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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 146 166 219
Rank change year-on-year +20 +53 +4
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 996 551 444
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.88% 1.68% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.01% 9.96% 8.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 704 342 272
10th Percentile £350 £308 £313
25th Percentile £402 £382 £402
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £625 £600 £662
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £440 £463
% change year-on-year +2.27% -4.86% -3.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 19
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.67 £14.78
25th Percentile £16.18 £22.75 £18.23
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.75 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +15.78% +13.70%
75th Percentile £55.13 £35.75 £36.54
90th Percentile £74.25 £42.05 £51.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.48 £24.34 £18.97
% change year-on-year -32.31% +28.31% +13.12%

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 9,047 5,533 5,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.11% 16.90% 13.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,783 3,571 3,408
10th Percentile £340 £281 £297
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £505
Median % change year-on-year - -0.89% -3.90%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £470 £475
% change year-on-year +6.38% -1.05% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 558 249 350
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.58 £11.07
25th Percentile £19.50 £17.45 £14.41
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.53 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.30% +10.12% -29.58%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £53.56
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.78 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £25.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +60.00% - -28.57%

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 28 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 28 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 28 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 +32 796 £475 +2.43% 544
UK excluding London +35 422 £450 +2.27% 342
London +1 382 £482 -3.17% 263
Work from Home 0 309 £450 -2.17% 287
North of England +3 159 £450 - 89
Midlands +9 89 £440 +13.55% 40
West Midlands +2 76 £443 +5.67% 26
South West +15 74 £425 +6.25% 47
Yorkshire -4 62 £500 +18.34% 34
North West -27 55 £433 -7.68% 40
Scotland +5 49 £496 +0.46% 13
North East -7 46 £450 +1.12% 16
South East -51 37 £490 +15.29% 107
East Midlands -7 11 £435 +35.09% 14
East of England -16 10 £575 +27.78% 32
Wales -17 8 £425 - 6
Northern Ireland -1 2 - - 13

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 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.22%) CMS
3 41 (4.12%) Confluence
4 18 (1.81%) WordPress
5 10 (1.00%) Drupal
6 9 (0.90%) Apache
7 7 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.50%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.40%) Moodle
10 3 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.30%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.20%) IIS
12 1 (0.10%) govService
12 1 (0.10%) Kentico
12 1 (0.10%) nginx
12 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.10%) Strapi
12 1 (0.10%) WebLogic
Applications
1 35 (3.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.01%) Sketch
4 14 (1.41%) 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
10 5 (0.50%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.40%) Revit
12 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.20%) InDesign
13 2 (0.20%) InVision
13 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
14 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
14 1 (0.10%) Blender
14 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 1 (0.10%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.10%) Shopify
5 1 (0.10%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.10%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 200 (20.08%) Azure
2 163 (16.37%) AWS
3 146 (14.66%) Figma
4 87 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
5 86 (8.63%) GitHub
6 59 (5.92%) Power Platform
7 48 (4.82%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (4.32%) GCP
9 38 (3.82%) Serverless
10 27 (2.71%) Power Automate
11 23 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.21%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.91%) SaaS
14 18 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
15 17 (1.71%) AWS Lambda
16 16 (1.61%) Entra ID
17 14 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
17 14 (1.41%) Amazon S3
18 13 (1.31%) Miro
19 11 (1.10%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.90%) 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%) Broadband
3 2 (0.20%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.10%) DMZ
4 1 (0.10%) DSL
4 1 (0.10%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.10%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (4.12%) Power BI
2 40 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (3.92%) Metadata
4 31 (3.11%) NoSQL
5 30 (3.01%) MongoDB
6 28 (2.81%) Relational Database
7 23 (2.31%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
9 10 (1.00%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (0.70%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.70%) Redis
11 6 (0.60%) GIS
11 6 (0.60%) MySQL
12 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.50%) Stardog
12 5 (0.50%) Tableau
13 4 (0.40%) Looker
13 4 (0.40%) Neo4j
14 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
14 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 93 (9.34%) Git
2 83 (8.33%) JIRA
3 57 (5.72%) Jenkins
4 56 (5.62%) Selenium
5 53 (5.32%) Cypress.io
6 48 (4.82%) GitLab
7 29 (2.91%) Cucumber
8 24 (2.41%) JUnit
8 24 (2.41%) Postman
9 23 (2.31%) REST Assured
10 22 (2.21%) Gatling
11 15 (1.51%) WebDriver
12 14 (1.41%) JMeter
13 13 (1.31%) Maven
14 12 (1.20%) Gradle
14 12 (1.20%) Xcode
15 10 (1.00%) fastlane
16 9 (0.90%) Serenity BDD
16 9 (0.90%) Storybook
16 9 (0.90%) Vite
General
1 391 (39.26%) Public Sector
2 285 (28.61%) Social Skills
3 106 (10.64%) Finance
4 82 (8.23%) Analytical Skills
5 78 (7.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (3.11%) Marketing
7 30 (3.01%) Banking
8 26 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
8 26 (2.61%) Military
9 23 (2.31%) Legal
10 22 (2.21%) Retail
11 21 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.91%) Publishing
13 18 (1.81%) Local Government
14 17 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.60%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.50%) Games
16 5 (0.50%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.40%) Automotive
17 4 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 253 (25.40%) Developer
2 232 (23.29%) Designer
3 169 (16.97%) Senior
4 97 (9.74%) Lead
5 64 (6.43%) Content Designer
6 61 (6.12%) User Researcher
7 56 (5.62%) Analyst
8 55 (5.52%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 51 (5.12%) Service Designer
10 47 (4.72%) Senior Developer
11 42 (4.22%) Architect
11 42 (4.22%) Senior Designer
12 38 (3.82%) Java Developer
13 37 (3.71%) UX Designer
14 36 (3.61%) React Developer
14 36 (3.61%) UI Designer
15 34 (3.41%) Test Engineer
16 31 (3.11%) Interaction Designer
17 30 (3.01%) Full-Stack Developer
18 23 (2.31%) Data Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (15.66%) React
2 119 (11.95%) CSS
2 119 (11.95%) HTML
3 102 (10.24%) RESTful
4 99 (9.94%) REST
5 86 (8.63%) Node.js
6 70 (7.03%) Spring
7 69 (6.93%) Spring Boot
8 62 (6.22%) Playwright
9 59 (5.92%) HTML5
10 53 (5.32%) CSS3
11 46 (4.62%) Jest
11 46 (4.62%) Kafka
12 38 (3.82%) Redux
13 35 (3.51%) .NET
13 35 (3.51%) JSON
14 32 (3.21%) AngularJS
15 27 (2.71%) Next.js
16 21 (2.11%) GraphQL
17 19 (1.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 78 (7.83%) Product Ownership
2 53 (5.32%) Cloud Native
2 53 (5.32%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.21%) Onboarding
4 30 (3.01%) NHS
5 26 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
5 26 (2.61%) Management Information System
6 21 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
7 19 (1.91%) Taxonomies
8 18 (1.81%) Data Structures
9 16 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (1.51%) Graphic Design
11 13 (1.31%) Social Media
11 13 (1.31%) Virtual Team
12 12 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
13 11 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 9 (0.90%) Animation
14 9 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.01%) Apple iOS
2 26 (2.61%) Android
3 12 (1.20%) Windows
4 4 (0.40%) Linux
4 4 (0.40%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 509 (51.10%) Agile
2 299 (30.02%) CI/CD
3 280 (28.11%) User Experience
4 213 (21.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 204 (20.48%) User Research
6 193 (19.38%) DevOps
7 184 (18.47%) Test Automation
8 183 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 175 (17.57%) UX Design
10 159 (15.96%) Service Design
11 144 (14.46%) Analytics
11 144 (14.46%) Problem-Solving
12 142 (14.26%) AI
13 131 (13.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 111 (11.14%) Decision-Making
14 111 (11.14%) Microservices
15 109 (10.94%) Scrum
16 108 (10.84%) Prototyping
17 107 (10.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 97 (9.74%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 189 (18.98%) JavaScript
2 144 (14.46%) TypeScript
3 123 (12.35%) Java
4 94 (9.44%) Python
5 69 (6.93%) SQL
6 44 (4.42%) C#
7 19 (1.91%) Ruby
8 18 (1.81%) Kotlin
9 17 (1.71%) Swift
10 11 (1.10%) Scala
11 10 (1.00%) Bicep
12 9 (0.90%) PHP
13 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.60%) SPARQL
14 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.40%) Bash
15 4 (0.40%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.40%) R
16 3 (0.30%) Cypher
Qualifications
1 255 (25.60%) Security Cleared
2 215 (21.59%) SC Cleared
3 83 (8.33%) BPSS Clearance
4 51 (5.12%) Degree
5 16 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (1.51%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.41%) 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 (0.10%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (29.22%) WCAG
2 100 (10.04%) QA
3 39 (3.92%) Data Quality
4 35 (3.51%) GDPR
5 15 (1.51%) Actionable Recommendations
6 13 (1.31%) 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 (0.10%) GLP
11 1 (0.10%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.10%) WAI
System Software
1 103 (10.34%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 87 (8.73%) Kubernetes
2 58 (5.82%) Terraform
3 30 (3.01%) Grafana
4 17 (1.71%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.80%) Argo
7 7 (0.70%) Kibana
8 5 (0.50%) Ansible
9 1 (0.10%) Fluentd
9 1 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.10%) logstash
9 1 (0.10%) QRadar
9 1 (0.10%) SELinux
9 1 (0.10%) systemd
Vendors
1 103 (10.34%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.72%) Adobe
3 27 (2.71%) Google
4 26 (2.61%) Oracle
5 16 (1.61%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.51%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.51%) ServiceNow
6 15 (1.51%) Splunk
7 9 (0.90%) Sitecore
8 8 (0.80%) Pega
8 8 (0.80%) Red Hat
9 7 (0.70%) MuleSoft
9 7 (0.70%) SAP
10 6 (0.60%) Apple
10 6 (0.60%) Solace
11 4 (0.40%) Autodesk
11 4 (0.40%) Databricks
12 3 (0.30%) Checkmarx
12 3 (0.30%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.30%) Synthesia