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 16 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 164 215
Rank change year-on-year +19 +51 +18
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 915 513 471
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.82% 1.73% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.87% 10.72% 7.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 658 327 291
10th Percentile £350 £312 £306
25th Percentile £403 £375 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £632 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +10.71% -8.11% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 33
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £22.75 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £28.18 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% +55.43% -22.39%
75th Percentile £41.68 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.85 - £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £28.18 £14.50
% change year-on-year -43.22% +94.34% -13.54%

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 8,420 4,784 5,974
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.77% 16.15% 13.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,396 3,044 3,724
10th Percentile £340 £275 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.48% -3.33%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £717 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 502 199 433
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.22 £21.23 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.76 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% +33.45% -36.53%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.24 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.25 £19.17
% change year-on-year +24.03% +68.23% -48.88%

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 16 June 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 16 June 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 16 June 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 +12 701 £475 - 540
UK excluding London +22 378 £471 +10.71% 355
London -11 335 £475 -5.00% 257
Work from Home +22 295 £450 -2.70% 337
North of England +2 159 £450 -1.64% 79
North West -3 77 £442 -7.05% 42
Midlands -7 71 £450 +10.77% 45
South West +15 61 £475 +18.75% 36
West Midlands -13 60 £450 -2.17% 22
Yorkshire -25 52 £500 +18.34% 31
Scotland +8 45 £550 +18.15% 23
South East -41 35 £500 +16.28% 112
North East -8 34 £450 -2.17% 10
East Midlands -18 10 £445 +38.20% 23
East of England -30 7 £575 +27.78% 36
Wales -17 4 £713 +82.69% 15
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 15

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 44 (4.81%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.83%) Confluence
3 31 (3.39%) CMS
4 10 (1.09%) WordPress
5 7 (0.77%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.77%) Drupal
6 6 (0.66%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) Moodle
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) govService
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (3.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.62%) Sketch
3 22 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.97%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.98%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (0.98%) InVision
7 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (0.66%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.55%) Final Cut Pro
11 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.44%) Revit
11 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.33%) CapCut
12 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.33%) Zeplin
13 2 (0.22%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 158 (17.27%) Azure
2 139 (15.19%) Figma
3 135 (14.75%) AWS
4 76 (8.31%) GitHub
5 64 (6.99%) Azure DevOps
6 49 (5.36%) Power Platform
7 43 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (3.83%) GCP
9 26 (2.84%) Serverless
10 18 (1.97%) Miro
10 18 (1.97%) SaaS
11 17 (1.86%) BrowserStack
11 17 (1.86%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
12 14 (1.53%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.42%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 11 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.09%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.09%) Intranet
2 4 (0.44%) 5G
2 4 (0.44%) LTE
2 4 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.22%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.22%) HTTP
3 2 (0.22%) Internet
3 2 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.22%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.11%) DMZ
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.11%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.93%) Power BI
2 31 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.28%) NoSQL
4 27 (2.95%) MongoDB
5 24 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.40%) Metadata
7 14 (1.53%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.98%) GIS
9 7 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.66%) MySQL
10 6 (0.66%) Redis
10 6 (0.66%) Spatial Data
11 5 (0.55%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.33%) Tableau
14 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.22%) MS Access
14 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 75 (8.20%) Git
2 72 (7.87%) JIRA
3 52 (5.68%) Cypress.io
4 48 (5.25%) Selenium
5 46 (5.03%) GitLab
5 46 (5.03%) Jenkins
6 24 (2.62%) Cucumber
7 23 (2.51%) REST Assured
8 21 (2.30%) JUnit
9 19 (2.08%) Gatling
9 19 (2.08%) Postman
10 17 (1.86%) JMeter
11 11 (1.20%) CircleCI
11 11 (1.20%) Serenity BDD
12 10 (1.09%) fastlane
12 10 (1.09%) Xcode
13 9 (0.98%) Axure RP
13 9 (0.98%) Gradle
14 8 (0.87%) Maven
14 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
General
1 359 (39.23%) Public Sector
2 247 (26.99%) Social Skills
3 88 (9.62%) Finance
4 61 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (5.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.15%) Banking
7 23 (2.51%) Military
8 22 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.30%) Legal
9 21 (2.30%) Marketing
10 18 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
10 18 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (1.97%) Publishing
11 16 (1.75%) Retail
12 13 (1.42%) Local Government
13 7 (0.77%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
15 4 (0.44%) Law
15 4 (0.44%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.44%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 224 (24.48%) Designer
2 216 (23.61%) Developer
3 139 (15.19%) Senior
4 79 (8.63%) Lead
5 64 (6.99%) Content Designer
6 56 (6.12%) User Researcher
7 55 (6.01%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 52 (5.68%) Service Designer
9 47 (5.14%) UX Designer
10 43 (4.70%) Analyst
10 43 (4.70%) Test Engineer
11 34 (3.72%) Senior Designer
11 34 (3.72%) Senior Developer
12 33 (3.61%) Full-Stack Developer
13 32 (3.50%) Architect
14 31 (3.39%) React Developer
15 30 (3.28%) Tester
16 26 (2.84%) Java Developer
17 25 (2.73%) Interaction Designer
17 25 (2.73%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (15.52%) React
2 98 (10.71%) HTML
3 93 (10.16%) CSS
4 82 (8.96%) REST
5 79 (8.63%) RESTful
6 78 (8.52%) Node.js
7 68 (7.43%) Spring
8 67 (7.32%) Spring Boot
9 64 (6.99%) Playwright
10 42 (4.59%) HTML5
10 42 (4.59%) Jest
11 39 (4.26%) CSS3
12 34 (3.72%) Kafka
12 34 (3.72%) Redux
13 32 (3.50%) AngularJS
14 28 (3.06%) .NET
15 26 (2.84%) Next.js
16 17 (1.86%) Vue
17 16 (1.75%) GraphQL
18 15 (1.64%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (7.32%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.46%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.50%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.51%) NHS
5 22 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.53%) Social Media
10 13 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.09%) Taxonomies
14 8 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
14 8 (0.87%) Animation
14 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.84%) Apple iOS
2 20 (2.19%) Android
3 6 (0.66%) Windows
4 4 (0.44%) Linux
4 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 464 (50.71%) Agile
2 256 (27.98%) User Experience
3 245 (26.78%) CI/CD
4 212 (23.17%) User Research
5 176 (19.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 176 (19.23%) UX Design
6 166 (18.14%) Test Automation
7 157 (17.16%) DevOps
8 154 (16.83%) Service Design
9 153 (16.72%) Continuous Improvement
10 121 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
11 115 (12.57%) Analytics
12 104 (11.37%) AI
13 102 (11.15%) Prototyping
14 93 (10.16%) Microservices
15 89 (9.73%) Decision-Making
16 85 (9.29%) Scrum
16 85 (9.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 84 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 81 (8.85%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 162 (17.70%) JavaScript
2 137 (14.97%) TypeScript
3 118 (12.90%) Java
4 80 (8.74%) Python
5 56 (6.12%) SQL
6 32 (3.50%) C#
7 19 (2.08%) Ruby
8 14 (1.53%) Swift
9 13 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.20%) Scala
11 6 (0.66%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.33%) PHP
14 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.22%) R
14 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 217 (23.72%) Security Cleared
2 178 (19.45%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.87%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.25%) Degree
5 11 (1.20%) ISTQB
6 9 (0.98%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.77%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.55%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.33%) CCA
10 3 (0.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 2 (0.22%) ACCA
11 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.22%) CIMA
11 2 (0.22%) CIPD
11 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.22%) PMP
12 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 257 (28.09%) WCAG
2 83 (9.07%) QA
3 32 (3.50%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.40%) GDPR
5 9 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.77%) NCSC
7 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.33%) PMO
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.11%) GLP
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) HL7
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) WAI
11 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 86 (9.40%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (7.10%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.70%) Terraform
3 28 (3.06%) Grafana
4 17 (1.86%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.98%) Argo
5 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.66%) Ansible
7 5 (0.55%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) QRadar
8 1 (0.11%) SELinux
8 1 (0.11%) systemd
Vendors
1 80 (8.74%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.12%) Adobe
3 21 (2.30%) Google
4 17 (1.86%) Oracle
4 17 (1.86%) Salesforce
5 16 (1.75%) Splunk
6 14 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.42%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.20%) Pega
9 8 (0.87%) Databricks
9 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
9 8 (0.87%) Sitecore
10 6 (0.66%) Apple
10 6 (0.66%) SAP
11 5 (0.55%) Solace
12 4 (0.44%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.33%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.33%) Synthesia
14 2 (0.22%) New Relic