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 30 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 620 628 796
Rank change year-on-year +8 +168 +51
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 134 48 104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.10% 0.099%
As % of the General category 0.29% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 87 31 86
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £30,150 £31,250 £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 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £28,000 £52,750
% change year-on-year +114.29% -46.92% +12.23%

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 45,453 33,226 60,779
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.23% 71.57% 57.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,972 16,508 40,198
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £71,744
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £93,750
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 30 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 30 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 -2 104 £50,000 -4.76% 30
UK excluding London -17 62 £60,000 +114.29% 19
London -5 48 £50,000 -25.93% 15
North of England - 35 £60,000 - 7
Yorkshire - 24 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home -5 16 £54,000 -28.00% 13
South East -20 13 £30,000 +33.33% 2
North West - 11 £29,000 - 2
Midlands -33 8 £29,625 -15.36% 3
Scotland +20 6 £46,000 +76.92% 2
West Midlands -24 4 £70,000 +100.00% 3
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 (5.22%) Confluence
2 2 (1.49%) SAS
3 1 (0.75%) CMS
3 1 (0.75%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (15.67%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (5.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.22%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.49%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.75%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (7.46%) SaaS
2 9 (6.72%) AWS
3 7 (5.22%) Azure
4 6 (4.48%) IaaS
5 5 (3.73%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.75%) Canva
6 1 (0.75%) GitHub
6 1 (0.75%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.70%) Multicast
2 6 (4.48%) ATM
2 6 (4.48%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.48%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.48%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.99%) FIX Connectivity
4 3 (2.24%) Internet
5 2 (1.49%) Firewall
5 2 (1.49%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.75%) SNMP
6 1 (0.75%) VPN
6 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.49%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (1.49%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.75%) Power BI
3 1 (0.75%) QGIS
3 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.22%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Bitbucket
General
1 57 (42.54%) French Language
2 51 (38.06%) Portuguese Language
3 42 (31.34%) Social Skills
4 41 (30.60%) Italian Language
5 39 (29.10%) German Language
6 32 (23.88%) Finance
7 30 (22.39%) Arabic Language
8 29 (21.64%) Mandarin Language
9 28 (20.90%) Dutch Language
9 28 (20.90%) Japanese Language
9 28 (20.90%) Polish Language
10 15 (11.19%) Marketing
11 14 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
12 13 (9.70%) Digital Healthcare
13 12 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 11 (8.21%) Organisational Skills
15 10 (7.46%) Retail
16 9 (6.72%) Banking
17 7 (5.22%) Public Sector
18 6 (4.48%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 24 (17.91%) Analyst
2 22 (16.42%) Account Manager
3 18 (13.43%) Business Analyst
4 9 (6.72%) Senior
4 9 (6.72%) Technical Account Manager
4 9 (6.72%) Technical Manager
5 8 (5.97%) Business Manager
6 7 (5.22%) Product Analyst
6 7 (5.22%) Product Business Analyst
6 7 (5.22%) Product Manager
6 7 (5.22%) Service Desk Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Account Executive
7 6 (4.48%) Deployment Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Integration Engineer
8 5 (3.73%) IT Engineer
8 5 (3.73%) Senior Producer
9 4 (2.99%) Business Development Executive
9 4 (2.99%) Development Consultant
9 4 (2.99%) Sales Representative
9 4 (2.99%) Sales Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.22%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.24%) .NET
2 3 (2.24%) CSS
2 3 (2.24%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.69%) Self-Motivation
2 15 (11.19%) Onboarding
3 13 (9.70%) NHS
4 9 (6.72%) Cloud Native
5 7 (5.22%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (5.22%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (5.22%) Equities
5 7 (5.22%) Eurex
5 7 (5.22%) Fixed Income
5 7 (5.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (4.48%) Digital Media
7 4 (2.99%) Data Centre
8 3 (2.24%) Algorithms
8 3 (2.24%) Life Science
9 2 (1.49%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.49%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.75%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.75%) Operational Technology
10 1 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.45%) Linux
2 13 (9.70%) Windows
3 6 (4.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.73%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.73%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.24%) Android
5 3 (2.24%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.75%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (30.60%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (17.91%) Business Development
3 22 (16.42%) CRM
3 22 (16.42%) Project Management
4 21 (15.67%) Time Management
5 17 (12.69%) Business Analysis
5 17 (12.69%) Customer Service
6 13 (9.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (8.21%) Agile
7 11 (8.21%) Fintech
8 10 (7.46%) Lead Generation
8 10 (7.46%) Project Delivery
8 10 (7.46%) Service Delivery
8 10 (7.46%) Systems Analysis
9 9 (6.72%) B2B
9 9 (6.72%) B2B Sales
10 8 (5.97%) Analytics
10 8 (5.97%) Client Onboarding
11 7 (5.22%) Low Latency
11 7 (5.22%) Ultra-Low Latency
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.46%) Python
2 3 (2.24%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.24%) SQL
3 1 (0.75%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (16.42%) Degree
2 6 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.24%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.49%) CCNA
4 2 (1.49%) MCSA
4 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.75%) ACCA
5 1 (0.75%) CCIE
5 1 (0.75%) CIMA
5 1 (0.75%) JNCIE
5 1 (0.75%) LPIC
5 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.49%) QA
2 1 (0.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.48%) Docker
1 6 (4.48%) KVM
1 6 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.49%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.22%) Ansible
2 6 (4.48%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 16 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.22%) Bloomberg
2 7 (5.22%) CQG
2 7 (5.22%) ION Trading
2 7 (5.22%) Oracle
2 7 (5.22%) Patsystems
2 7 (5.22%) Reuters
2 7 (5.22%) Salesforce
2 7 (5.22%) Trayport
3 6 (4.48%) VMware
4 4 (2.99%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.24%) SAP
6 2 (1.49%) Logitech
6 2 (1.49%) Samsung
7 1 (0.75%) Apple
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco
7 1 (0.75%) Google
7 1 (0.75%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.75%) Juniper
7 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto