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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 566 612 716
Rank change year-on-year +46 +104 +204
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 125 41 113
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.17% 0.095% 0.13%
As % of the General category 0.31% 0.14% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 55 25 88
10th Percentile £28,500 £25,200 £25,175
25th Percentile £30,250 £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 £60,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile - £97,000 £79,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,000 £29,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +45.76% -47.79% -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 40,161 30,303 51,875
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 53.71% 70.47% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 21,969 15,577 37,499
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £36,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £105,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,387 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.10% +10.29% -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 March 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 17 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 +56 109 £40,000 -23.81% 48
UK excluding London +30 65 £43,000 +45.76% 32
London +45 55 £40,000 -33.33% 19
North of England +4 39 £60,000 +20.00% 12
Yorkshire -6 34 £60,000 +20.00% 8
Work from Home +31 24 £40,000 -20.00% 24
Scotland -14 9 £46,000 +91.67% 2
South East -7 8 £30,000 +12.15% 6
North West -8 5 £37,500 - 4
South West - 4 £29,000 - 3
West Midlands +10 3 £57,500 +64.29% 6
Midlands -17 3 £57,500 +64.29% 7
Wales - 2 £25,000 -

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 (7.20%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.40%) Confluence
3 2 (1.60%) WordPress
4 1 (0.80%) CMS
4 1 (0.80%) Moodle
Applications
1 37 (29.60%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (11.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (5.60%) Adobe Premiere
3 7 (5.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (5.60%) Photoshop
4 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (3.20%) Fidessa
2 1 (0.80%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 11 (8.80%) SaaS
2 8 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.60%) OneDrive
4 6 (4.80%) Azure
4 6 (4.80%) IaaS
5 5 (4.00%) AWS
5 5 (4.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.20%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.40%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (1.60%) GitHub
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Cognitive Services
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.80%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (0.80%) Canva
9 1 (0.80%) GCP
9 1 (0.80%) MailChimp
9 1 (0.80%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.80%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.80%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.00%) Multicast
2 6 (4.80%) ATM
2 6 (4.80%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.80%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.80%) Wireshark
3 1 (0.80%) Firewall
3 1 (0.80%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.80%) Internet
3 1 (0.80%) SNMP
3 1 (0.80%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.00%) Power BI
1 5 (4.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.40%) Tableau
3 1 (0.80%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.80%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (6.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.80%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.80%) GitLab
General
1 79 (63.20%) Social Skills
2 54 (43.20%) French Language
3 50 (40.00%) Marketing
4 36 (28.80%) German Language
5 29 (23.20%) Italian Language
6 22 (17.60%) Portuguese Language
7 19 (15.20%) Analytical Skills
7 19 (15.20%) Dutch Language
8 14 (11.20%) Finance
9 13 (10.40%) Japanese Language
9 13 (10.40%) Mandarin Language
10 12 (9.60%) Arabic Language
10 12 (9.60%) Polish Language
11 11 (8.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 10 (8.00%) Banking
13 9 (7.20%) Retail
14 7 (5.60%) Digital Healthcare
15 6 (4.80%) Korean Language
15 6 (4.80%) Russian Language
15 6 (4.80%) Thai Language
Job Titles
1 28 (22.40%) Consultant
2 24 (19.20%) Solutions Consultant
2 24 (19.20%) Technical Consultant
3 13 (10.40%) Account Manager
4 12 (9.60%) Analyst
5 7 (5.60%) Business Analyst
5 7 (5.60%) Executive Advisor
5 7 (5.60%) Senior
5 7 (5.60%) Service Manager
6 6 (4.80%) Deployment Engineer
6 6 (4.80%) Integration Engineer
7 5 (4.00%) Marketing Executive
7 5 (4.00%) Technical Account Manager
7 5 (4.00%) Technical Manager
8 4 (3.20%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) 2nd Line Support
8 4 (3.20%) IT Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (3.20%) Product Business Analyst
8 4 (3.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.20%) FIX Protocol
2 3 (2.40%) .NET
2 3 (2.40%) CSS
2 3 (2.40%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.80%) Onboarding
2 7 (5.60%) Cloud Native
2 7 (5.60%) NHS
3 4 (3.20%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.20%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (3.20%) Distributed Computing
3 4 (3.20%) Equities
3 4 (3.20%) Eurex
3 4 (3.20%) Fixed Income
3 4 (3.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 4 (3.20%) Social Media
3 4 (3.20%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (2.40%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.40%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.40%) FMCG
4 3 (2.40%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.60%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.60%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.80%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.80%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 15 (12.00%) Linux
2 8 (6.40%) Windows
3 6 (4.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (3.20%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.40%) Android
5 3 (2.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 28 (22.40%) Physics
3 22 (17.60%) Project Delivery
4 18 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (12.00%) Service Delivery
6 14 (11.20%) Coaching
6 14 (11.20%) Project Management
7 12 (9.60%) Analytics
7 12 (9.60%) Collaborative Working
8 11 (8.80%) ITIL
8 11 (8.80%) Mentoring
8 11 (8.80%) Time Management
9 10 (8.00%) B2B
9 10 (8.00%) Business Development
9 10 (8.00%) Customer Service
10 9 (7.20%) Agile
10 9 (7.20%) Computer Science
10 9 (7.20%) Presales
11 8 (6.40%) Customer-Centricity
12 7 (5.60%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.20%) Python
2 6 (4.80%) SQL
3 3 (2.40%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.80%) Bash
4 1 (0.80%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 50 (40.00%) Degree
2 7 (5.60%) Master's Degree
2 7 (5.60%) PMI Certification
2 7 (5.60%) PMP
3 6 (4.80%) BPSS Clearance
3 6 (4.80%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (3.20%) A+ Certification
4 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (3.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 3 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.80%) ACCA
6 1 (0.80%) CIMA
6 1 (0.80%) LPIC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.60%) QA
2 3 (2.40%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.80%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.80%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (5.60%) Docker
2 6 (4.80%) KVM
2 6 (4.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.60%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (5.60%) Ansible
1 7 (5.60%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.80%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (16.80%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.00%) Adobe
3 6 (4.80%) VMware
4 5 (4.00%) Oracle
5 4 (3.20%) Bloomberg
5 4 (3.20%) CQG
5 4 (3.20%) ION Trading
5 4 (3.20%) Patsystems
5 4 (3.20%) Reuters
5 4 (3.20%) Trayport
6 1 (0.80%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.80%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.80%) SAP
6 1 (0.80%) ServiceNow