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

6 months to
23 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 167 222
Rank change year-on-year +21 +55 +13
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 923 522 467
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.82% 1.74% 1.07%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.79% 10.69% 7.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 332 289
10th Percentile £350 £310 £289
25th Percentile £406 £375 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £636 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.76% -8.11% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 15 31
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.20 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £22.75 £14.39
Median hourly rate £25.38 £30.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -15.40% +65.47% -22.39%
75th Percentile £41.68 £35.12 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.85 £35.75 £40.00
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 8,555 4,881 5,972
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.85% 16.29% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,496 3,114 3,711
10th Percentile £340 £271 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 515 202 438
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £19.33 £19.60 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.70 £23.05
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% +37.56% -38.55%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.39 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.70 £19.00
% change year-on-year +26.18% +66.84% -49.33%

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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +14 705 £475 +1.28% 320
UK excluding London +33 369 £475 +11.76% 223
London -11 348 £475 -5.00% 156
Work from Home +11 291 £450 -2.44% 171
North of England -9 143 £470 +3.30% 57
Midlands -2 71 £450 +16.13% 35
South West +15 64 £475 +15.15% 27
North West -18 63 £450 -2.07% 27
West Midlands -14 60 £450 +5.88% 16
Yorkshire -21 52 £525 +25.00% 20
Scotland +6 47 £550 +18.15% 4
South East -42 35 £500 +25.00% 60
North East -12 32 £450 -2.17% 10
East Midlands -12 10 £445 +38.20% 19
East of England -25 9 £575 +27.78% 19
Wales -17 4 £713 +80.38% 9
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 16

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 46 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.79%) Confluence
3 30 (3.25%) CMS
4 12 (1.30%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.76%) Drupal
6 4 (0.43%) Moodle
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.33%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
8 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) govService
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (3.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (2.49%) Sketch
3 17 (1.84%) Adobe XD
4 10 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
4 10 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.76%) InVision
6 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.65%) Final Cut Pro
7 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
7 6 (0.65%) UserZoom
8 4 (0.43%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.43%) Revit
8 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.33%) CapCut
9 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.22%) InDesign
11 1 (0.11%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.43%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.22%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 167 (18.09%) Azure
2 140 (15.17%) Figma
3 139 (15.06%) AWS
4 75 (8.13%) GitHub
5 68 (7.37%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (5.42%) Power Platform
7 42 (4.55%) GitHub Actions
8 40 (4.33%) GCP
9 25 (2.71%) Serverless
10 20 (2.17%) SaaS
11 17 (1.84%) BrowserStack
12 16 (1.73%) Miro
13 15 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.63%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.52%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.30%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.08%) Firebase
16 10 (1.08%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.08%) Intranet
2 4 (0.43%) 5G
2 4 (0.43%) LTE
2 4 (0.43%) 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 38 (4.12%) Power BI
2 31 (3.36%) NoSQL
2 31 (3.36%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (2.93%) MongoDB
4 26 (2.82%) Metadata
5 25 (2.71%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.52%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.98%) GIS
8 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
8 6 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (0.65%) Redis
8 6 (0.65%) Spatial Data
9 5 (0.54%) MySQL
10 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.43%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.33%) Tableau
12 2 (0.22%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 78 (8.45%) Git
2 72 (7.80%) JIRA
3 50 (5.42%) Cypress.io
4 49 (5.31%) Jenkins
5 48 (5.20%) Selenium
6 45 (4.88%) GitLab
7 24 (2.60%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.49%) REST Assured
9 21 (2.28%) JUnit
10 19 (2.06%) Gatling
10 19 (2.06%) Postman
11 17 (1.84%) JMeter
12 11 (1.19%) Gradle
12 11 (1.19%) Serenity BDD
12 11 (1.19%) Xcode
13 10 (1.08%) fastlane
13 10 (1.08%) Maven
14 9 (0.98%) CircleCI
15 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
16 7 (0.76%) webpack
General
1 356 (38.57%) Public Sector
2 254 (27.52%) Social Skills
3 93 (10.08%) Finance
4 64 (6.93%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.23%) Banking
7 23 (2.49%) Legal
7 23 (2.49%) Military
8 21 (2.28%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (2.28%) Marketing
9 19 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
10 18 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
10 18 (1.95%) Retail
11 17 (1.84%) Publishing
12 13 (1.41%) Local Government
13 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.54%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.43%) Automotive
15 4 (0.43%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 223 (24.16%) Developer
2 220 (23.84%) Designer
3 139 (15.06%) Senior
4 83 (8.99%) Lead
5 59 (6.39%) Content Designer
6 55 (5.96%) User Researcher
7 54 (5.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 52 (5.63%) Service Designer
9 43 (4.66%) Analyst
10 42 (4.55%) UX Designer
11 41 (4.44%) Test Engineer
12 35 (3.79%) Architect
12 35 (3.79%) Senior Designer
13 34 (3.68%) Senior Developer
14 32 (3.47%) React Developer
15 31 (3.36%) Full-Stack Developer
16 30 (3.25%) Tester
17 29 (3.14%) Java Developer
18 27 (2.93%) UI Designer
19 23 (2.49%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (15.28%) React
2 101 (10.94%) HTML
3 96 (10.40%) CSS
4 89 (9.64%) REST
5 86 (9.32%) RESTful
6 76 (8.23%) Node.js
7 69 (7.48%) Spring
8 68 (7.37%) Spring Boot
9 62 (6.72%) Playwright
10 45 (4.88%) HTML5
11 41 (4.44%) CSS3
11 41 (4.44%) Jest
12 37 (4.01%) Kafka
13 34 (3.68%) AngularJS
13 34 (3.68%) Redux
14 29 (3.14%) .NET
15 25 (2.71%) Next.js
16 18 (1.95%) GraphQL
16 18 (1.95%) JSON
17 16 (1.73%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (7.37%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.53%) Mobile App
3 33 (3.58%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.38%) NHS
7 21 (2.28%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.52%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.52%) Social Media
11 13 (1.41%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (1.30%) Virtual Team
13 11 (1.19%) Graphic Design
14 10 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.98%) Animation
16 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 27 (2.93%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.28%) Android
3 8 (0.87%) Windows
4 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.33%) Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 460 (49.84%) Agile
2 255 (27.63%) User Experience
3 249 (26.98%) CI/CD
4 200 (21.67%) User Research
5 172 (18.63%) UX Design
6 170 (18.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 164 (17.77%) DevOps
8 163 (17.66%) Test Automation
9 154 (16.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 154 (16.68%) Service Design
10 128 (13.87%) Problem-Solving
11 116 (12.57%) Analytics
12 108 (11.70%) AI
13 101 (10.94%) Prototyping
14 99 (10.73%) Microservices
15 95 (10.29%) Decision-Making
16 91 (9.86%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (9.43%) Scrum
18 86 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 80 (8.67%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 164 (17.77%) JavaScript
2 137 (14.84%) TypeScript
3 119 (12.89%) Java
4 80 (8.67%) Python
5 58 (6.28%) SQL
6 35 (3.79%) C#
7 20 (2.17%) Ruby
8 15 (1.63%) Swift
9 14 (1.52%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.19%) Scala
11 8 (0.87%) Bicep
12 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.43%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.43%) PHP
13 4 (0.43%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.33%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.22%) Bash
15 2 (0.22%) Go
Qualifications
1 220 (23.84%) Security Cleared
2 186 (20.15%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.80%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.20%) Degree
5 11 (1.19%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.08%) DV Cleared
7 7 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 5 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.43%) 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%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 251 (27.19%) WCAG
2 85 (9.21%) QA
3 34 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.38%) GDPR
5 10 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
6 9 (0.98%) NCSC
7 5 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.43%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.43%) 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 88 (9.53%) Docker
2 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (7.37%) Kubernetes
2 47 (5.09%) Terraform
3 27 (2.93%) Grafana
4 16 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.87%) Argo
7 6 (0.65%) Ansible
8 5 (0.54%) Kibana
9 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.11%) logstash
9 1 (0.11%) QRadar
9 1 (0.11%) SELinux
9 1 (0.11%) systemd
Vendors
1 81 (8.78%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.28%) Adobe
3 22 (2.38%) Google
4 19 (2.06%) Oracle
5 17 (1.84%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.84%) Splunk
6 15 (1.63%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.41%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.19%) Pega
9 9 (0.98%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.87%) Databricks
10 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.76%) SAP
12 6 (0.65%) Apple
13 5 (0.54%) Solace
14 4 (0.43%) Autodesk
14 4 (0.43%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.33%) Checkmarx
15 3 (0.33%) New Relic
15 3 (0.33%) OpenAI