Accessibility Contracts in the UK excluding London

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility over the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 186 202
Rank change year-on-year 0 +16 +9
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 161 213 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.26% 1.05% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.63% 7.18% 7.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 132 217
10th Percentile £263 £360 £345
25th Percentile £356 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £464 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.96% -4.87% -2.50%
75th Percentile £516 £550 £550
90th Percentile £598 £638 £618
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 20 2
10th Percentile - £13.66 -
25th Percentile £13.25 £14.00 -
Median hourly rate £28.18 £14.50 £16.77
Median % change year-on-year +94.34% -13.54% -77.64%
75th Percentile - £19.62 -
90th Percentile £29.27 £55.63 -
UK median hourly rate £29.09 £18.13 £23.36
% change year-on-year +60.45% -22.39% -68.85%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,111 2,966 3,384
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.46% 14.56% 14.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,341 1,746 2,234
10th Percentile £225 £250 £225
25th Percentile £360 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £485
Median % change year-on-year - -2.06% +7.78%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £509 £525
% change year-on-year -1.77% -3.05% +1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 320 190
10th Percentile £15.13 £10.95 £13.16
25th Percentile £22.14 £12.75 £18.09
Median hourly rate £32.96 £18.27 £34.19
Median % change year-on-year +80.41% -46.57% +51.97%
75th Percentile £67.50 £45.00 £62.92
90th Percentile £79.61 £68.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £32.96 £21.38 £35.00
% change year-on-year +54.18% -38.92% +17.65%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 May 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
North of England +2 64 £455 -2.93% 659
North West +3 37 £475 -7.32% 293
Scotland -29 30 £471 +1.85% 150
Midlands +18 20 £406 +0.31% 545
Yorkshire +8 20 £420 -4.00% 279
South West +35 16 £463 -20.94% 312
South East +22 16 £430 -4.44% 836
West Midlands +18 15 £460 +12.20% 308
Wales - 9 £395 - 84
East of England +30 7 £450 -35.71% 406
North East -1 7 £460 +1.60% 91
East Midlands +10 5 £322 -9.61% 204
Northern Ireland -6 2 - - 78
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (4.97%) CMS
2 6 (3.73%) Confluence
2 6 (3.73%) SharePoint
3 5 (3.11%) Apache
3 5 (3.11%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (2.48%) Umbraco
5 3 (1.86%) R Markdown
6 2 (1.24%) Apache Spark
6 2 (1.24%) EPiServer
6 2 (1.24%) WordPress
7 1 (0.62%) Drupal
7 1 (0.62%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.62%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 5 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.48%) Adobe XD
2 4 (2.48%) Chatbot
2 4 (2.48%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.24%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.24%) InVision
3 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.24%) Sketch
3 2 (1.24%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.62%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.62%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.62%) Final Cut Pro
4 1 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 40 (24.84%) Azure
2 24 (14.91%) AWS
3 13 (8.07%) Figma
4 12 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 7 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (4.35%) Serverless
7 6 (3.73%) AWS Lambda
7 6 (3.73%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.73%) Google Analytics
8 5 (3.11%) Amazon S3
8 5 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
8 5 (3.11%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (2.48%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (1.86%) OpenShift
11 2 (1.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (1.24%) dbt
11 2 (1.24%) GitHub
11 2 (1.24%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.24%) Firewall
1 2 (1.24%) HTTP
1 2 (1.24%) Internet
1 2 (1.24%) Intranet
1 2 (1.24%) LAN
1 2 (1.24%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (3.73%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (3.73%) Power BI
3 4 (2.48%) Amazon Aurora
3 4 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.86%) Metadata
4 3 (1.86%) MySQL
4 3 (1.86%) NoSQL
4 3 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (1.24%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.24%) Data Mining
5 2 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.24%) Dremio
5 2 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (1.24%) GIS
5 2 (1.24%) Hadoop
5 2 (1.24%) MariaDB
5 2 (1.24%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.62%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (10.56%) Git
2 15 (9.32%) Cypress.io
3 14 (8.70%) Postman
3 14 (8.70%) Selenium
4 11 (6.83%) GitLab
4 11 (6.83%) Jenkins
4 11 (6.83%) JIRA
5 10 (6.21%) Cucumber
6 7 (4.35%) REST Assured
7 6 (3.73%) Jasmine
7 6 (3.73%) JMeter
7 6 (3.73%) Mocha
7 6 (3.73%) TestNG
8 5 (3.11%) Maven
8 5 (3.11%) SoapUI
9 4 (2.48%) Grunt
9 4 (2.48%) gulp
9 4 (2.48%) Subversion
9 4 (2.48%) Visual Studio
10 3 (1.86%) JUnit
General
1 54 (33.54%) Public Sector
2 49 (30.43%) Social Skills
3 18 (11.18%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (8.70%) Marketing
5 13 (8.07%) Finance
6 10 (6.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (3.73%) Banking
8 5 (3.11%) Legal
9 4 (2.48%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.86%) Back Office
10 3 (1.86%) Law
10 3 (1.86%) Multimedia
10 3 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (1.24%) Automotive
11 2 (1.24%) Publishing
12 1 (0.62%) Electronics
12 1 (0.62%) Military
12 1 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (18.01%) Developer
2 23 (14.29%) Senior
3 16 (9.94%) Designer
4 13 (8.07%) Analyst
5 12 (7.45%) Data Engineer
5 12 (7.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 11 (6.83%) UX Designer
7 9 (5.59%) Test Engineer
8 8 (4.97%) IT Support
9 6 (3.73%) Lead
9 6 (3.73%) Principal Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) Tester
9 6 (3.73%) User Researcher
9 6 (3.73%) Web Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) QA Tester
10 5 (3.11%) Senior Designer
10 5 (3.11%) Software Engineer
10 5 (3.11%) Support Officer
11 4 (2.48%) Angular Developer
11 4 (2.48%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (22.98%) CSS
2 35 (21.74%) HTML
3 25 (15.53%) Node.js
4 24 (14.91%) React
5 22 (13.66%) AngularJS
6 12 (7.45%) Playwright
7 11 (6.83%) RESTful
8 8 (4.97%) REST
8 8 (4.97%) Vue
9 7 (4.35%) HTML5
10 6 (3.73%) Jest
10 6 (3.73%) Sass
11 5 (3.11%) AWS CDK
11 5 (3.11%) jQuery
11 5 (3.11%) PySpark
12 4 (2.48%) .NET
12 4 (2.48%) Apache NiFi
12 4 (2.48%) Express.js
12 4 (2.48%) JSON
12 4 (2.48%) Mustache
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.97%) Driving Licence
1 8 (4.97%) Management Information System
1 8 (4.97%) Mobile App
1 8 (4.97%) Onboarding
1 8 (4.97%) Social Media
2 6 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.48%) Algorithms
3 4 (2.48%) Hybrid Cloud
3 4 (2.48%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.86%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.24%) Blog
5 2 (1.24%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
5 2 (1.24%) Infotainment
5 2 (1.24%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.62%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.62%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (0.62%) Pricing Data
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.59%) Linux
2 7 (4.35%) Unix
3 6 (3.73%) Windows
4 4 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.86%) Apple iOS
5 3 (1.86%) Mac OS X
6 2 (1.24%) Android
7 1 (0.62%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.62%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (39.75%) Agile
2 45 (27.95%) User Experience
3 39 (24.22%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (19.25%) Test Automation
5 29 (18.01%) CI/CD
6 25 (15.53%) Analytics
6 25 (15.53%) TDD
7 24 (14.91%) UX Design
8 23 (14.29%) Mentoring
9 21 (13.04%) DevOps
10 20 (12.42%) Front End Development
10 20 (12.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 18 (11.18%) User Research
12 17 (10.56%) Wireframes
13 15 (9.32%) Decision-Making
13 15 (9.32%) Project Management
14 14 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
14 14 (8.70%) Service Design
14 14 (8.70%) Usability Testing
15 12 (7.45%) API Testing
Programming Languages
1 47 (29.19%) JavaScript
2 19 (11.80%) Java
3 18 (11.18%) TypeScript
4 17 (10.56%) Python
5 12 (7.45%) SQL
6 6 (3.73%) R
7 2 (1.24%) Bash
7 2 (1.24%) C#
7 2 (1.24%) Scala
7 2 (1.24%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.62%) Go
8 1 (0.62%) PHP
8 1 (0.62%) Swift
Qualifications
1 22 (13.66%) Security Cleared
2 17 (10.56%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.07%) Degree
4 7 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.62%) CIMA
5 1 (0.62%) CISM
5 1 (0.62%) CISSP
5 1 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.62%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.62%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (20.50%) WCAG
2 12 (7.45%) QA
3 9 (5.59%) Disclosure Scotland
4 7 (4.35%) GDPR
5 6 (3.73%) Data Quality
6 4 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (1.24%) COSHH
7 2 (1.24%) ISO 14001
8 1 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
8 1 (0.62%) NCSC
8 1 (0.62%) PERC
8 1 (0.62%) PMO
8 1 (0.62%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (11.18%) Docker
2 5 (3.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.62%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 5 (3.11%) Kubernetes
1 5 (3.11%) Terraform
2 3 (1.86%) Grafana
3 1 (0.62%) Ansible
3 1 (0.62%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.62%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (9.32%) Microsoft
2 8 (4.97%) Adobe
3 7 (4.35%) Oracle
4 6 (3.73%) Google
5 4 (2.48%) Twitter
6 3 (1.86%) Hotjar
7 2 (1.24%) Avaya
7 2 (1.24%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (1.24%) Databricks
7 2 (1.24%) Extreme Networks
7 2 (1.24%) Facebook
7 2 (1.24%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.24%) Instagram
7 2 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.24%) SAP
8 1 (0.62%) Genesys
8 1 (0.62%) Perforce
8 1 (0.62%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.62%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.62%) YouTube