WCAG Contract Job Trends in South London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South London requiring WCAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing WCAG 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in South London 1.45% - -
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 9.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £423 - -
25th Percentile £438 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £501 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
London median daily rate £448 £500 £463
% change year-on-year -10.50% +8.11% -9.76%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 32 42 27
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 15.46% 18.10% 10.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 17 19
10th Percentile £304 £257 £378
25th Percentile £412 £380 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +22.58%
75th Percentile £559 £524 £555
90th Percentile £646 £593 £600
London median daily rate £525 £525 £570
% change year-on-year - -7.89% +2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
Median hourly rate - £73.60 £83.25
Median % change year-on-year - -11.59% -
London median hourly rate £27.04 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.76% - +22.81%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in South London

WCAG
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

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

WCAG
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 15 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
Croydon - 3 £475 - 1
WCAG
London

WCAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Git
2 1 (33.33%) JIRA
2 1 (33.33%) Zephyr
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
1 2 (66.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) Playwright
1 2 (66.67%) React
2 1 (33.33%) AngularJS
2 1 (33.33%) D3.js
2 1 (33.33%) pytest
2 1 (33.33%) REST
2 1 (33.33%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) API Integration
2 1 (33.33%) API Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
2 1 (33.33%) Data Science
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Defect Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Management
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow