Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
UK > Scotland
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring WAI skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WAI over the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 9 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 166 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing WAI | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland | - | - | 0.22% |
| As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category | - | - | 1.08% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £437 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £462 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £479 |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £480 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | - | £480 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -4.00% |
All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Scotland
WAI 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 Scotland.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills | 276 | 392 | 558 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland | 17.35% | 18.01% | 20.21% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 178 | 244 | 467 |
| 10th Percentile | £191 | £183 | £208 |
| 25th Percentile | £341 | £300 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £450 | £440 | £475 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | -7.37% | +11.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £528 | £516 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £611 | £604 | £625 |
| UK median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | +2.44% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 5 | 16 | 5 |
| 10th Percentile | £18.52 | £14.31 | £13.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.54 | £15.86 | £14.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £27.35 | £18.27 | £21.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +49.70% | -16.00% | -38.24% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £60.75 | £47.73 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.92 | - | £51.34 |
| UK median hourly rate | £35.00 | £21.00 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +66.67% | -40.00% | +26.13% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland
Job postings citing WAI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WAI in Scotland.