WCAG Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring WCAG skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 120 140
Rank change year-on-year +4 +20 +56
Contract jobs citing WCAG 6 7 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.34% 0.34% 0.49%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.73% 2.06% 3.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 9
10th Percentile £317 £444 £383
25th Percentile £356 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £513
Median % change year-on-year +2.51% -4.83% -18.00%
75th Percentile £525 £524 £600
90th Percentile £544 £580 £638
Central London median daily rate £500 £475 £513
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.32% -18.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
City of London

WCAG 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 347 339 466
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 19.73% 16.38% 15.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 240 197 354
10th Percentile £324 £363 £400
25th Percentile £413 £463 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.87%
75th Percentile £713 £675 £700
90th Percentile £838 £750 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £551 £595
% change year-on-year -0.18% -7.39% +2.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 0
10th Percentile £23.83 £16.60 -
25th Percentile £26.57 £17.50 -
Median hourly rate £34.00 £20.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +70.00% - -
75th Percentile £56.75 £22.50 -
90th Percentile £75.95 £23.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £25.18 -
% change year-on-year +35.03% - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the City of London

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Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WCAG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WCAG

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WCAG in the City of London

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Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WCAG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing WCAG

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) BrowserStack
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Cypress.io
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
2 1 (16.67%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) Storybook
2 1 (16.67%) Vite
2 1 (16.67%) webpack
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
2 1 (16.67%) Retail Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (16.67%) JavaScript Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Automation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) UI Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Visual Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) jQuery
3 1 (16.67%) React
3 1 (16.67%) Redux
3 1 (16.67%) REST
3 1 (16.67%) Sass
3 1 (16.67%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Twig
3 1 (16.67%) Zustand
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Agile
1 4 (66.67%) Scrum
1 4 (66.67%) User Experience
1 4 (66.67%) UX Design
2 3 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 2 (33.33%) Secure Coding
3 2 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 1 (16.67%) Cross-Browser Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (16.67%) Fintech
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) User Research
4 1 (16.67%) UX Research
4 1 (16.67%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft