Accessibility Contracts in England

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Accessibility skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Accessibility over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 226 290 245
Rank change year-on-year +64 -45 -36
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 379 462 836
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 0.91% 1.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.20% 6.85% 8.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 323 608
10th Percentile £350 £314 £360
25th Percentile £413 £413 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £513 £538
Median % change year-on-year -7.32% -4.65% +13.16%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £686 £675
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +14.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 4 4
10th Percentile £14.00 - £20.27
25th Percentile £14.44 £16.77 £20.67
Median hourly rate £18.97 £20.07 £25.01
Median % change year-on-year -5.46% -19.76% -1.94%
75th Percentile £31.71 £24.46 £29.12
90th Percentile £56.88 £26.43 -
UK median hourly rate £18.35 £23.36 £20.89
% change year-on-year -21.47% +11.82% -18.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Accessibility is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,262 6,748 9,331
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.24% 13.35% 13.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,344 4,590 6,375
10th Percentile £300 £275 £288
25th Percentile £409 £406 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 346 206 260
10th Percentile £10.95 £13.60 £11.75
25th Percentile £13.05 £19.07 £16.88
Median hourly rate £22.04 £40.25 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.25% +46.36% +30.95%
75th Percentile £44.69 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £67.38 £79.88 £68.75
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £37.50 £28.50
% change year-on-year -45.05% +31.58% +35.71%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in England.

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in England.

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
London +69 218 £488 -11.36% 119
North of England +22 71 £463 -13.35% 58
North West +22 43 £478 -12.18% 36
South East +24 36 £436 +12.58% 33
South West +25 22 £580 -0.43% 22
Yorkshire +11 22 £425 -19.05% 17
Midlands -3 10 £410 -7.61% 40
West Midlands +17 9 £410 -15.90% 31
North East +9 6 £453 -21.26% 6
East of England +16 2 £700 +69.70% 14
East Midlands +5 1 £400 +3.90% 9
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 42 (11.08%) CMS
2 11 (2.90%) SharePoint
3 10 (2.64%) Drupal
3 10 (2.64%) nginx
4 9 (2.37%) WordPress
5 8 (2.11%) govService
6 7 (1.85%) Confluence
7 6 (1.58%) ArcGIS
8 5 (1.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.53%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.26%) Jadu
10 1 (0.26%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.26%) SAS
10 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
10 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
10 1 (0.26%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 23 (6.07%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (5.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 19 (5.01%) Sketch
3 15 (3.96%) Adobe XD
4 14 (3.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (3.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 10 (2.64%) InVision
7 5 (1.32%) Zeplin
8 3 (0.79%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.53%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.26%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.26%) InDesign
10 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.26%) SPSS
10 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.06%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.79%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.79%) Shopify
3 2 (0.53%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 50 (13.19%) Azure
2 47 (12.40%) AWS
3 35 (9.23%) Azure DevOps
4 33 (8.71%) Figma
5 24 (6.33%) GitHub
6 18 (4.75%) Azure Monitor
7 17 (4.49%) Azure Pipelines
8 15 (3.96%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 15 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
8 15 (3.96%) Power Platform
9 14 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (3.43%) Serverless
11 10 (2.64%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
12 7 (1.85%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.85%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (1.85%) PaaS
13 5 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.32%) Azure Functions
13 5 (1.32%) BrowserStack
14 4 (1.06%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.37%) Intranet
2 4 (1.06%) HTTP
3 2 (0.53%) FTP
4 1 (0.26%) 4G
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) SMS
4 1 (0.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (8.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.17%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.17%) Power BI
3 8 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.58%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.32%) Big Data
5 5 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.06%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.06%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.06%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (1.06%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.06%) Tableau
7 3 (0.79%) GIS
7 3 (0.79%) MySQL
8 2 (0.53%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.53%) Metadata
8 2 (0.53%) OLAP
8 2 (0.53%) OLTP
8 2 (0.53%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 44 (11.61%) Git
2 28 (7.39%) Selenium
3 23 (6.07%) JIRA
4 16 (4.22%) Cypress.io
4 16 (4.22%) Postman
5 13 (3.43%) JMeter
6 9 (2.37%) Visual Studio
7 8 (2.11%) Jenkins
8 6 (1.58%) Appium
8 6 (1.58%) Axure RP
8 6 (1.58%) Cucumber
8 6 (1.58%) SpecFlow
8 6 (1.58%) WebDriver
8 6 (1.58%) webpack
9 5 (1.32%) NUnit
10 4 (1.06%) REST Assured
11 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.79%) Serenity BDD
11 3 (0.79%) TestNG
12 2 (0.53%) SoapUI
General
1 110 (29.02%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.47%) Public Sector
3 53 (13.98%) Finance
4 35 (9.23%) Marketing
5 29 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.28%) Legal
7 16 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.96%) Local Government
8 15 (3.96%) Publishing
9 13 (3.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (3.17%) Back Office
11 8 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.58%) Multimedia
13 5 (1.32%) Advertising
13 5 (1.32%) Banking
13 5 (1.32%) Games
13 5 (1.32%) Law
13 5 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.32%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.06%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 93 (24.54%) Developer
2 69 (18.21%) Designer
3 65 (17.15%) Senior
4 28 (7.39%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 25 (6.60%) Architect
5 25 (6.60%) Test Engineer
6 23 (6.07%) Senior Developer
7 20 (5.28%) UX Designer
8 18 (4.75%) Lead
8 18 (4.75%) Project Manager
9 17 (4.49%) Full Stack Developer
10 16 (4.22%) Senior Test Engineer
10 16 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
11 15 (3.96%) Tester
12 14 (3.69%) Analyst
12 14 (3.69%) Content Designer
13 12 (3.17%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 9 (2.37%) Head of Customer Experience
14 9 (2.37%) Head of Digital
14 9 (2.37%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (16.62%) CSS
2 60 (15.83%) HTML
3 49 (12.93%) React
4 38 (10.03%) .NET
5 25 (6.60%) .NET Core
6 16 (4.22%) ASP.NET
6 16 (4.22%) jQuery
7 15 (3.96%) Sass
8 14 (3.69%) Node.js
8 14 (3.69%) Playwright
9 13 (3.43%) ASP.NET MVC
9 13 (3.43%) REST
9 13 (3.43%) RESTful
10 11 (2.90%) Laravel
10 11 (2.90%) WebSockets
11 10 (2.64%) AngularJS
11 10 (2.64%) Next.js
12 9 (2.37%) Jest
13 8 (2.11%) GraphQL
14 7 (1.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 24 (6.33%) Management Information System
1 24 (6.33%) Product Ownership
2 20 (5.28%) Mobile App
3 9 (2.37%) NHS
4 8 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.85%) Photography
6 6 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.32%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.32%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.32%) Graphic Design
7 5 (1.32%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.32%) Podcast
8 4 (1.06%) Animation
8 4 (1.06%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.06%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.79%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.79%) W3C
10 2 (0.53%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.54%) Linux
2 14 (3.69%) Windows
3 11 (2.90%) Unix
4 6 (1.58%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.32%) Android
6 4 (1.06%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (35.88%) Agile
2 87 (22.96%) User Experience
3 63 (16.62%) Test Automation
4 50 (13.19%) UX Design
5 48 (12.66%) TDD
6 47 (12.40%) DevOps
7 46 (12.14%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (11.87%) Continuous Improvement
9 44 (11.61%) Front End Development
10 42 (11.08%) CI/CD
11 38 (10.03%) Project Management
11 38 (10.03%) User Research
11 38 (10.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 35 (9.23%) Scrum
13 33 (8.71%) Migration
14 32 (8.44%) Stakeholder Management
15 30 (7.92%) Full Stack Development
16 27 (7.12%) OO
16 27 (7.12%) User Stories
16 27 (7.12%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 84 (22.16%) JavaScript
2 40 (10.55%) Java
3 37 (9.76%) TypeScript
4 34 (8.97%) C#
5 33 (8.71%) SQL
6 20 (5.28%) Python
7 16 (4.22%) Bicep
8 12 (3.17%) PHP
9 6 (1.58%) Ruby
10 4 (1.06%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.06%) Swift
11 2 (0.53%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Ada
12 1 (0.26%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 65 (17.15%) Security Cleared
2 52 (13.72%) SC Cleared
3 40 (10.55%) Degree
4 11 (2.90%) DBS Check
5 10 (2.64%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.32%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.53%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.53%) ISEB
10 2 (0.53%) SAP Certification
11 1 (0.26%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.26%) CITP
11 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.26%) PMP
11 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (15.83%) WCAG
2 32 (8.44%) QA
3 12 (3.17%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.06%) GDPR
5 3 (0.79%) SLA
6 2 (0.53%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.53%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.26%) GMP
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.26%) NCSC
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 15 (3.96%) Active Directory
2 14 (3.69%) Docker
3 4 (1.06%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.85%) Terraform
3 6 (1.58%) Grafana
4 3 (0.79%) Kibana
5 1 (0.26%) Ansible
5 1 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.26%) Packer
5 1 (0.26%) Puppet
5 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 55 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 39 (10.29%) Adobe
3 10 (2.64%) SAP
4 6 (1.58%) Salesforce
5 5 (1.32%) Databricks
5 5 (1.32%) Reuters
6 4 (1.06%) Brio
6 4 (1.06%) Google
6 4 (1.06%) Hotjar
6 4 (1.06%) Oracle
6 4 (1.06%) Remedy
6 4 (1.06%) Screaming Frog
6 4 (1.06%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.06%) Sitecore
6 4 (1.06%) VMware
7 3 (0.79%) Aareon
7 3 (0.79%) Apple
7 3 (0.79%) ESRI
8 2 (0.53%) Sparx
8 2 (0.53%) Splunk