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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 204 217
Rank change year-on-year +56 +13 +23
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 718 436 517
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.01% 1.19% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.33% 8.89% 7.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 488 265 408
10th Percentile £313 £291 £340
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £489
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +1.07% -6.90%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £575
90th Percentile £625 £688 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £435 £491 £462
% change year-on-year -11.41% +6.33% -9.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 16
10th Percentile £17.25 £22.58 £15.42
25th Percentile £18.25 £25.36 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.50 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +41.45% -17.41%
75th Percentile £35.12 £31.62 £30.90
90th Percentile £41.35 £33.07 £35.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £25.93 £17.50
% change year-on-year -20.94% +48.17% -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 6,337 4,904 6,606
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.71% 13.44% 14.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,068 2,868 4,414
10th Percentile £306 £270 £313
25th Percentile £403 £385 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £730 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £474 £500
% change year-on-year +2.90% -5.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 219 245
10th Percentile £13.57 £13.26 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.48 £15.86 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.63 £27.50 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.80% -23.61% +50.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £53.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.90 £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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +71 574 £475 -5.00% 650
London +61 318 £495 -1.00% 301
UK excluding London +31 280 £435 -11.41% 388
Work from Home +31 235 £487 +3.35% 369
North of England +17 134 £413 -17.50% 96
North West +5 74 £400 -12.09% 62
Scotland +5 45 £484 +3.92% 27
Yorkshire -2 44 £475 -11.21% 20
Midlands -8 36 £430 +7.50% 49
South West +14 34 £425 -24.44% 50
West Midlands -5 34 £430 -6.87% 30
North East -1 17 £450 +7.14% 15
South East -19 16 £457 -12.95% 115
East of England -18 9 £550 -3.51% 44
Wales +5 8 £519 +22.06% 6
East Midlands -27 2 - - 18
Northern Ireland -7 1 - - 9

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 (5.15%) CMS
2 29 (4.04%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.48%) Confluence
4 9 (1.25%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.11%) Apache
5 8 (1.11%) Moodle
6 7 (0.97%) WordPress
7 6 (0.84%) 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 34 (4.74%) Sketch
2 25 (3.48%) Adobe XD
3 21 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.95%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (1.53%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.53%) InVision
7 8 (1.11%) Zeplin
8 7 (0.97%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.84%) Adobe Captivate
9 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.42%) Camtasia
11 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.42%) Snagit
12 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.28%) InDesign
12 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
Business Applications
1 9 (1.25%) 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
1 142 (19.78%) Azure
2 118 (16.43%) AWS
3 103 (14.35%) Figma
4 59 (8.22%) Power Platform
5 43 (5.99%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (5.85%) GitHub
7 30 (4.18%) GCP
7 30 (4.18%) Serverless
8 23 (3.20%) Miro
9 22 (3.06%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.79%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.79%) Google Analytics
11 18 (2.51%) GitHub Actions
11 18 (2.51%) SaaS
12 16 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.95%) npm
13 14 (1.95%) PowerApps
14 13 (1.81%) Dynamics 365
15 12 (1.67%) Power Automate
16 10 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.81%) HTTP
2 8 (1.11%) Internet
3 7 (0.97%) 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 47 (6.55%) Power BI
2 25 (3.48%) MongoDB
2 25 (3.48%) NoSQL
3 23 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (2.92%) SQL Server
5 17 (2.37%) Metadata
6 16 (2.23%) Redis
6 16 (2.23%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.81%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (1.53%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.11%) Looker
10 7 (0.97%) Data Lake
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%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 84 (11.70%) Git
2 60 (8.36%) Cypress.io
3 53 (7.38%) JIRA
4 28 (3.90%) Jenkins
5 27 (3.76%) Selenium
6 26 (3.62%) GitLab
6 26 (3.62%) Postman
7 24 (3.34%) webpack
8 19 (2.65%) Axure RP
8 19 (2.65%) Cucumber
9 13 (1.81%) JUnit
10 12 (1.67%) REST Assured
10 12 (1.67%) Xcode
11 11 (1.53%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.39%) Appium
13 9 (1.25%) JMeter
14 8 (1.11%) Gradle
14 8 (1.11%) gulp
14 8 (1.11%) Storybook
15 7 (0.97%) Vite
General
1 214 (29.81%) Social Skills
2 182 (25.35%) Public Sector
3 117 (16.30%) Finance
4 66 (9.19%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (7.80%) Marketing
6 54 (7.52%) Banking
7 27 (3.76%) Publishing
8 25 (3.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 19 (2.65%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.37%) Legal
10 17 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
13 11 (1.53%) Retail
14 9 (1.25%) Local Government
14 9 (1.25%) Military
14 9 (1.25%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.97%) Brand Awareness
17 6 (0.84%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 163 (22.70%) Developer
2 145 (20.19%) Designer
3 94 (13.09%) Senior
4 78 (10.86%) Lead
5 43 (5.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 43 (5.99%) Service Designer
6 38 (5.29%) UX Designer
7 34 (4.74%) Analyst
8 31 (4.32%) Tester
9 28 (3.90%) Architect
9 28 (3.90%) Senior Developer
10 24 (3.34%) Test Engineer
11 22 (3.06%) User Researcher
12 19 (2.65%) React Developer
13 18 (2.51%) Java Developer
14 16 (2.23%) Content Designer
14 16 (2.23%) Senior Designer
15 14 (1.95%) Data Analyst
15 14 (1.95%) Full-Stack Developer
15 14 (1.95%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (17.69%) React
2 120 (16.71%) HTML
3 113 (15.74%) CSS
4 64 (8.91%) Node.js
5 61 (8.50%) RESTful
6 57 (7.94%) Jest
7 51 (7.10%) REST
8 44 (6.13%) .NET
9 40 (5.57%) Playwright
10 39 (5.43%) HTML5
11 36 (5.01%) Next.js
12 34 (4.74%) AngularJS
13 30 (4.18%) JSON
14 27 (3.76%) Redux
15 26 (3.62%) CSS3
15 26 (3.62%) Spring Boot
16 23 (3.20%) Sass
16 23 (3.20%) Spring
17 22 (3.06%) OAuth
18 21 (2.92%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.33%) Mobile App
2 63 (8.77%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.23%) NHS
6 14 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.95%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.81%) Data Structures
7 13 (1.81%) Learning Management System
8 12 (1.67%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (1.11%) Algorithms
9 8 (1.11%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.11%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.11%) 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 52 (7.24%) Android
2 49 (6.82%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.25%) 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
1 334 (46.52%) Agile
2 223 (31.06%) User Experience
3 171 (23.82%) CI/CD
4 131 (18.25%) Test Automation
5 130 (18.11%) DevOps
6 120 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
7 119 (16.57%) UX Design
8 102 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (13.37%) User Research
10 94 (13.09%) Front End Development
11 93 (12.95%) Analytics
11 93 (12.95%) Service Design
12 92 (12.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 77 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 65 (9.05%) Inclusive Design
15 62 (8.64%) Roadmaps
16 61 (8.50%) AI
17 58 (8.08%) Usability Testing
18 57 (7.94%) Mentoring
19 56 (7.80%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 122 (16.99%) JavaScript
2 100 (13.93%) TypeScript
3 83 (11.56%) SQL
4 82 (11.42%) Java
5 63 (8.77%) Python
6 27 (3.76%) C#
7 15 (2.09%) Kotlin
8 12 (1.67%) Swift
9 6 (0.84%) PHP
9 6 (0.84%) Scala
10 5 (0.70%) R
11 4 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
13 2 (0.28%) Bash
13 2 (0.28%) Dart
13 2 (0.28%) Go
14 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.14%) Rust
14 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 134 (18.66%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.60%) SC Cleared
3 47 (6.55%) Degree
4 43 (5.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.53%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.25%) 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%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (20.19%) WCAG
2 109 (15.18%) QA
3 44 (6.13%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.92%) 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
9 1 (0.14%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (9.05%) Docker
2 9 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 41 (5.71%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.20%) Terraform
3 17 (2.37%) Grafana
4 12 (1.67%) 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 (12.40%) Microsoft
2 51 (7.10%) Adobe
3 36 (5.01%) Google
4 18 (2.51%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.23%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.09%) Oracle
7 11 (1.53%) SAP
7 11 (1.53%) Splunk
8 7 (0.97%) Hotjar
8 7 (0.97%) OpenAI
9 6 (0.84%) Hopewiser
9 6 (0.84%) OneTrust
9 6 (0.84%) Perforce
10 5 (0.70%) Apple
10 5 (0.70%) Databricks
11 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.56%) Optimizely
11 4 (0.56%) Sitecore
11 4 (0.56%) Xamarin
12 3 (0.42%) Marketo