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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 640 601 730
Rank change year-on-year -39 +129 +5
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 158 69 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.14% 0.085%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.20% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 111 47 48
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £30,725
25th Percentile £37,125 £29,125 £48,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £34,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +61.76% -40.35% +28.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £77,500 £78,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £32,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +79.69% -36.00% +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 51,768 33,851 44,471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.03% 68.27% 56.75%
Number of salaries quoted 31,878 17,678 23,530
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,388 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -2.66%

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 9 September 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 9 September 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 -51 129 £55,000 +71.88% 190
London -32 70 £50,000 +56.25% 166
UK excluding London -74 60 £57,500 +79.69% 41
North of England -29 35 £60,000 - 7
Work from Home -41 32 £50,000 +47.06% 89
Yorkshire - 26 £60,000 - 4
Midlands -36 15 £42,500 +13.33% 5
East Midlands - 11 £42,500 - 4
North West -9 9 £29,000 - 2
South East -34 9 £30,000 -6.25% 18
West Midlands -32 4 £70,000 +86.67% 1
Scotland +8 1 £46,000 +76.92% 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 9 (5.70%) Confluence
2 5 (3.16%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.53%) SAS
Applications
1 19 (12.03%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (5.70%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (1.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.63%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 18 (11.39%) SaaS
2 17 (10.76%) AWS
3 13 (8.23%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (6.33%) Azure
5 5 (3.16%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.53%) Cloud Computing
7 2 (1.27%) Google Sheets
8 1 (0.63%) IaaS
8 1 (0.63%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.33%) Multicast
2 7 (4.43%) FIX Connectivity
3 6 (3.80%) VPN
3 6 (3.80%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.53%) Internet
5 2 (1.27%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.63%) ATM
6 1 (0.63%) Firewall
6 1 (0.63%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.63%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.63%) tcpdump
6 1 (0.63%) WAN
6 1 (0.63%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.70%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.53%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.53%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.63%) Power BI
3 1 (0.63%) QGIS
3 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (5.70%) JIRA
General
1 67 (42.41%) French Language
2 56 (35.44%) German Language
3 48 (30.38%) Portuguese Language
4 44 (27.85%) Italian Language
5 38 (24.05%) Social Skills
6 32 (20.25%) Polish Language
7 31 (19.62%) Arabic Language
7 31 (19.62%) Dutch Language
7 31 (19.62%) Finance
8 26 (16.46%) Mandarin Language
9 25 (15.82%) Japanese Language
10 18 (11.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 17 (10.76%) Marketing
12 14 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
12 14 (8.86%) Organisational Skills
13 13 (8.23%) Retail
14 11 (6.96%) Digital Healthcare
14 11 (6.96%) Presentation Skills
14 11 (6.96%) Public Sector
15 10 (6.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 31 (19.62%) Analyst
2 22 (13.92%) Business Analyst
3 20 (12.66%) Account Manager
4 13 (8.23%) Product Manager
4 13 (8.23%) Senior
5 11 (6.96%) Business Manager
6 9 (5.70%) Consultant
6 9 (5.70%) Desktop Engineer
6 9 (5.70%) Desktop Support
6 9 (5.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
6 9 (5.70%) Product Analyst
6 9 (5.70%) Product Business Analyst
6 9 (5.70%) Support Engineer
7 7 (4.43%) Lead
7 7 (4.43%) Service Desk Engineer
7 7 (4.43%) Technical Account Manager
7 7 (4.43%) Technical Manager
8 6 (3.80%) Account Executive
8 6 (3.80%) Development Manager
9 5 (3.16%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.70%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (2.53%) Google Maps API
2 4 (2.53%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.66%) Onboarding
2 17 (10.76%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (7.59%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.96%) NHS
5 9 (5.70%) Distributed Architecture
5 9 (5.70%) Distributed Computing
5 9 (5.70%) Equities
5 9 (5.70%) Eurex
5 9 (5.70%) Fixed Income
5 9 (5.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 8 (5.06%) AI Agents
7 7 (4.43%) Video Conferencing
8 6 (3.80%) Digital Media
9 5 (3.16%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (3.16%) Life Science
10 4 (2.53%) Virtual Reality
11 2 (1.27%) Algorithms
11 2 (1.27%) Management Information System
11 2 (1.27%) Operational Technology
12 1 (0.63%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.29%) Windows
2 10 (6.33%) Linux
3 5 (3.16%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.16%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.63%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (18.35%) Business Development
3 27 (17.09%) CRM
4 22 (13.92%) Customer Service
4 22 (13.92%) Project Management
4 22 (13.92%) Time Management
5 17 (10.76%) Agile
5 17 (10.76%) Business Analysis
6 13 (8.23%) Customer Experience
7 12 (7.59%) B2B
7 12 (7.59%) Continuous Improvement
7 12 (7.59%) Fintech
8 11 (6.96%) Change Management
8 11 (6.96%) Client Onboarding
8 11 (6.96%) Decision-Making
8 11 (6.96%) Lead Generation
8 11 (6.96%) Project Delivery
9 10 (6.33%) AI
9 10 (6.33%) B2B Sales
9 10 (6.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 4 (2.53%) TypeScript
2 1 (0.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 26 (16.46%) Degree
2 8 (5.06%) Master's Degree
3 6 (3.80%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
4 4 (2.53%) MBA
5 3 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.27%) CCNA
6 2 (1.27%) MCSA
6 2 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.27%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.63%) CCIE
7 1 (0.63%) JNCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.63%) Docker
2 1 (0.63%) KVM
2 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.63%) Ansible
1 1 (0.63%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.63%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (17.09%) Microsoft
2 16 (10.13%) Salesforce
3 9 (5.70%) Bloomberg
3 9 (5.70%) CQG
3 9 (5.70%) ION Trading
3 9 (5.70%) Oracle
3 9 (5.70%) Patsystems
3 9 (5.70%) Reuters
3 9 (5.70%) Trayport
4 7 (4.43%) Atlassian
4 7 (4.43%) Google
5 6 (3.80%) SAP
6 5 (3.16%) Cisco
7 4 (2.53%) Facebook
7 4 (2.53%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.27%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.27%) Logitech
8 2 (1.27%) Samsung
8 2 (1.27%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.63%) Palo Alto