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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 296 360
Rank change year-on-year -34 +64 +33
Contract jobs citing WCAG 112 41 27
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.31% 0.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.79% 1.84% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 87 27 20
10th Percentile £400 £362 £359
25th Percentile £425 £403 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £465
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -1.08% -5.10%
75th Percentile £538 £490 £575
90th Percentile £675 £535 -
UK median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -9.52%
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 4,019 2,224 2,998
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 15.69% 16.63% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,492 1,395 1,712
10th Percentile £315 £230 £250
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £580
90th Percentile £676 £650 £675
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 158 359
10th Percentile £13.95 £14.78 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £19.21 £12.69
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.25 £19.17
Median % change year-on-year +24.03% +68.23% -48.88%
75th Percentile £67.84 £68.69 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.26 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £31.76 £23.80
% change year-on-year +13.35% +33.45% -36.53%

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 16 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 16 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 -28 64 £488 +2.63% 11
Yorkshire -36 24 £500 +18.34% 3
North West -24 23 £520 +9.47% 5
North East -23 17 £450 -6.25% 3
Midlands -47 15 £463 +9.14% 10
Scotland -4 14 £525 +38.16% 4
West Midlands -50 13 £488 +15.04% 3
South East -52 10 £450 -14.29% 11
South West -22 9 £413 -2.94% 5
Wales -12 2 £775 - 4
East Midlands - 1 £445 - 7
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 (5.36%) CMS
2 4 (3.57%) Confluence
2 4 (3.57%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.79%) Apache
4 1 (0.89%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.89%) Drupal
4 1 (0.89%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.89%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.89%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.89%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 32 (28.57%) Azure
2 23 (20.54%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (16.07%) GitHub
4 16 (14.29%) GitHub Actions
5 15 (13.39%) AWS
5 15 (13.39%) Figma
6 10 (8.93%) Firebase
7 6 (5.36%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (4.46%) Google Play
8 5 (4.46%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (4.46%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (3.57%) GCP
10 3 (2.68%) Azure Monitor
10 3 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.68%) Power Automate
10 3 (2.68%) Serverless
10 3 (2.68%) Vyond
11 2 (1.79%) npm
11 2 (1.79%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.79%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.89%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.36%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.46%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 3 (2.68%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (2.68%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.79%) Power BI
5 2 (1.79%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.89%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.89%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.89%) MS Access
6 1 (0.89%) MySQL
6 1 (0.89%) Redis
Development Applications
1 17 (15.18%) Git
2 11 (9.82%) Cypress.io
3 10 (8.93%) fastlane
3 10 (8.93%) Jenkins
4 7 (6.25%) GitLab
4 7 (6.25%) JIRA
4 7 (6.25%) JUnit
4 7 (6.25%) Selenium
5 5 (4.46%) Android Studio
5 5 (4.46%) CircleCI
5 5 (4.46%) Crashlytics
5 5 (4.46%) Cucumber
5 5 (4.46%) Gradle
5 5 (4.46%) Mocha
5 5 (4.46%) Xcode
6 4 (3.57%) REST Assured
7 3 (2.68%) MSI
8 2 (1.79%) Postman
8 2 (1.79%) SonarQube
8 2 (1.79%) WebDriver
General
1 60 (53.57%) Public Sector
2 25 (22.32%) Social Skills
3 16 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (6.25%) Finance
5 5 (4.46%) Legal
6 4 (3.57%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (3.57%) Publishing
7 3 (2.68%) Games
7 3 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Banking
8 2 (1.79%) Financial Institution
8 2 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.79%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.79%) Marketing
9 1 (0.89%) Local Government
9 1 (0.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (37.50%) Developer
2 33 (29.46%) Designer
3 32 (28.57%) Senior
4 16 (14.29%) Content Designer
5 14 (12.50%) Senior Developer
6 11 (9.82%) Interaction Designer
7 10 (8.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 8 (7.14%) Senior Designer
8 8 (7.14%) Senior Interaction Designer
9 7 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (6.25%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 7 (6.25%) UX Designer
10 5 (4.46%) Android Developer
10 5 (4.46%) Architect
10 5 (4.46%) iOS Developer
10 5 (4.46%) Senior DevOps
10 5 (4.46%) Technical Architect
11 4 (3.57%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 4 (3.57%) User Researcher
11 4 (3.57%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (21.43%) HTML
1 24 (21.43%) React
2 21 (18.75%) CSS
3 18 (16.07%) REST
3 18 (16.07%) RESTful
4 16 (14.29%) Node.js
5 13 (11.61%) Jest
6 10 (8.93%) AngularJS
7 9 (8.04%) Playwright
7 9 (8.04%) Redux
7 9 (8.04%) Spring
7 9 (8.04%) Spring Boot
8 8 (7.14%) Zustand
9 7 (6.25%) HTML5
10 6 (5.36%) .NET
10 6 (5.36%) .NET Core
10 6 (5.36%) .NET Framework
10 6 (5.36%) CSS3
10 6 (5.36%) Semantic HTML
11 5 (4.46%) Core Data
Miscellaneous
1 18 (16.07%) Product Ownership
2 15 (13.39%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.36%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.57%) e-Learning
4 4 (3.57%) NHS
4 4 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.68%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.68%) SCORM
6 2 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.79%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.79%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.89%) Blog
7 1 (0.89%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.89%) Data Fabric
7 1 (0.89%) Graphic Design
7 1 (0.89%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.89%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.89%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.89%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.36%) Android
1 6 (5.36%) Apple iOS
2 3 (2.68%) Windows
3 1 (0.89%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (68.75%) Agile
2 61 (54.46%) CI/CD
3 49 (43.75%) DevOps
4 45 (40.18%) User Experience
5 41 (36.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 39 (34.82%) Test Automation
7 38 (33.93%) UX Design
8 37 (33.04%) User Research
9 24 (21.43%) Analytics
9 24 (21.43%) Prototyping
10 19 (16.96%) Deployment Automation
10 19 (16.96%) TDD
11 18 (16.07%) Continuous Improvement
11 18 (16.07%) Scrum
12 17 (15.18%) OWASP
13 16 (14.29%) Microservices
14 15 (13.39%) API Development
14 15 (13.39%) Code Quality
15 14 (12.50%) Architectural Patterns
15 14 (12.50%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 36 (32.14%) JavaScript
2 27 (24.11%) TypeScript
3 20 (17.86%) Java
4 12 (10.71%) Python
5 7 (6.25%) C#
6 5 (4.46%) Kotlin
6 5 (4.46%) Swift
7 4 (3.57%) SQL
8 3 (2.68%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 15 (13.39%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.82%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.57%) Degree
4 3 (2.68%) CCA
5 2 (1.79%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 104 (92.86%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.25%) GDPR
2 7 (6.25%) QA
3 4 (3.57%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (2.68%) NCSC
5 1 (0.89%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 15 (13.39%) Docker
2 1 (0.89%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (15.18%) Kubernetes
2 8 (7.14%) Terraform
3 1 (0.89%) SELinux
3 1 (0.89%) systemd
Vendors
1 16 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.93%) Dynatrace
3 9 (8.04%) Google
4 5 (4.46%) Apple
5 4 (3.57%) Adobe
5 4 (3.57%) Oracle
6 3 (2.68%) Synthesia
7 1 (0.89%) Databricks
7 1 (0.89%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.89%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.89%) Xamarin