Accessibility Contracts with Work from Home Options

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 153 198 159
Rank change year-on-year +45 -39 +4
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 217 310 757
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.44% 1.23% 1.71%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.99% 10.11% 12.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 246 538
10th Percentile £313 £325 £373
25th Percentile £410 £425 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.91% +14.44%
75th Percentile £558 £575 £588
90th Percentile £632 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 2
10th Percentile - - £19.33
25th Percentile £14.00 - £19.44
Median hourly rate £20.57 £38.00 £20.25
Median % change year-on-year -45.87% +87.65% -22.12%
75th Percentile £42.50 - £21.31
90th Percentile £60.13 - £21.58
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £23.36 £20.89
% change year-on-year -22.39% +11.82% -18.08%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,172 3,067 5,880
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.39% 12.21% 13.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 2,245 4,192
10th Percentile £313 £325 £313
25th Percentile £419 £420 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% +4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £600
90th Percentile £750 £725 £700
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.38% +2.44% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 64 118
10th Percentile £12.75 £18.56 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.00 £23.02 £18.50
Median hourly rate £22.25 £39.80 £42.73
Median % change year-on-year -44.10% -6.85% +112.19%
75th Percentile £48.75 £60.94 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.28 £66.45
UK median hourly rate £20.61 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -41.13% +27.27% +30.95%

Accessibility
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Accessibility trend for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility.

Accessibility daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Accessibility daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility.

Accessibility hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Accessibility hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (9.22%) CMS
2 9 (4.15%) nginx
3 6 (2.76%) Confluence
3 6 (2.76%) WordPress
4 3 (1.38%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.38%) Drupal
5 2 (0.92%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.46%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.46%) Moodle
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint 2013
6 1 (0.46%) Sitecore CMS
6 1 (0.46%) WebSphere
6 1 (0.46%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 8 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.23%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (2.76%) Sketch
4 5 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (0.92%) Camtasia
5 2 (0.92%) Lectora
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.92%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.46%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.46%) Markit EDM
3 1 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 45 (20.74%) AWS
2 26 (11.98%) Azure
3 19 (8.76%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (8.76%) Serverless
4 16 (7.37%) Amazon S3
5 14 (6.45%) AWS Lambda
6 13 (5.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 12 (5.53%) GitHub
8 10 (4.61%) Figma
8 10 (4.61%) OpenShift
9 9 (4.15%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 8 (3.69%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 8 (3.69%) Azure Monitor
10 8 (3.69%) Azure Pipelines
10 8 (3.69%) Azure Service Bus
11 7 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (2.30%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (1.84%) Power Platform
13 4 (1.84%) Rekognition
13 4 (1.84%) Textract
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) Intranet
2 1 (0.46%) Firewall
2 1 (0.46%) HTTP
2 1 (0.46%) SMS
2 1 (0.46%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.29%) SQL Server
2 17 (7.83%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (6.91%) Amazon Aurora
4 6 (2.76%) MySQL
5 5 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.84%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.84%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.84%) Power BI
7 3 (1.38%) Big Data
7 3 (1.38%) Oracle Database
7 3 (1.38%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.92%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.92%) BusinessObjects
8 2 (0.92%) Crystal Reports
8 2 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
8 2 (0.92%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.92%) Tableau
9 1 (0.46%) GIS
Development Applications
1 24 (11.06%) Git
2 19 (8.76%) Selenium
3 11 (5.07%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.07%) JIRA
4 10 (4.61%) JMeter
5 9 (4.15%) Cypress.io
5 9 (4.15%) Postman
6 5 (2.30%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.30%) Visual Studio
7 4 (1.84%) Appium
7 4 (1.84%) WebDriver
7 4 (1.84%) webpack
8 3 (1.38%) Cucumber
8 3 (1.38%) GitLab
8 3 (1.38%) NUnit
9 2 (0.92%) git-flow
9 2 (0.92%) Team Foundation Server
9 2 (0.92%) TestNG
9 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.92%) XCUITest
General
1 62 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 53 (24.42%) Public Sector
3 21 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (7.83%) Finance
5 13 (5.99%) Presentation Skills
6 11 (5.07%) Marketing
6 11 (5.07%) Publishing
7 5 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (1.84%) Back Office
8 4 (1.84%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.38%) Electronics
9 3 (1.38%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.38%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.92%) Games
10 2 (0.92%) Legal
10 2 (0.92%) Retail
11 1 (0.46%) Banking
11 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.46%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 76 (35.02%) Developer
2 40 (18.43%) Designer
3 28 (12.90%) Senior
4 17 (7.83%) Content Designer
4 17 (7.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 15 (6.91%) Full Stack Developer
5 15 (6.91%) Test Engineer
6 12 (5.53%) Senior Developer
7 11 (5.07%) Lead
8 10 (4.61%) Analyst
8 10 (4.61%) Architect
9 9 (4.15%) Senior Test Engineer
9 9 (4.15%) Tester
10 8 (3.69%) Software Developer
10 8 (3.69%) User Researcher
11 7 (3.23%) .NET Developer
11 7 (3.23%) Interaction Designer
11 7 (3.23%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.23%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 6 (2.76%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (24.42%) CSS
2 52 (23.96%) HTML
3 35 (16.13%) React
4 24 (11.06%) .NET
5 22 (10.14%) Node.js
6 15 (6.91%) AWS CDK
7 14 (6.45%) AngularJS
8 13 (5.99%) REST
8 13 (5.99%) RESTful
9 11 (5.07%) Playwright
9 11 (5.07%) Sass
10 10 (4.61%) .NET Core
10 10 (4.61%) ASP.NET
10 10 (4.61%) jQuery
10 10 (4.61%) Laravel
10 10 (4.61%) Vue
10 10 (4.61%) WebSockets
11 8 (3.69%) Web Services
12 7 (3.23%) ASP.NET MVC
13 6 (2.76%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.45%) Product Ownership
2 10 (4.61%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (3.23%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.38%) NHS
5 3 (1.38%) Video Editing
6 2 (0.92%) CCTV
6 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (0.92%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.92%) Learning Management System
6 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.92%) W3C
7 1 (0.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.46%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.46%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.46%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.46%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.46%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 12 (5.53%) Linux
2 11 (5.07%) Unix
3 5 (2.30%) Windows
4 4 (1.84%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.38%) Android
5 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (31.80%) Agile
2 60 (27.65%) User Experience
3 39 (17.97%) Test Automation
4 35 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 31 (14.29%) TDD
6 30 (13.82%) CI/CD
6 30 (13.82%) DevOps
7 29 (13.36%) User Research
8 28 (12.90%) UX Design
9 27 (12.44%) Front End Development
10 26 (11.98%) Continuous Improvement
11 23 (10.60%) Full Stack Development
11 23 (10.60%) Microservices
12 22 (10.14%) Code Quality
12 22 (10.14%) Mentoring
13 19 (8.76%) Scrum
13 19 (8.76%) Web Development
14 18 (8.29%) Analytics
14 18 (8.29%) Coaching
14 18 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 71 (32.72%) JavaScript
2 34 (15.67%) TypeScript
3 33 (15.21%) Java
4 18 (8.29%) Python
5 17 (7.83%) C#
6 13 (5.99%) SQL
7 11 (5.07%) PHP
8 8 (3.69%) Bicep
9 6 (2.76%) Bash
9 6 (2.76%) Ruby
10 3 (1.38%) Shell Script
11 2 (0.92%) Swift
12 1 (0.46%) Ada
12 1 (0.46%) Go
12 1 (0.46%) Groovy
12 1 (0.46%) Scala
Qualifications
1 31 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 31 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 13 (5.99%) Degree
3 8 (3.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.84%) DBS Check
5 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.92%) CTC Cleared
7 1 (0.46%) ISEB
7 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.46%) PMP
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (15.67%) WCAG
2 20 (9.22%) QA
3 6 (2.76%) Disclosure Scotland
4 4 (1.84%) Data Quality
System Software
1 19 (8.76%) Docker
2 8 (3.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.15%) Grafana
2 7 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.84%) Kibana
3 4 (1.84%) Terraform
4 2 (0.92%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.46%) Ansible
5 1 (0.46%) Packer
5 1 (0.46%) Puppet
5 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 17 (7.83%) Adobe
2 15 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.23%) Oracle
4 5 (2.30%) SAP
5 3 (1.38%) Brio
5 3 (1.38%) Google
5 3 (1.38%) HP
5 3 (1.38%) IBM
5 3 (1.38%) Remedy
6 2 (0.92%) Apple
6 2 (0.92%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.46%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.46%) Databricks
7 1 (0.46%) Facebook
7 1 (0.46%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.46%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.46%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.46%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.46%) Twitter
7 1 (0.46%) Xamarin