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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 163 225
Rank change year-on-year +19 +62 +2
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 925 515 472
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.83% 1.73% 1.08%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.90% 10.61% 7.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 329 293
10th Percentile £350 £313 £294
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 £633 £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 32
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £22.75 £14.44
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 - £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 8,486 4,853 6,006
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.79% 16.27% 13.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,447 3,101 3,735
10th Percentile £340 £275 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.67% -3.14%
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 506 200 435
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.77 £19.87 £13.18
Median hourly rate £36.07 £31.76 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.57% +38.09% -38.67%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.30 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £31.88 £18.97
% change year-on-year +25.47% +68.05% -49.41%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +20 710 £475 +0.64% 343
UK excluding London +30 375 £475 +11.76% 256
London -8 347 £475 -5.00% 156
Work from Home +8 289 £450 -2.44% 231
North of England 0 150 £470 +2.79% 59
Midlands -8 71 £450 +16.13% 40
North West -10 66 £450 -3.07% 30
South West +23 64 £475 +15.15% 23
West Midlands -17 60 £450 +5.88% 19
Yorkshire -25 55 £500 +19.05% 23
Scotland +9 46 £550 +18.15% 13
South East -47 35 £500 +25.00% 92
North East -11 33 £450 -2.17% 10
East Midlands -12 10 £445 +38.20% 21
East of England -26 9 £575 +27.78% 15
Wales -18 4 £713 +80.38% 9
Northern Ireland 0 2 - - 11

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 (4.97%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.78%) Confluence
3 31 (3.35%) 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 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.32%) 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%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (3.78%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.59%) Sketch
3 22 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.95%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.08%) Adobe After Effects
5 10 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (0.86%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.86%) 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 (0.43%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.43%) Revit
9 4 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
10 3 (0.32%) CapCut
10 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.32%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.22%) InDesign
11 2 (0.22%) Zeplin
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
1 164 (17.73%) Azure
2 142 (15.35%) Figma
3 137 (14.81%) AWS
4 75 (8.11%) GitHub
5 67 (7.24%) Azure DevOps
6 50 (5.41%) Power Platform
7 42 (4.54%) GitHub Actions
8 39 (4.22%) GCP
9 26 (2.81%) Serverless
10 20 (2.16%) SaaS
11 17 (1.84%) BrowserStack
12 16 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (1.73%) Miro
13 15 (1.62%) Microsoft 365
13 15 (1.62%) PowerApps
14 14 (1.51%) Power Automate
15 12 (1.30%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.08%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.08%) Firebase
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 37 (4.00%) Power BI
2 31 (3.35%) NoSQL
3 30 (3.24%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (2.81%) Metadata
4 26 (2.81%) MongoDB
5 24 (2.59%) Relational Database
6 13 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.97%) 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 (0.32%) BigQuery
11 3 (0.32%) DynamoDB
11 3 (0.32%) Tableau
12 2 (0.22%) Neo4j
12 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 76 (8.22%) Git
2 72 (7.78%) JIRA
3 51 (5.51%) Cypress.io
4 48 (5.19%) Selenium
5 47 (5.08%) Jenkins
6 45 (4.86%) GitLab
7 24 (2.59%) Cucumber
8 23 (2.49%) REST Assured
9 20 (2.16%) JUnit
10 19 (2.05%) Gatling
10 19 (2.05%) Postman
11 17 (1.84%) JMeter
12 11 (1.19%) Serenity BDD
13 10 (1.08%) CircleCI
13 10 (1.08%) fastlane
13 10 (1.08%) Xcode
14 9 (0.97%) Gradle
15 8 (0.86%) Maven
15 8 (0.86%) WebDriver
16 7 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 355 (38.38%) Public Sector
2 252 (27.24%) Social Skills
3 93 (10.05%) Finance
4 63 (6.81%) Analytical Skills
5 56 (6.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (4.22%) Banking
7 23 (2.49%) Legal
7 23 (2.49%) Military
8 21 (2.27%) Marketing
9 20 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.05%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.95%) Publishing
11 18 (1.95%) Retail
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 (24.11%) Designer
2 222 (24.00%) Developer
3 140 (15.14%) Senior
4 82 (8.86%) Lead
5 61 (6.59%) Content Designer
6 55 (5.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 54 (5.84%) User Researcher
8 52 (5.62%) Service Designer
9 43 (4.65%) Analyst
9 43 (4.65%) UX Designer
10 42 (4.54%) Test Engineer
11 35 (3.78%) Architect
11 35 (3.78%) Senior Designer
11 35 (3.78%) Senior Developer
12 33 (3.57%) Full-Stack Developer
13 32 (3.46%) React Developer
14 30 (3.24%) Tester
15 27 (2.92%) UI Designer
16 26 (2.81%) Java Developer
17 23 (2.49%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 142 (15.35%) React
2 101 (10.92%) HTML
3 96 (10.38%) CSS
4 86 (9.30%) REST
5 82 (8.86%) RESTful
6 76 (8.22%) Node.js
7 67 (7.24%) Spring
8 66 (7.14%) Spring Boot
9 63 (6.81%) Playwright
10 45 (4.86%) HTML5
11 41 (4.43%) CSS3
11 41 (4.43%) Jest
12 35 (3.78%) Redux
13 34 (3.68%) Kafka
14 33 (3.57%) AngularJS
15 29 (3.14%) .NET
16 26 (2.81%) Next.js
17 18 (1.95%) GraphQL
17 18 (1.95%) JSON
18 17 (1.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.14%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.51%) Mobile App
3 34 (3.68%) Cloud Native
4 26 (2.81%) Onboarding
5 24 (2.59%) NHS
6 23 (2.49%) Legacy Systems
7 22 (2.38%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 15 (1.62%) Enterprise Software
10 14 (1.51%) Data Protection Act
10 14 (1.51%) Data Structures
10 14 (1.51%) Social Media
11 13 (1.41%) Taxonomies
12 12 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (1.19%) Graphic Design
13 11 (1.19%) Virtual Team
14 10 (1.08%) Algorithms
14 10 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
15 9 (0.97%) Animation
16 8 (0.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.81%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.27%) Android
3 8 (0.86%) Windows
4 4 (0.43%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.32%) Linux
6 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 461 (49.84%) Agile
2 257 (27.78%) User Experience
3 249 (26.92%) CI/CD
4 204 (22.05%) User Research
5 174 (18.81%) UX Design
6 171 (18.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 165 (17.84%) Test Automation
8 162 (17.51%) DevOps
9 154 (16.65%) Continuous Improvement
9 154 (16.65%) Service Design
10 126 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
11 115 (12.43%) Analytics
12 109 (11.78%) AI
13 104 (11.24%) Prototyping
14 96 (10.38%) Microservices
15 91 (9.84%) Decision-Making
15 91 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
16 84 (9.08%) Scrum
16 84 (9.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 82 (8.86%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 166 (17.95%) JavaScript
2 140 (15.14%) TypeScript
3 117 (12.65%) Java
4 84 (9.08%) Python
5 58 (6.27%) SQL
6 35 (3.78%) C#
7 19 (2.05%) Ruby
8 14 (1.51%) Kotlin
8 14 (1.51%) Swift
9 11 (1.19%) Scala
10 8 (0.86%) Bicep
11 5 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.43%) PHP
13 3 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.32%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.32%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.32%) Shell Script
13 3 (0.32%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.22%) Go
14 2 (0.22%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 216 (23.35%) Security Cleared
2 182 (19.68%) SC Cleared
3 71 (7.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.19%) 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 (0.32%) CCA
10 3 (0.32%) 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%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 252 (27.24%) WCAG
2 84 (9.08%) QA
3 34 (3.68%) Data Quality
4 22 (2.38%) GDPR
5 9 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
5 9 (0.97%) NCSC
6 5 (0.54%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.43%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 3 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.32%) 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 87 (9.41%) Docker
2 4 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 67 (7.24%) Kubernetes
2 46 (4.97%) Terraform
3 27 (2.92%) Grafana
4 16 (1.73%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.86%) 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 81 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.38%) Adobe
3 22 (2.38%) Google
4 17 (1.84%) Oracle
4 17 (1.84%) Salesforce
5 16 (1.73%) Splunk
6 15 (1.62%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.41%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.19%) Pega
9 9 (0.97%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.86%) Databricks
10 8 (0.86%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.76%) SAP
12 6 (0.65%) Apple
13 5 (0.54%) Solace
14 4 (0.43%) Autodesk
15 3 (0.32%) MuleSoft
15 3 (0.32%) OpenAI
15 3 (0.32%) Synthesia
16 2 (0.22%) Sparx