Accessibility Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Accessibility (a11y)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Accessibility skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 100 125
Rank change year-on-year -21 +25 +29
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 6 22 14
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.29% 1.10% 0.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.54% 7.01% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 5
10th Percentile - £299 -
25th Percentile - £422 £46
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £350
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +46.43% -31.71%
75th Percentile £465 £663 £500
90th Percentile £474 £1,025 £560
South East median daily rate £454 £525 £425
% change year-on-year -13.52% +23.53% -22.73%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 389 314 469
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 18.68% 15.64% 18.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 143 263
10th Percentile £300 £260 £148
25th Percentile £406 £399 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £690 £736
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +11.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 22
10th Percentile £15.28 £15.88 £24.26
25th Percentile £18.87 £35.58 £26.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £61.50 £50.53
Median % change year-on-year -41.46% +21.71% +140.61%
75th Percentile £81.75 £64.73 £71.62
90th Percentile £89.63 £65.44 £79.78
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £50.00 £52.81
% change year-on-year -28.00% -5.32% +151.46%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Berkshire -17 5 £465 -32.36% 16
Oxfordshire -20 1 £450 +12.50% 6
Accessibility
South East

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 2 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Contentstack
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Document Controller
2 1 (16.67%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
2 1 (16.67%) Web Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) PMI
1 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Business Case
3 2 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 2 (33.33%) Data Entry
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
3 2 (33.33%) Re-Platforming
3 2 (33.33%) Scrum
3 2 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Psychology
4 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) Statistics
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
4 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) ISO 9001
1 2 (33.33%) PMO
1 2 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft