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 2 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 - 99
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing WCAG 3 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.19% - 0.064%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.22% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £425
75th Percentile - - £438
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £454 - £425
% change year-on-year - - -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.00 - -
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £27.00 - -

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 246 107 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 15.36% 14.86% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 80 91
10th Percentile £293 £200 £363
25th Percentile £447 £332 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £524 £535
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% -2.10% +12.63%
75th Percentile £613 £600 £600
90th Percentile £734 £638 £688
South East median daily rate £515 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +3.00% +5.26% +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 6 20
10th Percentile £13.82 £21.00 £18.20
25th Percentile £26.00 £21.92 £18.32
Median hourly rate £40.00 £24.66 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +62.21% -34.24% -16.83%
75th Percentile £52.58 - £58.13
90th Percentile £80.92 £26.58 £60.00
South East median hourly rate £62.50 £46.30 £27.50
% change year-on-year +34.99% +68.36% -11.29%

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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

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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

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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 2 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
Portsmouth - 2 £454 -
Basingstoke - 1 - - 1
WCAG
South East

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
2 2 (66.67%) Service Designer
3 1 (33.33%) UI Designer
3 1 (33.33%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (66.67%) Backlog Management
2 2 (66.67%) Co-Creation
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Empathy Maps
2 2 (66.67%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) Ethnography
2 2 (66.67%) Human Factors
2 2 (66.67%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) User Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility