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 14 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 146 210
Rank change year-on-year -3 +64 +7
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1,088 658 430
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.97% 1.98% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.03% 11.31% 8.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 752 430 261
10th Percentile £350 £310 £280
25th Percentile £407 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year -1.26% -3.85% -1.20%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £435 £494
% change year-on-year +3.45% -11.94% +6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 22 11
10th Percentile £13.63 £18.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £14.22 £20.25 £21.49
Median hourly rate £20.00 £30.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.96% +18.27% +44.44%
75th Percentile £45.00 £35.75 £32.35
90th Percentile £69.60 £37.35 £33.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.18 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year -21.10% -19.16% +44.91%

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 9,867 5,820 5,017
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.85% 17.54% 13.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 3,725 2,914
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £612 £625
90th Percentile £724 £712 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.05% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 708 282 238
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.60 £13.44
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.61 £17.72
Median hourly rate £31.46 £30.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +4.87% +8.42% -23.14%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.66
90th Percentile £74.27 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.40 £25.08 £27.50
% change year-on-year +29.19% -8.82% -29.03%

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 14 October 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 14 October 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 14 October 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 -2 867 £471 -0.95% 1,596
UK excluding London +24 508 £450 +3.45% 902
London -43 377 £513 +4.86% 809
Work from Home -10 325 £458 -8.35% 1,019
North of England -29 182 £461 +10.15% 224
Midlands +51 149 £439 +2.03% 83
West Midlands +46 135 £438 -1.69% 58
North West -51 67 £511 +26.17% 129
Yorkshire -19 61 £488 +12.07% 62
North East -6 55 £450 +0.56% 33
South West -8 55 £475 +11.76% 101
Scotland -17 50 £401 -15.58% 76
South East -39 43 £470 +3.30% 156
East of England -16 18 £465 -15.55% 169
East Midlands -6 13 £523 +62.27% 25
Wales -9 10 £375 -27.71% 18
Northern Ireland +8 3 £638 - 77

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 70 (6.43%) CMS
2 55 (5.06%) SharePoint
3 54 (4.96%) Confluence
4 28 (2.57%) WordPress
5 10 (0.92%) Drupal
6 8 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.74%) Headless CMS
7 7 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.55%) Apache
8 6 (0.55%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.55%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.37%) ColdFusion
10 3 (0.28%) Kentico
10 3 (0.28%) Moodle
11 2 (0.18%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.092%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.092%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.092%) govService
12 1 (0.092%) Mendix
12 1 (0.092%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 27 (2.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 22 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.47%) Sketch
4 12 (1.10%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.83%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.64%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.55%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
12 2 (0.18%) Navisworks
12 2 (0.18%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.18%) Revit
12 2 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
12 2 (0.18%) Trello
13 1 (0.092%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.092%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.092%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.092%) Primavera
5 1 (0.092%) Shopify
5 1 (0.092%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 208 (19.12%) Azure
2 194 (17.83%) AWS
3 147 (13.51%) Figma
4 123 (11.31%) GitHub
5 102 (9.38%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.43%) Power Platform
7 67 (6.16%) GitHub Actions
8 50 (4.60%) Serverless
9 46 (4.23%) GCP
10 45 (4.14%) Power Automate
11 43 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (2.39%) PowerApps
13 23 (2.11%) Azure Functions
13 23 (2.11%) Miro
14 22 (2.02%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.75%) GitHub Copilot
16 17 (1.56%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.56%) Entra ID
17 16 (1.47%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.46%) Intranet
1 5 (0.46%) NAS
2 2 (0.18%) Broadband
2 2 (0.18%) HTTP
2 2 (0.18%) Internet
3 1 (0.092%) 5G
3 1 (0.092%) DMZ
3 1 (0.092%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.092%) Network Security
3 1 (0.092%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.092%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.092%) SAN
3 1 (0.092%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (4.41%) Metadata
2 48 (4.41%) MongoDB
3 36 (3.31%) Power BI
3 36 (3.31%) SQL Server
4 32 (2.94%) Relational Database
5 19 (1.75%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
8 10 (0.92%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.64%) Redis
10 6 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.55%) Tableau
11 5 (0.46%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.46%) Stardog
12 4 (0.37%) Amazon Aurora
12 4 (0.37%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.37%) Neo4j
12 4 (0.37%) ZAP BI
13 3 (0.28%) GIS
Development Applications
1 158 (14.52%) Git
2 92 (8.46%) Selenium
3 82 (7.54%) JIRA
4 79 (7.26%) Jenkins
5 72 (6.62%) Cucumber
6 71 (6.53%) GitLab
7 61 (5.61%) JUnit
8 57 (5.24%) Cypress.io
9 45 (4.14%) Gatling
10 32 (2.94%) Postman
11 25 (2.30%) REST Assured
11 25 (2.30%) SonarQube
12 22 (2.02%) JMeter
13 19 (1.75%) WebDriver
14 17 (1.56%) Maven
15 16 (1.47%) Storybook
16 15 (1.38%) Mockito
17 13 (1.19%) Gradle
17 13 (1.19%) TestNG
18 12 (1.10%) Xcode
General
1 467 (42.92%) Public Sector
2 381 (35.02%) Social Skills
3 113 (10.39%) Finance
4 105 (9.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 96 (8.82%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (3.58%) Marketing
7 32 (2.94%) Legal
7 32 (2.94%) Local Government
8 31 (2.85%) Military
9 30 (2.76%) Influencing Skills
10 28 (2.57%) Banking
11 26 (2.39%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (2.30%) Publishing
13 24 (2.21%) Retail
14 16 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.55%) Games
16 5 (0.46%) Automotive
16 5 (0.46%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.46%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 255 (23.44%) Developer
2 211 (19.39%) Designer
3 195 (17.92%) Senior
4 121 (11.12%) Lead
5 74 (6.80%) User Researcher
6 61 (5.61%) Analyst
7 58 (5.33%) Content Designer
8 53 (4.87%) Senior Developer
9 51 (4.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 48 (4.41%) Java Developer
11 45 (4.14%) Architect
12 44 (4.04%) Service Designer
12 44 (4.04%) Test Engineer
13 36 (3.31%) Senior Designer
14 35 (3.22%) Interaction Designer
15 32 (2.94%) UX Designer
16 31 (2.85%) Quality Engineer
16 31 (2.85%) UI Designer
17 27 (2.48%) Lead Developer
18 24 (2.21%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 161 (14.80%) React
2 138 (12.68%) REST
3 136 (12.50%) HTML
4 133 (12.22%) CSS
5 115 (10.57%) RESTful
6 103 (9.47%) Playwright
7 96 (8.82%) Node.js
8 94 (8.64%) Spring
9 76 (6.99%) Spring Boot
10 70 (6.43%) Terraform
11 65 (5.97%) HTML5
12 60 (5.51%) JSON
13 55 (5.06%) CSS3
14 49 (4.50%) .NET
14 49 (4.50%) Jest
15 44 (4.04%) Kafka
16 40 (3.68%) Gherkin
17 30 (2.76%) Redux
18 27 (2.48%) AngularJS
19 26 (2.39%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 91 (8.36%) Product Ownership
2 76 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.78%) Mobile App
4 49 (4.50%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.40%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.85%) Taxonomies
7 30 (2.76%) NHS
8 29 (2.67%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
11 18 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
12 17 (1.56%) Virtual Team
13 16 (1.47%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.19%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.10%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.01%) Animation
16 11 (1.01%) Blog
16 11 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
18 9 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 32 (2.94%) Android
2 29 (2.67%) Apple iOS
3 17 (1.56%) Windows
4 5 (0.46%) macOS
5 3 (0.28%) AIX
6 2 (0.18%) Linux
6 2 (0.18%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.092%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.092%) Rocky
7 1 (0.092%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 594 (54.60%) Agile
2 367 (33.73%) CI/CD
3 277 (25.46%) User Experience
4 262 (24.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 262 (24.08%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 245 (22.52%) Test Automation
6 234 (21.51%) User Research
7 228 (20.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 223 (20.50%) DevOps
9 168 (15.44%) AI
9 168 (15.44%) Service Design
10 162 (14.89%) UX Design
11 161 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
12 156 (14.34%) Scrum
13 155 (14.25%) Analytics
14 152 (13.97%) Microservices
15 146 (13.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 119 (10.94%) Inclusive Design
17 117 (10.75%) Interaction Design
18 115 (10.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 237 (21.78%) JavaScript
2 163 (14.98%) Java
3 148 (13.60%) TypeScript
4 85 (7.81%) Python
5 77 (7.08%) SQL
6 63 (5.79%) C#
7 21 (1.93%) Kotlin
8 19 (1.75%) Ruby
9 15 (1.38%) Swift
10 14 (1.29%) Bicep
10 14 (1.29%) Scala
11 9 (0.83%) PHP
12 6 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.55%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.46%) Bash
13 5 (0.46%) SPARQL
14 4 (0.37%) CFML
14 4 (0.37%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.37%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.37%) R
Qualifications
1 302 (27.76%) Security Cleared
2 257 (23.62%) SC Cleared
3 124 (11.40%) BPSS Clearance
4 51 (4.69%) Degree
5 33 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
6 18 (1.65%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.29%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.92%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.64%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.46%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.37%) CSPO
12 4 (0.37%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.28%) IIBA
14 2 (0.18%) ACCA
14 2 (0.18%) CCA
14 2 (0.18%) CIMA
14 2 (0.18%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 312 (28.68%) WCAG
2 140 (12.87%) QA
3 50 (4.60%) Data Quality
4 43 (3.95%) GDPR
5 27 (2.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.10%) NCSC
7 5 (0.46%) PMO
8 3 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.28%) HL7
8 3 (0.28%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.18%) GRC
9 2 (0.18%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.18%) WAI
9 2 (0.18%) WAI-ARIA
10 1 (0.092%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.092%) GLP
10 1 (0.092%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.092%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.092%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 123 (11.31%) Docker
2 5 (0.46%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.092%) Firmware
4 1 (0.092%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 116 (10.66%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.77%) Grafana
3 14 (1.29%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.74%) Argo
5 8 (0.74%) Kibana
6 5 (0.46%) Ansible
7 2 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.092%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.092%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.092%) NSN NetAct
8 1 (0.092%) Puppet
Vendors
1 134 (12.32%) Microsoft
2 53 (4.87%) Adobe
3 39 (3.58%) Oracle
4 30 (2.76%) Google
5 19 (1.75%) Splunk
6 16 (1.47%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.38%) Salesforce
7 15 (1.38%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.01%) Sitecore
9 9 (0.83%) Red Hat
10 8 (0.74%) Databricks
10 8 (0.74%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.74%) SAP
11 7 (0.64%) OpenAI
12 5 (0.46%) dotdigital
12 5 (0.46%) TikTok
13 4 (0.37%) Apple
13 4 (0.37%) OneLogin
14 3 (0.28%) Foundry
14 3 (0.28%) New Relic