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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 150 169 223
Rank change year-on-year +19 +54 +4
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 950 529 478
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.84% 1.68% 1.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.91% 10.27% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 670 333 295
10th Percentile £350 £308 £313
25th Percentile £405 £375 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £626 £600 £658
UK excluding London median daily rate £454 £440 £465
% change year-on-year +3.13% -5.38% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 17 29
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.18 £13.90
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.75 £14.27
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.00 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +65.47% -22.39%
75th Percentile £53.25 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.60 - £42.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.48 £20.50 £14.50
% change year-on-year -19.63% +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 8,711 5,152 5,941
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.88% 16.33% 13.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,557 3,307 3,684
10th Percentile £340 £280 £284
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.99% -3.81%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £471 £475
% change year-on-year +6.15% -0.83% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 543 216 431
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.78 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.27 £18.50 £13.52
Median hourly rate £36.07 £30.00 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +20.23% +26.05% -38.52%
75th Percentile £67.84 £62.63 £50.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £83.19 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.07 £28.18 £21.69
% change year-on-year +28.00% +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 4 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 4 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 4 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 +27 745 £475 +2.43% 507
UK excluding London +34 376 £454 +3.13% 311
London +10 372 £475 -5.00% 245
Work from Home +3 300 £450 -2.17% 292
North of England -3 149 £460 +1.10% 96
Midlands -1 77 £447 +15.35% 56
West Midlands -14 66 £449 +5.53% 31
South West +16 65 £425 +3.03% 27
North West -13 62 £450 -2.07% 40
Yorkshire -19 58 £500 +17.65% 46
Scotland -1 41 £525 +6.28% 14
South East -40 34 £500 +17.65% 82
North East -11 33 £450 -2.17% 13
East Midlands -11 10 £445 +38.20% 25
East of England -26 9 £575 +27.78% 22
Wales -18 5 £650 +64.56% 8
Northern Ireland 0 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 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 40 (4.21%) Confluence
3 34 (3.58%) CMS
4 13 (1.37%) WordPress
5 8 (0.84%) Apache
5 8 (0.84%) 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 (3.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (2.00%) Sketch
4 14 (1.47%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.16%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.05%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.63%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (0.63%) 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
1 179 (18.84%) Azure
2 144 (15.16%) AWS
3 135 (14.21%) Figma
4 76 (8.00%) GitHub
5 74 (7.79%) Azure DevOps
6 52 (5.47%) Power Platform
7 44 (4.63%) GitHub Actions
8 40 (4.21%) GCP
9 26 (2.74%) Serverless
10 18 (1.89%) Power Automate
10 18 (1.89%) SaaS
11 17 (1.79%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
13 15 (1.58%) BrowserStack
13 15 (1.58%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (1.26%) Entra ID
14 12 (1.26%) Miro
15 11 (1.16%) npm
16 10 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.05%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.05%) 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 (4.00%) Power BI
2 32 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.26%) Metadata
4 30 (3.16%) NoSQL
5 27 (2.84%) MongoDB
6 26 (2.74%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.58%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.84%) 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 80 (8.42%) Git
2 78 (8.21%) JIRA
3 54 (5.68%) Cypress.io
4 51 (5.37%) Selenium
5 50 (5.26%) Jenkins
6 45 (4.74%) GitLab
7 25 (2.63%) REST Assured
8 24 (2.53%) Cucumber
9 22 (2.32%) JUnit
10 20 (2.11%) Gatling
11 18 (1.89%) Postman
12 15 (1.58%) JMeter
13 12 (1.26%) Xcode
14 11 (1.16%) Gradle
14 11 (1.16%) Serenity BDD
15 10 (1.05%) fastlane
15 10 (1.05%) Maven
15 10 (1.05%) WebDriver
16 9 (0.95%) CircleCI
16 9 (0.95%) Vite
General
1 363 (38.21%) Public Sector
2 264 (27.79%) Social Skills
3 98 (10.32%) Finance
4 68 (7.16%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (3.37%) Banking
7 26 (2.74%) Marketing
7 26 (2.74%) Military
8 24 (2.53%) Legal
9 22 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
10 20 (2.11%) Retail
11 18 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (1.79%) Publishing
13 13 (1.37%) Local Government
14 7 (0.74%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.53%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (0.53%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.42%) Automotive
16 4 (0.42%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 233 (24.53%) Developer
2 220 (23.16%) Designer
3 141 (14.84%) Senior
4 93 (9.79%) Lead
5 64 (6.74%) Content Designer
6 58 (6.11%) User Researcher
7 56 (5.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 52 (5.47%) Service Designer
9 49 (5.16%) Analyst
10 38 (4.00%) Architect
10 38 (4.00%) Senior Designer
10 38 (4.00%) Test Engineer
11 37 (3.89%) UX Designer
12 36 (3.79%) Senior Developer
13 34 (3.58%) React Developer
14 32 (3.37%) Full-Stack Developer
14 32 (3.37%) Java Developer
15 29 (3.05%) UI Designer
16 27 (2.84%) Tester
17 26 (2.74%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 150 (15.79%) React
2 104 (10.95%) HTML
3 101 (10.63%) CSS
4 92 (9.68%) RESTful
5 87 (9.16%) REST
6 78 (8.21%) Node.js
7 70 (7.37%) Spring
8 69 (7.26%) Spring Boot
9 67 (7.05%) Playwright
10 47 (4.95%) HTML5
11 44 (4.63%) Jest
12 43 (4.53%) CSS3
13 39 (4.11%) Kafka
14 37 (3.89%) Redux
15 32 (3.37%) AngularJS
16 30 (3.16%) .NET
17 26 (2.74%) JSON
18 25 (2.63%) Next.js
19 19 (2.00%) GraphQL
20 17 (1.79%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 72 (7.58%) Product Ownership
2 49 (5.16%) Mobile App
3 38 (4.00%) Cloud Native
4 30 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 28 (2.95%) NHS
6 24 (2.53%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (2.42%) Management Information System
8 20 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.89%) Taxonomies
10 15 (1.58%) Data Structures
11 14 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
12 13 (1.37%) Graphic Design
12 13 (1.37%) Social Media
12 13 (1.37%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
14 10 (1.05%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.95%) Animation
16 8 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 28 (2.95%) Apple iOS
2 23 (2.42%) Android
3 11 (1.16%) Windows
4 4 (0.42%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.32%) Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (49.89%) Agile
2 270 (28.42%) CI/CD
3 266 (28.00%) User Experience
4 205 (21.58%) User Research
5 185 (19.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 179 (18.84%) DevOps
6 179 (18.84%) UX Design
7 173 (18.21%) Test Automation
8 163 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
9 150 (15.79%) Service Design
10 129 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
11 123 (12.95%) Analytics
12 119 (12.53%) AI
13 103 (10.84%) Microservices
14 101 (10.63%) Decision-Making
15 100 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
16 99 (10.42%) Prototyping
17 95 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 94 (9.89%) Scrum
19 85 (8.95%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 172 (18.11%) JavaScript
2 144 (15.16%) TypeScript
3 123 (12.95%) Java
4 86 (9.05%) Python
5 61 (6.42%) SQL
6 38 (4.00%) C#
7 18 (1.89%) Ruby
8 16 (1.68%) Kotlin
8 16 (1.68%) Swift
9 11 (1.16%) 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
1 233 (24.53%) Security Cleared
2 198 (20.84%) SC Cleared
3 77 (8.11%) BPSS Clearance
4 49 (5.16%) Degree
5 13 (1.37%) ISTQB
6 12 (1.26%) DV Cleared
7 10 (1.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (0.53%) DBS Check
9 5 (0.53%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 5 (0.53%) Master's Degree
9 5 (0.53%) TOGAF Certification
10 3 (0.32%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.21%) ACCA
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
1 261 (27.47%) WCAG
2 89 (9.37%) QA
3 35 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 25 (2.63%) GDPR
5 13 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
6 11 (1.16%) 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 (9.79%) Docker
2 4 (0.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 75 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 50 (5.26%) Terraform
3 27 (2.84%) Grafana
4 16 (1.68%) Prometheus
5 10 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.84%) 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 87 (9.16%) Microsoft
2 54 (5.68%) Adobe
3 22 (2.32%) Google
4 21 (2.21%) Oracle
5 18 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 17 (1.79%) Splunk
7 15 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 13 (1.37%) Dynatrace
9 11 (1.16%) Pega
10 9 (0.95%) Sitecore
11 8 (0.84%) Red Hat
12 7 (0.74%) SAP
13 6 (0.63%) 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