WCAG Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WCAG skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 331 307 371
Rank change year-on-year -24 +64 +22
Contract jobs citing WCAG 109 41 30
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.31% 0.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.75% 1.86% 1.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 27 21
10th Percentile £403 £362 £313
25th Percentile £425 £403 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £460 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% +2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £550 £490 £575
90th Percentile £675 £535 -
UK median daily rate £455 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -4.21% +5.56% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £26.00 - -
Median hourly rate £27.00 - -
75th Percentile £28.00 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.00 - £40.00
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 3,957 2,206 3,000
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.68% 16.68% 14.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,455 1,382 1,722
10th Percentile £319 £232 £250
25th Percentile £402 £360 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £582
90th Percentile £677 £645 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 432 158 353
10th Percentile £13.86 £14.93 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.50 £12.75
Median hourly rate £36.79 £32.50 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +13.18% +69.54% -50.27%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.03 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £23.30
% change year-on-year +7.69% +39.51% -39.82%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WCAG
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WCAG.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WCAG

WCAG
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WCAG in the UK excluding London

WCAG
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WCAG.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WCAG

WCAG
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 WCAG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
North of England -32 63 £494 +3.95% 6
Yorkshire -36 25 £525 +24.26% 1
North West -22 23 £520 +9.47% 3
North East -15 15 £450 -6.25% 2
Scotland -7 14 £525 +38.16%
Midlands -54 14 £488 +15.04% 5
West Midlands -45 12 £500 +17.99% 1
South East -63 10 £450 -14.29% 3
South West -18 8 £413 -2.94% 6
Wales -12 2 £775 - 1
East Midlands - 1 £445 - 4
WCAG
UK

WCAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 6 (5.50%) CMS
2 4 (3.67%) Confluence
2 4 (3.67%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.83%) Apache
4 1 (0.92%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.92%) Drupal
4 1 (0.92%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.92%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.92%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 28 (25.69%) Azure
2 19 (17.43%) Azure DevOps
3 17 (15.60%) GitHub
4 15 (13.76%) AWS
4 15 (13.76%) Figma
4 15 (13.76%) GitHub Actions
5 8 (7.34%) Firebase
6 6 (5.50%) Azure Key Vault
7 5 (4.59%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.67%) GCP
8 4 (3.67%) Google Play
9 3 (2.75%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (2.75%) Vyond
10 2 (1.83%) Google Analytics
10 2 (1.83%) npm
10 2 (1.83%) Power Platform
10 2 (1.83%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.83%) Serverless
11 1 (0.92%) MailChimp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.92%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (3.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (3.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (2.75%) Geospatial Data
2 3 (2.75%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.83%) Power BI
3 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.92%) Delta Lake
4 1 (0.92%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.92%) MS Access
4 1 (0.92%) MySQL
4 1 (0.92%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (16.51%) Git
2 9 (8.26%) Cypress.io
3 8 (7.34%) fastlane
3 8 (7.34%) Jenkins
4 7 (6.42%) GitLab
4 7 (6.42%) JIRA
4 7 (6.42%) JUnit
5 5 (4.59%) CircleCI
5 5 (4.59%) Mocha
5 5 (4.59%) Selenium
6 4 (3.67%) Android Studio
6 4 (3.67%) Crashlytics
6 4 (3.67%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.67%) Gradle
6 4 (3.67%) REST Assured
6 4 (3.67%) Xcode
7 3 (2.75%) MSI
8 2 (1.83%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.83%) Vite
9 1 (0.92%) ESLint
General
1 56 (51.38%) Public Sector
2 23 (21.10%) Social Skills
3 12 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.42%) Finance
5 5 (4.59%) Legal
6 4 (3.67%) Publishing
7 3 (2.75%) Games
7 3 (2.75%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Banking
8 2 (1.83%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.83%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.83%) Marketing
9 1 (0.92%) Local Government
9 1 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (37.61%) Developer
2 34 (31.19%) Designer
3 32 (29.36%) Senior
4 16 (14.68%) Content Designer
5 14 (12.84%) Senior Developer
6 11 (10.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 11 (10.09%) Interaction Designer
7 9 (8.26%) Senior Designer
8 8 (7.34%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 8 (7.34%) UX Designer
9 7 (6.42%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (6.42%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 5 (4.59%) Architect
10 5 (4.59%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.59%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.67%) Android Developer
11 4 (3.67%) Consultant
11 4 (3.67%) Senior Consultant
11 4 (3.67%) User Researcher
11 4 (3.67%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (22.94%) HTML
2 23 (21.10%) React
3 22 (20.18%) CSS
4 18 (16.51%) REST
5 16 (14.68%) Node.js
5 16 (14.68%) RESTful
6 12 (11.01%) Jest
7 11 (10.09%) AngularJS
8 9 (8.26%) Playwright
8 9 (8.26%) Redux
8 9 (8.26%) Spring
8 9 (8.26%) Spring Boot
9 8 (7.34%) HTML5
9 8 (7.34%) Zustand
10 7 (6.42%) CSS3
11 6 (5.50%) .NET
11 6 (5.50%) .NET Core
11 6 (5.50%) .NET Framework
11 6 (5.50%) Semantic HTML
12 4 (3.67%) Core Data
Miscellaneous
1 16 (14.68%) Product Ownership
2 13 (11.93%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.50%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.67%) e-Learning
4 4 (3.67%) NHS
4 4 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.75%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.75%) SCORM
6 2 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.83%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.92%) Blog
7 1 (0.92%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.92%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.92%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.92%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.59%) Android
1 5 (4.59%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.75%) Windows
3 1 (0.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (66.97%) Agile
2 58 (53.21%) CI/CD
3 44 (40.37%) DevOps
3 44 (40.37%) User Experience
4 38 (34.86%) User Research
5 37 (33.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 37 (33.94%) UX Design
6 34 (31.19%) Test Automation
7 25 (22.94%) Prototyping
8 22 (20.18%) Analytics
9 17 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (15.60%) Deployment Automation
10 16 (14.68%) Microservices
10 16 (14.68%) TDD
11 15 (13.76%) Code Quality
11 15 (13.76%) Front End Development
11 15 (13.76%) OWASP
11 15 (13.76%) Scrum
12 14 (12.84%) Design Patterns
12 14 (12.84%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 35 (32.11%) JavaScript
2 27 (24.77%) TypeScript
3 18 (16.51%) Java
4 12 (11.01%) Python
5 6 (5.50%) C#
6 4 (3.67%) Kotlin
6 4 (3.67%) SQL
6 4 (3.67%) Swift
7 3 (2.75%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (13.76%) Security Cleared
2 11 (10.09%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.67%) Degree
4 3 (2.75%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (92.66%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 5 (4.59%) GDPR
4 4 (3.67%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (2.75%) NCSC
6 1 (0.92%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 15 (13.76%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (14.68%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.34%) Terraform
3 1 (0.92%) SELinux
3 1 (0.92%) systemd
Vendors
1 14 (12.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) Dynatrace
2 8 (7.34%) Google
3 4 (3.67%) Adobe
3 4 (3.67%) Apple
3 4 (3.67%) Oracle
4 3 (2.75%) Synthesia
5 1 (0.92%) Databricks
5 1 (0.92%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.92%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.92%) Xamarin