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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 594 506 530
Rank change year-on-year -88 +24 +101
Contract jobs citing Spanish Language 38 26 59
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.083% 0.089% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.15% 0.14% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 24
10th Percentile £141 £390 £225
25th Percentile £335 £415 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £377 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.45% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £438 £578 £503
90th Percentile £472 £683 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £230 - £401
% change year-on-year - - -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 5
10th Percentile - - £13.12
25th Percentile - £19.00 -
Median hourly rate £13.33 £27.50 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -51.53% +83.33% -42.86%
75th Percentile - £37.50 £21.75
90th Percentile £19.61 - £23.10
UK excluding London median hourly rate £13.33 £20.00 £15.00
% change year-on-year -33.35% +33.33% +25.00%

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 25,401 18,541 25,534
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 55.20% 63.17% 58.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,764 11,857 16,167
10th Percentile £305 £296 £270
25th Percentile £406 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £623 £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 1,588 771 1,917
10th Percentile £13.69 £14.20 £12.75
25th Percentile £17.46 £18.17 £15.39
Median hourly rate £27.80 £28.75 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% +4.55% -21.43%
75th Percentile £59.63 £56.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.31 £26.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year -4.49% +1.92% -15.46%

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 17 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 17 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 17 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 -96 36 £376 -31.64% 48
UK excluding London -72 20 £230 - 34
London -72 12 £377 -31.45% 17
East of England -21 8 - - 2
Work from Home -29 7 £375 -9.64% 25
North of England -65 7 £230 - 13
North West -31 5 £120 - 4
South East - 5 - - 5
North East - 2 £363 - 1

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 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.63%) CMS
2 1 (2.63%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.53%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.26%) Google Analytics
2 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) Dialogflow
3 1 (2.63%) Figma
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) IBM Watson
Communications & Networking
1 4 (10.53%) Firewall
2 2 (5.26%) DMZ
2 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.26%) VPN
2 2 (5.26%) WAN
2 2 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) JIRA
2 1 (2.63%) Bitbucket
General
1 16 (42.11%) French Language
2 12 (31.58%) Italian Language
3 10 (26.32%) Social Skills
4 9 (23.68%) German Language
5 8 (21.05%) Portuguese Language
6 5 (13.16%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (13.16%) Banking
6 5 (13.16%) Marketing
7 4 (10.53%) Finance
7 4 (10.53%) Investment Banking
8 3 (7.89%) Arabic Language
8 3 (7.89%) Dutch Language
8 3 (7.89%) Japanese Language
8 3 (7.89%) Mandarin Language
8 3 (7.89%) Polish Language
8 3 (7.89%) Retail
9 2 (5.26%) Brand Awareness
9 2 (5.26%) Front Office
9 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (2.63%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Help Desk Adviser
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) Developer
3 4 (10.53%) Help Desk Analyst
3 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
4 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Support
4 3 (7.89%) 2nd Line Technical Support
4 3 (7.89%) Marketing Executive
4 3 (7.89%) Technical Support
5 2 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Performance Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Performance Reporting Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Power BI Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Report Analyst
5 2 (5.26%) Security Engineer
5 2 (5.26%) Service Desk Support
6 1 (2.63%) T24 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Derivative
2 2 (5.26%) Blog
2 2 (5.26%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.26%) Social Media
3 1 (2.63%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 9 (23.68%) Windows
2 2 (5.26%) Linux
2 2 (5.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (2.63%) Android
3 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Customer Service
2 8 (21.05%) Agile
3 7 (18.42%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (15.79%) Process Improvement
5 5 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (10.53%) ITIL
7 3 (7.89%) Customer Experience
7 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (5.26%) Analytics
8 2 (5.26%) Architectural Design
8 2 (5.26%) Budgeting
8 2 (5.26%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (5.26%) Cloud Security
8 2 (5.26%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (5.26%) DevOps
8 2 (5.26%) Generative AI
8 2 (5.26%) Information Security
8 2 (5.26%) ISMS
8 2 (5.26%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
2 3 (7.89%) SQL
3 2 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.63%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.63%) Korn
4 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
2 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (5.26%) MCSA
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (2.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) PMO
2 1 (2.63%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 2 (5.26%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (10.53%) SCCM
2 3 (7.89%) WSUS
3 2 (5.26%) CASB
3 2 (5.26%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.16%) ServiceNow
3 4 (10.53%) Google
4 3 (7.89%) Ariba
4 3 (7.89%) jBASE
4 3 (7.89%) Reuters
4 3 (7.89%) SAP
4 3 (7.89%) Temenos
5 2 (5.26%) Bloomberg
5 2 (5.26%) Citrix
5 2 (5.26%) HubSpot
5 2 (5.26%) ION Trading
5 2 (5.26%) Planview
5 2 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 1 (2.63%) IBM