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 21 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 570 596 741
Rank change year-on-year +26 +145 +178
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 127 41 112
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.097% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.14% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 59 25 88
10th Percentile £28,500 £24,000 £25,175
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £58,200 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £97,000 £79,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £26,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +53.85% -53.98% -5.83%

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 40,566 29,801 52,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.43% 70.52% 61.10%
Number of salaries quoted 22,258 15,526 37,550
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +13.21% -11.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,398 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.12% +10.31% -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 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Spanish Language in the UK

Spanish Language
Top 14 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 21 March 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 +51 109 £40,000 -23.81% 58
UK excluding London +15 66 £40,000 +53.85% 38
London +27 54 £40,000 -33.33% 24
North of England -15 39 £60,000 +20.00% 13
Yorkshire -8 34 £60,000 +20.00% 9
Work from Home +24 25 £40,000 -20.00% 60
Scotland -8 9 £46,000 +91.67% 2
South East -13 8 £30,000 +33.33% 7
North West -13 5 £37,500 - 4
Midlands -18 4 £56,250 +60.71% 11
South West - 4 £29,000 - 3
West Midlands -2 3 £57,500 +64.29% 9
Wales - 2 £25,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £28,500 - 2

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 8 (6.30%) Confluence
2 7 (5.51%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.57%) WordPress
4 1 (0.79%) CMS
4 1 (0.79%) Moodle
Applications
1 38 (29.92%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (8.66%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (3.94%) Adobe Premiere
3 5 (3.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (3.94%) Photoshop
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.79%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (9.45%) SaaS
2 8 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.72%) Azure
3 6 (4.72%) IaaS
4 5 (3.94%) AWS
4 5 (3.94%) OneDrive
4 5 (3.94%) Power Platform
5 4 (3.15%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.36%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.57%) GitHub
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Cognitive Services
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.79%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.79%) Canva
8 1 (0.79%) GCP
8 1 (0.79%) MailChimp
8 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.79%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.79%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.87%) Multicast
2 6 (4.72%) ATM
2 6 (4.72%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.72%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.72%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.79%) Firewall
3 1 (0.79%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.79%) Internet
3 1 (0.79%) SNMP
3 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.94%) Power BI
1 5 (3.94%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.36%) Tableau
3 1 (0.79%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.30%) JIRA
2 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.79%) GitLab
General
1 79 (62.20%) Social Skills
2 54 (42.52%) French Language
3 52 (40.94%) Marketing
4 35 (27.56%) German Language
5 31 (24.41%) Italian Language
6 26 (20.47%) Portuguese Language
7 19 (14.96%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (14.96%) Dutch Language
8 16 (12.60%) Finance
9 14 (11.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 14 (11.02%) Japanese Language
9 14 (11.02%) Mandarin Language
10 13 (10.24%) Arabic Language
10 13 (10.24%) Polish Language
11 10 (7.87%) Banking
12 9 (7.09%) Retail
13 7 (5.51%) Digital Healthcare
14 6 (4.72%) Aerospace
14 6 (4.72%) Automotive
14 6 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 29 (22.83%) Consultant
2 24 (18.90%) Solutions Consultant
2 24 (18.90%) Technical Consultant
3 13 (10.24%) Account Manager
4 12 (9.45%) Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.51%) Executive Advisor
5 7 (5.51%) Senior
6 6 (4.72%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (4.72%) Integration Engineer
6 6 (4.72%) IT Engineer
7 5 (3.94%) Marketing Executive
7 5 (3.94%) Service Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Technical Account Manager
7 5 (3.94%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.15%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.15%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 4 (3.15%) Development Consultant
8 4 (3.15%) IT Support
8 4 (3.15%) Product Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.15%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.36%) .NET
2 3 (2.36%) CSS
2 3 (2.36%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.60%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.30%) Cloud Native
3 7 (5.51%) NHS
4 4 (3.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 4 (3.15%) Distributed Architecture
4 4 (3.15%) Distributed Computing
4 4 (3.15%) Equities
4 4 (3.15%) Eurex
4 4 (3.15%) Fixed Income
4 4 (3.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 4 (3.15%) Social Media
4 4 (3.15%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (2.36%) Algorithms
5 3 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.36%) Digital Media
5 3 (2.36%) FMCG
5 3 (2.36%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.57%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.79%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 15 (11.81%) Linux
2 10 (7.87%) Windows
3 6 (4.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.15%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.36%) Android
5 3 (2.36%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.57%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (43.31%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (22.05%) Physics
3 20 (15.75%) Project Delivery
4 16 (12.60%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (11.81%) Project Management
6 13 (10.24%) Service Delivery
6 13 (10.24%) Time Management
7 12 (9.45%) Analytics
7 12 (9.45%) Business Development
7 12 (9.45%) Coaching
7 12 (9.45%) Collaborative Working
7 12 (9.45%) Customer Service
8 10 (7.87%) Agile
8 10 (7.87%) B2B
9 9 (7.09%) Computer Science
9 9 (7.09%) Customer-Centricity
9 9 (7.09%) ITIL
9 9 (7.09%) Mentoring
9 9 (7.09%) Presales
10 7 (5.51%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.02%) Python
2 6 (4.72%) SQL
3 3 (2.36%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.79%) Bash
4 1 (0.79%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (39.37%) Degree
2 6 (4.72%) BPSS Clearance
2 6 (4.72%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (3.94%) Master's Degree
3 5 (3.94%) PMI Certification
3 5 (3.94%) PMP
4 4 (3.15%) A+ Certification
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (2.36%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.79%) ACCA
6 1 (0.79%) CIMA
6 1 (0.79%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.51%) QA
2 3 (2.36%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.79%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (5.51%) Docker
2 6 (4.72%) KVM
2 6 (4.72%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.57%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.57%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.51%) Ansible
1 7 (5.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.72%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (14.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.30%) Adobe
3 6 (4.72%) VMware
4 5 (3.94%) Oracle
5 4 (3.15%) Bloomberg
5 4 (3.15%) CQG
5 4 (3.15%) ION Trading
5 4 (3.15%) Patsystems
5 4 (3.15%) Reuters
5 4 (3.15%) Trayport
6 1 (0.79%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.79%) SAP
6 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow