French Language Job Trends in the North West

French Language
England > North West

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

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 203 202
Rank change year-on-year +27 -1 +77
Permanent jobs citing French Language 10 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.16% 0.040% 0.022%
As % of the General category 0.25% 0.059% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £33,500 - £41,250
90th Percentile £37,400 - -
England median annual salary £40,000 £57,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year -29.82% +38.18% -0.60%

All General Skills
North West

French 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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,000 3,372 2,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 62.78% 66.72% 55.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,508 1,889
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £51,369 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% +2.74% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,526 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing French Language relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

French Language job vacancy trend in the North West

French Language
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing French Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing French Language

French Language
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing French Language in the North West over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for French Language in the North West

French Language
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Merseyside - 7 - - 3
Manchester +25 3 £27,000 - 7
French Language
England

French Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 9 (90.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (70.00%) Legal
3 2 (20.00%) Dutch Language
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) German Language
4 1 (10.00%) Italian Language
4 1 (10.00%) Japanese Language
4 1 (10.00%) Mandarin Language
4 1 (10.00%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (10.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) HR Advisor
2 2 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development Executive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (70.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 7 (70.00%) CRM
1 7 (70.00%) Data Entry
1 7 (70.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (70.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) B2B
3 1 (10.00%) Business Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) ServiceNow
1 7 (70.00%) Workday