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 22 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 635 772
Rank change year-on-year +15 +137 +32
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 137 54 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.085%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.16% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 91 33 65
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,200 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,150 £31,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £86,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £31,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +86.51% -42.73% +57.14%

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 46,906 34,155 54,016
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.82% 69.46% 57.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28,884 17,630 34,432
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,215
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,854 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,390 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.16% -4.44% -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 22 July 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 22 July 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 -5 107 £50,000 +33.33% 46
UK excluding London -36 61 £58,750 +86.51% 14
London -5 52 £50,000 -4.76% 34
North of England -1 33 £60,000 - 6
Yorkshire - 24 £60,000 - 3
Work from Home -8 19 £54,000 +2.86% 16
South East -21 14 £30,000 +26.32% 4
North West -1 9 £29,000 - 3
Midlands -20 8 £29,625 -15.36%
Scotland +21 6 £46,000 +76.92% 2
West Midlands -16 4 £70,000 +100.00%
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 7 (5.11%) Confluence
2 4 (2.92%) SAS
3 1 (0.73%) CMS
3 1 (0.73%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (14.60%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.11%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (5.11%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.73%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.76%) AWS
2 11 (8.03%) SaaS
3 8 (5.84%) Azure
4 6 (4.38%) IaaS
4 6 (4.38%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (3.65%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.46%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.73%) Canva
7 1 (0.73%) GitHub
7 1 (0.73%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.49%) Multicast
2 6 (4.38%) ATM
2 6 (4.38%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.38%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.38%) Wireshark
3 5 (3.65%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (3.65%) Internet
4 2 (1.46%) Firewall
4 2 (1.46%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.46%) VPN
5 1 (0.73%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.73%) SNMP
5 1 (0.73%) WAN
5 1 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.11%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.92%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.92%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.73%) Power BI
3 1 (0.73%) QGIS
3 1 (0.73%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.73%) Bitbucket
General
1 59 (43.07%) French Language
2 48 (35.04%) Portuguese Language
3 42 (30.66%) Italian Language
4 41 (29.93%) German Language
5 39 (28.47%) Social Skills
6 31 (22.63%) Finance
7 29 (21.17%) Arabic Language
7 29 (21.17%) Dutch Language
8 27 (19.71%) Mandarin Language
8 27 (19.71%) Polish Language
9 26 (18.98%) Japanese Language
10 15 (10.95%) Marketing
11 13 (9.49%) Analytical Skills
12 12 (8.76%) Digital Healthcare
12 12 (8.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 12 (8.76%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (7.30%) Retail
14 9 (6.57%) Public Sector
15 8 (5.84%) Banking
15 8 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (18.25%) Analyst
2 21 (15.33%) Account Manager
3 18 (13.14%) Business Analyst
4 11 (8.03%) Senior
5 9 (6.57%) Technical Account Manager
5 9 (6.57%) Technical Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Business Manager
6 8 (5.84%) Product Manager
7 7 (5.11%) Product Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Product Business Analyst
7 7 (5.11%) Service Desk Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Account Executive
8 6 (4.38%) Deployment Engineer
8 6 (4.38%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Business Development Executive
9 5 (3.65%) Consultant
9 5 (3.65%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.65%) Senior Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.11%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.73%) .NET
2 1 (0.73%) CSS
2 1 (0.73%) Google Maps API
2 1 (0.73%) HTML
2 1 (0.73%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.41%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (11.68%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.76%) NHS
4 10 (7.30%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.11%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (5.11%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (5.11%) Equities
5 7 (5.11%) Eurex
5 7 (5.11%) Fixed Income
5 7 (5.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (4.38%) Digital Media
7 5 (3.65%) AI Agents
8 3 (2.19%) Life Science
9 2 (1.46%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.46%) Operational Technology
9 2 (1.46%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.73%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.73%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.22%) Linux
1 14 (10.22%) Windows
2 6 (4.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.65%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.65%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.73%) Android
4 1 (0.73%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.73%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (28.47%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.98%) Business Development
3 23 (16.79%) CRM
4 22 (16.06%) Project Management
5 20 (14.60%) Time Management
6 18 (13.14%) Customer Service
7 17 (12.41%) Business Analysis
8 14 (10.22%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (8.76%) Agile
9 12 (8.76%) Fintech
10 10 (7.30%) Lead Generation
10 10 (7.30%) Systems Analysis
11 9 (6.57%) Analytics
11 9 (6.57%) B2B
11 9 (6.57%) B2B Sales
11 9 (6.57%) Client Onboarding
11 9 (6.57%) Project Delivery
12 8 (5.84%) Service Delivery
13 7 (5.11%) Scrum
13 7 (5.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.84%) Python
2 1 (0.73%) Bash
2 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
2 1 (0.73%) SQL
2 1 (0.73%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (14.60%) Degree
2 6 (4.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.19%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (1.46%) CCNA
4 2 (1.46%) Master's Degree
4 2 (1.46%) MCSA
4 2 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.73%) ACCA
5 1 (0.73%) CCIE
5 1 (0.73%) CIMA
5 1 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.73%) JNCIE
5 1 (0.73%) LPIC
5 1 (0.73%) MBA
5 1 (0.73%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.73%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.73%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.38%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.38%) Docker
1 6 (4.38%) KVM
1 6 (4.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.46%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.11%) Ansible
2 6 (4.38%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.57%) Salesforce
3 7 (5.11%) Bloomberg
3 7 (5.11%) CQG
3 7 (5.11%) ION Trading
3 7 (5.11%) Oracle
3 7 (5.11%) Patsystems
3 7 (5.11%) Reuters
3 7 (5.11%) Trayport
4 6 (4.38%) VMware
5 5 (3.65%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.65%) SAP
6 2 (1.46%) Cisco
6 2 (1.46%) Google
6 2 (1.46%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.46%) Logitech
6 2 (1.46%) Samsung
7 1 (0.73%) Facebook
7 1 (0.73%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.73%) Palo Alto