German Language Job Trends in England

German Language
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited German Language over the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 390 229 429
Rank change year-on-year -161 +200 +222
Permanent jobs citing German Language 271 532 407
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.41% 1.36% 0.55%
As % of the General category 0.76% 1.94% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 182 42 138
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £23,500
25th Percentile £30,370 £48,063 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £65,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.46% +85.71% -7.89%
75th Percentile £50,000 £93,250 £58,563
90th Percentile £61,250 £109,500 £78,550
UK median annual salary £40,000 £65,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year -38.46% +85.71% -7.89%

All General Skills
England

German Language falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 35,457 27,433 44,823
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 54.08% 70.10% 60.43%
Number of salaries quoted 20,004 14,000 33,605
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £43,080 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,043
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +11.02% -13.07%
75th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

German Language
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing German Language relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

German Language job vacancy trend in England

German Language
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing German Language

German Language
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing German Language in England over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

Salary histogram for German Language in England

German Language
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing German Language within the England region over the 6 months to 14 March 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -147 148 £45,000 -40.00% 76
East of England -9 41 £30,370 +21.48% 8
North of England - 36 £29,000 - 15
North West - 28 £29,000 - 6
South East 0 26 £35,000 -46.15% 34
Midlands -4 19 £40,000 -3.61% 16
West Midlands +14 12 £40,000 -3.61% 8
Yorkshire - 8 £31,250 - 8
East Midlands - 7 £28,000 - 8
German Language
UK

German Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 11 (4.06%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (15.87%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (5.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (2.58%) Adobe Premiere
4 7 (2.58%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 12 (4.43%) SAP HR
2 4 (1.48%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.37%) SAP SCM
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.08%) SaaS
2 20 (7.38%) Amazon Alexa
3 17 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (4.06%) OneDrive
5 4 (1.48%) Google Ads
5 4 (1.48%) Google Analytics
6 2 (0.74%) Azure
7 1 (0.37%) AWS
7 1 (0.37%) GCP
7 1 (0.37%) GitHub
7 1 (0.37%) IaaS
7 1 (0.37%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.85%) VPN
2 4 (1.48%) DHCP
2 4 (1.48%) DNS
3 2 (0.74%) Firewall
4 1 (0.37%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database 11g
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database 12c
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle Exadata
1 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
1 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.37%) Bitbucket Server
1 1 (0.37%) Git
1 1 (0.37%) JIRA
1 1 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
General
1 108 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 82 (30.26%) French Language
3 46 (16.97%) Marketing
4 42 (15.50%) Analytical Skills
5 37 (13.65%) Italian Language
6 35 (12.92%) Retail
7 34 (12.55%) Spanish Language
8 27 (9.96%) Finance
9 21 (7.75%) Dutch Language
10 18 (6.64%) Manufacturing
11 15 (5.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 13 (4.80%) Documentation Skills
12 13 (4.80%) Japanese Language
12 13 (4.80%) Mandarin Language
12 13 (4.80%) Polish Language
12 13 (4.80%) Portuguese Language
13 12 (4.43%) Arabic Language
13 12 (4.43%) Banking
14 11 (4.06%) Legal
14 11 (4.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (11.44%) Sales Representative
2 20 (7.38%) Sales Executive
2 20 (7.38%) Senior
3 16 (5.90%) Consultant
4 12 (4.43%) HR Advisor
5 10 (3.69%) Account Manager
5 10 (3.69%) Credit Controller
6 9 (3.32%) IT Support
6 9 (3.32%) Recruitment Consultant
7 7 (2.58%) Executive Advisor
7 7 (2.58%) Service Manager
7 7 (2.58%) Technical Sales Executive
7 7 (2.58%) Telesales Executive
8 6 (2.21%) Account Executive
8 6 (2.21%) Business Consultant
8 6 (2.21%) Business Development Consultant
8 6 (2.21%) Development Consultant
8 6 (2.21%) Lead
8 6 (2.21%) Telesales Representative
9 5 (1.85%) Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (5.54%) HTML
1 15 (5.54%) JSON
1 15 (5.54%) Regular Expression
1 15 (5.54%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 64 (23.62%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.54%) Linux Command Line
3 14 (5.17%) Social Media
4 13 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (2.58%) Cloud Native
6 6 (2.21%) Mobile Computing
7 5 (1.85%) Life Science
8 4 (1.48%) Client/Server
8 4 (1.48%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.48%) FMCG
8 4 (1.48%) Web Conferencing
9 3 (1.11%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.11%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.11%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.37%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.37%) Enterprise Storage
11 1 (0.37%) PMI
11 1 (0.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (5.54%) Unix
2 5 (1.85%) Windows
2 5 (1.85%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.48%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.37%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (17.71%) AI
2 44 (16.24%) LLM
3 39 (14.39%) Business Development
4 37 (13.65%) B2B
5 33 (12.18%) Telesales
6 32 (11.81%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (10.70%) Analytical Thinking
7 29 (10.70%) Customer Service
7 29 (10.70%) Generative AI
7 29 (10.70%) Open Source
8 28 (10.33%) CRM
8 28 (10.33%) Process Improvement
9 27 (9.96%) Coaching
10 26 (9.59%) Time Management
11 25 (9.23%) Mentoring
12 23 (8.49%) Service Delivery
13 22 (8.12%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (7.75%) Logistics
14 21 (7.75%) Machine Learning
15 18 (6.64%) B2B Sales
Programming Languages
1 17 (6.27%) Python
2 5 (1.85%) SQL
3 3 (1.11%) PL/SQL
4 2 (0.74%) Bash
5 1 (0.37%) Bicep
5 1 (0.37%) Java
5 1 (0.37%) Korn
5 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 95 (35.06%) Degree
2 9 (3.32%) PMI Certification
3 8 (2.95%) Master's Degree
3 8 (2.95%) PMP
4 1 (0.37%) LPIC
4 1 (0.37%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.17%) Data Quality
2 12 (4.43%) Accessibility
3 7 (2.58%) QA
4 2 (0.74%) COREP
4 2 (0.74%) FINREP
4 2 (0.74%) GDPR
5 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) NIST
5 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.37%) Docker
2 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (0.74%) Ansible
2 1 (0.37%) Data Guard
2 1 (0.37%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle Flashback
2 1 (0.37%) Oracle RMAN
2 1 (0.37%) SCCM
2 1 (0.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (23.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.80%) SAP
3 12 (4.43%) ServiceNow
3 12 (4.43%) Workday
4 10 (3.69%) Adobe
5 4 (1.48%) Google
5 4 (1.48%) Salesforce
6 3 (1.11%) Oracle
7 1 (0.37%) HubSpot