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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 207 216
Rank change year-on-year +62 +9 +32
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 715 443 525
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.99% 1.21% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.27% 8.95% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 268 415
10th Percentile £313 £297 £340
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £480
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +2.92% -8.57%
75th Percentile £550 £578 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £433 £486 £463
% change year-on-year -10.92% +4.97% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 10 16
10th Percentile £17.25 £23.64 £15.42
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.97 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.25 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +40.11% -17.41%
75th Percentile £35.12 £30.81 £30.90
90th Percentile £41.35 £33.07 £35.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £25.36 £17.50
% change year-on-year -19.16% +44.91% -7.35%

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 6,342 4,947 6,702
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.65% 13.46% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,073 2,879 4,482
10th Percentile £308 £274 £313
25th Percentile £404 £386 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £603 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 316 231 245
10th Percentile £13.55 £13.26 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.33 £15.62 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.15 £27.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.85% -25.00% +58.70%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.93 £70.00 £81.87
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £42.25
% change year-on-year -16.45% -37.28% +101.19%

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 2025.

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 22 November 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
England +70 572 £475 -5.00% 672
London +70 317 £495 -1.00% 313
UK excluding London +16 279 £433 -10.92% 434
Work from Home +28 234 £493 +4.73% 398
North of England +24 135 £413 -17.50% 103
North West +2 72 £400 -11.60% 59
Yorkshire -1 47 £500 -6.54% 29
Scotland 0 45 £484 +3.92% 30
Midlands -19 36 £430 +7.50% 47
South West +14 34 £425 -24.44% 52
West Midlands +1 34 £430 -6.87% 30
North East +5 17 £450 +7.14% 17
South East -23 14 £454 -13.52% 143
East of England -10 9 £550 -3.51% 49
Wales 0 8 £519 +22.06% 9
East Midlands -22 2 - - 17
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 10

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 37 (5.17%) CMS
2 29 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.36%) Confluence
4 9 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.12%) Apache
5 8 (1.12%) Moodle
6 7 (0.98%) WordPress
7 5 (0.70%) Drupal
8 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.42%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.28%) nginx
10 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (4.62%) Sketch
2 25 (3.50%) Adobe XD
3 21 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (1.54%) Chatbot
7 10 (1.40%) InVision
8 8 (1.12%) Zeplin
9 7 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.84%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.42%) Camtasia
12 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.42%) Snagit
13 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.28%) InDesign
13 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 9 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.28%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 136 (19.02%) Azure
2 116 (16.22%) AWS
3 104 (14.55%) Figma
4 60 (8.39%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.01%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (5.87%) GitHub
7 30 (4.20%) GCP
7 30 (4.20%) Serverless
8 24 (3.36%) Miro
9 22 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.80%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.80%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.66%) SaaS
12 18 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
14 14 (1.96%) npm
14 14 (1.96%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.68%) Power Automate
17 10 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.82%) HTTP
2 8 (1.12%) Internet
3 7 (0.98%) DNS
4 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 4 (0.56%) SMS
5 3 (0.42%) WebEx
6 2 (0.28%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) VoIP
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.14%) DKIM
7 1 (0.14%) DMARC
7 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.71%) Power BI
2 26 (3.64%) MongoDB
3 25 (3.50%) NoSQL
4 23 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (2.94%) SQL Server
6 17 (2.38%) Metadata
7 16 (2.24%) Redis
7 16 (2.24%) Relational Database
8 13 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
9 11 (1.54%) BigQuery
9 11 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (1.12%) Looker
11 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.84%) Tableau
12 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.56%) Big Data
12 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 83 (11.61%) Git
2 59 (8.25%) Cypress.io
3 52 (7.27%) JIRA
4 27 (3.78%) Jenkins
5 26 (3.64%) Selenium
6 25 (3.50%) Postman
7 24 (3.36%) GitLab
7 24 (3.36%) webpack
8 19 (2.66%) Cucumber
9 18 (2.52%) Axure RP
10 13 (1.82%) JUnit
11 12 (1.68%) Xcode
12 11 (1.54%) SonarQube
13 10 (1.40%) Appium
13 10 (1.40%) REST Assured
14 8 (1.12%) Gradle
14 8 (1.12%) gulp
14 8 (1.12%) JMeter
14 8 (1.12%) Storybook
15 7 (0.98%) Android Studio
General
1 214 (29.93%) Social Skills
2 181 (25.31%) Public Sector
3 117 (16.36%) Finance
4 65 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.83%) Marketing
6 52 (7.27%) Banking
7 27 (3.78%) Publishing
8 25 (3.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.38%) Legal
10 17 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.68%) Retail
13 10 (1.40%) Military
14 9 (1.26%) Local Government
14 9 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.12%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
17 6 (0.84%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 163 (22.80%) Developer
2 146 (20.42%) Designer
3 96 (13.43%) Senior
4 78 (10.91%) Lead
5 45 (6.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 43 (6.01%) Service Designer
7 39 (5.45%) UX Designer
8 32 (4.48%) Analyst
8 32 (4.48%) Tester
9 28 (3.92%) Architect
9 28 (3.92%) Senior Developer
10 25 (3.50%) Test Engineer
11 22 (3.08%) User Researcher
12 20 (2.80%) React Developer
13 18 (2.52%) Java Developer
14 17 (2.38%) Content Designer
15 16 (2.24%) Senior Designer
16 14 (1.96%) Digital Designer
16 14 (1.96%) Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (1.96%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (17.76%) React
2 116 (16.22%) HTML
3 109 (15.24%) CSS
4 65 (9.09%) Node.js
5 61 (8.53%) RESTful
6 57 (7.97%) Jest
7 51 (7.13%) REST
8 44 (6.15%) .NET
9 39 (5.45%) HTML5
9 39 (5.45%) Playwright
10 38 (5.31%) Next.js
11 31 (4.34%) AngularJS
12 30 (4.20%) JSON
13 27 (3.78%) Redux
14 26 (3.64%) CSS3
14 26 (3.64%) Spring Boot
15 23 (3.22%) Spring
16 22 (3.08%) OAuth
16 22 (3.08%) Sass
17 21 (2.94%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 62 (8.67%) Product Ownership
3 32 (4.48%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.24%) NHS
6 14 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.96%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.82%) Learning Management System
8 12 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (1.12%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.12%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.12%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.12%) Social Media
10 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (0.84%) W3C
11 5 (0.70%) Data Protection Act
11 5 (0.70%) RIA
11 5 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 50 (6.99%) Android
2 49 (6.85%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.26%) Windows
4 3 (0.42%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (46.15%) Agile
2 225 (31.47%) User Experience
3 169 (23.64%) CI/CD
4 132 (18.46%) Test Automation
5 130 (18.18%) DevOps
6 117 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
6 117 (16.36%) UX Design
7 103 (14.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 96 (13.43%) User Research
9 95 (13.29%) Analytics
9 95 (13.29%) Front End Development
10 93 (13.01%) Service Design
11 92 (12.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 77 (10.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 65 (9.09%) Inclusive Design
14 63 (8.81%) AI
15 62 (8.67%) Roadmaps
16 60 (8.39%) Usability Testing
17 57 (7.97%) Visualisation
18 56 (7.83%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.50%) JavaScript
2 101 (14.13%) TypeScript
3 80 (11.19%) Java
4 79 (11.05%) SQL
5 60 (8.39%) Python
6 27 (3.78%) C#
7 13 (1.82%) Kotlin
8 12 (1.68%) Swift
9 6 (0.84%) PHP
9 6 (0.84%) Scala
10 4 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
12 2 (0.28%) Bash
12 2 (0.28%) Dart
12 2 (0.28%) Go
12 2 (0.28%) R
13 1 (0.14%) Groovy
13 1 (0.14%) Rust
13 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 134 (18.74%) Security Cleared
2 113 (15.80%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.29%) Degree
4 43 (6.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) HNC
10 2 (0.28%) HND
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.28%) MCP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (20.14%) WCAG
2 109 (15.24%) QA
3 41 (5.73%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.94%) GDPR
5 5 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.70%) PMO
6 4 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) Section 508
8 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) FIPS 140-2
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (8.67%) Docker
2 9 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 40 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.22%) Terraform
3 18 (2.52%) Grafana
4 12 (1.68%) Ansible
5 6 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.42%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.28%) SCCM
9 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 89 (12.45%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.13%) Adobe
3 36 (5.03%) Google
4 18 (2.52%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.10%) Oracle
7 12 (1.68%) Splunk
8 11 (1.54%) SAP
9 7 (0.98%) Hotjar
9 7 (0.98%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.84%) Hopewiser
10 6 (0.84%) OneTrust
10 6 (0.84%) Perforce
11 5 (0.70%) Apple
11 5 (0.70%) Databricks
12 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.56%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.56%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 3 (0.42%) Marketo