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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 169 222
Rank change year-on-year +22 +53 +10
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 918 514 473
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.82% 1.73% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.85% 10.63% 7.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 655 328 293
10th Percentile £350 £313 £308
25th Percentile £406 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £635 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.76% -8.11% -3.44%
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 8,460 4,836 6,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.79% 16.25% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,425 3,083 3,748
10th Percentile £340 £275 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% -3.29%
75th Percentile £600 £614 £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 505 202 436
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.69 £21.21 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.76 £23.30
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% +36.34% -37.88%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.07 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.00 £18.99
% change year-on-year +25.00% +68.55% -49.37%

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 18 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 18 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 18 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 +16 706 £475 - 251
UK excluding London +30 373 £475 +11.76% 211
London +6 345 £475 -5.00% 112
Work from Home +7 289 £450 -2.44% 157
North of England 0 150 £470 +2.79% 47
Midlands -6 71 £450 +16.13% 34
North West -6 67 £469 -1.32% 26
South West +21 63 £475 +15.15% 22
West Midlands -8 60 £450 +5.88% 15
Yorkshire -29 54 £500 +18.34% 19
Scotland +8 45 £550 +18.15% 6
South East -38 35 £500 +25.00% 72
North East -12 33 £450 -2.17% 8
East Midlands -17 10 £445 +38.20% 19
East of England -25 9 £575 +27.78% 11
Wales -16 4 £713 +80.38% 8
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 18

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 (5.01%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.81%) Confluence
3 31 (3.38%) CMS
4 11 (1.20%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) Apache
5 7 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.76%) Drupal
6 4 (0.44%) 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%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) Mendix
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (3.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.61%) Sketch
3 22 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.96%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.09%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.87%) InVision
7 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.65%) Final Cut Pro
8 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (0.65%) UserZoom
9 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.44%) Revit
9 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.33%) CapCut
10 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.22%) InDesign
11 2 (0.22%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 5 (0.54%) 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
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
1 165 (17.97%) Azure
2 138 (15.03%) AWS
2 138 (15.03%) Figma
3 77 (8.39%) GitHub
4 68 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 50 (5.45%) Power Platform
6 43 (4.68%) GitHub Actions
7 39 (4.25%) GCP
8 26 (2.83%) Serverless
9 18 (1.96%) SaaS
10 17 (1.85%) BrowserStack
11 16 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (1.74%) Miro
12 15 (1.63%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (1.63%) PowerApps
13 14 (1.53%) Power Automate
14 12 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
15 10 (1.09%) Firebase
15 10 (1.09%) npm
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 37 (4.03%) Power BI
2 31 (3.38%) NoSQL
2 31 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (2.83%) Metadata
3 26 (2.83%) MongoDB
4 24 (2.61%) Relational Database
5 14 (1.53%) SQL Server
6 9 (0.98%) GIS
7 6 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
7 6 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
7 6 (0.65%) Redis
7 6 (0.65%) Spatial Data
8 5 (0.54%) MySQL
9 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.44%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.33%) DynamoDB
10 3 (0.33%) Tableau
11 2 (0.22%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 77 (8.39%) Git
2 71 (7.73%) JIRA
3 52 (5.66%) Cypress.io
4 48 (5.23%) Selenium
5 47 (5.12%) Jenkins
6 46 (5.01%) GitLab
7 24 (2.61%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.51%) REST Assured
9 21 (2.29%) JUnit
10 19 (2.07%) Gatling
10 19 (2.07%) Postman
11 17 (1.85%) JMeter
12 11 (1.20%) CircleCI
12 11 (1.20%) Serenity BDD
13 10 (1.09%) fastlane
13 10 (1.09%) Xcode
14 9 (0.98%) Gradle
15 8 (0.87%) Maven
15 8 (0.87%) WebDriver
16 7 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 354 (38.56%) Public Sector
2 249 (27.12%) Social Skills
3 92 (10.02%) Finance
4 63 (6.86%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.14%) Banking
7 23 (2.51%) Legal
7 23 (2.51%) Military
8 21 (2.29%) Marketing
9 20 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.96%) Publishing
11 18 (1.96%) Retail
12 13 (1.42%) Local Government
13 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
14 5 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
14 5 (0.54%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.44%) Automotive
15 4 (0.44%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 222 (24.18%) Developer
2 220 (23.97%) Designer
3 139 (15.14%) Senior
4 82 (8.93%) Lead
5 61 (6.64%) Content Designer
6 54 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 54 (5.88%) User Researcher
7 52 (5.66%) Service Designer
8 42 (4.58%) Test Engineer
8 42 (4.58%) UX Designer
9 41 (4.47%) Analyst
10 36 (3.92%) Senior Developer
11 35 (3.81%) Architect
12 34 (3.70%) Full-Stack Developer
12 34 (3.70%) Senior Designer
13 32 (3.49%) React Developer
14 30 (3.27%) Tester
15 27 (2.94%) Java Developer
15 27 (2.94%) UI Designer
16 23 (2.51%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (15.58%) React
2 100 (10.89%) HTML
3 95 (10.35%) CSS
4 87 (9.48%) REST
5 82 (8.93%) RESTful
6 76 (8.28%) Node.js
7 68 (7.41%) Spring
8 67 (7.30%) Spring Boot
9 64 (6.97%) Playwright
10 45 (4.90%) HTML5
11 42 (4.58%) Jest
12 41 (4.47%) CSS3
13 35 (3.81%) Redux
14 34 (3.70%) Kafka
15 33 (3.59%) AngularJS
16 30 (3.27%) .NET
17 26 (2.83%) Next.js
18 18 (1.96%) JSON
19 17 (1.85%) GraphQL
19 17 (1.85%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 64 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.34%) Mobile App
3 35 (3.81%) Cloud Native
4 24 (2.61%) NHS
4 24 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 23 (2.51%) Legacy Systems
6 22 (2.40%) Management Information System
7 18 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
8 15 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
9 14 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 14 (1.53%) Social Media
9 14 (1.53%) Taxonomies
10 13 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (1.31%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.20%) Virtual Team
13 10 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.09%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.98%) Animation
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.83%) Apple iOS
2 20 (2.18%) Android
3 8 (0.87%) Windows
4 4 (0.44%) Linux
4 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (49.89%) Agile
2 253 (27.56%) User Experience
3 249 (27.12%) CI/CD
4 203 (22.11%) User Research
5 173 (18.85%) UX Design
6 171 (18.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 166 (18.08%) Test Automation
8 163 (17.76%) DevOps
9 153 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
10 152 (16.56%) Service Design
11 125 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
12 115 (12.53%) Analytics
13 108 (11.76%) AI
14 101 (11.00%) Prototyping
15 97 (10.57%) Microservices
16 91 (9.91%) Decision-Making
17 90 (9.80%) Stakeholder Management
18 84 (9.15%) Scrum
18 84 (9.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 80 (8.71%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 166 (18.08%) JavaScript
2 141 (15.36%) TypeScript
3 119 (12.96%) Java
4 85 (9.26%) Python
5 59 (6.43%) SQL
6 35 (3.81%) C#
7 19 (2.07%) Ruby
8 14 (1.53%) Swift
9 13 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.20%) Scala
11 8 (0.87%) Bicep
12 6 (0.65%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.33%) PHP
13 3 (0.33%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.33%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.33%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.22%) Go
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 214 (23.31%) Security Cleared
2 180 (19.61%) SC Cleared
3 72 (7.84%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.23%) Degree
5 11 (1.20%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.09%) 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 (0.44%) 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
1 253 (27.56%) WCAG
2 83 (9.04%) QA
3 34 (3.70%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.40%) GDPR
5 9 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (0.98%) NCSC
6 5 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.33%) PMO
9 2 (0.22%) GRC
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) GLP
10 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) HL7
10 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.11%) WAI
10 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 88 (9.59%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 68 (7.41%) Kubernetes
2 46 (5.01%) Terraform
3 27 (2.94%) Grafana
4 16 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.87%) Argo
7 5 (0.54%) Ansible
7 5 (0.54%) 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 (8.71%) Microsoft
2 58 (6.32%) Adobe
3 22 (2.40%) Google
4 18 (1.96%) Oracle
5 17 (1.85%) Salesforce
6 16 (1.74%) Splunk
7 14 (1.53%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.42%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.20%) Pega
10 9 (0.98%) Sitecore
11 8 (0.87%) Databricks
11 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
12 6 (0.65%) Apple
12 6 (0.65%) SAP
13 5 (0.54%) Solace
14 4 (0.44%) Autodesk
15 3 (0.33%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
15 3 (0.33%) Synthesia
16 2 (0.22%) Sparx