Accessibility Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 35 27
Rank change year-on-year +5 -8 +1
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in Northern Ireland 0.90% 1.26% 0.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.76% 5.00% 7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £622 - -
25th Percentile £627 - £530
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £644 - £560
75th Percentile £655 - £590
90th Percentile £656 - -
UK median daily rate £470 £475 £488
% change year-on-year -1.05% -2.56% -2.50%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 42 60 14
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 18.83% 25.21% 9.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 31 6
10th Percentile £213 £273 £167
25th Percentile £355 £319 £171
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £193
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +159.74% -51.57%
75th Percentile £552 £594 £466
90th Percentile £763 £610 £570
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 13 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £92.50 £12.31 -
Median hourly rate £95.00 £13.60 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +598.53% -43.76% +34.33%
75th Percentile £97.50 £15.33 -
90th Percentile - £22.67 -
UK median hourly rate £38.72 £28.18 £26.68
% change year-on-year +37.40% +5.62% -27.40%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Accessibility.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 14 August 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
County Antrim +9 2 £644 - 36
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Bid Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) IT Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management