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 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 646 614 749
Rank change year-on-year -32 +135 -5
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 155 64 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.13% 0.073%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.19% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 108 43 49
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £30,900
25th Percentile £36,625 £28,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £34,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.03% -40.35% +20.72%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £30,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +96.72% -39.00% +42.86%

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 50,206 34,162 47,538
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.15% 68.43% 56.93%
Number of salaries quoted 30,790 17,967 27,395
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,441 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.03% -1.02% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -3.85%

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 25 August 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 25 August 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 -35 125 £55,500 +73.44% 45
London -22 64 £50,000 +56.25% 33
UK excluding London -52 63 £60,000 +96.72% 27
North of England -16 38 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire - 29 £60,000 - 6
Work from Home -42 28 £50,000 +47.06% 14
South East -36 12 £30,000 +26.32% 10
Midlands -23 11 £36,063 -3.83% 2
North West -11 9 £29,000 - 1
East Midlands - 7 £29,625 - 1
West Midlands -35 4 £70,000 +86.67% 1
Scotland +5 2 £43,000 +65.38% 1

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 9 (5.81%) Confluence
2 4 (2.58%) SAS
3 2 (1.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (12.26%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.81%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (5.81%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.65%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.97%) AWS
2 15 (9.68%) SaaS
3 10 (6.45%) Azure
3 10 (6.45%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (3.23%) Google Workspace
5 4 (2.58%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.29%) Google Sheets
6 2 (1.29%) IaaS
7 1 (0.65%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.10%) Multicast
2 7 (4.52%) FIX Connectivity
3 4 (2.58%) Internet
4 3 (1.94%) VPN
4 3 (1.94%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.29%) ATM
5 2 (1.29%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.29%) tcpdump
5 2 (1.29%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.65%) Firewall
6 1 (0.65%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.65%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.58%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.58%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.65%) Power BI
3 1 (0.65%) QGIS
3 1 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.81%) JIRA
General
1 68 (43.87%) French Language
2 51 (32.90%) German Language
3 44 (28.39%) Portuguese Language
4 42 (27.10%) Italian Language
5 37 (23.87%) Social Skills
6 30 (19.35%) Finance
7 29 (18.71%) Arabic Language
7 29 (18.71%) Dutch Language
8 28 (18.06%) Polish Language
9 24 (15.48%) Mandarin Language
10 23 (14.84%) Japanese Language
11 18 (11.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (9.68%) Marketing
13 13 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
13 13 (8.39%) Digital Healthcare
13 13 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (7.74%) Retail
15 11 (7.10%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (7.10%) Public Sector
16 10 (6.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (20.00%) Analyst
2 25 (16.13%) Account Manager
3 24 (15.48%) Business Analyst
4 13 (8.39%) Product Manager
4 13 (8.39%) Senior
5 11 (7.10%) Technical Account Manager
5 11 (7.10%) Technical Manager
6 10 (6.45%) Business Manager
7 9 (5.81%) Consultant
7 9 (5.81%) Product Analyst
7 9 (5.81%) Product Business Analyst
8 7 (4.52%) Service Desk Engineer
9 6 (3.87%) Account Executive
9 6 (3.87%) Lead
10 5 (3.23%) Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Business Development Executive
10 5 (3.23%) Development Manager
10 5 (3.23%) IT Engineer
10 5 (3.23%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.23%) Senior Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.81%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (2.58%) Google Maps API
2 4 (2.58%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.90%) Onboarding
2 17 (10.97%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.39%) NHS
4 12 (7.74%) Cloud Native
5 9 (5.81%) Distributed Architecture
5 9 (5.81%) Distributed Computing
5 9 (5.81%) Equities
5 9 (5.81%) Eurex
5 9 (5.81%) Fixed Income
5 9 (5.81%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (5.16%) AI Agents
7 6 (3.87%) Digital Media
8 5 (3.23%) Life Science
9 4 (2.58%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (2.58%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 2 (1.29%) Management Information System
10 2 (1.29%) Operational Technology
11 1 (0.65%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 18 (11.61%) Windows
2 11 (7.10%) Linux
3 5 (3.23%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.23%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.65%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (27.74%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.65%) Business Development
3 26 (16.77%) CRM
4 24 (15.48%) Project Management
5 22 (14.19%) Time Management
6 19 (12.26%) Business Analysis
6 19 (12.26%) Customer Service
7 17 (10.97%) Agile
8 13 (8.39%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (7.74%) Fintech
10 11 (7.10%) Change Management
10 11 (7.10%) Client Onboarding
10 11 (7.10%) Project Delivery
11 10 (6.45%) B2B
11 10 (6.45%) Decision-Making
11 10 (6.45%) Lead Generation
11 10 (6.45%) Systems Analysis
12 9 (5.81%) B2B Sales
12 9 (5.81%) SDLC
12 9 (5.81%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.58%) TypeScript
2 2 (1.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (16.77%) Degree
2 8 (5.16%) Master's Degree
3 6 (3.87%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.58%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (2.58%) MBA
5 3 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.29%) CCNA
6 2 (1.29%) MCSA
6 2 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.29%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.65%) ACCA
7 1 (0.65%) CCIE
7 1 (0.65%) CIMA
7 1 (0.65%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (3.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.29%) Docker
2 2 (1.29%) KVM
2 2 (1.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.29%) Ansible
1 2 (1.29%) Kubernetes
1 2 (1.29%) Puppet
Vendors
1 22 (14.19%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.68%) Salesforce
3 9 (5.81%) Bloomberg
3 9 (5.81%) CQG
3 9 (5.81%) ION Trading
3 9 (5.81%) Oracle
3 9 (5.81%) Patsystems
3 9 (5.81%) Reuters
3 9 (5.81%) Trayport
4 7 (4.52%) Atlassian
4 7 (4.52%) Google
4 7 (4.52%) SAP
5 5 (3.23%) Cisco
6 4 (2.58%) Facebook
6 4 (2.58%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.29%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.29%) Logitech
7 2 (1.29%) Samsung
7 2 (1.29%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.29%) VMware