WCAG Contracts with Work from Home Options

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
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 WCAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WCAG 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 308 407 522
Rank change year-on-year +99 +115 -103
Contract jobs citing WCAG 39 60 97
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.26% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.80% 1.96% 1.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 46 71
10th Percentile £291 £371 £275
25th Percentile £413 £414 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +5.26% +18.75%
75th Percentile £518 £584 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £485
% change year-on-year -14.29% +8.25% +14.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -
75th Percentile £45.00 - -
90th Percentile £48.00 - -
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £38.00 £29.12
% change year-on-year +5.26% +30.49% +18.86%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

WCAG 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%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

WCAG trend for jobs with a WFH option

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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 WCAG.

WCAG daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

WCAG daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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 WCAG.

WCAG hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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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 11 (28.21%) CMS
2 3 (7.69%) WordPress
3 2 (5.13%) ArcGIS
3 2 (5.13%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.77%) Azure
1 12 (30.77%) Azure DevOps
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Monitor
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Pipelines
2 8 (20.51%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (10.26%) GitHub
4 3 (7.69%) AWS
4 3 (7.69%) Azure Functions
4 3 (7.69%) GCP
4 3 (7.69%) Serverless
5 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.13%) Figma
5 2 (5.13%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (5.13%) PaaS
6 1 (2.56%) Google Analytics
6 1 (2.56%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (25.64%) SQL Server
2 2 (5.13%) Azure SQL Database
2 2 (5.13%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (2.56%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.56%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.56%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Git
2 7 (17.95%) JMeter
2 7 (17.95%) Selenium
3 2 (5.13%) Bitbucket
3 2 (5.13%) GitLab
3 2 (5.13%) JIRA
4 1 (2.56%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.56%) webpack
General
1 13 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 7 (17.95%) Social Skills
3 4 (10.26%) Back Office
4 3 (7.69%) Publishing
5 2 (5.13%) Finance
6 1 (2.56%) Law
Job Titles
1 23 (58.97%) Developer
2 16 (41.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 10 (25.64%) Senior
4 7 (17.95%) Senior Developer
5 6 (15.38%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 5 (12.82%) Designer
7 4 (10.26%) Test Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Azure Developer
8 3 (7.69%) C# Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Content Designer
8 3 (7.69%) Full Stack Developer
8 3 (7.69%) Senior Test Engineer
8 3 (7.69%) Tester
9 2 (5.13%) C# .NET Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Lead
9 2 (5.13%) React Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Senior React Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Senior UI/UX Developer
9 2 (5.13%) Service Designer
9 2 (5.13%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (38.46%) CSS
2 14 (35.90%) HTML
3 12 (30.77%) React
4 10 (25.64%) .NET
4 10 (25.64%) .NET Core
5 9 (23.08%) ASP.NET
5 9 (23.08%) jQuery
6 7 (17.95%) ASP.NET MVC
7 4 (10.26%) AngularJS
8 3 (7.69%) HTML5
8 3 (7.69%) REST
8 3 (7.69%) SAML
8 3 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (7.69%) Web Services
9 2 (5.13%) Next.js
9 2 (5.13%) Node.js
9 2 (5.13%) RESTful
9 2 (5.13%) Semantic HTML
9 2 (5.13%) Vue
9 2 (5.13%) Vuex
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.13%) CCTV
2 2 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.56%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Ubuntu
1 1 (2.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (46.15%) Front End Development
2 12 (30.77%) DevOps
3 11 (28.21%) Agile
4 9 (23.08%) Clean Code
5 8 (20.51%) API Management
5 8 (20.51%) MVC
5 8 (20.51%) OO
5 8 (20.51%) OOD
5 8 (20.51%) TDD
6 7 (17.95%) Acceptance Criteria
6 7 (17.95%) Test Scripting
6 7 (17.95%) User Stories
6 7 (17.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (15.38%) User Experience
8 5 (12.82%) Service Design
9 3 (7.69%) CI/CD
9 3 (7.69%) Coaching
9 3 (7.69%) Content Strategy
9 3 (7.69%) Full Stack Development
9 3 (7.69%) SDET
Programming Languages
1 19 (48.72%) JavaScript
2 17 (43.59%) TypeScript
3 10 (25.64%) C#
4 8 (20.51%) Bicep
4 8 (20.51%) Java
5 2 (5.13%) Bash
5 2 (5.13%) SQL
6 1 (2.56%) Ada
6 1 (2.56%) Python
6 1 (2.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 5 (12.82%) SC Cleared
1 5 (12.82%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (87.18%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.13%) QA
System Software
1 8 (20.51%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.69%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (7.69%) Terraform
2 1 (2.56%) Ansible
2 1 (2.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.56%) Packer
2 1 (2.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (15.38%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) Google
3 2 (5.13%) Atlassian