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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 635 615 762
Rank change year-on-year -20 +147 +21
Permanent jobs citing Spanish Language 143 56 69
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.078%
As % of the General category 0.30% 0.16% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 93 35 58
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,000 £26,600
25th Percentile £30,300 £29,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £37,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +44.00% -31.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £75,625 £71,875
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £98,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £31,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +90.48% -42.73% +57.14%

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 47,511 34,201 50,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 46.75% 69.37% 57.38%
Number of salaries quoted 29,110 17,839 31,600
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,250 £35,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £54,273
Median % change year-on-year - +1.34% -9.55%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,773 £72,916
90th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -5.26% -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 28 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 28 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 -1 113 £50,000 +47.06% 45
UK excluding London -35 61 £60,000 +90.48% 19
London -15 58 £50,000 +47.06% 32
North of England -7 33 £60,000 - 8
Yorkshire - 25 £60,000 - 5
Work from Home -27 21 £54,000 +24.86% 24
South East -5 14 £30,000 +26.32% 8
North West +7 8 £29,000 - 3
Midlands -32 8 £29,625 -15.36%
Scotland +20 6 £46,000 +76.92% 2
West Midlands -16 4 £70,000 +100.00%
East Midlands - 4 £29,063 -

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 (4.90%) Confluence
2 4 (2.80%) SAS
3 1 (0.70%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (13.99%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.90%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Fidessa
2 4 (2.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (9.09%) AWS
1 13 (9.09%) SaaS
2 8 (5.59%) Azure
3 7 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.20%) IaaS
5 4 (2.80%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (2.10%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.70%) Canva
7 1 (0.70%) GitHub
7 1 (0.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.09%) Multicast
2 6 (4.20%) ATM
2 6 (4.20%) TCP/IP
2 6 (4.20%) tcpdump
2 6 (4.20%) Wireshark
3 5 (3.50%) FIX Connectivity
3 5 (3.50%) Internet
4 2 (1.40%) Firewall
4 2 (1.40%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (1.40%) VPN
5 1 (0.70%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.70%) SNMP
5 1 (0.70%) WAN
5 1 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.80%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (2.80%) SAP HANA
3 1 (0.70%) Power BI
3 1 (0.70%) QGIS
3 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (4.90%) JIRA
2 1 (0.70%) Bitbucket
General
1 62 (43.36%) French Language
2 47 (32.87%) Portuguese Language
3 45 (31.47%) German Language
4 42 (29.37%) Italian Language
5 40 (27.97%) Social Skills
6 32 (22.38%) Finance
7 30 (20.98%) Arabic Language
8 29 (20.28%) Dutch Language
9 28 (19.58%) Polish Language
10 27 (18.88%) Mandarin Language
11 26 (18.18%) Japanese Language
12 16 (11.19%) Marketing
13 15 (10.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 12 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
14 12 (8.39%) Digital Healthcare
14 12 (8.39%) Organisational Skills
15 11 (7.69%) Retail
16 10 (6.99%) Banking
16 10 (6.99%) Public Sector
17 9 (6.29%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (18.18%) Analyst
2 22 (15.38%) Account Manager
3 19 (13.29%) Business Analyst
4 13 (9.09%) Senior
5 9 (6.29%) Product Manager
5 9 (6.29%) Technical Account Manager
5 9 (6.29%) Technical Manager
6 8 (5.59%) Business Manager
7 7 (4.90%) Consultant
7 7 (4.90%) Product Analyst
7 7 (4.90%) Product Business Analyst
7 7 (4.90%) Service Desk Engineer
8 6 (4.20%) Account Executive
8 6 (4.20%) Deployment Engineer
8 6 (4.20%) Integration Engineer
9 5 (3.50%) Architect
9 5 (3.50%) Business Development Executive
9 5 (3.50%) IT Engineer
9 5 (3.50%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.50%) Senior Producer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.90%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (1.40%) Google Maps API
2 2 (1.40%) React
Miscellaneous
1 17 (11.89%) Self-Motivation
2 16 (11.19%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.39%) NHS
4 10 (6.99%) Cloud Native
5 7 (4.90%) Distributed Architecture
5 7 (4.90%) Distributed Computing
5 7 (4.90%) Equities
5 7 (4.90%) Eurex
5 7 (4.90%) Fixed Income
5 7 (4.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (4.20%) AI Agents
6 6 (4.20%) Digital Media
7 3 (2.10%) Life Science
8 2 (1.40%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.40%) Operational Technology
8 2 (1.40%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.40%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.70%) IoT
9 1 (0.70%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.79%) Linux
1 14 (9.79%) Windows
2 6 (4.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 5 (3.50%) Windows 10
3 5 (3.50%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.70%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.97%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (18.88%) Business Development
3 24 (16.78%) CRM
4 22 (15.38%) Project Management
5 20 (13.99%) Time Management
6 18 (12.59%) Customer Service
7 17 (11.89%) Business Analysis
8 16 (11.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (9.09%) Agile
10 12 (8.39%) Fintech
11 10 (6.99%) B2B
11 10 (6.99%) Lead Generation
11 10 (6.99%) Systems Analysis
12 9 (6.29%) B2B Sales
12 9 (6.29%) Client Onboarding
12 9 (6.29%) Project Delivery
13 8 (5.59%) Analytics
13 8 (5.59%) Customer-Centricity
13 8 (5.59%) Product Management
13 8 (5.59%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 7 (4.90%) Python
2 2 (1.40%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.70%) Bash
Qualifications
1 23 (16.08%) Degree
2 6 (4.20%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.80%) Master's Degree
4 3 (2.10%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (2.10%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.40%) CCNA
5 2 (1.40%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (1.40%) MBA
5 2 (1.40%) MCSA
5 2 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.70%) ACCA
6 1 (0.70%) CCIE
6 1 (0.70%) CIMA
6 1 (0.70%) JNCIE
6 1 (0.70%) LPIC
6 1 (0.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.70%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.70%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (4.20%) Active Directory
1 6 (4.20%) Docker
1 6 (4.20%) KVM
1 6 (4.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.40%) IAG
Systems Management
1 7 (4.90%) Ansible
2 6 (4.20%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.20%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (13.29%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Salesforce
3 7 (4.90%) Bloomberg
3 7 (4.90%) CQG
3 7 (4.90%) ION Trading
3 7 (4.90%) Oracle
3 7 (4.90%) Patsystems
3 7 (4.90%) Reuters
3 7 (4.90%) Trayport
4 6 (4.20%) SAP
4 6 (4.20%) VMware
5 5 (3.50%) Atlassian
6 3 (2.10%) Cisco
6 3 (2.10%) Google
7 2 (1.40%) Facebook
7 2 (1.40%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.40%) Logitech
7 2 (1.40%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.40%) Samsung
8 1 (0.70%) Palo Alto