German Language Contracts

German Language
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term German Language in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited German Language over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 435 503 603
Rank change year-on-year +68 +100 -91
Contract jobs citing German Language 167 210 257
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.35% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.66% 0.60% 0.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 74 102
10th Percentile £221 £179 £193
25th Percentile £350 £267 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +25.00%
75th Percentile £763 £600 £629
90th Percentile £950 £730 £687
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £493 £475
% change year-on-year -34.01% +3.68% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 19 20
10th Percentile - £12.00 £10.00
25th Percentile - £14.25 £11.21
Median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -13.33%
75th Percentile £26.98 £16.63 £14.75
90th Percentile £35.00 £27.50 £31.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £15.00 £14.50 £13.00
% change year-on-year +3.45% +11.54% -8.77%

All General Skills
UK

German Language is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,387 34,897 49,769
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.23% 58.47% 56.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,033 24,201 34,488
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.80% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,939 1,062 1,440
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.42 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.09 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £21.92
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +59.71% -2.60%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.67
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.13 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -7.91% +65.08% -7.50%

German Language
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing German Language as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Daily rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing German Language.

Hourly rate trend for German Language in the UK

German Language
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing German Language over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for German Language in the UK

German Language
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing German Language within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +97 136 £600 +11.63% 250
Work from Home +79 68 £625 +25.00% 150
London +93 65 £613 +16.67% 119
UK excluding London +59 48 £325 -34.01% 149
South East +12 14 £225 -72.26% 40
East of England +13 13 £293 - 17
West Midlands +36 11 £600 -17.24% 28
Midlands +32 11 £600 +200.00% 29
North of England +29 5 £600 +14.29% 34
North West +24 5 £600 +14.29% 21
South West - 4 - - 23
Scotland +27 1 - - 12

German Language
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.99%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 1 (0.60%) Confluence
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
4 1 (0.60%) JBoss
4 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.60%) WildFly
Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (5.99%) Microsoft Office
3 6 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (2.99%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.20%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.20%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle AGIS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.60%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.60%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.60%) SAP Travel Management
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.57%) Azure
2 19 (11.38%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (5.39%) AWS
4 8 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (4.79%) SaaS
5 7 (4.19%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 5 (2.99%) Azure Service Bus
6 5 (2.99%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 4 (2.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.80%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.20%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.20%) Google Workspace
9 2 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
10 1 (0.60%) GCP
10 1 (0.60%) IaaS
10 1 (0.60%) PaaS
10 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.60%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.99%) Firewall
2 5 (2.99%) HTTP
3 3 (1.80%) DHCP
3 3 (1.80%) DNS
3 3 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.20%) Internet
4 2 (1.20%) VPN
5 1 (0.60%) BGP
5 1 (0.60%) Broadband
5 1 (0.60%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.60%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.60%) Network Security
5 1 (0.60%) OSPF
5 1 (0.60%) RFID
5 1 (0.60%) VLAN
5 1 (0.60%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.19%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (4.19%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.40%) Amazon Aurora
2 4 (2.40%) DynamoDB
3 3 (1.80%) DB2
3 3 (1.80%) MariaDB
3 3 (1.80%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.80%) MySQL
4 2 (1.20%) Big Data
4 2 (1.20%) Data Mart
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (4.79%) Git
2 6 (3.59%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) CA Gen
3 1 (0.60%) Jenkins
General
1 64 (38.32%) Social Skills
2 39 (23.35%) French Language
3 38 (22.75%) Finance
4 31 (18.56%) Marketing
5 29 (17.37%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (10.18%) Presentation Skills
6 17 (10.18%) Spanish Language
7 11 (6.59%) Italian Language
8 9 (5.39%) Arabic Language
9 8 (4.79%) Banking
9 8 (4.79%) Manufacturing
9 8 (4.79%) Telecoms
10 7 (4.19%) Legal
11 6 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (3.59%) Public Sector
11 6 (3.59%) Retail
12 5 (2.99%) Dutch Language
12 5 (2.99%) Electronics
13 3 (1.80%) Advertising
13 3 (1.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 33 (19.76%) Consultant
2 19 (11.38%) Analyst
3 15 (8.98%) Senior
4 14 (8.38%) Project Manager
5 13 (7.78%) Architect
6 10 (5.99%) Business Consultant
7 9 (5.39%) Business Analyst
8 7 (4.19%) Lead
8 7 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.59%) Strategy Consultant
10 5 (2.99%) Azure Architect
10 5 (2.99%) Security Consultant
11 4 (2.40%) Database Engineer
11 4 (2.40%) Help Desk Technician
11 4 (2.40%) IT Technician
11 4 (2.40%) Marketing Manager
11 4 (2.40%) SAP Project Manager
11 4 (2.40%) Senior Analyst
11 4 (2.40%) Senior Manager
11 4 (2.40%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (4.19%) Node.js
2 5 (2.99%) REST
3 4 (2.40%) Fastify
3 4 (2.40%) GraphQL
3 4 (2.40%) Next.js
3 4 (2.40%) React
4 3 (1.80%) CSS
4 3 (1.80%) HTML
4 3 (1.80%) OAuth
4 3 (1.80%) OAuth2
4 3 (1.80%) OpenID
4 3 (1.80%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (1.80%) SAML
5 2 (1.20%) BAPI
5 2 (1.20%) SAP ALE
5 2 (1.20%) SOAP
5 2 (1.20%) TIBCO EMS
5 2 (1.20%) XML
5 2 (1.20%) XSD
5 2 (1.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
2 8 (4.79%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.19%) Management Information System
4 6 (3.59%) Digital Media
5 5 (2.99%) Cloud Native
5 5 (2.99%) Industry 4.0
5 5 (2.99%) IoT
6 4 (2.40%) Social Media
6 4 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
7 3 (1.80%) Clustering
7 3 (1.80%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.20%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.60%) Distributed Applications
9 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.60%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.60%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 19 (11.38%) Windows
2 9 (5.39%) Windows 10
3 7 (4.19%) Linux
4 4 (2.40%) Android
4 4 (2.40%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.40%) Unix
5 2 (1.20%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (22.16%) Agile
2 27 (16.17%) Migration
2 27 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (11.98%) Project Management
4 15 (8.98%) Analytics
4 15 (8.98%) Customer Service
4 15 (8.98%) DevOps
5 13 (7.78%) Data Architecture
6 12 (7.19%) Service Delivery
7 11 (6.59%) Digital Marketing
7 11 (6.59%) Use Case
8 10 (5.99%) Computer Science
8 10 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (5.99%) Process Management
8 10 (5.99%) Project Delivery
8 10 (5.99%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (5.39%) Business Strategy
9 9 (5.39%) Critical Thinking
9 9 (5.39%) Decision-Making
9 9 (5.39%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.98%) SQL
2 6 (3.59%) Java
2 6 (3.59%) Python
3 4 (2.40%) C#
3 4 (2.40%) TypeScript
4 3 (1.80%) JavaScript
4 3 (1.80%) PHP
4 3 (1.80%) Ruby
5 2 (1.20%) ABAP
5 2 (1.20%) XPath
6 1 (0.60%) Bash
6 1 (0.60%) C++
6 1 (0.60%) Perl
6 1 (0.60%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.60%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 36 (21.56%) Degree
2 6 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (3.59%) PMI Certification
2 6 (3.59%) PMP
3 5 (2.99%) Azure Certification
3 5 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (2.99%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.99%) Security Cleared
4 4 (2.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 4 (2.40%) CISA
4 4 (2.40%) CISM
4 4 (2.40%) CISMP
4 4 (2.40%) CISSP
4 4 (2.40%) CRISC
5 3 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.80%) CIMA
5 3 (1.80%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.20%) ACCA
6 2 (1.20%) CBAP
6 2 (1.20%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.19%) QA
2 5 (2.99%) COBIT
2 5 (2.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.40%) GRC
3 4 (2.40%) NIST
3 4 (2.40%) SLA
4 2 (1.20%) GxP
5 1 (0.60%) GAAP
5 1 (0.60%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.59%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (2.40%) Virtual Desktop
4 2 (1.20%) Docker
5 1 (0.60%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 5 (2.99%) Ansible
2 4 (2.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.40%) Terraform
3 2 (1.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 2 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.20%) TIBCO Hawk
4 1 (0.60%) Forefront Identity Manager
4 1 (0.60%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.60%) Puppet
4 1 (0.60%) Salt
4 1 (0.60%) SCCM
Vendors
1 38 (22.75%) Microsoft
2 29 (17.37%) SAP
3 10 (5.99%) Oracle
4 7 (4.19%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.99%) Citrix
5 5 (2.99%) IBM
6 4 (2.40%) Avaya
6 4 (2.40%) Google
6 4 (2.40%) Ivanti
6 4 (2.40%) Sun
7 2 (1.20%) Cloudera
7 2 (1.20%) Murex
7 2 (1.20%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.20%) TIBCO
7 2 (1.20%) VMware
8 1 (0.60%) Apple
8 1 (0.60%) CA
8 1 (0.60%) Dell
8 1 (0.60%) Juniper
8 1 (0.60%) Sybase