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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 203 220
Rank change year-on-year +50 +17 +25
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 711 451 525
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 2.00% 1.23% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.38% 9.09% 7.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 487 270 416
10th Percentile £313 £291 £340
25th Percentile £400 £400 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £489
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +1.89% -6.90%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £575
90th Percentile £625 £681 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £430 £486 £463
% change year-on-year -11.43% +4.97% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 16
10th Percentile - £21.00 £15.42
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.78 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.25 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +40.11% -17.41%
75th Percentile £34.48 £32.71 £30.90
90th Percentile £45.20 £55.42 £35.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.75 £24.76 £17.50
% change year-on-year -8.12% +41.49% -7.35%

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 6,249 4,961 6,654
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.58% 13.56% 14.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,013 2,891 4,441
10th Percentile £308 £270 £313
25th Percentile £404 £387 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £645
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.16% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 312 226 245
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.39 £14.38
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.10 £20.07
Median hourly rate £25.63 £26.75 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.19% -25.69% +59.34%
75th Percentile £60.15 £54.27 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.99 £70.00 £83.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -16.45% -33.75% +90.48%

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025.

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 24 November 2025. 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 +64 569 £475 -5.00% 363
London +55 315 £498 -0.50% 125
UK excluding London +29 279 £430 -11.43% 323
Work from Home +40 232 £493 +4.06% 328
North of England +23 135 £413 -17.50% 64
North West +9 72 £400 -11.60% 33
Yorkshire +5 47 £500 -6.54% 22
Scotland +7 45 £484 +3.92% 22
Midlands -10 36 £430 +5.39% 42
South West +24 35 £418 -25.78% 38
West Midlands +11 34 £430 -6.87% 28
North East +2 17 £450 +7.14% 11
South East -24 13 £454 -13.52% 117
East of England -9 9 £550 -3.51% 31
Wales +3 8 £519 +22.06% 11
East Midlands -20 2 - - 14
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 7

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 36 (5.06%) CMS
2 29 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 24 (3.38%) Confluence
4 9 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.13%) Apache
5 8 (1.13%) Moodle
6 7 (0.98%) WordPress
7 5 (0.70%) Drupal
8 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.42%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.28%) nginx
10 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (4.64%) Sketch
2 25 (3.52%) Adobe XD
3 21 (2.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (1.55%) Chatbot
7 10 (1.41%) InVision
8 8 (1.13%) Zeplin
9 7 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.84%) Adobe Captivate
10 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
12 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.42%) Camtasia
12 3 (0.42%) Snagit
13 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.28%) InDesign
13 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
13 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.28%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 134 (18.85%) Azure
2 114 (16.03%) AWS
3 105 (14.77%) Figma
4 60 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.05%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (5.77%) GitHub
7 30 (4.22%) Serverless
8 29 (4.08%) GCP
9 24 (3.38%) Miro
10 22 (3.09%) AWS Lambda
11 20 (2.81%) Amazon S3
12 19 (2.67%) Google Analytics
12 19 (2.67%) SaaS
13 18 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
14 16 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
15 14 (1.97%) npm
15 14 (1.97%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.69%) Power Automate
18 10 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.83%) HTTP
2 8 (1.13%) Internet
3 7 (0.98%) DNS
4 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 4 (0.56%) SMS
5 3 (0.42%) WebEx
6 2 (0.28%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) VoIP
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.14%) DKIM
7 1 (0.14%) DMARC
7 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.75%) Power BI
2 25 (3.52%) MongoDB
3 23 (3.23%) NoSQL
4 22 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.81%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.25%) Metadata
6 16 (2.25%) Redis
6 16 (2.25%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.83%) Amazon Aurora
8 11 (1.55%) BigQuery
8 11 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (1.13%) Looker
10 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 6 (0.84%) Tableau
11 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.56%) Big Data
11 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
11 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 4 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 83 (11.67%) Git
2 58 (8.16%) Cypress.io
3 52 (7.31%) JIRA
4 27 (3.80%) Jenkins
5 26 (3.66%) Selenium
6 24 (3.38%) GitLab
6 24 (3.38%) Postman
6 24 (3.38%) webpack
7 19 (2.67%) Cucumber
8 18 (2.53%) Axure RP
9 12 (1.69%) JUnit
9 12 (1.69%) Xcode
10 11 (1.55%) SonarQube
11 10 (1.41%) Appium
12 9 (1.27%) REST Assured
13 8 (1.13%) Gradle
13 8 (1.13%) gulp
13 8 (1.13%) JMeter
13 8 (1.13%) Storybook
14 7 (0.98%) Android Studio
General
1 213 (29.96%) Social Skills
2 180 (25.32%) Public Sector
3 117 (16.46%) Finance
4 64 (9.00%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.59%) Marketing
6 52 (7.31%) Banking
7 27 (3.80%) Publishing
8 25 (3.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 17 (2.39%) Legal
10 17 (2.39%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
12 12 (1.69%) Retail
13 10 (1.41%) Military
14 9 (1.27%) Local Government
14 9 (1.27%) Telecoms
15 8 (1.13%) Manufacturing
16 7 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
17 6 (0.84%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 162 (22.78%) Developer
2 146 (20.53%) Designer
3 95 (13.36%) Senior
4 78 (10.97%) Lead
5 45 (6.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 43 (6.05%) Service Designer
7 39 (5.49%) UX Designer
8 32 (4.50%) Analyst
8 32 (4.50%) Tester
9 28 (3.94%) Architect
9 28 (3.94%) Senior Developer
10 25 (3.52%) Test Engineer
11 22 (3.09%) User Researcher
12 20 (2.81%) React Developer
13 18 (2.53%) Java Developer
14 17 (2.39%) Content Designer
15 16 (2.25%) Senior Designer
16 14 (1.97%) Digital Designer
16 14 (1.97%) Full-Stack Developer
16 14 (1.97%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (17.86%) React
2 114 (16.03%) HTML
3 108 (15.19%) CSS
4 65 (9.14%) Node.js
5 60 (8.44%) RESTful
6 57 (8.02%) Jest
7 51 (7.17%) REST
8 43 (6.05%) .NET
9 39 (5.49%) HTML5
10 38 (5.34%) Next.js
10 38 (5.34%) Playwright
11 31 (4.36%) AngularJS
12 30 (4.22%) JSON
13 27 (3.80%) Redux
14 26 (3.66%) CSS3
15 25 (3.52%) Spring Boot
16 23 (3.23%) Spring
17 22 (3.09%) OAuth
17 22 (3.09%) Sass
18 21 (2.95%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.14%) Mobile App
2 60 (8.44%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.39%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.25%) NHS
6 14 (1.97%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.97%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.83%) Learning Management System
8 12 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (1.13%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.13%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.13%) Social Media
10 7 (0.98%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.84%) W3C
12 5 (0.70%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.70%) RIA
12 5 (0.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.17%) Android
2 50 (7.03%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.27%) Windows
4 3 (0.42%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (46.27%) Agile
2 223 (31.36%) User Experience
3 168 (23.63%) CI/CD
4 130 (18.28%) Test Automation
5 128 (18.00%) DevOps
6 116 (16.32%) UX Design
7 115 (16.17%) Problem-Solving
8 103 (14.49%) Continuous Improvement
9 96 (13.50%) User Research
10 95 (13.36%) Front End Development
11 93 (13.08%) Analytics
11 93 (13.08%) Service Design
12 91 (12.80%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 77 (10.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 65 (9.14%) Inclusive Design
15 63 (8.86%) AI
16 62 (8.72%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.44%) Usability Testing
18 56 (7.88%) Business Intelligence
18 56 (7.88%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 117 (16.46%) JavaScript
2 100 (14.06%) TypeScript
3 79 (11.11%) SQL
4 78 (10.97%) Java
5 59 (8.30%) Python
6 26 (3.66%) C#
7 12 (1.69%) Kotlin
7 12 (1.69%) Swift
8 5 (0.70%) PHP
8 5 (0.70%) Scala
9 4 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.28%) Bash
11 2 (0.28%) Dart
11 2 (0.28%) Go
11 2 (0.28%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Groovy
12 1 (0.14%) Rust
12 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 133 (18.71%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.75%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.33%) Degree
4 43 (6.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.55%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.27%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) HNC
10 2 (0.28%) HND
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.28%) MCP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (20.11%) WCAG
2 107 (15.05%) QA
3 41 (5.77%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.95%) GDPR
5 5 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.70%) PMO
6 4 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) Section 508
8 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) FIPS 140-2
9 1 (0.14%) GRC
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS
9 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
System Software
1 61 (8.58%) Docker
2 9 (1.27%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (5.49%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.23%) Terraform
3 18 (2.53%) Grafana
4 12 (1.69%) Ansible
5 6 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.42%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.28%) SCCM
9 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 89 (12.52%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.03%) Adobe
3 35 (4.92%) Google
4 18 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.25%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.11%) Oracle
7 12 (1.69%) Splunk
8 11 (1.55%) SAP
9 7 (0.98%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.84%) Hopewiser
10 6 (0.84%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.84%) OneTrust
10 6 (0.84%) Perforce
11 5 (0.70%) Apple
11 5 (0.70%) Databricks
12 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.56%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.56%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 3 (0.42%) Marketo