WCAG Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring WCAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 - 95
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing WCAG 2 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.18% - 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.95% - 2.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £325
75th Percentile - - £381
90th Percentile - - £415
South East median daily rate £454 £525 £325
% change year-on-year -13.52% +61.54% -35.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 211 109 189
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 18.89% 9.96% 14.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 70 98
10th Percentile £302 £200 £312
25th Percentile £447 £371 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £528
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.21% +7.39%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £661
90th Percentile £650 £691 £670
South East median daily rate £500 £480 £525
% change year-on-year +4.17% -8.57% +12.30%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 15
10th Percentile £18.67 £21.75 £15.35
25th Percentile £27.16 £26.25 £23.75
Median hourly rate £41.33 £70.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.96% +27.27% +69.13%
75th Percentile £55.49 - £60.00
90th Percentile £63.99 - -
South East median hourly rate £18.23 £54.36 £53.24
% change year-on-year -66.46% +2.11% +141.98%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in Hampshire

WCAG
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WCAG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WCAG

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WCAG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing WCAG

WCAG
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
Portsmouth - 2 £454 -
WCAG
South East

WCAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility