Accessibility Contracts

Accessibility (a11y)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility over the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 224 225
Rank change year-on-year +57 +1 -9
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 526 476 645
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.68% 1.09% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.30% 8.00% 8.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 294 485
10th Percentile £308 £313 £313
25th Percentile £375 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -2.25%
75th Percentile £549 £575 £588
90th Percentile £600 £659 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £428 £465 £475
% change year-on-year -8.06% -2.11% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 29 7
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.90 £16.77
25th Percentile £22.75 £14.27 £19.39
Median hourly rate £30.00 £18.13 £23.36
Median % change year-on-year +65.47% -22.39% -67.78%
75th Percentile £35.75 £31.71 £31.75
90th Percentile - £42.00 £36.65
UK excluding London median hourly rate £20.50 £14.50 £16.77
% change year-on-year +41.38% -13.54% -77.64%

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 5,106 5,948 7,594
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.30% 13.68% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,273 3,691 5,184
10th Percentile £280 £282 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% -
75th Percentile £613 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £475 £495
% change year-on-year - -4.04% +7.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 431 253
10th Percentile £14.82 £11.07 £14.00
25th Percentile £18.50 £13.52 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £23.80 £38.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.05% -37.37% +40.74%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.54 £63.23
90th Percentile £83.32 £70.00 £79.95
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.18 £21.64 £37.50
% change year-on-year +30.22% -42.29% +67.45%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accessibility.

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accessibility.

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Top 17 Contract 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 3 July 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 +62 396 £463 -5.61% 1,288
London +60 254 £500 +2.30% 704
Work from Home +35 213 £460 -1.08% 765
UK excluding London +9 168 £428 -8.06% 656
North of England +10 68 £455 -7.14% 179
North West +6 36 £460 -14.51% 97
Scotland -28 31 £494 +7.63% 33
Midlands +26 23 £388 -3.13% 80
Yorkshire +10 23 £425 -2.86% 63
South East +19 17 £400 -20.00% 141
West Midlands +19 17 £425 +6.25% 49
South West +27 16 £400 -32.20% 85
North East 0 9 £460 +1.60% 20
Wales - 7 £395 - 19
East of England +28 6 £450 - 93
East Midlands +4 6 £322 -9.61% 31
Northern Ireland -6 3 - - 38

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 25 (4.75%) Confluence
2 21 (3.99%) CMS
2 21 (3.99%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.28%) Drupal
4 9 (1.71%) Apache
5 8 (1.52%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.52%) Moodle
6 5 (0.95%) WordPress
7 4 (0.76%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.76%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.57%) Alfresco
8 3 (0.57%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.38%) EPiServer
9 2 (0.38%) R Markdown
9 2 (0.38%) SAS
10 1 (0.19%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.19%) nginx
10 1 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
10 1 (0.19%) Tomcat
Applications
1 24 (4.56%) Sketch
2 19 (3.61%) Adobe XD
3 15 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 12 (2.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (1.71%) Chatbot
6 7 (1.33%) InVision
6 7 (1.33%) Trello
7 5 (0.95%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.57%) Acrobat
9 3 (0.57%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
9 3 (0.57%) Revit
10 2 (0.38%) Adobe Illustrator
10 2 (0.38%) MicroStation
10 2 (0.38%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.38%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.38%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.19%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 7 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.76%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.57%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.38%) Dynamics AX
5 2 (0.38%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.38%) SAP PLM
5 2 (0.38%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.38%) SAP SRM
5 2 (0.38%) Shopify
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP CRM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.19%) SAP IBP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.19%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.19%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.19%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 121 (23.00%) Azure
2 81 (15.40%) AWS
3 61 (11.60%) Figma
4 33 (6.27%) Power Platform
5 26 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (4.75%) Microsoft 365
7 23 (4.37%) GCP
8 19 (3.61%) GitHub
9 18 (3.42%) Serverless
10 17 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 16 (3.04%) Azure Data Factory
12 15 (2.85%) Miro
13 14 (2.66%) GitHub Actions
14 12 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.90%) Google Analytics
16 9 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
17 8 (1.52%) Amazon S3
17 8 (1.52%) SaaS
18 7 (1.33%) dbt
18 7 (1.33%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.14%) Internet
2 5 (0.95%) HTTP
3 4 (0.76%) Firewall
3 4 (0.76%) Intranet
4 3 (0.57%) DNS
4 3 (0.57%) WebEx
5 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.38%) LAN
5 2 (0.38%) WLAN
6 1 (0.19%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (4.37%) NoSQL
2 22 (4.18%) Power BI
3 16 (3.04%) SQL Server
4 12 (2.28%) MongoDB
4 12 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.09%) Metadata
6 10 (1.90%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
8 7 (1.33%) Amazon Aurora
9 6 (1.14%) Big Data
10 5 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 4 (0.76%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.76%) InfluxDB
11 4 (0.76%) Qlik Sense
11 4 (0.76%) Snowflake Schema
11 4 (0.76%) Spotfire
12 3 (0.57%) Amazon RDS
12 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
12 3 (0.57%) Flink
12 3 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (9.13%) Git
2 45 (8.56%) JIRA
3 41 (7.79%) Cypress.io
4 22 (4.18%) Jenkins
5 19 (3.61%) Postman
5 19 (3.61%) Selenium
6 17 (3.23%) Axure RP
7 16 (3.04%) GitLab
7 16 (3.04%) REST Assured
8 15 (2.85%) Cucumber
9 12 (2.28%) JMeter
10 11 (2.09%) webpack
11 8 (1.52%) NUnit
12 6 (1.14%) Browser DevTools
12 6 (1.14%) Grunt
12 6 (1.14%) Maven
12 6 (1.14%) SoapUI
12 6 (1.14%) TestNG
12 6 (1.14%) Vite
13 5 (0.95%) Storybook
General
1 159 (30.23%) Social Skills
2 137 (26.05%) Public Sector
3 87 (16.54%) Finance
4 47 (8.94%) Analytical Skills
4 47 (8.94%) Marketing
5 27 (5.13%) Banking
6 18 (3.42%) Local Government
7 17 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (3.04%) Legal
9 15 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
10 11 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.09%) Retail
11 10 (1.90%) Manufacturing
12 8 (1.52%) Publishing
13 7 (1.33%) Multimedia
13 7 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.14%) Investment Banking
14 6 (1.14%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (0.95%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 103 (19.58%) Developer
2 84 (15.97%) Designer
3 67 (12.74%) Senior
4 36 (6.84%) Lead
5 31 (5.89%) Analyst
6 29 (5.51%) UX Designer
7 24 (4.56%) Architect
8 20 (3.80%) Data Engineer
9 19 (3.61%) Consultant
10 18 (3.42%) .NET Developer
10 18 (3.42%) Tester
11 16 (3.04%) Interaction Designer
11 16 (3.04%) User Researcher
12 15 (2.85%) Content Designer
12 15 (2.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 14 (2.66%) Project Manager
14 13 (2.47%) Business Analyst
14 13 (2.47%) Product Designer
14 13 (2.47%) Senior Developer
15 11 (2.09%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 97 (18.44%) CSS
1 97 (18.44%) HTML
2 78 (14.83%) React
3 42 (7.98%) Node.js
4 39 (7.41%) RESTful
5 35 (6.65%) .NET
6 34 (6.46%) AngularJS
7 26 (4.94%) Playwright
8 23 (4.37%) HTML5
9 20 (3.80%) Jest
10 19 (3.61%) .NET Core
10 19 (3.61%) CSS3
10 19 (3.61%) REST
10 19 (3.61%) Vue
11 18 (3.42%) Next.js
12 16 (3.04%) Sass
13 13 (2.47%) Redux
14 12 (2.28%) ASP.NET
15 11 (2.09%) Kafka
15 11 (2.09%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.46%) Product Ownership
2 46 (8.75%) Mobile App
3 26 (4.94%) Management Information System
4 24 (4.56%) Onboarding
5 11 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (1.90%) Driving Licence
6 10 (1.90%) Social Media
7 9 (1.71%) Cloud Native
7 9 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.52%) Data Structures
8 8 (1.52%) e-Learning
8 8 (1.52%) Learning Management System
9 7 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
10 6 (1.14%) Algorithms
10 6 (1.14%) Legacy Applications
11 5 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
11 5 (0.95%) Graphic Design
11 5 (0.95%) NHS
11 5 (0.95%) Video Editing
12 4 (0.76%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.65%) Android
2 20 (3.80%) Apple iOS
3 11 (2.09%) Windows
4 6 (1.14%) Linux
4 6 (1.14%) Unix
5 5 (0.95%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (44.68%) Agile
2 169 (32.13%) User Experience
3 119 (22.62%) UX Design
4 116 (22.05%) CI/CD
5 104 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
6 81 (15.40%) DevOps
6 81 (15.40%) User Research
7 80 (15.21%) Test Automation
8 77 (14.64%) Analytics
9 65 (12.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 63 (11.98%) Stakeholder Management
11 61 (11.60%) Decision-Making
12 50 (9.51%) Scrum
13 49 (9.32%) Service Design
13 49 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 49 (9.32%) TDD
14 48 (9.13%) Wireframes
15 46 (8.75%) Roadmaps
16 44 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
16 44 (8.37%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 120 (22.81%) JavaScript
2 62 (11.79%) Python
3 58 (11.03%) SQL
4 51 (9.70%) TypeScript
5 43 (8.17%) Java
6 40 (7.60%) C#
7 20 (3.80%) Kotlin
8 11 (2.09%) PHP
9 7 (1.33%) R
10 5 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 5 (0.95%) Scala
10 5 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.76%) Go
12 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.38%) ABAP
13 2 (0.38%) Bash
13 2 (0.38%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.38%) Swift
14 1 (0.19%) Ada
14 1 (0.19%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (11.22%) Security Cleared
2 50 (9.51%) Degree
3 45 (8.56%) SC Cleared
4 18 (3.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (1.90%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.57%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.38%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.38%) CISSP
8 2 (0.38%) HNC
8 2 (0.38%) HND
8 2 (0.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.19%) CCA
9 1 (0.19%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.19%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.19%) SAFe Agilist
9 1 (0.19%) SAP Certification
9 1 (0.19%) Six Sigma Green Belt
9 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (13.88%) WCAG
2 52 (9.89%) QA
3 29 (5.51%) Data Quality
4 17 (3.23%) GDPR
5 8 (1.52%) Disclosure Scotland
6 6 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.95%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 3 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.57%) GxP
8 3 (0.57%) PMO
9 2 (0.38%) COSHH
9 2 (0.38%) ISO 14001
9 2 (0.38%) NIST
9 2 (0.38%) Section 508
9 2 (0.38%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.19%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.19%) EMIR
10 1 (0.19%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.19%) NCSC
System Software
1 52 (9.89%) Docker
2 8 (1.52%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.95%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.19%) Apache ZooKeeper
Systems Management
1 37 (7.03%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.71%) Terraform
3 5 (0.95%) Ansible
4 4 (0.76%) Grafana
5 2 (0.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.19%) Kibana
6 1 (0.19%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.19%) logstash
6 1 (0.19%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.19%) Puppet
Vendors
1 70 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.03%) Adobe
3 27 (5.13%) SAP
4 22 (4.18%) Google
5 15 (2.85%) Databricks
6 9 (1.71%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.52%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.95%) Oracle
9 4 (0.76%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (0.76%) Informatica
9 4 (0.76%) Perforce
9 4 (0.76%) Siemens
9 4 (0.76%) Twitter
10 3 (0.57%) Amplitude
10 3 (0.57%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.57%) Facebook
10 3 (0.57%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.57%) Instagram
10 3 (0.57%) MuleSoft
10 3 (0.57%) Sitecore