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 16 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 556 628 689
Rank change year-on-year +72 +61 +227
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 111 57 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.12% 0.14%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.17% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 44 32 81
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,950 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,813 £43,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.82% -5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £52,500 £60,313 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,875 £76,375 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,750 £27,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +48.18% -51.33% +17.71%

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 37,894 33,614 46,125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 56.34% 68.13% 61.57%
Number of salaries quoted 20,585 15,232 34,242
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,459 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £106,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% -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 16 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Spanish Language in the UK

Spanish 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 Spanish Language within the UK over the 6 months to 16 February 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 +78 97 £40,000 -29.82% 33
UK excluding London +74 54 £40,750 +48.18% 26
London +43 50 £40,000 -29.82% 10
North of England +13 34 £60,000 +20.00% 11
Yorkshire -5 29 £60,000 +20.00% 7
Work from Home +41 27 £40,000 -29.82% 14
South East +13 6 £36,750 +37.38% 10
North West +15 5 £37,500 - 4
Scotland -9 5 - - 1
South West - 4 £29,000 - 1
Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 2
West Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 2
Wales - 2 £25,000 -

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 12 (10.81%) SharePoint
2 9 (8.11%) Confluence
3 2 (1.80%) WordPress
4 1 (0.90%) CMS
4 1 (0.90%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (34.23%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (14.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (9.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (8.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (8.11%) Photoshop
5 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (9.01%) SaaS
3 9 (8.11%) OneDrive
4 7 (6.31%) Azure
5 6 (5.41%) AWS
6 5 (4.50%) Power Platform
7 4 (3.60%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.70%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (2.70%) MailChimp
9 2 (1.80%) Canva
9 2 (1.80%) GitHub
9 2 (1.80%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.80%) IaaS
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Cognitive Services
10 1 (0.90%) Azure Logic Apps
10 1 (0.90%) GCP
10 1 (0.90%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.90%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.90%) Serverless
10 1 (0.90%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.31%) Multicast
2 2 (1.80%) ATM
2 2 (1.80%) FIX Connectivity
2 2 (1.80%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.80%) tcpdump
2 2 (1.80%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.90%) Firewall
3 1 (0.90%) Intranet
3 1 (0.90%) SNMP
3 1 (0.90%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.50%) Power BI
3 3 (2.70%) Tableau
4 1 (0.90%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (8.11%) JIRA
2 1 (0.90%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.90%) GitLab
General
1 74 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 58 (52.25%) French Language
3 51 (45.95%) Marketing
4 42 (37.84%) German Language
5 31 (27.93%) Italian Language
6 26 (23.42%) Dutch Language
6 26 (23.42%) Portuguese Language
7 25 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (16.22%) Mandarin Language
9 16 (14.41%) Japanese Language
10 15 (13.51%) Arabic Language
10 15 (13.51%) Polish Language
11 13 (11.71%) Finance
12 11 (9.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (6.31%) Banking
13 7 (6.31%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (5.41%) Retail
15 5 (4.50%) Korean Language
15 5 (4.50%) Russian Language
15 5 (4.50%) Thai Language
Job Titles
1 26 (23.42%) Consultant
2 24 (21.62%) Solutions Consultant
2 24 (21.62%) Technical Consultant
3 10 (9.01%) Analyst
4 9 (8.11%) Service Manager
5 7 (6.31%) Executive Advisor
6 6 (5.41%) Account Manager
6 6 (5.41%) Marketing Executive
7 5 (4.50%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Product Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Product Business Analyst
7 5 (4.50%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.50%) Senior
8 4 (3.60%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (3.60%) Campaign Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Digital Campaign Manager
8 4 (3.60%) Fixed Income Business Analyst
8 4 (3.60%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.50%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.70%) .NET
2 3 (2.70%) CSS
2 3 (2.70%) HTML
3 1 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 19 (17.12%) Onboarding
2 8 (7.21%) Social Media
3 7 (6.31%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.41%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (4.50%) Cloud Native
5 5 (4.50%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (4.50%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (4.50%) Equities
5 5 (4.50%) Eurex
5 5 (4.50%) Fixed Income
5 5 (4.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 5 (4.50%) NHS
6 4 (3.60%) FMCG
6 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
7 3 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.70%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.70%) Graphic Design
7 3 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.80%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.90%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 12 (10.81%) Linux
2 9 (8.11%) Windows
3 4 (3.60%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.70%) Android
4 3 (2.70%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.14%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (25.23%) Physics
3 26 (23.42%) Project Delivery
4 17 (15.32%) Service Delivery
4 17 (15.32%) Time Management
5 16 (14.41%) Coaching
5 16 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 14 (12.61%) Analytics
6 14 (12.61%) B2B
7 13 (11.71%) Collaborative Working
7 13 (11.71%) ITIL
7 13 (11.71%) Mentoring
8 12 (10.81%) Project Management
9 10 (9.01%) Customer Service
10 9 (8.11%) Agile
10 9 (8.11%) Computer Science
10 9 (8.11%) Information Security
10 9 (8.11%) ITSM
10 9 (8.11%) Service Management
10 9 (8.11%) Videography
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.01%) Python
2 6 (5.41%) SQL
3 3 (2.70%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.90%) Bash
4 1 (0.90%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 51 (45.95%) Degree
2 9 (8.11%) Master's Degree
2 9 (8.11%) PMI Certification
2 9 (8.11%) PMP
3 6 (5.41%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.60%) A+ Certification
4 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.60%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (2.70%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.90%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.31%) QA
2 4 (3.60%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.70%) Docker
2 2 (1.80%) KVM
2 2 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.90%) IAG
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Ansible
1 3 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.80%) Puppet
Vendors
1 25 (22.52%) Microsoft
2 12 (10.81%) Adobe
3 6 (5.41%) Oracle
4 5 (4.50%) Bloomberg
4 5 (4.50%) CQG
4 5 (4.50%) ION Trading
4 5 (4.50%) Patsystems
4 5 (4.50%) Reuters
4 5 (4.50%) Trayport
5 2 (1.80%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.80%) Google
5 2 (1.80%) Hootsuite
5 2 (1.80%) Instagram
5 2 (1.80%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.80%) VMware
5 2 (1.80%) YouTube
6 1 (0.90%) ServiceNow