WCAG Jobs in the North West

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for WCAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WCAG over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 257 - 321
Rank change year-on-year - - -81
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 34 0 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.35% - 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.76% - 1.23%
Number of salaries quoted 24 0 5
10th Percentile £34,171 - -
25th Percentile £40,988 - £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 - £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +80.00%
75th Percentile £60,741 - £55,500
90th Percentile - - £60,450
England median annual salary £57,965 £45,000 £42,000
% change year-on-year +28.81% +7.14% -45.81%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,233 1,919 1,542
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 12.72% 23.96% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 875 524 840
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,000 £38,688 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,827
90th Percentile £84,919 £75,000 £76,520
England median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the North West.

Salary trend for WCAG in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the North West over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for WCAG in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the North West region over the 6 months to 25 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester - 18 £57,965 -
Lancashire - 8 £57,965 -
Merseyside - 8 £32,500 -
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (8.82%) CMS
1 3 (8.82%) Umbraco
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) Sketch
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.94%) InVision
2 1 (2.94%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 9 (26.47%) Figma
2 8 (23.53%) Heroku
2 8 (23.53%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.82%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Axure RP
General
1 21 (61.76%) Public Sector
2 5 (14.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (64.71%) Designer
1 22 (64.71%) Senior
2 13 (38.24%) Senior Designer
3 11 (32.35%) Interaction Designer
4 10 (29.41%) UI Designer
4 10 (29.41%) UI/UX Designer
4 10 (29.41%) UX Designer
5 9 (26.47%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
6 8 (23.53%) Senior UI Designer
6 8 (23.53%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 8 (23.53%) Senior UX Designer
7 5 (14.71%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 3 (8.82%) Developer
8 3 (8.82%) Umbraco Developer
9 1 (2.94%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (38.24%) HTML
2 3 (8.82%) CSS
2 3 (8.82%) HTML5
2 3 (8.82%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.82%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 28 (82.35%) Coaching
3 21 (61.76%) Prototyping
4 20 (58.82%) Mentoring
5 13 (38.24%) Design Patterns
6 12 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (32.35%) Analytics
7 11 (32.35%) Interaction Design
7 11 (32.35%) Workshop Facilitation
8 10 (29.41%) Actionable Insight
8 10 (29.41%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 10 (29.41%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 10 (29.41%) User Experience
8 10 (29.41%) UX Design
9 9 (26.47%) Agile
9 9 (26.47%) Software Testing
10 8 (23.53%) Digital Customer Experience
10 8 (23.53%) Service Design
10 8 (23.53%) Sprint Review
10 8 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) C#
1 3 (8.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (29.41%) SC Cleared
1 10 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.82%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (8.82%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (8.82%) HP
2 1 (2.94%) Adobe