Accessibility Contract Job Trends

Accessibility (a11y)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Accessibility skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

 6 months to
20 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 164 222
Rank change year-on-year +20 +58 +17
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 923 516 469
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.82% 1.73% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.84% 10.61% 7.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 329 291
10th Percentile £350 £312 £306
25th Percentile £406 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £635 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.76% -8.11% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 32
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £22.75 £14.44
Median hourly rate £25.38 £28.18 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% +55.43% -22.39%
75th Percentile £41.68 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.85 - £40.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £28.18 £14.50
% change year-on-year -43.22% +94.34% -13.54%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,514 4,862 6,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.81% 16.28% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,469 3,106 3,738
10th Percentile £340 £275 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.77% -3.05%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 199 436
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.22 £19.73 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +38.09% -38.67%
75th Percentile £67.84 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.35 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.76 £18.97
% change year-on-year +25.94% +67.42% -49.41%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the UK

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Top 17 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 20 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
England +14 707 £475 +1.28% 291
UK excluding London +27 375 £475 +11.76% 234
London -5 344 £475 -5.00% 129
Work from Home +7 288 £450 -2.17% 184
North of England -7 149 £470 +3.30% 57
Midlands -9 71 £450 +16.13% 41
North West -18 65 £450 -2.07% 30
South West +18 64 £475 +15.15% 24
West Midlands -17 60 £450 +5.88% 19
Yorkshire -25 55 £500 +19.05% 21
Scotland +12 47 £550 +18.15% 5
South East -44 35 £500 +25.00% 67
North East -11 33 £450 -2.17% 12
East Midlands -12 10 £445 +38.20% 22
East of England -31 9 £575 +27.78% 14
Wales -16 4 £713 +80.38% 9
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 24

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 46 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.79%) Confluence
3 30 (3.25%) CMS
4 12 (1.30%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.76%) Drupal
6 4 (0.43%) Moodle
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) govService
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (3.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.49%) Sketch
3 22 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (1.84%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.76%) InVision
7 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.65%) Final Cut Pro
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (0.65%) UserZoom
9 4 (0.43%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.43%) Revit
9 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.33%) CapCut
10 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.22%) InDesign
12 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 164 (17.77%) Azure
2 140 (15.17%) Figma
3 138 (14.95%) AWS
4 75 (8.13%) GitHub
5 67 (7.26%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (5.42%) Power Platform
7 42 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (4.23%) GCP
9 26 (2.82%) Serverless
10 20 (2.17%) SaaS
11 17 (1.84%) BrowserStack
12 16 (1.73%) Miro
13 15 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.63%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.52%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.30%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.08%) Firebase
16 10 (1.08%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.08%) Intranet
2 4 (0.43%) 5G
2 4 (0.43%) LTE
2 4 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.22%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.22%) HTTP
3 2 (0.22%) Internet
3 2 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.22%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.11%) DMZ
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (4.01%) Power BI
2 31 (3.36%) NoSQL
3 30 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
4 27 (2.93%) MongoDB
5 26 (2.82%) Metadata
6 24 (2.60%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.41%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.98%) GIS
9 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
9 6 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
9 6 (0.65%) Redis
9 6 (0.65%) Spatial Data
10 5 (0.54%) MySQL
11 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.43%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.33%) Tableau
13 2 (0.22%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 77 (8.34%) Git
2 72 (7.80%) JIRA
3 51 (5.53%) Cypress.io
4 48 (5.20%) Jenkins
4 48 (5.20%) Selenium
5 45 (4.88%) GitLab
6 24 (2.60%) Cucumber
7 23 (2.49%) REST Assured
8 21 (2.28%) JUnit
9 19 (2.06%) Gatling
9 19 (2.06%) Postman
10 17 (1.84%) JMeter
11 11 (1.19%) Serenity BDD
12 10 (1.08%) CircleCI
12 10 (1.08%) fastlane
12 10 (1.08%) Gradle
12 10 (1.08%) Xcode
13 9 (0.98%) Maven
14 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
15 7 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 357 (38.68%) Public Sector
2 253 (27.41%) Social Skills
3 93 (10.08%) Finance
4 63 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.23%) Banking
7 23 (2.49%) Legal
7 23 (2.49%) Military
8 21 (2.28%) Marketing
9 20 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.95%) Retail
12 17 (1.84%) Publishing
13 13 (1.41%) Local Government
14 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.54%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.43%) Automotive
16 4 (0.43%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 223 (24.16%) Developer
2 220 (23.84%) Designer
3 139 (15.06%) Senior
4 82 (8.88%) Lead
5 60 (6.50%) Content Designer
6 55 (5.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 55 (5.96%) User Researcher
7 51 (5.53%) Service Designer
8 43 (4.66%) Analyst
9 42 (4.55%) Test Engineer
9 42 (4.55%) UX Designer
10 35 (3.79%) Architect
10 35 (3.79%) Senior Developer
11 34 (3.68%) Senior Designer
12 33 (3.58%) Full-Stack Developer
13 32 (3.47%) React Developer
14 30 (3.25%) Tester
15 27 (2.93%) Java Developer
15 27 (2.93%) UI Designer
16 23 (2.49%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (15.49%) React
2 101 (10.94%) HTML
3 96 (10.40%) CSS
4 87 (9.43%) REST
5 83 (8.99%) RESTful
6 77 (8.34%) Node.js
7 68 (7.37%) Spring
8 67 (7.26%) Spring Boot
9 63 (6.83%) Playwright
10 45 (4.88%) HTML5
11 42 (4.55%) Jest
12 41 (4.44%) CSS3
13 35 (3.79%) Redux
14 34 (3.68%) Kafka
15 33 (3.58%) AngularJS
16 29 (3.14%) .NET
17 26 (2.82%) Next.js
18 18 (1.95%) GraphQL
18 18 (1.95%) JSON
19 17 (1.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.26%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.53%) Mobile App
3 33 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
5 23 (2.49%) NHS
6 21 (2.28%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (1.73%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
9 14 (1.52%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.52%) Social Media
10 13 (1.41%) Taxonomies
11 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.19%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.19%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.08%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.98%) Animation
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.82%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.28%) Android
3 8 (0.87%) Windows
4 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.33%) Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (49.84%) Agile
2 256 (27.74%) User Experience
3 249 (26.98%) CI/CD
4 202 (21.89%) User Research
5 173 (18.74%) UX Design
6 169 (18.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 165 (17.88%) Test Automation
8 163 (17.66%) DevOps
9 155 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
10 154 (16.68%) Service Design
11 125 (13.54%) Problem-Solving
12 115 (12.46%) Analytics
13 108 (11.70%) AI
14 101 (10.94%) Prototyping
15 97 (10.51%) Microservices
16 92 (9.97%) Decision-Making
17 91 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 85 (9.21%) Scrum
19 84 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 82 (8.88%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 167 (18.09%) JavaScript
2 140 (15.17%) TypeScript
3 118 (12.78%) Java
4 83 (8.99%) Python
5 58 (6.28%) SQL
6 35 (3.79%) C#
7 19 (2.06%) Ruby
8 14 (1.52%) Kotlin
8 14 (1.52%) Swift
9 11 (1.19%) Scala
10 8 (0.87%) Bicep
11 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.43%) PHP
13 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.33%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.22%) Bash
14 2 (0.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 217 (23.51%) Security Cleared
2 183 (19.83%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.20%) Degree
5 11 (1.19%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.08%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.33%) CCA
10 3 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.22%) ACCA
11 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.22%) CIMA
11 2 (0.22%) CIPD
11 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.22%) PMP
12 1 (0.11%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (27.30%) WCAG
2 85 (9.21%) QA
3 34 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.38%) GDPR
5 10 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (0.98%) NCSC
7 5 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.43%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.33%) PMO
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.11%) GLP
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) HL7
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) WAI
11 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 87 (9.43%) Docker
2 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (7.26%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.98%) Terraform
3 27 (2.93%) Grafana
4 16 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.87%) Argo
7 6 (0.65%) Ansible
8 5 (0.54%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.11%) logstash
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) SELinux
9 1 (0.11%) systemd
Vendors
1 81 (8.78%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.28%) Adobe
3 22 (2.38%) Google
4 18 (1.95%) Oracle
5 17 (1.84%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.73%) Splunk
7 15 (1.63%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.41%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.19%) Pega
10 9 (0.98%) Sitecore
11 8 (0.87%) Databricks
11 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.76%) SAP
13 6 (0.65%) Apple
14 5 (0.54%) Solace
15 4 (0.43%) Autodesk
15 4 (0.43%) MuleSoft
16 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
16 3 (0.33%) Synthesia
17 2 (0.22%) Sparx
348 Accessibility jobs Nationwide