Accessibility Contract Job Trends in Essex

Accessibility (a11y)
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Essex requiring Accessibility skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 18 -
Rank change year-on-year -5 - -
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Essex 0.60% 1.32% -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.17% 7.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £575 £538 £700
% change year-on-year +6.98% -23.21% +69.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £15.84 £30.00 £14.27
% change year-on-year -47.22% +110.23% -14.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 24 14 12
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 14.29% 18.42% 5.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 8 11
10th Percentile - £314 £250
25th Percentile £363 £315 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £396 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.26% -20.75% +97.04%
75th Percentile £500 £548 £643
90th Percentile £532 £569 £649
East of England median daily rate £513 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -6.82% +22.22% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - £30.50 -
25th Percentile £12.81 £31.25 -
Median hourly rate £13.04 £32.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -59.88% - -
75th Percentile £23.70 £33.75 -
90th Percentile £42.48 £34.50 -
East of England median hourly rate £18.50 £33.32 £15.79
% change year-on-year -44.48% +111.02% -9.77%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Accessibility relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex.

Accessibility job vacancy trend in Essex

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Accessibility.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Accessibility.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Essex region over the 6 months to 8 April 2026. 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
Basildon -3 1 £575 -
Accessibility
East of England

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript Developer
1 1 (100.00%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) Jest
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Pair Programming
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript