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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 146 216
Rank change year-on-year 0 +70 +9
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1,061 652 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.94% 1.97% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.94% 11.24% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 732 426 266
10th Percentile £350 £307 £284
25th Percentile £407 £400 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £467 £475 £494
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% -3.85% -1.20%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £577
90th Percentile £625 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £430 £494
% change year-on-year +4.65% -12.96% +6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 22 11
10th Percentile £13.59 £18.25 £18.13
25th Percentile £14.22 £20.25 £21.49
Median hourly rate £18.18 £30.75 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.89% +18.27% +44.44%
75th Percentile £44.23 £35.75 £32.35
90th Percentile £66.51 £37.35 £33.07
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £20.50 £25.36
% change year-on-year -21.95% -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 9,696 5,800 5,070
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.77% 17.51% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,065 3,708 2,949
10th Percentile £325 £300 £275
25th Percentile £413 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% - -4.76%
75th Percentile £610 £608 £625
90th Percentile £713 £705 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £481 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +1.26% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 688 283 240
10th Percentile £13.70 £13.60 £13.26
25th Percentile £16.56 £16.71 £16.17
Median hourly rate £30.27 £30.00 £27.67
Median % change year-on-year +0.90% +8.42% -22.34%
75th Percentile £65.00 £60.00 £62.88
90th Percentile £74.25 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £31.46 £25.11 £27.75
% change year-on-year +25.28% -9.50% -26.00%

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 11 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 11 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 11 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 -4 845 £470 - 2,107
UK excluding London +21 498 £450 +4.65% 1,278
London -35 365 £513 +5.13% 1,002
Work from Home -7 317 £459 -8.28% 1,323
North of England -33 175 £450 +7.46% 295
Midlands +50 148 £438 +1.74% 127
West Midlands +45 134 £438 -1.69% 88
North West -51 64 £488 +20.37% 159
Yorkshire -12 59 £481 +10.63% 87
South West -2 55 £469 +10.29% 130
North East -4 53 £450 +0.56% 49
Scotland -19 48 £401 -15.58% 144
South East -42 43 £470 +3.30% 230
East of England -15 18 £465 -15.55% 231
East Midlands +2 13 £523 +62.27% 39
Wales -10 9 £375 -27.54% 30
Northern Ireland +5 3 £638 - 97

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 68 (6.41%) CMS
2 55 (5.18%) SharePoint
3 52 (4.90%) Confluence
4 28 (2.64%) WordPress
5 10 (0.94%) Drupal
6 8 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.66%) Headless CMS
8 6 (0.57%) Apache
8 6 (0.57%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.57%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.38%) ColdFusion
10 3 (0.28%) Kentico
10 3 (0.28%) Moodle
11 2 (0.19%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.094%) Cloud Foundry
12 1 (0.094%) Documentum
12 1 (0.094%) govService
12 1 (0.094%) Mendix
12 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (2.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.41%) Sketch
4 11 (1.04%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
5 9 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (0.66%) Final Cut Pro
8 6 (0.57%) UserZoom
9 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.28%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.28%) Chatbot
11 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.19%) Navisworks
11 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.19%) Revit
11 2 (0.19%) Spreadsheet
11 2 (0.19%) Trello
12 1 (0.094%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 24 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.094%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.094%) Primavera
5 1 (0.094%) Shopify
5 1 (0.094%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 206 (19.42%) Azure
2 189 (17.81%) AWS
3 139 (13.10%) Figma
4 119 (11.22%) GitHub
5 102 (9.61%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.60%) Power Platform
7 65 (6.13%) GitHub Actions
8 49 (4.62%) Serverless
9 45 (4.24%) Power Automate
10 44 (4.15%) GCP
11 43 (4.05%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (2.45%) PowerApps
13 23 (2.17%) Azure Functions
14 22 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
14 22 (2.07%) Miro
15 18 (1.70%) AWS Lambda
16 17 (1.60%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.60%) Entra ID
16 17 (1.60%) GitHub Copilot
17 16 (1.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (0.47%) Intranet
1 5 (0.47%) NAS
2 2 (0.19%) Broadband
2 2 (0.19%) Internet
3 1 (0.094%) 5G
3 1 (0.094%) DMZ
3 1 (0.094%) HTTP
3 1 (0.094%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.094%) Network Security
3 1 (0.094%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.094%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.094%) SAN
3 1 (0.094%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
2 48 (4.52%) MongoDB
3 47 (4.43%) Metadata
4 36 (3.39%) Power BI
4 36 (3.39%) SQL Server
5 32 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 18 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 15 (1.41%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.13%) Geospatial Data
9 10 (0.94%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.66%) Redis
11 6 (0.57%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.57%) Tableau
12 5 (0.47%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.47%) Stardog
13 4 (0.38%) Amazon Aurora
13 4 (0.38%) Delta Lake
13 4 (0.38%) Neo4j
13 4 (0.38%) ZAP BI
14 3 (0.28%) TigerGraph
Development Applications
1 154 (14.51%) Git
2 91 (8.58%) Selenium
3 81 (7.63%) JIRA
4 78 (7.35%) Jenkins
5 71 (6.69%) Cucumber
6 69 (6.50%) GitLab
7 59 (5.56%) JUnit
8 55 (5.18%) Cypress.io
9 44 (4.15%) Gatling
10 32 (3.02%) Postman
11 24 (2.26%) REST Assured
11 24 (2.26%) SonarQube
12 21 (1.98%) JMeter
13 19 (1.79%) WebDriver
14 16 (1.51%) Maven
14 16 (1.51%) Storybook
15 15 (1.41%) Mockito
16 12 (1.13%) Gradle
16 12 (1.13%) TestNG
16 12 (1.13%) Xcode
General
1 457 (43.07%) Public Sector
2 370 (34.87%) Social Skills
3 107 (10.08%) Finance
4 104 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 93 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (3.68%) Marketing
7 31 (2.92%) Legal
7 31 (2.92%) Local Government
7 31 (2.92%) Military
8 30 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
9 26 (2.45%) Banking
9 26 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.26%) Retail
11 23 (2.17%) Publishing
12 15 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.57%) Games
14 5 (0.47%) Automotive
14 5 (0.47%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.47%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 251 (23.66%) Developer
2 203 (19.13%) Designer
3 193 (18.19%) Senior
4 119 (11.22%) Lead
5 70 (6.60%) User Researcher
6 60 (5.66%) Analyst
7 58 (5.47%) Content Designer
8 52 (4.90%) Senior Developer
9 50 (4.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 48 (4.52%) Java Developer
11 44 (4.15%) Architect
11 44 (4.15%) Test Engineer
12 42 (3.96%) Service Designer
13 35 (3.30%) Senior Designer
14 33 (3.11%) Interaction Designer
15 30 (2.83%) Quality Engineer
15 30 (2.83%) UX Designer
16 29 (2.73%) UI Designer
17 27 (2.54%) Lead Developer
18 24 (2.26%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (14.70%) React
2 134 (12.63%) REST
3 132 (12.44%) HTML
4 129 (12.16%) CSS
5 113 (10.65%) RESTful
6 100 (9.43%) Playwright
7 94 (8.86%) Node.js
8 91 (8.58%) Spring
9 74 (6.97%) Spring Boot
10 69 (6.50%) Terraform
11 64 (6.03%) HTML5
12 59 (5.56%) JSON
13 54 (5.09%) CSS3
14 49 (4.62%) .NET
15 47 (4.43%) Jest
16 44 (4.15%) Kafka
17 39 (3.68%) Gherkin
18 29 (2.73%) Redux
19 27 (2.54%) AngularJS
20 26 (2.45%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 88 (8.29%) Product Ownership
2 74 (6.97%) Cloud Native
3 50 (4.71%) Mobile App
4 49 (4.62%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.39%) Onboarding
6 31 (2.92%) Taxonomies
7 30 (2.83%) NHS
8 28 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
10 19 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
11 17 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
12 16 (1.51%) Virtual Team
13 15 (1.41%) AI Agents
14 13 (1.23%) Graphic Design
15 12 (1.13%) Data Structures
16 11 (1.04%) Animation
16 11 (1.04%) Blog
16 11 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
17 10 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
18 8 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 31 (2.92%) Android
2 28 (2.64%) Apple iOS
3 17 (1.60%) Windows
4 5 (0.47%) macOS
5 2 (0.19%) AIX
5 2 (0.19%) Linux
5 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.094%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.094%) Rocky
6 1 (0.094%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 574 (54.10%) Agile
2 360 (33.93%) CI/CD
3 271 (25.54%) User Experience
4 252 (23.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 251 (23.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 240 (22.62%) Test Automation
7 224 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 224 (21.11%) User Research
8 222 (20.92%) DevOps
9 162 (15.27%) AI
10 158 (14.89%) UX Design
11 157 (14.80%) Service Design
12 155 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
13 154 (14.51%) Analytics
14 152 (14.33%) Scrum
15 149 (14.04%) Microservices
16 140 (13.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 112 (10.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 109 (10.27%) Inclusive Design
19 108 (10.18%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 231 (21.77%) JavaScript
2 158 (14.89%) Java
3 143 (13.48%) TypeScript
4 84 (7.92%) Python
5 74 (6.97%) SQL
6 63 (5.94%) C#
7 21 (1.98%) Kotlin
8 18 (1.70%) Ruby
9 15 (1.41%) Swift
10 14 (1.32%) Bicep
10 14 (1.32%) Scala
11 9 (0.85%) PHP
12 6 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.47%) Bash
13 5 (0.47%) SPARQL
14 4 (0.38%) CFML
14 4 (0.38%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.38%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.38%) R
Qualifications
1 295 (27.80%) Security Cleared
2 250 (23.56%) SC Cleared
3 119 (11.22%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (4.71%) Degree
5 33 (3.11%) Microsoft Certification
6 17 (1.60%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.32%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.94%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
10 7 (0.66%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
12 4 (0.38%) CSPO
12 4 (0.38%) TOGAF Certification
13 3 (0.28%) DBS Check
13 3 (0.28%) IIBA
14 2 (0.19%) ACCA
14 2 (0.19%) CIMA
14 2 (0.19%) CIPD
14 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
14 2 (0.19%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (28.37%) WCAG
2 138 (13.01%) QA
3 50 (4.71%) Data Quality
4 42 (3.96%) GDPR
5 25 (2.36%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.13%) NCSC
7 5 (0.47%) PMO
8 3 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.28%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.19%) GRC
9 2 (0.19%) HL7
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.19%) WAI
9 2 (0.19%) WAI-ARIA
10 1 (0.094%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.094%) GLP
10 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.094%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.094%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 120 (11.31%) Docker
2 5 (0.47%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.094%) Firmware
4 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 114 (10.74%) Kubernetes
2 41 (3.86%) Grafana
3 14 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.75%) Argo
5 8 (0.75%) Kibana
6 5 (0.47%) Ansible
7 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.094%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.094%) NSN NetAct
8 1 (0.094%) Puppet
Vendors
1 130 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.81%) Adobe
3 38 (3.58%) Oracle
4 29 (2.73%) Google
5 19 (1.79%) Splunk
6 16 (1.51%) Dynatrace
7 15 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 11 (1.04%) Sitecore
10 9 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 8 (0.75%) Databricks
11 8 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 7 (0.66%) OpenAI
12 7 (0.66%) SAP
13 5 (0.47%) dotdigital
13 5 (0.47%) TikTok
14 4 (0.38%) Apple
15 3 (0.28%) Checkmarx
15 3 (0.28%) Foundry
15 3 (0.28%) New Relic