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 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 642 664
Rank change year-on-year +104 +22 +241
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 115 57 57
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.11% 0.10%
As % of the General category 0.33% 0.16% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 58 34 41
10th Percentile £27,575 £27,350 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,125 £48,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -40.35% -8.80% +13.64%
75th Percentile £50,000 £60,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £60,375 £66,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,750 £26,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +56.73% -55.17% +22.11%

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 35,175 35,608 34,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.63% 66.54% 61.95%
Number of salaries quoted 19,086 16,201 25,207
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £41,011
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.07%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £103,750 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -4.76%

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 14 January 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 14 January 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 +115 103 £34,000 -40.35% 59
London +75 61 £34,000 -40.35% 14
UK excluding London +91 47 £40,750 +56.73% 51
Work from Home +65 36 £34,000 -40.35% 13
North of England +32 29 £60,000 +57.89% 9
Yorkshire +13 28 £60,000 +57.89% 5
South East +37 6 £36,750 +37.38% 17
South West - 4 £29,000 - 6
Scotland +7 3 - - 1
West Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 2
Midlands - 3 £57,500 - 9
Wales - 2 £25,000 - 3
North West +19 1 £40,000 - 3

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 (10.43%) SharePoint
2 9 (7.83%) Confluence
3 1 (0.87%) Moodle
3 1 (0.87%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (30.43%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (11.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (9.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (7.83%) Adobe Premiere
4 9 (7.83%) Photoshop
5 6 (5.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (4.35%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 11 (9.57%) Microsoft 365
2 10 (8.70%) SaaS
3 9 (7.83%) OneDrive
4 7 (6.09%) Azure
5 6 (5.22%) AWS
5 6 (5.22%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.48%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.61%) MailChimp
8 2 (1.74%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.74%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.87%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.87%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.87%) Canva
9 1 (0.87%) GCP
9 1 (0.87%) GitHub
9 1 (0.87%) Serverless
9 1 (0.87%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.35%) Multicast
2 2 (1.74%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.87%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.22%) Power BI
1 6 (5.22%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.61%) Tableau
3 1 (0.87%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.87%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.83%) JIRA
2 1 (0.87%) GitLab
General
1 68 (59.13%) Social Skills
2 65 (56.52%) French Language
3 53 (46.09%) Marketing
4 48 (41.74%) German Language
5 35 (30.43%) Italian Language
6 33 (28.70%) Dutch Language
7 27 (23.48%) Portuguese Language
8 22 (19.13%) Mandarin Language
9 20 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
9 20 (17.39%) Japanese Language
10 19 (16.52%) Arabic Language
10 19 (16.52%) Polish Language
11 9 (7.83%) Finance
11 9 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (5.22%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (3.48%) Advertising
13 4 (3.48%) Banking
13 4 (3.48%) Digital Healthcare
13 4 (3.48%) Greek Language
14 3 (2.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 25 (21.74%) Consultant
2 24 (20.87%) Solutions Consultant
2 24 (20.87%) Technical Consultant
3 10 (8.70%) Analyst
4 9 (7.83%) Service Manager
5 7 (6.09%) Executive Advisor
5 7 (6.09%) IT Support
6 6 (5.22%) Designer
6 6 (5.22%) Graphic Designer
6 6 (5.22%) Marketing Executive
6 6 (5.22%) Sales Executive
7 5 (4.35%) Account Manager
7 5 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Business Manager
7 5 (4.35%) Product Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Product Business Analyst
7 5 (4.35%) Product Manager
7 5 (4.35%) Senior
8 4 (3.48%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.48%) Digital Campaign Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.35%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (0.87%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 16 (13.91%) Onboarding
2 8 (6.96%) Social Media
3 7 (6.09%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.22%) Graphic Design
4 6 (5.22%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.22%) Web Conferencing
5 5 (4.35%) Distributed Architecture
5 5 (4.35%) Distributed Computing
5 5 (4.35%) Equities
5 5 (4.35%) Eurex
5 5 (4.35%) Fixed Income
5 5 (4.35%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 4 (3.48%) FMCG
6 4 (3.48%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.48%) NHS
7 3 (2.61%) 3D Printing
8 2 (1.74%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.87%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.87%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.83%) Linux
1 9 (7.83%) Windows
2 4 (3.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (38.26%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.61%) Project Delivery
3 25 (21.74%) Physics
4 21 (18.26%) Time Management
5 18 (15.65%) B2B
6 16 (13.91%) Coaching
7 14 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
7 14 (12.17%) Service Delivery
8 13 (11.30%) Customer Service
8 13 (11.30%) ITIL
9 12 (10.43%) Project Management
10 11 (9.57%) Analytics
10 11 (9.57%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.70%) Agile
12 9 (7.83%) Business Development
12 9 (7.83%) Information Security
12 9 (7.83%) ITSM
12 9 (7.83%) Mentoring
12 9 (7.83%) Presales
12 9 (7.83%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (4.35%) Python
2 4 (3.48%) SQL
3 2 (1.74%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 46 (40.00%) Degree
2 10 (8.70%) Master's Degree
3 9 (7.83%) PMI Certification
3 9 (7.83%) PMP
4 6 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (3.48%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.48%) MCP
5 4 (3.48%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.87%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.87%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.09%) QA
2 4 (3.48%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.87%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.87%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.87%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (19.13%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.04%) Adobe
3 6 (5.22%) Oracle
4 5 (4.35%) Bloomberg
4 5 (4.35%) CQG
4 5 (4.35%) ION Trading
4 5 (4.35%) Patsystems
4 5 (4.35%) Reuters
4 5 (4.35%) Trayport
5 2 (1.74%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.74%) Google
5 2 (1.74%) Hootsuite
5 2 (1.74%) Instagram
5 2 (1.74%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.74%) YouTube
6 1 (0.87%) ServiceNow