WCAG Contracts in the North West

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for WCAG skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WCAG over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 152 167
Rank change year-on-year +15 +15 -34
Contract jobs citing WCAG 1 3 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% 0.095% 0.30%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.21% 0.65% 2.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 3 12
10th Percentile - £398 £200
25th Percentile - £408 £203
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £425 £388
Median % change year-on-year - +9.68% -8.82%
75th Percentile - £531 £500
90th Percentile - £595 -
England median daily rate £450 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +16.28%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

WCAG is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 475 463 543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 17.48% 14.66% 13.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 292 393
10th Percentile £325 £289 £209
25th Percentile £425 £390 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.06% +4.44%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £594
90th Percentile £694 £650 £674
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 32 38
10th Percentile - £28.76 £10.93
25th Percentile £10.95 £30.54 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.84 £41.05 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.72% +121.89% +23.33%
75th Percentile £26.66 £49.52 £36.45
90th Percentile £43.75 £78.70 £54.78
England median hourly rate £22.34 £39.60 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.59% +44.00% +30.95%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the North West.

Daily rate trend for WCAG in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for WCAG in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the North West region over the 6 months to 3 May 2024. 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
Manchester +18 1 - -
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Interaction Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility