Spanish Language Job Trends

Spanish Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Spanish Language in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Spanish Language over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 603 615 800
Rank change year-on-year +12 +185 +42
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 136 44 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.15% 0.099% 0.10%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 84 29 91
10th Percentile £29,000 £24,000 £25,250
25th Percentile £30,300 £28,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -6.38%
75th Percentile £60,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £89,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £26,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +130.77% -52.73% +16.49%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43,687 32,338 61,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.19% 73.05% 57.60%
Number of salaries quoted 26,729 15,661 40,806
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -12.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -9.52%

Spanish Language
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Spanish Language job vacancy trend in the UK

Spanish Language
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Spanish Language

Spanish Language
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Spanish Language over the 6 months to 12 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Spanish Language in the UK

Spanish Language
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spanish Language within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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
England +15 105 £52,750 +17.22% 38
UK excluding London -16 60 £60,000 +130.77% 19
London +6 51 £50,000 -16.67% 23
North of England - 33 £60,000 - 11
Yorkshire - 24 £60,000 - 6
Work from Home +4 17 £54,000 +2.86% 14
South East -21 13 £30,000 +33.33% 4
North West - 9 £29,000 - 5
Midlands -18 8 £29,625 -15.36% 1
Scotland +14 6 £46,000 +91.67% 1
West Midlands -25 4 £70,000 +100.00% 1
East Midlands - 4 £29,063 -

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 9 (6.62%) Confluence
2 2 (1.47%) WordPress
3 1 (0.74%) CMS
3 1 (0.74%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (15.44%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (6.62%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (5.15%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (6.62%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 9 (6.62%) AWS
1 9 (6.62%) Azure
1 9 (6.62%) SaaS
2 6 (4.41%) IaaS
3 5 (3.68%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (2.21%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.74%) Canva
5 1 (0.74%) GitHub
5 1 (0.74%) Google Workspace
5 1 (0.74%) MailChimp
5 1 (0.74%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 15 (11.03%) Multicast
2 6 (4.41%) ATM
2 6 (4.41%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.41%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.41%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.94%) FIX Connectivity
4 2 (1.47%) Firewall
4 2 (1.47%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.74%) Internet
5 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.74%) SNMP
5 1 (0.74%) VPN
5 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.74%) QGIS
2 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.62%) JIRA
2 1 (0.74%) Bitbucket
General
1 59 (43.38%) French Language
2 51 (37.50%) Portuguese Language
3 47 (34.56%) Social Skills
4 41 (30.15%) German Language
5 37 (27.21%) Italian Language
6 33 (24.26%) Finance
7 29 (21.32%) Arabic Language
8 28 (20.59%) Mandarin Language
9 27 (19.85%) Dutch Language
9 27 (19.85%) Japanese Language
9 27 (19.85%) Polish Language
10 17 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 15 (11.03%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (11.03%) Digital Healthcare
11 15 (11.03%) Marketing
12 14 (10.29%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (7.35%) Retail
14 9 (6.62%) Banking
15 6 (4.41%) Aerospace
15 6 (4.41%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 24 (17.65%) Account Manager
1 24 (17.65%) Analyst
2 18 (13.24%) Business Analyst
3 9 (6.62%) Business Manager
3 9 (6.62%) Product Analyst
3 9 (6.62%) Product Business Analyst
3 9 (6.62%) Product Manager
3 9 (6.62%) Technical Account Manager
3 9 (6.62%) Technical Manager
4 7 (5.15%) Executive Advisor
5 6 (4.41%) Account Executive
5 6 (4.41%) Deployment Engineer
5 6 (4.41%) Integration Engineer
5 6 (4.41%) Senior
5 6 (4.41%) Service Desk Engineer
6 5 (3.68%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
6 5 (3.68%) IT Engineer
6 5 (3.68%) Senior Producer
6 5 (3.68%) Transition Analyst
6 5 (3.68%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.62%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.21%) .NET
2 3 (2.21%) CSS
2 3 (2.21%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.03%) NHS
2 15 (11.03%) Onboarding
3 9 (6.62%) Distributed Architecture
3 9 (6.62%) Distributed Computing
3 9 (6.62%) Equities
3 9 (6.62%) Eurex
3 9 (6.62%) Fixed Income
3 9 (6.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 7 (5.15%) Cloud Native
5 6 (4.41%) Digital Media
6 4 (2.94%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.21%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.21%) Life Science
8 2 (1.47%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.47%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.74%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.74%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.74%) Operational Technology
9 1 (0.74%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 16 (11.76%) Linux
2 15 (11.03%) Windows
3 6 (4.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.68%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.68%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.21%) Android
5 3 (2.21%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.74%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.56%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (19.85%) Time Management
3 23 (16.91%) Business Development
3 23 (16.91%) Project Management
4 22 (16.18%) CRM
5 18 (13.24%) Business Analysis
6 17 (12.50%) Project Delivery
7 15 (11.03%) Customer Service
8 13 (9.56%) Agile
9 12 (8.82%) Continuous Improvement
10 11 (8.09%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (7.35%) Fintech
11 10 (7.35%) Lead Generation
11 10 (7.35%) Service Delivery
12 9 (6.62%) Electronic Trading
12 9 (6.62%) Product Management
12 9 (6.62%) Scrum
12 9 (6.62%) SDLC
12 9 (6.62%) Systems Analysis
12 9 (6.62%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.35%) Python
2 3 (2.21%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.21%) SQL
3 1 (0.74%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (16.18%) Degree
2 6 (4.41%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.21%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.74%) ACCA
5 1 (0.74%) CCIE
5 1 (0.74%) CCNA
5 1 (0.74%) CIMA
5 1 (0.74%) JNCIE
5 1 (0.74%) LPIC
5 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.74%) MCSA
5 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.15%) QA
2 1 (0.74%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.41%) Docker
1 6 (4.41%) KVM
1 6 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.47%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.15%) Ansible
2 6 (4.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.41%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.62%) Bloomberg
2 9 (6.62%) CQG
2 9 (6.62%) ION Trading
2 9 (6.62%) Oracle
2 9 (6.62%) Patsystems
2 9 (6.62%) Reuters
2 9 (6.62%) Trayport
3 7 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 6 (4.41%) VMware
5 4 (2.94%) Atlassian
6 2 (1.47%) Logitech
6 2 (1.47%) Samsung
7 1 (0.74%) Apple
7 1 (0.74%) Cisco
7 1 (0.74%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.74%) Google
7 1 (0.74%) Juniper
7 1 (0.74%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.74%) SAP