Japanese Language Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Japanese Language
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Japanese Language in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Japanese Language over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 511 558 540
Rank change year-on-year +47 -18 +191
Permanent jobs citing Japanese Language 4 9 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.024% 0.003%
As % of the General category 0.017% 0.038% 0.005%
Number of salaries quoted 2 5 1
10th Percentile £40,608 - -
25th Percentile £41,520 £62,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,039 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.79% - -16.13%
75th Percentile £44,559 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £45,470 - -
UK median annual salary £32,000 £50,000 £66,250
% change year-on-year -36.00% -24.53% +10.42%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

Japanese 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 23,950 23,604 18,754
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.08% 63.07% 61.23%
Number of salaries quoted 12,322 9,923 13,326
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £81,138
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -2.36%

Japanese Language
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Japanese Language relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Japanese Language job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Japanese Language
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Japanese Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Japanese Language

Japanese Language
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Japanese Language within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. 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
South East +24 2 £46,078 -29.11% 8
West Midlands - 1 - -
North of England - 1 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 - -
North West - 1 £40,000 -
Japanese Language
UK

Japanese Language
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Italian Language
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) French Language
3 1 (25.00%) German Language
3 1 (25.00%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Portuguese Language
3 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development Executive
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Engineer
1 1 (25.00%) Supply Chain Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Technology Manager
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) B2B
1 1 (25.00%) BPMN
1 1 (25.00%) Business Development
1 1 (25.00%) Business Process Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (25.00%) Performance Management
1 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (25.00%) Procure-to-Pay
1 1 (25.00%) Project Management
1 1 (25.00%) Source to Pay
1 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (25.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft