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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 163 214
Rank change year-on-year +16 +51 +8
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 994 544 463
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.89% 1.67% 1.12%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.10% 10.00% 8.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 340 286
10th Percentile £350 £306 £313
25th Percentile £403 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £549 £575
90th Percentile £630 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £428 £464
% change year-on-year +5.26% -7.82% -2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 23
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.67 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.18 £22.75 £16.61
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.75 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +62.10% -16.36%
75th Percentile £55.13 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £74.25 £42.05 £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.48 £24.34 £17.47
% change year-on-year -32.31% +39.32% +4.17%

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 8,956 5,440 5,722
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.99% 16.69% 13.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,722 3,502 3,542
10th Percentile £336 £279 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £623
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £471 £475
% change year-on-year +6.27% -0.94% -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 544 241 375
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.60 £11.53
25th Percentile £19.43 £17.55 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.72 £28.18 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +37.40% +12.72% -35.42%
75th Percentile £69.81 £62.24 £53.38
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.41 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £25.83 £25.00
% change year-on-year +49.93% +3.30% -28.57%

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 21 July 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 21 July 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 21 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
England +32 790 £475 +2.70% 415
UK excluding London +41 416 £450 +5.26% 256
London -4 379 £481 -2.83% 211
Work from Home 0 313 £450 -2.17% 222
North of England +9 165 £450 +4.65% 78
Midlands +14 87 £445 +11.25% 32
West Midlands 0 74 £446 +4.94% 18
South West +11 70 £425 +3.03% 28
Yorkshire -12 66 £500 +17.65% 40
North West -24 60 £450 +2.62% 31
Scotland +3 47 £500 +1.21% 12
North East -10 43 £450 +1.12% 10
South East -54 35 £495 +16.47% 81
East Midlands -7 11 £435 +35.09% 14
East of England -19 9 £575 +27.78% 17
Wales -17 7 £475 +15.15% 6
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 8

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 48 (4.83%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.23%) CMS
3 41 (4.12%) Confluence
4 17 (1.71%) WordPress
5 10 (1.01%) Drupal
6 9 (0.91%) Apache
7 7 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.40%) Moodle
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.20%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) govService
12 1 (0.10%) Mendix
12 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) R Markdown
12 1 (0.10%) Strapi
12 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (3.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.11%) Sketch
4 14 (1.41%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.11%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.01%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.60%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.60%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.40%) Revit
11 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.20%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) InVision
13 1 (0.10%) Blender
13 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.10%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 199 (20.02%) Azure
2 161 (16.20%) AWS
3 143 (14.39%) Figma
4 85 (8.55%) Azure DevOps
5 82 (8.25%) GitHub
6 58 (5.84%) Power Platform
7 44 (4.43%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (4.33%) GCP
9 34 (3.42%) Serverless
10 24 (2.41%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.01%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.91%) SaaS
14 17 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.61%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.51%) AWS Lambda
16 15 (1.51%) BrowserStack
17 14 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (1.41%) Miro
18 13 (1.31%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.91%) Intranet
2 4 (0.40%) 5G
2 4 (0.40%) LTE
2 4 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.20%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.20%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.10%) Broadband
4 1 (0.10%) DMZ
4 1 (0.10%) DSL
4 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.12%) Power BI
2 38 (3.82%) Metadata
3 36 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (3.12%) MongoDB
4 31 (3.12%) NoSQL
5 28 (2.82%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.21%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.70%) Redis
10 6 (0.60%) GIS
10 6 (0.60%) MySQL
11 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.50%) Stardog
11 5 (0.50%) Tableau
12 4 (0.40%) Looker
12 4 (0.40%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 89 (8.95%) Git
2 80 (8.05%) JIRA
3 55 (5.53%) Jenkins
3 55 (5.53%) Selenium
4 52 (5.23%) Cypress.io
5 50 (5.03%) GitLab
6 28 (2.82%) Cucumber
7 25 (2.52%) REST Assured
8 24 (2.41%) Gatling
9 23 (2.31%) JUnit
9 23 (2.31%) Postman
10 16 (1.61%) JMeter
11 13 (1.31%) WebDriver
12 12 (1.21%) Gradle
12 12 (1.21%) Maven
12 12 (1.21%) Xcode
13 11 (1.11%) Serenity BDD
14 10 (1.01%) fastlane
15 9 (0.91%) Vite
15 9 (0.91%) webpack
General
1 387 (38.93%) Public Sector
2 281 (28.27%) Social Skills
3 103 (10.36%) Finance
4 82 (8.25%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (3.02%) Marketing
7 28 (2.82%) Banking
8 27 (2.72%) Military
9 26 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (2.41%) Legal
11 22 (2.21%) Retail
12 21 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.91%) Publishing
14 17 (1.71%) Local Government
14 17 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.60%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.50%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.40%) Games
17 4 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 249 (25.05%) Developer
2 229 (23.04%) Designer
3 168 (16.90%) Senior
4 103 (10.36%) Lead
5 65 (6.54%) Content Designer
6 61 (6.14%) User Researcher
7 56 (5.63%) Analyst
8 55 (5.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 52 (5.23%) Service Designer
10 48 (4.83%) Senior Developer
11 42 (4.23%) Architect
12 38 (3.82%) Senior Designer
12 38 (3.82%) Test Engineer
13 37 (3.72%) UX Designer
14 36 (3.62%) React Developer
15 35 (3.52%) Java Developer
16 33 (3.32%) UI Designer
17 30 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
17 30 (3.02%) Interaction Designer
18 25 (2.52%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (15.39%) React
2 113 (11.37%) HTML
3 112 (11.27%) CSS
4 96 (9.66%) RESTful
5 95 (9.56%) REST
6 84 (8.45%) Node.js
7 71 (7.14%) Spring
8 70 (7.04%) Spring Boot
9 65 (6.54%) Playwright
10 55 (5.53%) HTML5
11 49 (4.93%) CSS3
12 46 (4.63%) Kafka
13 44 (4.43%) Jest
14 38 (3.82%) Redux
15 36 (3.62%) .NET
16 33 (3.32%) AngularJS
16 33 (3.32%) JSON
17 27 (2.72%) Next.js
18 20 (2.01%) GraphQL
19 19 (1.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.13%) Mobile App
3 48 (4.83%) Cloud Native
4 31 (3.12%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.92%) NHS
6 26 (2.62%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.52%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.01%) Taxonomies
10 19 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.41%) Graphic Design
12 14 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.21%) Social Media
14 11 (1.11%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.91%) Animation
15 9 (0.91%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.92%) Apple iOS
2 25 (2.52%) Android
3 12 (1.21%) Windows
4 4 (0.40%) Linux
4 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 502 (50.50%) Agile
2 298 (29.98%) CI/CD
3 280 (28.17%) User Experience
4 210 (21.13%) User Research
5 204 (20.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 193 (19.42%) DevOps
7 187 (18.81%) Test Automation
8 181 (18.21%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (18.01%) UX Design
10 160 (16.10%) Service Design
11 142 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
12 137 (13.78%) Analytics
13 136 (13.68%) AI
14 121 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
15 109 (10.97%) Decision-Making
15 109 (10.97%) Microservices
16 106 (10.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 102 (10.26%) Prototyping
17 102 (10.26%) Scrum
18 90 (9.05%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 183 (18.41%) JavaScript
2 147 (14.79%) TypeScript
3 125 (12.58%) Java
4 94 (9.46%) Python
5 66 (6.64%) SQL
6 43 (4.33%) C#
7 19 (1.91%) Ruby
8 17 (1.71%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.61%) Swift
10 11 (1.11%) Scala
11 10 (1.01%) Bicep
12 8 (0.80%) PHP
13 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.60%) SPARQL
14 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.40%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.40%) R
16 3 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 250 (25.15%) Security Cleared
2 214 (21.53%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.15%) BPSS Clearance
4 51 (5.13%) Degree
5 15 (1.51%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.21%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.40%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.30%) Azure Certification
13 2 (0.20%) ACCA
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 2 (0.20%) CIMA
13 2 (0.20%) CIPD
13 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.20%) PMP
14 1 (0.10%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 281 (28.27%) WCAG
2 99 (9.96%) QA
3 38 (3.82%) Data Quality
4 32 (3.22%) GDPR
5 14 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.21%) NCSC
7 5 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.40%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.40%) PMO
9 3 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.20%) GRC
10 2 (0.20%) HL7
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.10%) GLP
11 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.10%) WAI
System Software
1 103 (10.36%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 85 (8.55%) Kubernetes
2 56 (5.63%) Terraform
3 30 (3.02%) Grafana
4 18 (1.81%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.80%) Argo
7 6 (0.60%) Ansible
7 6 (0.60%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.10%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.10%) logstash
8 1 (0.10%) QRadar
8 1 (0.10%) SELinux
8 1 (0.10%) systemd
Vendors
1 102 (10.26%) Microsoft
2 55 (5.53%) Adobe
3 25 (2.52%) Google
3 25 (2.52%) Oracle
4 18 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.71%) Splunk
6 16 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.11%) Pega
9 9 (0.91%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.80%) Red Hat
10 8 (0.80%) SAP
11 6 (0.60%) Apple
11 6 (0.60%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.60%) Solace
12 5 (0.50%) Databricks
13 4 (0.40%) Autodesk
14 3 (0.30%) Checkmarx
14 3 (0.30%) New Relic
14 3 (0.30%) OpenAI