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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 625 790
Rank change year-on-year +1 +165 +13
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 138 55 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.091%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 90 32 73
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,100 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,300 £31,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £31,500 £50,500
% change year-on-year +90.48% -37.62% +16.28%

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 46,543 34,148 56,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 47.05% 69.51% 57.82%
Number of salaries quoted 28,632 17,573 36,742
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,344 £28,000
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £37,000
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 £46,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -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 17 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 17 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 -15 108 £52,750 +40.67% 81
UK excluding London -26 62 £60,000 +90.48% 75
London +2 52 £50,000 -4.76% 24
North of England +2 34 £60,000 - 22
Yorkshire - 23 £60,000 - 11
Work from Home -19 19 £54,000 -28.00% 75
South East -17 14 £30,000 +26.32% 17
North West +1 11 £29,000 - 8
Midlands -27 8 £29,625 -15.36% 3
Scotland +11 6 £46,000 +76.92% 8
West Midlands -20 4 £70,000 +100.00% 1
East Midlands - 4 £29,063 - 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 7 (5.07%) Confluence
2 4 (2.90%) SAS
3 1 (0.72%) CMS
3 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (15.22%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (5.07%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (5.07%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.72%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (8.70%) AWS
2 11 (7.97%) SaaS
3 7 (5.07%) Azure
3 7 (5.07%) Cloud Computing
4 6 (4.35%) IaaS
5 5 (3.62%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.72%) Canva
6 1 (0.72%) GitHub
6 1 (0.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.72%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.42%) Multicast
2 6 (4.35%) ATM
2 6 (4.35%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.35%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.35%) Wireshark
3 5 (3.62%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (3.62%) Internet
4 2 (1.45%) Firewall
4 2 (1.45%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.72%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.72%) SNMP
5 1 (0.72%) VPN
5 1 (0.72%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.07%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.90%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.90%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.72%) QGIS
3 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (5.07%) JIRA
2 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
General
1 61 (44.20%) French Language
2 50 (36.23%) Portuguese Language
3 44 (31.88%) Italian Language
4 42 (30.43%) Social Skills
5 41 (29.71%) German Language
6 32 (23.19%) Finance
7 30 (21.74%) Arabic Language
8 28 (20.29%) Dutch Language
8 28 (20.29%) Mandarin Language
8 28 (20.29%) Polish Language
9 27 (19.57%) Japanese Language
10 15 (10.87%) Analytical Skills
10 15 (10.87%) Marketing
11 12 (8.70%) Digital Healthcare
11 12 (8.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (7.25%) Retail
13 9 (6.52%) Banking
13 9 (6.52%) Public Sector
14 8 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (17.39%) Analyst
2 21 (15.22%) Account Manager
3 18 (13.04%) Business Analyst
4 11 (7.97%) Senior
5 9 (6.52%) Technical Account Manager
5 9 (6.52%) Technical Manager
6 8 (5.80%) Business Manager
7 7 (5.07%) Product Analyst
7 7 (5.07%) Product Business Analyst
7 7 (5.07%) Product Manager
7 7 (5.07%) Service Desk Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Account Executive
8 6 (4.35%) Deployment Engineer
8 6 (4.35%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Architect
9 5 (3.62%) Business Development Executive
9 5 (3.62%) Consultant
9 5 (3.62%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.62%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.62%) Senior Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.07%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.17%) .NET
2 3 (2.17%) CSS
2 3 (2.17%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.04%) Onboarding
2 17 (12.32%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (8.70%) Cloud Native
3 12 (8.70%) NHS
4 7 (5.07%) Distributed Architecture
4 7 (5.07%) Distributed Computing
4 7 (5.07%) Equities
4 7 (5.07%) Eurex
4 7 (5.07%) Fixed Income
4 7 (5.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 6 (4.35%) Digital Media
6 4 (2.90%) AI Agents
6 4 (2.90%) Data Centre
7 3 (2.17%) Algorithms
7 3 (2.17%) Life Science
8 2 (1.45%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.45%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.45%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.72%) IoT
9 1 (0.72%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (10.14%) Linux
2 13 (9.42%) Windows
3 6 (4.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.62%) Windows 10
4 5 (3.62%) Windows Server
5 3 (2.17%) Android
5 3 (2.17%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.72%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (29.71%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (18.84%) Business Development
3 23 (16.67%) CRM
4 22 (15.94%) Project Management
5 20 (14.49%) Time Management
6 17 (12.32%) Business Analysis
6 17 (12.32%) Customer Service
7 14 (10.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (8.70%) Agile
8 12 (8.70%) Fintech
9 11 (7.97%) Analytics
10 10 (7.25%) Lead Generation
10 10 (7.25%) Service Delivery
10 10 (7.25%) Systems Analysis
11 9 (6.52%) B2B
11 9 (6.52%) B2B Sales
11 9 (6.52%) Client Onboarding
11 9 (6.52%) Project Delivery
12 8 (5.80%) AI
13 7 (5.07%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.25%) Python
2 3 (2.17%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.17%) SQL
3 1 (0.72%) Bash
Qualifications
1 22 (15.94%) Degree
2 6 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (2.17%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (2.17%) DBS Check
4 2 (1.45%) CCNA
4 2 (1.45%) MCSA
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.72%) ACCA
5 1 (0.72%) CCIE
5 1 (0.72%) CIMA
5 1 (0.72%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (0.72%) JNCIE
5 1 (0.72%) LPIC
5 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.72%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.72%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.72%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.35%) Docker
1 6 (4.35%) KVM
1 6 (4.35%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (3.62%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.45%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.07%) Ansible
2 6 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.35%) Puppet
Vendors
1 18 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.80%) Salesforce
3 7 (5.07%) Bloomberg
3 7 (5.07%) CQG
3 7 (5.07%) ION Trading
3 7 (5.07%) Oracle
3 7 (5.07%) Patsystems
3 7 (5.07%) Reuters
3 7 (5.07%) Trayport
4 6 (4.35%) VMware
5 5 (3.62%) Atlassian
5 5 (3.62%) SAP
6 2 (1.45%) Cisco
6 2 (1.45%) HubSpot
6 2 (1.45%) Logitech
6 2 (1.45%) Samsung
7 1 (0.72%) Apple
7 1 (0.72%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Juniper
7 1 (0.72%) Palo Alto