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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 317 379
Rank change year-on-year -27 +62 +7
Contract jobs citing WCAG 127 40 20
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.47% 0.27% 0.099%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.94% 1.57% 0.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 28 12
10th Percentile £363 £357 £378
25th Percentile £406 £384 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £443 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -4.84% -2.11%
75th Percentile £525 £490 £575
90th Percentile £619 £509 -
UK median daily rate £454 £460 £475
% change year-on-year -1.36% -3.16% -10.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30.15 - -
25th Percentile £36.38 - -
Median hourly rate £48.50 - -
75th Percentile £61.38 - -
90th Percentile £68.05 - -
UK median hourly rate £27.00 - £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 4,326 2,547 2,880
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.02% 17.04% 14.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,657 1,618 1,643
10th Percentile £313 £235 £233
25th Percentile £402 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £470 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -4.71%
75th Percentile £590 £575 £580
90th Percentile £688 £650 £667
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 489 194 323
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £18.50 £15.50 £13.22
Median hourly rate £38.72 £25.83 £24.18
Median % change year-on-year +49.93% +6.80% -30.91%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.00 £58.13
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.60 £70.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £29.00 £24.92
% change year-on-year +29.31% +16.37% -36.93%

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

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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 20 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for WCAG in the UK excluding London

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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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing WCAG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for WCAG in the UK excluding London

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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 20 July 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 66 £470 +0.53% 15
Yorkshire -32 28 £500 +23.46% 7
North East -22 21 £450 -6.25% 3
Midlands -28 20 £425 +0.29% 1
West Midlands -48 18 £402 -5.13% 1
North West -35 17 £450 -5.26% 5
South West -25 15 £413 -2.94% 8
Scotland -11 14 £525 +38.16%
South East -63 10 £450 -14.29% 10
Wales -13 4 £625 +20.19% 3
East Midlands - 1 £445 -
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 9 (7.09%) Confluence
2 7 (5.51%) CMS
3 4 (3.15%) Umbraco
4 3 (2.36%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.57%) Apache
5 2 (1.57%) Drupal
5 2 (1.57%) WordPress
6 1 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.79%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (2.36%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.57%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.79%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 45 (35.43%) Azure
2 34 (26.77%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (15.75%) AWS
4 17 (13.39%) Figma
5 15 (11.81%) GitHub
6 12 (9.45%) GitHub Actions
7 10 (7.87%) Firebase
8 8 (6.30%) Power Automate
9 7 (5.51%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (5.51%) Serverless
10 6 (4.72%) Azure Key Vault
11 5 (3.94%) Google Play
11 5 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (3.94%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (3.15%) Azure Functions
12 4 (3.15%) GCP
12 4 (3.15%) Google Analytics
13 3 (2.36%) Azure Monitor
13 3 (2.36%) Vyond
14 2 (1.57%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.79%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.87%) SQL Server
2 8 (6.30%) Geospatial Data
3 6 (4.72%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.36%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.36%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.57%) MySQL
5 2 (1.57%) Power BI
5 2 (1.57%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.79%) Delta Lake
6 1 (0.79%) Redis
6 1 (0.79%) ZAP BI
Development Applications
1 22 (17.32%) Git
2 14 (11.02%) Selenium
3 13 (10.24%) JIRA
4 12 (9.45%) Cypress.io
5 10 (7.87%) Cucumber
5 10 (7.87%) fastlane
5 10 (7.87%) Jenkins
6 8 (6.30%) MSI
6 8 (6.30%) Postman
7 7 (5.51%) WebDriver
8 5 (3.94%) Android Studio
8 5 (3.94%) Crashlytics
8 5 (3.94%) GitLab
8 5 (3.94%) Gradle
8 5 (3.94%) JUnit
8 5 (3.94%) Xcode
9 4 (3.15%) REST Assured
10 3 (2.36%) Gatling
10 3 (2.36%) Protractor
11 2 (1.57%) SonarQube
General
1 69 (54.33%) Public Sector
2 32 (25.20%) Social Skills
3 25 (19.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (7.09%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (6.30%) Finance
6 5 (3.94%) Legal
7 4 (3.15%) Publishing
8 3 (2.36%) Games
8 3 (2.36%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.36%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.57%) Banking
9 2 (1.57%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.57%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.57%) Marketing
10 1 (0.79%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.79%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Military
10 1 (0.79%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 45 (35.43%) Senior
2 44 (34.65%) Developer
3 34 (26.77%) Designer
4 17 (13.39%) Senior Developer
5 16 (12.60%) Content Designer
6 12 (9.45%) Interaction Designer
7 9 (7.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 9 (7.09%) Senior Designer
7 9 (7.09%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 8 (6.30%) Analyst
8 8 (6.30%) Test Analyst
9 7 (5.51%) Lead
9 7 (5.51%) UX Designer
10 6 (4.72%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 6 (4.72%) Senior DevOps
10 6 (4.72%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 5 (3.94%) Android Developer
11 5 (3.94%) iOS Developer
11 5 (3.94%) User Researcher
12 4 (3.15%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (23.62%) HTML
2 27 (21.26%) CSS
3 26 (20.47%) React
4 24 (18.90%) RESTful
5 22 (17.32%) REST
6 16 (12.60%) HTML5
7 14 (11.02%) CSS3
8 13 (10.24%) .NET
8 13 (10.24%) Node.js
9 10 (7.87%) .NET Core
9 10 (7.87%) .NET Framework
9 10 (7.87%) Jest
10 9 (7.09%) AngularJS
10 9 (7.09%) Gherkin
10 9 (7.09%) Playwright
10 9 (7.09%) Redux
11 8 (6.30%) ATL
11 8 (6.30%) COM
11 8 (6.30%) MFC
11 8 (6.30%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 17 (13.39%) Product Ownership
2 13 (10.24%) Cloud Native
3 12 (9.45%) Mobile App
4 9 (7.09%) Onboarding
5 7 (5.51%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
6 4 (3.15%) NHS
6 4 (3.15%) Virtual Team
7 3 (2.36%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (2.36%) Learning Management System
7 3 (2.36%) SCORM
7 3 (2.36%) Taxonomies
8 2 (1.57%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.57%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.79%) Data Fabric
9 1 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.79%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.30%) Windows
2 5 (3.94%) Android
2 5 (3.94%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.57%) Linux
4 1 (0.79%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (69.29%) Agile
2 68 (53.54%) CI/CD
3 57 (44.88%) DevOps
4 56 (44.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 47 (37.01%) Test Automation
6 43 (33.86%) User Experience
7 36 (28.35%) UX Design
8 35 (27.56%) User Research
9 27 (21.26%) Analytics
10 25 (19.69%) Prototyping
11 24 (18.90%) Deployment Automation
12 22 (17.32%) OWASP
12 22 (17.32%) Scrum
12 22 (17.32%) TDD
13 20 (15.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 19 (14.96%) API Development
14 19 (14.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 18 (14.17%) Infrastructure as Code
15 18 (14.17%) Microservices
15 18 (14.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 42 (33.07%) JavaScript
2 30 (23.62%) TypeScript
3 19 (14.96%) Java
4 16 (12.60%) Python
5 15 (11.81%) C#
6 8 (6.30%) Bicep
7 5 (3.94%) Kotlin
7 5 (3.94%) Swift
8 4 (3.15%) SQL
9 2 (1.57%) PHP
10 1 (0.79%) R
Qualifications
1 24 (18.90%) Security Cleared
2 20 (15.75%) SC Cleared
3 9 (7.09%) ISTQB
4 5 (3.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 4 (3.15%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.15%) Degree
5 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (1.57%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (94.49%) Accessibility
2 12 (9.45%) GDPR
3 10 (7.87%) QA
4 8 (6.30%) NCSC
5 4 (3.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 22 (17.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (19.69%) Kubernetes
2 14 (11.02%) Terraform
3 1 (0.79%) Ansible
3 1 (0.79%) Grafana
3 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.79%) SELinux
3 1 (0.79%) systemd
Vendors
1 24 (18.90%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.66%) Google
3 10 (7.87%) Dynatrace
4 6 (4.72%) Oracle
5 5 (3.94%) Adobe
5 5 (3.94%) Apple
6 3 (2.36%) Synthesia
7 2 (1.57%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.79%) Databricks
8 1 (0.79%) FIS
8 1 (0.79%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow