WCAG Contract Job Trends in London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring WCAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 348 386
Rank change year-on-year +41 +38 +144
Contract jobs citing WCAG 64 33 44
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.46% 0.21% 0.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.58% 1.61% 1.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 24 36
10th Percentile £311 £176 £381
25th Percentile £406 £384 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £519
Median % change year-on-year -9.00% -3.61% -5.68%
75th Percentile £538 £623 £569
90th Percentile £575 £638 £638
England median daily rate £454 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.20% - -2.91%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,483 2,047 2,829
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 17.85% 13.07% 13.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,658 1,259 2,116
10th Percentile £325 £313 £363
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -1.79% -1.75%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £700
90th Percentile £750 £788 £795
England median daily rate £500 £505 £540
% change year-on-year -0.99% -6.48% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 25 45
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.40 £17.38
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.75 £21.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +7.69% +21.97%
75th Percentile £44.75 £55.00 £49.08
90th Percentile £67.00 £91.78 £66.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £30.67 £39.42
% change year-on-year -2.17% -22.21% +51.62%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in London

WCAG
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WCAG

WCAG
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCAG in London over the 6 months to 8 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for WCAG in London

WCAG
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing WCAG

WCAG
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 WCAG within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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
Central London +11 11 £513 +3.80% 15
South London - 2 £450 - 3
WCAG
England

WCAG
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 9 (14.06%) SharePoint
2 6 (9.38%) Moodle
3 3 (4.69%) Alfresco
3 3 (4.69%) Confluence
4 2 (3.13%) Apache
4 2 (3.13%) CMS
4 2 (3.13%) Magnolia
4 2 (3.13%) WordPress
5 1 (1.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (1.56%) Drupal
Applications
1 6 (9.38%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (7.81%) Sketch
3 3 (4.69%) Adobe XD
3 3 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.56%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.13%) AWS
2 14 (21.88%) Figma
3 13 (20.31%) GitHub
4 11 (17.19%) Azure
5 7 (10.94%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (6.25%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.25%) GCP
6 4 (6.25%) Google Analytics
6 4 (6.25%) Serverless
7 3 (4.69%) BrowserStack
7 3 (4.69%) Canva
7 3 (4.69%) Miro
7 3 (4.69%) Power Platform
7 3 (4.69%) SaaS
8 2 (3.13%) Amazon S3
8 2 (3.13%) Cloud Run
8 2 (3.13%) Lucidchart
8 2 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.56%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.81%) Internet
2 4 (6.25%) DNS
2 4 (6.25%) HTTP
3 3 (4.69%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.13%) Electronic Patient Records
1 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (1.56%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (23.44%) Git
2 10 (15.63%) webpack
3 8 (12.50%) Cypress.io
4 7 (10.94%) JIRA
5 6 (9.38%) Vite
6 4 (6.25%) Browser DevTools
6 4 (6.25%) Jenkins
6 4 (6.25%) Postman
6 4 (6.25%) Selenium
7 3 (4.69%) Cucumber
7 3 (4.69%) ESLint
7 3 (4.69%) rollup.js
7 3 (4.69%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (3.13%) Axure RP
8 2 (3.13%) Gatling
8 2 (3.13%) GitLab
8 2 (3.13%) gulp
8 2 (3.13%) Jasmine
8 2 (3.13%) Pa11y
8 2 (3.13%) REST Assured
General
1 22 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 11 (17.19%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (15.63%) Public Sector
4 9 (14.06%) Finance
5 4 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (6.25%) Marketing
6 3 (4.69%) Telecoms
7 2 (3.13%) Publishing
8 1 (1.56%) Banking
8 1 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Legal
8 1 (1.56%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
8 1 (1.56%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (35.94%) Developer
2 15 (23.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 8 (12.50%) Senior
4 7 (10.94%) Lead
5 4 (6.25%) .NET Developer
5 4 (6.25%) Designer
5 4 (6.25%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 4 (6.25%) Test Engineer
5 4 (6.25%) Tester
5 4 (6.25%) Web Engineer
6 3 (4.69%) Coordinator
7 2 (3.13%) Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Auditor
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 2 (3.13%) Software Tester
7 2 (3.13%) Test Automation Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Test Leader
7 2 (3.13%) UX Designer
8 1 (1.56%) .NET Software Developer
8 1 (1.56%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (34.38%) React
2 19 (29.69%) CSS
3 18 (28.13%) HTML
4 12 (18.75%) HTML5
4 12 (18.75%) Jest
5 11 (17.19%) AngularJS
5 11 (17.19%) Vue
6 10 (15.63%) Sass
7 7 (10.94%) Playwright
7 7 (10.94%) REST
8 6 (9.38%) React Native
8 6 (9.38%) RESTful
8 6 (9.38%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (7.81%) Blazor
9 5 (7.81%) CSS3
9 5 (7.81%) Next.js
9 5 (7.81%) Node.js
9 5 (7.81%) Parceljs
10 4 (6.25%) D3.js
10 4 (6.25%) GatsbyJS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Marketing Technology
2 3 (4.69%) e-Learning
2 3 (4.69%) Learning Management System
2 3 (4.69%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
2 3 (4.69%) Product Ownership
2 3 (4.69%) Video Editing
2 3 (4.69%) VLE
2 3 (4.69%) Web Conferencing
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.13%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.13%) NHS
3 2 (3.13%) RIA
3 2 (3.13%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.13%) W3C
4 1 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.56%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (1.56%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Android
1 1 (1.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (48.44%) Agile
2 22 (34.38%) CI/CD
2 22 (34.38%) User Experience
3 18 (28.13%) Front End Development
4 17 (26.56%) Responsive Web Design
5 14 (21.88%) Test Automation
6 13 (20.31%) Wireframes
7 12 (18.75%) UX Design
8 10 (15.63%) Inclusive Design
8 10 (15.63%) User Research
9 9 (14.06%) DevOps
10 8 (12.50%) AI
10 8 (12.50%) Scrum
10 8 (12.50%) Sprint Planning
10 8 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 7 (10.94%) Full-Stack Development
12 6 (9.38%) A/B Testing
12 6 (9.38%) Migration
12 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
12 6 (9.38%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 23 (35.94%) JavaScript
2 19 (29.69%) TypeScript
3 7 (10.94%) SQL
4 5 (7.81%) Java
5 2 (3.13%) Python
6 1 (1.56%) Ada
6 1 (1.56%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.56%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.56%) SOQL
6 1 (1.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 16 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 9 (14.06%) Degree
4 2 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (96.88%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.25%) Data Quality
2 4 (6.25%) QA
3 2 (3.13%) GDPR
3 2 (3.13%) Section 508
System Software
1 5 (7.81%) Docker
2 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.13%) Kubernetes
1 2 (3.13%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 11 (17.19%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.94%) Adobe
3 6 (9.38%) Google
4 4 (6.25%) Amplitude
5 3 (4.69%) MuleSoft
5 3 (4.69%) Salesforce
5 3 (4.69%) ServiceNow
6 2 (3.13%) Siebel
7 1 (1.56%) Apple
7 1 (1.56%) DevExpress
7 1 (1.56%) Genesys
7 1 (1.56%) Oracle
7 1 (1.56%) Telerik