1 (1.79%) IBM Watson
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.50%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) WAN
2 6 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.79%) DMZ
3 1 (1.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (3.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
General
1 20 (35.71%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) French Language
3 15 (26.79%) Italian Language
4 12 (21.43%) German Language
5 10 (17.86%) Portuguese Language
6 8 (14.29%) Marketing
7 6 (10.71%) Arabic Language
7 6 (10.71%) Dutch Language
7 6 (10.71%) Japanese Language
7 6 (10.71%) Mandarin Language
7 6 (10.71%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (10.71%) Polish Language
8 5 (8.93%) Analytical Skills
8 5 (8.93%) Finance
9 3 (5.36%) Banking
9 3 (5.36%) Legal
10 2 (3.57%) Games
10 2 (3.57%) Investment Banking
10 2 (3.57%) Manufacturing
10 2 (3.57%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (14.29%) Help Desk Adviser
2 7 (12.50%) Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
3 6 (10.71%) Marketing Executive
3 6 (10.71%) Security Engineer
4 4 (7.14%) Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Applications Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Network Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) Network Security Engineer
5 3 (5.36%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Performance Reporting Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Report Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Service Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) Node.js
1 1 (1.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.71%) Data Centre
2 3 (5.36%) Derivative
2 3 (5.36%) Social Media
3 2 (3.57%) Blog
3 2 (3.57%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.79%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.79%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 8 (14.29%) Windows
2 6 (10.71%) Linux
2 6 (10.71%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.79%) Android
3 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (30.36%) Customer Service
2 6 (10.71%) Agile
2 6 (10.71%) Architectural Design
2 6 (10.71%) Cloud Security
2 6 (10.71%) CRM
2 6 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
2 6 (10.71%) Incident Management
2 6 (10.71%) Information Security
2 6 (10.71%) Information Security Management
2 6 (10.71%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 6 (10.71%) ISMS
2 6 (10.71%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (10.71%) Process Improvement
2 6 (10.71%) Security Management
2 6 (10.71%) Security Monitoring
2 6 (10.71%) Security Operations
3 4 (7.14%) Programme Governance
3 4 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (5.36%) ERP
4 3 (5.36%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
1 2 (3.57%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.79%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (5.36%) Degree
2 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (1.79%) MCSA
2 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (8.93%) PMO
2 1 (1.79%) QA
System Software
1 6 (10.71%) Active Directory
1 6 (10.71%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) SCCM
2 6 (10.71%) CASB
2 6 (10.71%) SCOrch
3 1 (1.79%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Salesforce
3 4 (7.14%) SAP
4 3 (5.36%) Google
4 3 (5.36%) IFS
4 3 (5.36%) jBASE
4 3 (5.36%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.36%) Temenos
5 2 (3.57%) Ariba
5 2 (3.57%) HubSpot
5 2 (3.57%) Planview
6 1 (1.79%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.79%) Citrix
6 1 (1.79%) IBM
6 1 (1.79%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.79%) Proofpoint
6 1 (1.79%) Reuters