Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
UK > England
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Section 508 skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Section 508 over the 6 months leading up to 2 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 2 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 479 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing Section 508 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in England | 0.004% | - | - |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | 0.026% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | - | - | - |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England
Section 508 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 England.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 3,906 | 5,086 | 6,419 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England | 16.21% | 13.78% | 13.52% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2,519 | 3,234 | 4,334 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £300 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £406 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £505 | £525 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.81% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £625 | £638 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £725 | £750 | £750 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £510 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.96% | -2.86% | +1.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 157 | 367 | 223 |
| 10th Percentile | £17.18 | £10.95 | £15.04 |
| 25th Percentile | £22.27 | £13.18 | £20.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £34.50 | £23.80 | £42.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +44.96% | -44.00% | +54.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £67.50 | £48.75 | £64.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.22 | £70.00 | £79.95 |
| UK median hourly rate | £32.96 | £22.42 | £37.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +47.01% | -40.21% | +33.38% |
Section 508
Job Vacancy Trend in England
Job postings citing Section 508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.
Section 508
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Section 508 in England.
Section 508
Contract Job Locations in England
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Section 508 within the England region over the 6 months to 2 June 2025. 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| London | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Section 508 UK |
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Section 508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:
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