Accessibility Contracts in Birmingham

Accessibility (a11y)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 64 66
Rank change year-on-year +19 +2 +20
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 5 3 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.96% 0.39% 1.00%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.46% 2.78% 7.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 7
10th Percentile £457 - £260
25th Percentile £459 - £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £360 £625
Median % change year-on-year +31.94% -42.40% +13.64%
75th Percentile £531 - £655
90th Percentile £558 - -
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £410 £488
% change year-on-year +12.20% -15.90% -9.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £55.00 -
% change year-on-year -48.76% - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Birmingham

Accessibility falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 67 108 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 12.84% 13.97% 12.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 78 66
10th Percentile £300 £259 £263
25th Percentile £425 £264 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £419
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +4.48% -11.84%
75th Percentile £544 £538 £588
90th Percentile £620 £733 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +8.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 10 8
10th Percentile - £11.06 £10.96
25th Percentile - £12.30 £12.13
Median hourly rate £14.70 £13.50 £13.35
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% +1.12% -33.25%
75th Percentile £29.00 £14.00 £20.85
90th Percentile £43.10 £55.00 £29.51
West Midlands median hourly rate £28.18 £14.00 £16.10
% change year-on-year +101.29% -13.04% -5.29%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in Birmingham

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in Birmingham

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in Birmingham

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (20.00%) Pa11y
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Digital User Researcher
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Tester
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Tester
2 1 (20.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Diary Studies
2 2 (40.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 1 (20.00%) Data Management
3 1 (20.00%) Design Sprint
3 1 (20.00%) Remediation Plan
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations