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

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 165 222
Rank change year-on-year +24 +57 +3
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1,002 546 466
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.89% 1.67% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.15% 10.01% 8.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 711 342 287
10th Percentile £350 £306 £313
25th Percentile £405 £377 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £630 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £464
% change year-on-year +5.88% -8.36% -2.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 24
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.67 £13.66
25th Percentile £16.00 £22.75 £14.89
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.75 £18.97
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +62.10% -18.79%
75th Percentile £53.25 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £74.60 £42.05 £47.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.48 £24.34 £15.97
% change year-on-year -32.31% +52.41% -4.77%

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 8,988 5,457 5,817
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 16.65% 13.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,742 3,518 3,593
10th Percentile £338 £280 £282
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £619
90th Percentile £700 £715 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -4.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 543 241 394
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.60 £11.18
25th Percentile £19.33 £17.55 £13.89
Median hourly rate £36.07 £29.00 £24.51
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% +18.32% -38.11%
75th Percentile £68.88 £62.24 £51.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.25 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.72 £25.83 £24.18
% change year-on-year +49.93% +6.80% -31.40%

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 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 19 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 19 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 +25 795 £475 +2.70% 358
UK excluding London +31 414 £450 +5.88% 241
London +2 388 £481 -3.32% 162
Work from Home +8 317 £450 -2.17% 194
North of England +7 162 £470 +9.30% 76
Midlands +8 87 £445 +14.84% 34
West Midlands -9 74 £446 +6.51% 18
South West +11 70 £425 +3.03% 22
Yorkshire -8 66 £500 +17.65% 41
North West -29 60 £450 +2.62% 27
Scotland +3 47 £500 +1.21% 7
North East -7 40 £450 +1.12% 10
South East -51 36 £495 +16.47% 80
East Midlands -8 11 £435 +35.09% 16
East of England -13 9 £575 +27.78% 17
Wales -15 7 £475 +15.15% 5
Northern Ireland +2 2 - - 5

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 49 (4.89%) SharePoint
2 41 (4.09%) CMS
2 41 (4.09%) Confluence
3 15 (1.50%) WordPress
4 9 (0.90%) Apache
4 9 (0.90%) Drupal
5 7 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.40%) Moodle
8 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
9 2 (0.20%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.100%) govService
10 1 (0.100%) Kentico
10 1 (0.100%) nginx
10 1 (0.100%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.100%) Strapi
10 1 (0.100%) WebLogic
Applications
1 34 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.20%) Sketch
4 15 (1.50%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.10%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.60%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.60%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.40%) Revit
11 3 (0.30%) InVision
11 3 (0.30%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.20%) InDesign
13 1 (0.100%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.100%) Blender
13 1 (0.100%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.100%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.100%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.100%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.100%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.100%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.100%) Shopify
4 1 (0.100%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.100%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.100%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (19.96%) Azure
2 158 (15.77%) AWS
3 145 (14.47%) Figma
4 88 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
5 84 (8.38%) GitHub
6 58 (5.79%) Power Platform
7 46 (4.59%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (4.29%) GCP
9 33 (3.29%) Serverless
10 24 (2.40%) Power Automate
11 22 (2.20%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.00%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.90%) SaaS
14 17 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.60%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.50%) BrowserStack
17 14 (1.40%) AWS Lambda
17 14 (1.40%) Miro
18 13 (1.30%) Amazon EKS
19 12 (1.20%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.00%) Intranet
2 4 (0.40%) 5G
2 4 (0.40%) LTE
2 4 (0.40%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.20%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.20%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.100%) Broadband
4 1 (0.100%) DMZ
4 1 (0.100%) DSL
4 1 (0.100%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.100%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.09%) Power BI
2 37 (3.69%) Metadata
2 37 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (3.09%) NoSQL
4 30 (2.99%) MongoDB
5 29 (2.89%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.20%) SQL Server
7 11 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.70%) Redis
10 6 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 6 (0.60%) GIS
10 6 (0.60%) MySQL
11 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.50%) Stardog
11 5 (0.50%) Tableau
12 4 (0.40%) Looker
12 4 (0.40%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 89 (8.88%) Git
2 82 (8.18%) JIRA
3 56 (5.59%) Selenium
4 55 (5.49%) Jenkins
5 54 (5.39%) Cypress.io
6 50 (4.99%) GitLab
7 28 (2.79%) Cucumber
8 26 (2.59%) REST Assured
9 24 (2.40%) JUnit
9 24 (2.40%) Postman
10 23 (2.30%) Gatling
11 16 (1.60%) JMeter
12 13 (1.30%) WebDriver
13 12 (1.20%) Gradle
13 12 (1.20%) Maven
13 12 (1.20%) Xcode
14 11 (1.10%) Serenity BDD
15 10 (1.00%) fastlane
16 9 (0.90%) Storybook
16 9 (0.90%) Vite
General
1 386 (38.52%) Public Sector
2 282 (28.14%) Social Skills
3 104 (10.38%) Finance
4 82 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
5 71 (7.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (2.99%) Marketing
7 29 (2.89%) Banking
8 26 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (2.59%) Military
9 24 (2.40%) Legal
10 23 (2.30%) Retail
11 22 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (2.00%) Publishing
13 17 (1.70%) Local Government
13 17 (1.70%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (0.70%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.50%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.40%) Games
16 4 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 248 (24.75%) Developer
2 233 (23.25%) Designer
3 166 (16.57%) Senior
4 103 (10.28%) Lead
5 67 (6.69%) Content Designer
6 61 (6.09%) User Researcher
7 56 (5.59%) Analyst
7 56 (5.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 54 (5.39%) Service Designer
9 46 (4.59%) Senior Developer
10 41 (4.09%) Architect
11 39 (3.89%) Senior Designer
11 39 (3.89%) Test Engineer
12 37 (3.69%) UX Designer
13 36 (3.59%) React Developer
14 35 (3.49%) Java Developer
15 33 (3.29%) UI Designer
16 31 (3.09%) Full-Stack Developer
17 30 (2.99%) Interaction Designer
18 25 (2.50%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (15.77%) React
2 115 (11.48%) HTML
3 113 (11.28%) CSS
4 97 (9.68%) RESTful
5 96 (9.58%) REST
6 83 (8.28%) Node.js
7 72 (7.19%) Spring
8 71 (7.09%) Spring Boot
9 66 (6.59%) Playwright
10 55 (5.49%) HTML5
11 49 (4.89%) CSS3
12 45 (4.49%) Kafka
13 44 (4.39%) Jest
14 38 (3.79%) Redux
15 35 (3.49%) .NET
16 33 (3.29%) JSON
17 32 (3.19%) AngularJS
18 28 (2.79%) Next.js
19 20 (2.00%) GraphQL
20 19 (1.90%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.68%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.99%) Mobile App
3 47 (4.69%) Cloud Native
4 32 (3.19%) Onboarding
5 30 (2.99%) NHS
6 26 (2.59%) Legacy Systems
6 26 (2.59%) Management Information System
7 21 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (2.00%) Taxonomies
9 18 (1.80%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.80%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
11 14 (1.40%) Graphic Design
11 14 (1.40%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
12 12 (1.20%) Social Media
13 11 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.90%) Animation
14 9 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.89%) Apple iOS
2 24 (2.40%) Android
3 12 (1.20%) Windows
4 4 (0.40%) Linux
4 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.100%) Unix
5 1 (0.100%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 505 (50.40%) Agile
2 296 (29.54%) CI/CD
3 279 (27.84%) User Experience
4 213 (21.26%) User Research
5 206 (20.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 196 (19.56%) DevOps
7 189 (18.86%) Test Automation
8 180 (17.96%) Continuous Improvement
9 178 (17.76%) UX Design
10 160 (15.97%) Service Design
11 141 (14.07%) Problem-Solving
12 139 (13.87%) Analytics
13 134 (13.37%) AI
14 122 (12.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 109 (10.88%) Decision-Making
15 109 (10.88%) Microservices
16 104 (10.38%) Prototyping
16 104 (10.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 102 (10.18%) Scrum
18 91 (9.08%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 184 (18.36%) JavaScript
2 148 (14.77%) TypeScript
3 126 (12.57%) Java
4 95 (9.48%) Python
5 67 (6.69%) SQL
6 42 (4.19%) C#
7 20 (2.00%) Ruby
8 16 (1.60%) Kotlin
8 16 (1.60%) Swift
9 11 (1.10%) Scala
10 10 (1.00%) Bicep
11 6 (0.60%) PHP
11 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
11 6 (0.60%) SPARQL
12 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.40%) Bash
13 4 (0.40%) Objective-C
13 4 (0.40%) R
14 3 (0.30%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 250 (24.95%) Security Cleared
2 214 (21.36%) SC Cleared
3 81 (8.08%) BPSS Clearance
4 51 (5.09%) Degree
5 16 (1.60%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.70%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.50%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.40%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.30%) Azure Certification
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 (0.100%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 282 (28.14%) WCAG
2 100 (9.98%) QA
3 39 (3.89%) Data Quality
4 32 (3.19%) GDPR
5 13 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.20%) NCSC
7 5 (0.50%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.40%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.40%) PMO
9 3 (0.30%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.20%) GRC
10 2 (0.20%) HL7
10 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.100%) GLP
11 1 (0.100%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.100%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.100%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.100%) WAI
11 1 (0.100%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 101 (10.08%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.100%) Firmware
3 1 (0.100%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 83 (8.28%) Kubernetes
2 55 (5.49%) Terraform
3 30 (2.99%) Grafana
4 18 (1.80%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.80%) Argo
7 6 (0.60%) Ansible
7 6 (0.60%) Kibana
8 1 (0.100%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.100%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.100%) logstash
8 1 (0.100%) QRadar
8 1 (0.100%) SELinux
8 1 (0.100%) systemd
Vendors
1 102 (10.18%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.59%) Adobe
3 25 (2.50%) Google
3 25 (2.50%) Oracle
4 17 (1.70%) Salesforce
4 17 (1.70%) Splunk
5 14 (1.40%) Dynatrace
5 14 (1.40%) ServiceNow
6 11 (1.10%) Pega
7 9 (0.90%) Sitecore
8 8 (0.80%) Red Hat
8 8 (0.80%) SAP
9 6 (0.60%) Apple
9 6 (0.60%) Solace
10 5 (0.50%) Databricks
10 5 (0.50%) MuleSoft
11 4 (0.40%) Autodesk
12 3 (0.30%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.30%) New Relic
12 3 (0.30%) OpenAI