Accessibility Contract Job Trends in London

Accessibility (a11y)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Accessibility skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 169 202
Rank change year-on-year +26 +33 +86
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 281 200 200
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.96% 1.43% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.73% 10.46% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 193 117 152
10th Percentile £350 £248 £358
25th Percentile £420 £356 £417
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -8.18%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £613
90th Percentile £643 £700 £650
England median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 5
10th Percentile - £32.11 £17.47
25th Percentile £18.25 £32.84 £19.47
Median hourly rate £18.50 £49.75 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year -62.81% +73.04% +29.83%
75th Percentile £27.36 £65.00 £31.71
90th Percentile £36.58 - £56.93
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.25 £17.50
% change year-on-year +6.19% +61.43% -21.63%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,620 1,912 2,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 18.30% 13.70% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,741 1,158 1,812
10th Percentile £343 £300 £363
25th Percentile £415 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +3.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £795
England median daily rate £500 £500 £541
% change year-on-year - -7.62% +3.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 29 50
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.00 £18.92
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.80 £24.43
Median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.71% - +22.81%
75th Percentile £38.44 £78.40 £52.50
90th Percentile £75.94 £95.50 £65.30
England median hourly rate £26.11 £30.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -12.97% -7.69% +31.10%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in London

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in London

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility in London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in London

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the London region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Central London -6 30 £525 +5.00% 25
South London - 5 £475 - 5
Accessibility
England

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.98%) CMS
1 14 (4.98%) Confluence
2 8 (2.85%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.78%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (1.07%) Apache Spark
4 3 (1.07%) WordPress
5 2 (0.71%) Magnolia
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.36%) Apache
6 1 (0.36%) Drupal
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.36%) Moodle
6 1 (0.36%) nginx
Applications
1 12 (4.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (3.91%) Adobe XD
3 9 (3.20%) Sketch
4 4 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (1.42%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.42%) InVision
5 3 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.07%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.71%) InDesign
6 2 (0.71%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.71%) Trello
6 2 (0.71%) Zeplin
7 1 (0.36%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.71%) Salesforce CRM
1 2 (0.71%) SAP EWM
1 2 (0.71%) SAP GTS
1 2 (0.71%) SAP IBP
1 2 (0.71%) SAP MM
1 2 (0.71%) SAP PP
1 2 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
1 2 (0.71%) SAP SCM
1 2 (0.71%) SAP SRM
2 1 (0.36%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.36%) SAP PLM
2 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.66%) Azure
2 42 (14.95%) Figma
3 36 (12.81%) AWS
4 28 (9.96%) Power Platform
5 25 (8.90%) GitHub
6 12 (4.27%) Azure DevOps
6 12 (4.27%) SaaS
7 11 (3.91%) GCP
8 10 (3.56%) GitHub Actions
8 10 (3.56%) Miro
9 9 (3.20%) Serverless
10 8 (2.85%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (2.85%) Google Analytics
11 6 (2.14%) Amazon S3
11 6 (2.14%) BrowserStack
11 6 (2.14%) dbt
11 6 (2.14%) Entra ID
12 5 (1.78%) BlazeMeter
12 5 (1.78%) Sentry
13 4 (1.42%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.14%) HTTP
2 3 (1.07%) DNS
3 2 (0.71%) Intranet
3 2 (0.71%) VPN
4 1 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (0.36%) DHCP
4 1 (0.36%) DKIM
4 1 (0.36%) DMARC
4 1 (0.36%) Firewall
4 1 (0.36%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.36%) Internet
4 1 (0.36%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (8.90%) Power BI
2 11 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.56%) Metadata
4 8 (2.85%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.85%) Relational Database
4 8 (2.85%) SQL Server
5 7 (2.49%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.78%) Redis
6 5 (1.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 4 (1.42%) Pinecone
7 4 (1.42%) Tableau
8 3 (1.07%) BigQuery
8 3 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.71%) Amazon Redshift
9 2 (0.71%) Big Data
9 2 (0.71%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.71%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.71%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.71%) Snowflake Schema
9 2 (0.71%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 28 (9.96%) Git
1 28 (9.96%) JIRA
2 15 (5.34%) Cypress.io
3 14 (4.98%) Postman
4 13 (4.63%) GitLab
4 13 (4.63%) webpack
5 10 (3.56%) Selenium
6 9 (3.20%) Appium
7 6 (2.14%) Android Studio
7 6 (2.14%) Charles Proxy
7 6 (2.14%) Jenkins
7 6 (2.14%) Xcode
8 5 (1.78%) Axure RP
8 5 (1.78%) JMeter
8 5 (1.78%) Katalon Studio
8 5 (1.78%) XCUITest
9 4 (1.42%) Cucumber
9 4 (1.42%) IntelliJ
9 4 (1.42%) Pa11y
9 4 (1.42%) REST Assured
General
1 88 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 55 (19.57%) Public Sector
3 54 (19.22%) Finance
4 45 (16.01%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (13.88%) Marketing
6 16 (5.69%) Publishing
7 15 (5.34%) Banking
8 12 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.20%) Legal
10 9 (3.20%) Retail
11 8 (2.85%) Telecoms
12 6 (2.14%) Brand Awareness
12 6 (2.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (2.14%) Italian Language
13 5 (1.78%) Law
13 5 (1.78%) Manufacturing
13 5 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.42%) Electronics
14 4 (1.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 55 (19.57%) Developer
2 49 (17.44%) Senior
3 47 (16.73%) Designer
4 34 (12.10%) Lead
5 23 (8.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 15 (5.34%) Analyst
7 14 (4.98%) Project Leader
7 14 (4.98%) User Researcher
8 13 (4.63%) Service Designer
9 12 (4.27%) Architect
9 12 (4.27%) Senior Designer
10 11 (3.91%) UX Designer
11 9 (3.20%) Senior Developer
11 9 (3.20%) Test Engineer
11 9 (3.20%) Tester
11 9 (3.20%) UI Designer
12 8 (2.85%) Business Analyst
12 8 (2.85%) Product Designer
12 8 (2.85%) Senior User Researcher
13 7 (2.49%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (17.08%) React
2 40 (14.23%) CSS
3 36 (12.81%) HTML
4 20 (7.12%) RESTful
5 19 (6.76%) Jest
6 18 (6.41%) Playwright
6 18 (6.41%) REST
7 17 (6.05%) Node.js
8 16 (5.69%) Next.js
9 15 (5.34%) .NET
9 15 (5.34%) HTML5
10 12 (4.27%) Vue
11 11 (3.91%) Tailwind CSS
12 10 (3.56%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.85%) Sass
14 7 (2.49%) Bootstrap
14 7 (2.49%) CSS3
14 7 (2.49%) jQuery
15 6 (2.14%) JSON
15 6 (2.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (9.96%) Mobile App
2 19 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 11 (3.91%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (3.56%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.56%) Onboarding
5 8 (2.85%) Web Conferencing
6 7 (2.49%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (2.14%) Reinsurance
8 5 (1.78%) NHS
9 4 (1.42%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.42%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.42%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
9 4 (1.42%) e-Learning
9 4 (1.42%) Social Media
9 4 (1.42%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 3 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.07%) Low-Code
11 2 (0.71%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.12%) Android
1 20 (7.12%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.42%) Linux
3 2 (0.71%) Windows
4 1 (0.36%) Unix
4 1 (0.36%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 128 (45.55%) Agile
2 93 (33.10%) User Experience
3 61 (21.71%) CI/CD
4 47 (16.73%) Analytics
5 46 (16.37%) Test Automation
6 43 (15.30%) Problem-Solving
6 43 (15.30%) User Research
7 42 (14.95%) Continuous Improvement
7 42 (14.95%) UX Design
8 36 (12.81%) AI
8 36 (12.81%) Visualisation
9 34 (12.10%) DevOps
9 34 (12.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 32 (11.39%) Front End Development
11 31 (11.03%) Decision-Making
12 30 (10.68%) Roadmaps
12 30 (10.68%) Service Design
13 29 (10.32%) Business Intelligence
13 29 (10.32%) Usability Testing
14 28 (9.96%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 48 (17.08%) JavaScript
2 38 (13.52%) TypeScript
3 37 (13.17%) SQL
4 19 (6.76%) Java
5 17 (6.05%) Python
6 11 (3.91%) Swift
7 9 (3.20%) Kotlin
8 5 (1.78%) C#
9 3 (1.07%) Objective-C
9 3 (1.07%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.07%) Ruby
10 2 (0.71%) PHP
11 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.36%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.36%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 54 (19.22%) Security Cleared
2 47 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.12%) Degree
4 6 (2.14%) Master's Degree
5 4 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.07%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.71%) DV Cleared
7 2 (0.71%) ISTQB
7 2 (0.71%) MCP
7 2 (0.71%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.36%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (20.28%) WCAG
2 40 (14.23%) QA
3 27 (9.61%) Data Quality
4 17 (6.05%) GDPR
5 4 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 2 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 1 (0.36%) IFRS
7 1 (0.36%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
7 1 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.36%) Solvency II
System Software
1 19 (6.76%) Docker
2 5 (1.78%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.14%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.42%) Grafana
3 4 (1.42%) Terraform
4 2 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.36%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 17 (6.05%) Adobe
3 13 (4.63%) Google
4 12 (4.27%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.20%) SAP
6 6 (2.14%) OneTrust
6 6 (2.14%) Oracle
6 6 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.14%) Splunk
7 5 (1.78%) Apple
7 5 (1.78%) Databricks
7 5 (1.78%) Optimizely
8 4 (1.42%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.42%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.07%) Marketo
9 3 (1.07%) Sitecore
10 2 (0.71%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.71%) OpenText
10 2 (0.71%) Siebel
10 2 (0.71%) Workday