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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 169 224
Rank change year-on-year +24 +55 +2
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 944 526 476
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.83% 1.68% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.86% 10.29% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 668 331 294
10th Percentile £350 £308 £313
25th Percentile £405 £375 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £549 £575
90th Percentile £625 £600 £659
UK excluding London median daily rate £458 £428 £465
% change year-on-year +7.02% -8.06% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 17 29
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.18 £13.90
25th Percentile £15.62 £22.75 £14.27
Median hourly rate £26.19 £30.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +65.47% -22.39%
75th Percentile £44.75 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.28 - £42.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £20.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year -21.95% +41.38% -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 8,694 5,111 5,953
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.88% 16.34% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,558 3,278 3,694
10th Percentile £340 £278 £282
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.82% -3.00%
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% - -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 540 213 432
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.82 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.33 £18.50 £13.52
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £23.90
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +25.52% -38.26%
75th Percentile £67.84 £63.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £80.19 £83.32 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £28.18 £21.69
% change year-on-year +33.07% +29.95% -42.17%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 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 +24 739 £475 +2.70% 507
UK excluding London +18 374 £458 +7.02% 311
London +6 368 £475 -5.00% 245
Work from Home +2 296 £450 -2.17% 292
North of England -7 149 £460 +1.10% 96
Midlands -8 76 £447 +15.35% 56
South West +23 65 £425 +6.25% 27
West Midlands -14 65 £450 +5.88% 31
North West -16 62 £450 -2.07% 40
Yorkshire -17 58 £500 +17.65% 46
Scotland +4 41 £525 +6.28% 14
North East -13 33 £450 -2.17% 13
South East -44 33 £500 +25.00% 82
East Midlands -10 10 £445 +38.20% 25
East of England -19 9 £575 +27.78% 22
Wales -20 5 £650 +64.56% 8
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 12

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 (4.87%) SharePoint
2 38 (4.03%) Confluence
3 34 (3.60%) CMS
4 13 (1.38%) WordPress
5 8 (0.85%) Apache
5 8 (0.85%) Drupal
6 5 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.42%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.42%) Moodle
8 3 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.21%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.21%) IIS
9 2 (0.21%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) Camunda
10 1 (0.11%) govService
10 1 (0.11%) Mendix
10 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 32 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.01%) Sketch
4 13 (1.38%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.17%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.06%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.64%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.64%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (0.64%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.42%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.42%) Revit
11 3 (0.32%) InVision
11 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.21%) CapCut
12 2 (0.21%) InDesign
12 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
13 1 (0.11%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 7 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.21%) 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
1 177 (18.75%) Azure
2 144 (15.25%) AWS
3 132 (13.98%) Figma
4 77 (8.16%) GitHub
5 73 (7.73%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (5.40%) Power Platform
7 44 (4.66%) GitHub Actions
8 40 (4.24%) GCP
9 26 (2.75%) Serverless
10 18 (1.91%) SaaS
11 17 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.69%) BrowserStack
12 16 (1.69%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.27%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.27%) Miro
15 11 (1.17%) npm
16 10 (1.06%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.06%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.06%) Intranet
2 4 (0.42%) 5G
2 4 (0.42%) LTE
2 4 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.21%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.21%) HTTP
3 2 (0.21%) Internet
3 2 (0.21%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.21%) 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 (4.03%) Power BI
2 32 (3.39%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.28%) Metadata
4 30 (3.18%) NoSQL
5 27 (2.86%) MongoDB
6 26 (2.75%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.59%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.74%) GIS
9 7 (0.74%) Redis
10 5 (0.53%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.53%) MySQL
11 4 (0.42%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.42%) Spatial Data
11 4 (0.42%) Stardog
11 4 (0.42%) Tableau
12 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.32%) Looker
12 3 (0.32%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 81 (8.58%) Git
2 76 (8.05%) JIRA
3 54 (5.72%) Cypress.io
4 52 (5.51%) Selenium
5 50 (5.30%) Jenkins
6 46 (4.87%) GitLab
7 25 (2.65%) Cucumber
7 25 (2.65%) REST Assured
8 22 (2.33%) JUnit
9 20 (2.12%) Gatling
10 19 (2.01%) Postman
11 16 (1.69%) JMeter
12 12 (1.27%) Xcode
13 11 (1.17%) Gradle
13 11 (1.17%) Serenity BDD
14 10 (1.06%) fastlane
14 10 (1.06%) Maven
14 10 (1.06%) WebDriver
15 9 (0.95%) CircleCI
15 9 (0.95%) Vite
General
1 361 (38.24%) Public Sector
2 261 (27.65%) Social Skills
3 96 (10.17%) Finance
4 67 (7.10%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (6.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.39%) Banking
7 26 (2.75%) Marketing
8 24 (2.54%) Legal
9 23 (2.44%) Military
10 21 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.12%) Retail
12 18 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
13 17 (1.80%) Publishing
14 13 (1.38%) Local Government
15 7 (0.74%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (0.53%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.42%) Automotive
17 4 (0.42%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 233 (24.68%) Developer
2 220 (23.31%) Designer
3 139 (14.72%) Senior
4 92 (9.75%) Lead
5 64 (6.78%) Content Designer
6 57 (6.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 56 (5.93%) User Researcher
8 52 (5.51%) Service Designer
9 48 (5.08%) Analyst
10 39 (4.13%) Test Engineer
11 38 (4.03%) Senior Designer
12 37 (3.92%) Architect
12 37 (3.92%) UX Designer
13 36 (3.81%) Senior Developer
14 34 (3.60%) React Developer
15 32 (3.39%) Full-Stack Developer
15 32 (3.39%) Java Developer
16 29 (3.07%) UI Designer
17 27 (2.86%) Tester
18 26 (2.75%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 148 (15.68%) React
2 104 (11.02%) HTML
3 101 (10.70%) CSS
4 93 (9.85%) RESTful
5 87 (9.22%) REST
6 78 (8.26%) Node.js
7 70 (7.42%) Spring
8 69 (7.31%) Spring Boot
9 67 (7.10%) Playwright
10 47 (4.98%) HTML5
11 44 (4.66%) Jest
12 43 (4.56%) CSS3
13 39 (4.13%) Kafka
14 37 (3.92%) Redux
15 32 (3.39%) AngularJS
16 30 (3.18%) .NET
17 25 (2.65%) JSON
17 25 (2.65%) Next.js
18 19 (2.01%) GraphQL
19 17 (1.80%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 71 (7.52%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.19%) Mobile App
3 38 (4.03%) Cloud Native
4 30 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.97%) NHS
6 23 (2.44%) Legacy Systems
6 23 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 20 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
8 18 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
8 18 (1.91%) Taxonomies
9 15 (1.59%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.48%) Data Protection Act
11 13 (1.38%) Graphic Design
11 13 (1.38%) Social Media
11 13 (1.38%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
13 10 (1.06%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
14 9 (0.95%) Animation
15 8 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.97%) Apple iOS
2 23 (2.44%) Android
3 11 (1.17%) Windows
4 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.32%) Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (49.89%) Agile
2 270 (28.60%) CI/CD
3 262 (27.75%) User Experience
4 202 (21.40%) User Research
5 183 (19.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 178 (18.86%) DevOps
7 176 (18.64%) UX Design
8 174 (18.43%) Test Automation
9 161 (17.06%) Continuous Improvement
10 148 (15.68%) Service Design
11 129 (13.67%) Problem-Solving
12 122 (12.92%) Analytics
13 119 (12.61%) AI
14 103 (10.91%) Microservices
15 100 (10.59%) Decision-Making
16 99 (10.49%) Stakeholder Management
17 97 (10.28%) Prototyping
18 93 (9.85%) Scrum
19 91 (9.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 83 (8.79%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 173 (18.33%) JavaScript
2 143 (15.15%) TypeScript
3 123 (13.03%) Java
4 86 (9.11%) Python
5 61 (6.46%) SQL
6 37 (3.92%) C#
7 19 (2.01%) Ruby
8 16 (1.69%) Kotlin
8 16 (1.69%) Swift
9 11 (1.17%) Scala
10 9 (0.95%) Bicep
11 5 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.53%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.53%) SPARQL
12 4 (0.42%) Objective-C
12 4 (0.42%) PHP
13 3 (0.32%) Bash
13 3 (0.32%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 229 (24.26%) Security Cleared
2 195 (20.66%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.16%) BPSS Clearance
4 49 (5.19%) Degree
5 13 (1.38%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.06%) DV Cleared
7 9 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.53%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.21%) ACCA
11 2 (0.21%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.21%) CCA
11 2 (0.21%) CIMA
11 2 (0.21%) CIPD
11 2 (0.21%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.21%) PMP
12 1 (0.11%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 258 (27.33%) WCAG
2 90 (9.53%) QA
3 35 (3.71%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.65%) GDPR
5 13 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (1.17%) NCSC
7 5 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.42%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.42%) PMO
9 3 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.21%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) 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 93 (9.85%) Docker
2 4 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (7.94%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.30%) Terraform
3 27 (2.86%) Grafana
4 16 (1.69%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.85%) Argo
7 5 (0.53%) Ansible
7 5 (0.53%) 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 85 (9.00%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.61%) Adobe
3 22 (2.33%) Google
4 21 (2.22%) Oracle
5 18 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.80%) Splunk
7 15 (1.59%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.38%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.17%) Pega
10 9 (0.95%) Sitecore
11 8 (0.85%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.74%) SAP
13 6 (0.64%) Apple
14 5 (0.53%) Databricks
14 5 (0.53%) Solace
15 4 (0.42%) Autodesk
15 4 (0.42%) MuleSoft
16 3 (0.32%) Checkmarx
16 3 (0.32%) New Relic
16 3 (0.32%) OpenAI