French Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term French Language in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited French Language over the 6 months to 30 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 585 769 730
Rank change year-on-year +184 -39 -104
Permanent jobs citing French Language 142 334 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.26% 0.30%
As % of the General category 0.40% 0.39% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 77 176 152
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,050 £46,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.03% -15.91% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £72,688
90th Percentile £89,500 £85,000 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -36.36% +69.23%

All General Skills
UK

French Language is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,395 86,706 77,571
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 65.73% 68.61% 59.92%
Number of salaries quoted 24,862 49,163 47,899
10th Percentile £30,876 £32,500 £31,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,500 £52,500 £49,000
% change year-on-year -3.81% +7.14% +3.16%

French Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing French Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for French Language in the UK

French Language
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing French Language.

Salary trend for French Language in the UK

French Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing French Language over the 6 months to 30 November 2023.

Salary histogram for French Language in the UK

French Language
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing French Language within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2023. 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
England +158 129 £56,275 +25.06% 204
London +187 103 £61,250 +22.50% 123
Work from Home +138 43 £57,500 +27.78% 105
UK excluding London +174 28 £35,000 - 96
South East +155 13 £27,375 -8.75% 25
Scotland - 6 £47,500 - 10
Midlands +126 3 £27,500 -47.62% 6
East of England +113 3 £35,000 +20.69% 14
West Midlands +132 2 £28,750 -64.06% 2
South West +60 2 - - 19
North of England +112 1 £37,500 -25.00% 23
North West +74 1 £37,500 -9.09% 20
East Midlands +53 1 £26,500 +6.00% 4

French Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.70%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (0.70%) IIS
2 1 (0.70%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 24 (16.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (16.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 13 (9.15%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (2.82%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.82%) SAP ERP
1 4 (2.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.41%) SAP CX
2 2 (1.41%) Workday HCM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.70%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.70%) SAP FI/CO
3 1 (0.70%) SAP GTS
3 1 (0.70%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.70%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.04%) AWS
2 9 (6.34%) GCP
3 8 (5.63%) Azure
3 8 (5.63%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.11%) SaaS
5 2 (1.41%) Entra ID
5 2 (1.41%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.41%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (0.70%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Machine Learning
6 1 (0.70%) Azure Pipelines
6 1 (0.70%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.70%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.93%) Firewall
2 4 (2.82%) WAN
3 3 (2.11%) BGP
3 3 (2.11%) IP Telephony
3 3 (2.11%) IPsec
3 3 (2.11%) MPLS
3 3 (2.11%) OSPF
3 3 (2.11%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.41%) NAS
4 2 (1.41%) VoIP
4 2 (1.41%) VPN
4 2 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.41%) WPA
5 1 (0.70%) DHCP
5 1 (0.70%) DNS
5 1 (0.70%) Intranet
5 1 (0.70%) LAN
5 1 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
5 1 (0.70%) SAN
5 1 (0.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.93%) EDRMS
2 5 (3.52%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.82%) EDMS
3 4 (2.82%) GIS
3 4 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.82%) SQL Server
4 3 (2.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.41%) Power BI
5 2 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.82%) RStudio
2 1 (0.70%) git-flow
2 1 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 91 (64.08%) Social Skills
2 72 (50.70%) Finance
3 56 (39.44%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (29.58%) Banking
5 37 (26.06%) Investment Banking
6 32 (22.54%) Spanish Language
7 27 (19.01%) German Language
8 16 (11.27%) Italian Language
9 14 (9.86%) Legal
9 14 (9.86%) Marketing
10 9 (6.34%) Telecoms
11 7 (4.93%) Law
12 6 (4.23%) Mandarin Language
12 6 (4.23%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (3.52%) Automotive
13 5 (3.52%) Dutch Language
13 5 (3.52%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (3.52%) Public Sector
13 5 (3.52%) Russian Language
13 5 (3.52%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 56 (39.44%) Analyst
2 20 (14.08%) Senior
3 19 (13.38%) Equity Analyst
4 12 (8.45%) Consultant
5 11 (7.75%) Technical Support
6 9 (6.34%) Project Manager
7 8 (5.63%) Infrastructure Manager
7 8 (5.63%) Infrastructure Project Manager
8 7 (4.93%) Research Analyst
9 6 (4.23%) Information Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (4.23%) Senior Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Support Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Technical Manager
9 6 (4.23%) Technical Support Manager
10 5 (3.52%) 1st Line Support
10 5 (3.52%) Developer
10 5 (3.52%) Full Stack Developer
10 5 (3.52%) Senior Developer
10 5 (3.52%) Strategy Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.93%) RESTful
2 6 (4.23%) Node.js
2 6 (4.23%) Web Services
3 5 (3.52%) CSS
3 5 (3.52%) HTML
4 4 (2.82%) Middleware
4 4 (2.82%) PostGIS
5 2 (1.41%) XML
6 1 (0.70%) .NET
6 1 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.70%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.70%) EDI
6 1 (0.70%) IBM Integration Bus
6 1 (0.70%) JMS
6 1 (0.70%) JSON
6 1 (0.70%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.70%) SOAP
6 1 (0.70%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.68%) Equities
2 11 (7.75%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 6 (4.23%) Management Information System
5 5 (3.52%) Life Science
5 5 (3.52%) Smartphone
6 4 (2.82%) PMI
6 4 (2.82%) Social Media
7 3 (2.11%) Fat Client
7 3 (2.11%) Thin Client
8 2 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (1.41%) Security Posture
8 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.70%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.70%) Fixed Income
9 1 (0.70%) Handset
9 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.70%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.56%) Windows
2 10 (7.04%) Linux
2 10 (7.04%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.82%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (2.11%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.41%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.70%) Android
6 1 (0.70%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.70%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (30.99%) Economics
2 43 (30.28%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (19.01%) Asset Management
4 26 (18.31%) Project Management
5 21 (14.79%) Financial Analysis
5 21 (14.79%) Financial Modelling
6 18 (12.68%) Equity Research
7 13 (9.15%) Decision-Making
8 12 (8.45%) Computer Science
9 10 (7.04%) Stakeholder Management
9 10 (7.04%) Strategic Planning
10 9 (6.34%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (5.63%) B2B
11 8 (5.63%) Customer Service
11 8 (5.63%) Migration
12 7 (4.93%) Agile
12 7 (4.93%) B2C
12 7 (4.93%) Data Analysis
12 7 (4.93%) ERP
12 7 (4.93%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (8.45%) Python
2 10 (7.04%) SQL
3 6 (4.23%) C#
3 6 (4.23%) Java
3 6 (4.23%) JavaScript
4 5 (3.52%) Go
5 3 (2.11%) Perl
6 1 (0.70%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.70%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.70%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (57.04%) Degree
2 9 (6.34%) Security Cleared
3 7 (4.93%) Master's Degree
4 6 (4.23%) PMI Certification
4 6 (4.23%) PMP
5 5 (3.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (3.52%) SC Cleared
6 4 (2.82%) DV Cleared
6 4 (2.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 3 (2.11%) CCIP
7 3 (2.11%) CCNP
7 3 (2.11%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (2.11%) SAP Certification
8 2 (1.41%) CISM
8 2 (1.41%) CISSP
8 2 (1.41%) MBA
9 1 (0.70%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.45%) PMO
2 9 (6.34%) Accessibility
3 4 (2.82%) GRC
4 3 (2.11%) SLA
5 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.41%) NIST
6 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.70%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.70%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.70%) Cisco CUCM
1 1 (0.70%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (9.86%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.34%) SAP
3 8 (5.63%) Citrix
4 6 (4.23%) VMware
5 5 (3.52%) Google
6 4 (2.82%) Cisco
7 3 (2.11%) Fortinet
7 3 (2.11%) Oracle
8 2 (1.41%) Computacenter
8 2 (1.41%) IBM
8 2 (1.41%) NetApp
8 2 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.41%) Workday
9 1 (0.70%) Canon
9 1 (0.70%) IFS
9 1 (0.70%) McAfee
9 1 (0.70%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.70%) NVIDIA
9 1 (0.70%) Snow