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 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 150 215
Rank change year-on-year -4 +65 +3
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1,007 610 429
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.85% 1.88% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.51% 10.93% 8.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 713 393 258
10th Percentile £350 £304 £279
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £577
90th Percentile £625 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.04% +5.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 19 13
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.85 £18.13
25th Percentile £14.22 £23.88 £24.84
Median hourly rate £25.32 £33.46 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.34% +26.26% +47.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £70.25 £41.35 £46.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.35 £25.00 £25.93
% change year-on-year -34.60% -3.59% +48.17%

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 9,578 5,583 5,099
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.55% 17.19% 13.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,036 3,578 3,018
10th Percentile £325 £300 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £510
Median % change year-on-year +0.05% -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £625
90th Percentile £700 £712 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 265 249
10th Percentile £13.90 £13.60 £12.34
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.92 £15.22
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -22.68%
75th Percentile £67.50 £60.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.00 £81.65 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £33.00 £27.53 £27.50
% change year-on-year +19.87% +0.11% -28.66%

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 22 September 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 22 September 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 22 September 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 -2 802 £473 +0.59% 2,580
UK excluding London +21 457 £450 +5.88% 1,632
London -28 358 £519 +3.75% 1,263
Work from Home -3 294 £450 -4.47% 1,806
North of England -36 151 £450 +6.51% 368
Midlands +41 134 £445 +7.88% 178
West Midlands +39 121 £445 +6.27% 129
South West +2 68 £425 +6.25% 162
Yorkshire -23 56 £492 +20.00% 115
Scotland -14 49 £406 -14.53% 173
North West -61 49 £450 +9.09% 193
North East -4 47 £425 -5.56% 61
South East -53 31 £463 +1.65% 318
East of England -26 14 £575 +4.55% 295
East Midlands -6 11 £435 +35.09% 49
Wales -7 8 £375 -27.71% 23
Northern Ireland +7 3 £638 - 131

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 58 (5.76%) CMS
2 54 (5.36%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.77%) Confluence
4 24 (2.38%) WordPress
5 10 (0.99%) Drupal
6 9 (0.89%) Apache
7 8 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.70%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.60%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.50%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.40%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.40%) Moodle
12 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.099%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.099%) Documentum
13 1 (0.099%) govService
13 1 (0.099%) Kentico
13 1 (0.099%) Mendix
13 1 (0.099%) nginx
13 1 (0.099%) R Markdown
Applications
1 27 (2.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.69%) Sketch
4 12 (1.19%) Adobe XD
5 10 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.70%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.60%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.60%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.40%) Revit
12 3 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.30%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
13 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
13 2 (0.20%) Trello
14 1 (0.099%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (2.28%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.099%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.099%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.099%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.099%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.099%) Primavera
4 1 (0.099%) Shopify
4 1 (0.099%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.099%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 205 (20.36%) Azure
2 178 (17.68%) AWS
3 138 (13.70%) Figma
4 104 (10.33%) GitHub
5 97 (9.63%) Azure DevOps
6 71 (7.05%) Power Platform
7 59 (5.86%) GitHub Actions
8 49 (4.87%) Serverless
9 44 (4.37%) GCP
9 44 (4.37%) Power Automate
10 40 (3.97%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (2.48%) PowerApps
12 24 (2.38%) Miro
13 22 (2.18%) Azure Functions
14 21 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (1.69%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (1.59%) SaaS
17 15 (1.49%) Amazon S3
17 15 (1.49%) Entra ID
18 13 (1.29%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.60%) Intranet
2 3 (0.30%) NAS
3 2 (0.20%) Broadband
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.099%) DMZ
4 1 (0.099%) HTTP
4 1 (0.099%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.099%) Network Security
4 1 (0.099%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (4.47%) Metadata
2 45 (4.47%) MongoDB
3 39 (3.87%) Power BI
4 34 (3.38%) SQL Server
5 31 (3.08%) Relational Database
6 23 (2.28%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
9 10 (0.99%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.89%) Redis
11 7 (0.70%) Tableau
12 6 (0.60%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.50%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.50%) Stardog
14 4 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.40%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.40%) GIS
14 4 (0.40%) Looker
14 4 (0.40%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 138 (13.70%) Git
2 79 (7.85%) JIRA
3 77 (7.65%) Selenium
4 69 (6.85%) Jenkins
5 60 (5.96%) GitLab
6 56 (5.56%) Cucumber
7 52 (5.16%) Cypress.io
8 46 (4.57%) JUnit
9 36 (3.57%) Gatling
10 29 (2.88%) Postman
11 22 (2.18%) REST Assured
12 18 (1.79%) JMeter
12 18 (1.79%) SonarQube
12 18 (1.79%) WebDriver
13 16 (1.59%) Maven
13 16 (1.59%) Storybook
14 13 (1.29%) Mockito
15 11 (1.09%) Gradle
15 11 (1.09%) MSI
15 11 (1.09%) Xcode
General
1 420 (41.71%) Public Sector
2 332 (32.97%) Social Skills
3 108 (10.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (10.63%) Finance
5 88 (8.74%) Analytical Skills
6 37 (3.67%) Marketing
7 29 (2.88%) Local Government
7 29 (2.88%) Military
8 28 (2.78%) Legal
9 26 (2.58%) Publishing
10 24 (2.38%) Banking
10 24 (2.38%) Retail
11 23 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.60%) Games
15 5 (0.50%) Automotive
15 5 (0.50%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.40%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 260 (25.82%) Developer
2 212 (21.05%) Designer
3 177 (17.58%) Senior
4 116 (11.52%) Lead
5 66 (6.55%) Content Designer
6 64 (6.36%) User Researcher
7 55 (5.46%) Analyst
8 51 (5.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 51 (5.06%) Senior Developer
9 48 (4.77%) Java Developer
10 44 (4.37%) Service Designer
11 40 (3.97%) Architect
12 36 (3.57%) Senior Designer
13 32 (3.18%) Test Engineer
14 31 (3.08%) UI Designer
15 30 (2.98%) React Developer
15 30 (2.98%) UX Designer
16 29 (2.88%) Interaction Designer
16 29 (2.88%) Lead Developer
17 23 (2.28%) Dynamics 365 Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (15.29%) React
2 134 (13.31%) HTML
3 128 (12.71%) CSS
4 119 (11.82%) REST
5 103 (10.23%) RESTful
6 91 (9.04%) Node.js
7 82 (8.14%) Playwright
7 82 (8.14%) Spring
8 70 (6.95%) Spring Boot
9 64 (6.36%) HTML5
9 64 (6.36%) Terraform
10 54 (5.36%) CSS3
10 54 (5.36%) JSON
11 49 (4.87%) Jest
12 44 (4.37%) Kafka
13 40 (3.97%) .NET
14 32 (3.18%) Gherkin
15 31 (3.08%) Redux
16 27 (2.68%) AngularJS
17 24 (2.38%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (8.04%) Product Ownership
2 65 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 53 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 43 (4.27%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.67%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.98%) Taxonomies
7 27 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
7 27 (2.68%) NHS
8 20 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.59%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.29%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.29%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.29%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.09%) Animation
12 11 (1.09%) Blog
13 10 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.99%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.89%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 30 (2.98%) Android
2 27 (2.68%) Apple iOS
3 15 (1.49%) Windows
4 5 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.20%) Linux
6 1 (0.099%) AIX
6 1 (0.099%) Unix
6 1 (0.099%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 542 (53.82%) Agile
2 334 (33.17%) CI/CD
3 266 (26.42%) User Experience
4 238 (23.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 219 (21.75%) Stakeholder Management
6 218 (21.65%) Test Automation
7 210 (20.85%) DevOps
8 206 (20.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 205 (20.36%) User Research
10 160 (15.89%) AI
11 159 (15.79%) UX Design
12 152 (15.09%) Service Design
13 151 (15.00%) Problem-Solving
14 149 (14.80%) Analytics
15 142 (14.10%) Scrum
16 134 (13.31%) Microservices
17 126 (12.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 110 (10.92%) Decision-Making
19 104 (10.33%) Interaction Design
19 104 (10.33%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 224 (22.24%) JavaScript
2 138 (13.70%) Java
2 138 (13.70%) TypeScript
3 83 (8.24%) Python
4 71 (7.05%) SQL
5 59 (5.86%) C#
6 19 (1.89%) Kotlin
7 18 (1.79%) Ruby
8 16 (1.59%) Scala
9 13 (1.29%) Swift
10 12 (1.19%) Bicep
11 9 (0.89%) PHP
12 7 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.50%) R
14 5 (0.50%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.40%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) CFML
15 4 (0.40%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.40%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 280 (27.81%) Security Cleared
2 235 (23.34%) SC Cleared
3 105 (10.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (4.77%) Degree
5 33 (3.28%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.59%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.39%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.60%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.30%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.20%) ACCA
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 2 (0.20%) CIMA
13 2 (0.20%) CIPD
13 2 (0.20%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.20%) PMP
14 1 (0.099%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (29.29%) WCAG
2 124 (12.31%) QA
3 50 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 41 (4.07%) GDPR
5 20 (1.99%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.19%) NCSC
7 4 (0.40%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.40%) PMO
8 3 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.099%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.099%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.099%) GRC
10 1 (0.099%) HL7
10 1 (0.099%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.099%) ISO 13485
10 1 (0.099%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.099%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.099%) WAI
10 1 (0.099%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 112 (11.12%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.20%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.099%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 105 (10.43%) Kubernetes
2 39 (3.87%) Grafana
3 14 (1.39%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.79%) Argo
5 8 (0.79%) Kibana
6 5 (0.50%) Ansible
7 2 (0.20%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.099%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.099%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.099%) SELinux
8 1 (0.099%) systemd
Vendors
1 123 (12.21%) Microsoft
2 52 (5.16%) Adobe
3 29 (2.88%) Oracle
4 26 (2.58%) Google
5 17 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.69%) Splunk
6 14 (1.39%) Dynatrace
7 12 (1.19%) Salesforce
8 9 (0.89%) Sitecore
9 8 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 8 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 7 (0.70%) Databricks
10 7 (0.70%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.60%) SAP
12 4 (0.40%) Apple
12 4 (0.40%) Autodesk
12 4 (0.40%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.40%) TikTok
13 3 (0.30%) Checkmarx
13 3 (0.30%) Solace