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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 496 548
Rank change year-on-year -103 +52 +74
Contract jobs citing Spanish Language 38 28 52
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.096% 0.12%
As % of the General category 0.15% 0.15% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 19
10th Percentile £225 £390 £217
25th Percentile £337 £415 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £376 £550 £400
Median % change year-on-year -31.64% +37.50% -20.00%
75th Percentile £419 £578 £519
90th Percentile £476 £683 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £335 - £401
% change year-on-year - - -5.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 4
10th Percentile - £23.05 £12.80
25th Percentile - £29.13 £14.22
Median hourly rate £13.33 £35.00 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.91% +133.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile - £40.00 £16.69
90th Percentile £34.85 £44.50 £19.73
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 25,766 18,539 25,093
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 54.11% 63.24% 58.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,810 11,839 15,826
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £406 £409 £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 £766
UK excluding London median daily rate £476 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +0.21% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,650 792 1,938
10th Percentile £13.72 £14.00 £12.77
25th Percentile £17.50 £17.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £60.56 £56.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £75.00 £65.01
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £28.25
% change year-on-year +10.00% -11.50% -2.59%

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 6 May 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 6 May 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 6 May 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 -88 36 £375 -31.82% 75
UK excluding London -89 20 £335 - 44
London -52 13 £376 -31.64% 35
East of England -27 8 - - 3
Work from Home -42 7 £375 -9.64% 33
South East -46 6 - - 18
North of England -55 6 £335 - 15
North West -39 4 £115 - 8
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 1 (2.63%) CMS
1 1 (2.63%) Drupal
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (2.63%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 3 (7.89%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.26%) Google Workspace
2 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.63%) Figma
3 1 (2.63%) GCP
3 1 (2.63%) Google Ads
3 1 (2.63%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.63%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (2.63%) Google Sheets
3 1 (2.63%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.89%) Firewall
2 2 (5.26%) DMZ
2 2 (5.26%) TCP/IP
2 2 (5.26%) VPN
3 1 (2.63%) WAN
3 1 (2.63%) 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 15 (39.47%) French Language
2 11 (28.95%) Social Skills
3 8 (21.05%) Italian Language
4 6 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (15.79%) German Language
4 6 (15.79%) Portuguese Language
5 5 (13.16%) Banking
5 5 (13.16%) Finance
5 5 (13.16%) Retail
6 4 (10.53%) Investment Banking
6 4 (10.53%) Marketing
7 2 (5.26%) Advertising
7 2 (5.26%) Front Office
8 1 (2.63%) Arabic Language
8 1 (2.63%) Dutch Language
8 1 (2.63%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.63%) Games
8 1 (2.63%) Japanese Language
8 1 (2.63%) Legal
8 1 (2.63%) Mandarin Language
Job Titles
1 8 (21.05%) Help Desk Adviser
2 7 (18.42%) Analyst
3 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Support
3 5 (13.16%) 2nd Line Technical Support
3 5 (13.16%) Technical Support
4 4 (10.53%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (10.53%) IT Analyst
5 3 (7.89%) Developer
6 2 (5.26%) Business Intelligence Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Performance Reporting Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) PMO Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Power BI Analyst
6 2 (5.26%) Report Analyst
7 1 (2.63%) Change Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) QA Tester
7 1 (2.63%) SAP Project Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Security Engineer
7 1 (2.63%) Web Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.89%) Derivative
2 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.63%) Blog
3 1 (2.63%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.63%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.63%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.63%) Social Media
3 1 (2.63%) Video\Live Streaming
3 1 (2.63%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 10 (26.32%) Windows
2 1 (2.63%) Android
2 1 (2.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.63%) Linux
2 1 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (36.84%) Customer Service
2 8 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (18.42%) Agile
3 7 (18.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 6 (15.79%) Process Improvement
5 5 (13.16%) Customer Experience
6 4 (10.53%) ITIL
7 3 (7.89%) Programme Management
7 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
8 2 (5.26%) AI
8 2 (5.26%) Analytics
8 2 (5.26%) Burndown Charts
8 2 (5.26%) Change Control
8 2 (5.26%) Dashboard Development
8 2 (5.26%) DevOps
8 2 (5.26%) Kalman Filter
8 2 (5.26%) Migration
8 2 (5.26%) Programme Governance
8 2 (5.26%) SEO
8 2 (5.26%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.16%) SQL
2 4 (10.53%) PowerShell
3 2 (5.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (2.63%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (5.26%) Degree
1 2 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 2 (5.26%) MCSA
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) PMO
1 2 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.63%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.63%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) SCCM
1 3 (7.89%) WSUS
2 1 (2.63%) CASB
2 1 (2.63%) SCOrch
Vendors
1 5 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.53%) Google
2 4 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.89%) Ariba
3 3 (7.89%) jBASE
3 3 (7.89%) Reuters
3 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
3 3 (7.89%) SAP
3 3 (7.89%) Temenos
4 2 (5.26%) Bloomberg
4 2 (5.26%) Citrix
4 2 (5.26%) ION Trading
4 2 (5.26%) Planview
5 1 (2.63%) HubSpot
5 1 (2.63%) IFS