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

 6 months to
6 Aug 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 159 220
Rank change year-on-year +7 +61 -10
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 980 565 425
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.84% 1.72% 1.09%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.72% 10.12% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 706 348 257
10th Percentile £350 £306 £309
25th Percentile £403 £380 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% -1.04% -4.00%
75th Percentile £538 £549 £575
90th Percentile £600 £600 £668
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £438 £480
% change year-on-year +2.86% -8.85% +0.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 19 15
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.85 £16.31
25th Percentile £14.71 £23.88 £18.23
Median hourly rate £27.00 £30.00 £26.56
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +12.95% +13.70%
75th Percentile £54.50 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £73.90 £39.95 £46.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £26.59 £18.97
% change year-on-year -39.83% +40.17% +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 9,145 5,582 5,312
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.16% 16.96% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,878 3,600 3,281
10th Percentile £329 £281 £295
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.57% -3.24%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £715 £748
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.21% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 562 251 325
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.60 £11.22
25th Percentile £19.24 £17.40 £14.48
Median hourly rate £40.00 £27.35 £25.77
Median % change year-on-year +46.25% +6.15% -34.64%
75th Percentile £70.00 £60.00 £54.36
90th Percentile £81.71 £83.41 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £24.66 £25.30
% change year-on-year +62.21% -2.53% -29.23%

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 6 August 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 6 August 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 6 August 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 +28 789 £475 +1.44% 811
UK excluding London +23 420 £450 +2.86% 493
London -8 378 £500 - 413
Work from Home -13 300 £450 -2.17% 433
North of England 0 156 £450 +5.88% 112
Midlands +7 94 £433 +11.61% 56
West Midlands 0 81 £440 +5.07% 34
South West +4 74 £425 +6.25% 53
Yorkshire -12 63 £500 +33.33% 42
Scotland +14 49 £435 -11.85% 39
North West -42 49 £442 -6.46% 51
North East -4 46 £450 -2.17% 19
South East -46 31 £475 +5.56% 133
East Midlands -2 11 £435 +35.09% 22
East of England -14 11 £575 +27.78% 66
Wales -13 7 £375 -18.26% 14
Northern Ireland +2 1 - - 26

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 48 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 45 (4.59%) CMS
2 45 (4.59%) Confluence
3 20 (2.04%) WordPress
4 10 (1.02%) Drupal
5 7 (0.71%) Apache
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 5 (0.51%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.41%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 4 (0.41%) Moodle
8 3 (0.31%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.20%) IIS
10 1 (0.10%) ArcGIS
10 1 (0.10%) ColdFusion
10 1 (0.10%) govService
10 1 (0.10%) Kentico
10 1 (0.10%) nginx
10 1 (0.10%) R Markdown
10 1 (0.10%) Strapi
Applications
1 34 (3.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 22 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.04%) Sketch
4 13 (1.33%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.02%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.61%) Final Cut Pro
10 5 (0.51%) UserZoom
11 4 (0.41%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.41%) Revit
12 2 (0.20%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) InVision
12 2 (0.20%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.10%) Blender
13 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (0.31%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 2 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.20%) Shopify
5 1 (0.10%) Eloqua
5 1 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
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%) Sprinklr
5 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
5 1 (0.10%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 201 (20.51%) Azure
2 162 (16.53%) AWS
3 141 (14.39%) Figma
4 90 (9.18%) Azure DevOps
5 87 (8.88%) GitHub
6 59 (6.02%) Power Platform
7 46 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
8 43 (4.39%) GCP
9 39 (3.98%) Serverless
10 30 (3.06%) Power Automate
11 25 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (2.24%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (1.84%) SaaS
15 17 (1.73%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (1.73%) Entra ID
16 13 (1.33%) Amazon S3
17 12 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
17 12 (1.22%) Azure Functions
17 12 (1.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 9 (0.92%) Intranet
2 4 (0.41%) 5G
2 4 (0.41%) LTE
2 4 (0.41%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.20%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.20%) Broadband
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 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (4.08%) Metadata
2 40 (4.08%) Power BI
3 31 (3.16%) MongoDB
4 30 (3.06%) NoSQL
5 28 (2.86%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.45%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (1.22%) Geospatial Data
8 7 (0.71%) Redis
9 6 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.61%) Tableau
10 5 (0.51%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.51%) MySQL
10 5 (0.51%) Stardog
11 4 (0.41%) GIS
11 4 (0.41%) Looker
11 4 (0.41%) Neo4j
12 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 3 (0.31%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 101 (10.31%) Git
2 86 (8.78%) JIRA
3 57 (5.82%) Jenkins
3 57 (5.82%) Selenium
4 52 (5.31%) Cypress.io
5 49 (5.00%) GitLab
6 33 (3.37%) Cucumber
7 29 (2.96%) JUnit
8 24 (2.45%) Gatling
9 23 (2.35%) Postman
10 18 (1.84%) REST Assured
11 15 (1.53%) WebDriver
12 14 (1.43%) Maven
13 12 (1.22%) JMeter
13 12 (1.22%) Xcode
14 11 (1.12%) Gradle
14 11 (1.12%) MSI
14 11 (1.12%) SonarQube
15 10 (1.02%) fastlane
16 9 (0.92%) Storybook
General
1 398 (40.61%) Public Sector
2 283 (28.88%) Social Skills
3 103 (10.51%) Finance
4 84 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 81 (8.27%) Analytical Skills
6 33 (3.37%) Marketing
7 29 (2.96%) Banking
8 25 (2.55%) Military
9 24 (2.45%) Legal
9 24 (2.45%) Retail
10 23 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
11 22 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (2.14%) Publishing
13 20 (2.04%) Local Government
14 13 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
15 6 (0.61%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.51%) Games
16 5 (0.51%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.41%) Automotive
17 4 (0.41%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 255 (26.02%) Developer
2 225 (22.96%) Designer
3 172 (17.55%) Senior
4 91 (9.29%) Lead
5 64 (6.53%) Content Designer
6 63 (6.43%) User Researcher
7 57 (5.82%) Analyst
8 52 (5.31%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 52 (5.31%) Senior Developer
9 47 (4.80%) Service Designer
10 42 (4.29%) Java Developer
11 41 (4.18%) Senior Designer
12 40 (4.08%) Architect
13 37 (3.78%) UI Designer
13 37 (3.78%) UX Designer
14 34 (3.47%) React Developer
15 31 (3.16%) Interaction Designer
16 30 (3.06%) Full-Stack Developer
17 28 (2.86%) Test Engineer
18 22 (2.24%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 153 (15.61%) React
2 123 (12.55%) HTML
3 122 (12.45%) CSS
4 102 (10.41%) RESTful
5 101 (10.31%) REST
6 89 (9.08%) Node.js
7 70 (7.14%) Spring
8 66 (6.73%) Spring Boot
9 64 (6.53%) HTML5
10 62 (6.33%) Playwright
11 58 (5.92%) CSS3
12 47 (4.80%) Jest
13 43 (4.39%) Kafka
14 39 (3.98%) .NET
14 39 (3.98%) JSON
15 38 (3.88%) Redux
16 30 (3.06%) AngularJS
17 27 (2.76%) Next.js
18 21 (2.14%) GraphQL
19 19 (1.94%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 77 (7.86%) Product Ownership
2 58 (5.92%) Cloud Native
3 56 (5.71%) Mobile App
4 35 (3.57%) Onboarding
5 31 (3.16%) NHS
6 29 (2.96%) Legacy Systems
7 26 (2.65%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
9 18 (1.84%) Enterprise Software
9 18 (1.84%) Taxonomies
10 16 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.53%) Graphic Design
12 14 (1.43%) Data Structures
13 13 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (1.22%) Social Media
14 12 (1.22%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
16 10 (1.02%) Animation
17 8 (0.82%) AI Agents
17 8 (0.82%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.06%) Android
1 30 (3.06%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.33%) Windows
3 4 (0.41%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.31%) Linux
5 1 (0.10%) Unix
5 1 (0.10%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 504 (51.43%) Agile
2 304 (31.02%) CI/CD
3 267 (27.24%) User Experience
4 220 (22.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 200 (20.41%) User Research
6 195 (19.90%) DevOps
7 185 (18.88%) Test Automation
8 182 (18.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 169 (17.24%) UX Design
10 150 (15.31%) Service Design
10 150 (15.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 147 (15.00%) Analytics
12 145 (14.80%) Problem-Solving
13 141 (14.39%) AI
14 115 (11.73%) Microservices
15 113 (11.53%) Scrum
16 112 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 106 (10.82%) Prototyping
18 103 (10.51%) Decision-Making
19 96 (9.80%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 194 (19.80%) JavaScript
2 140 (14.29%) TypeScript
3 125 (12.76%) Java
4 88 (8.98%) Python
5 67 (6.84%) SQL
6 47 (4.80%) C#
7 22 (2.24%) Kotlin
8 19 (1.94%) Ruby
9 17 (1.73%) Swift
10 12 (1.22%) Bicep
11 11 (1.12%) Scala
12 10 (1.02%) PHP
13 6 (0.61%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.61%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.61%) SPARQL
14 5 (0.51%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.51%) R
15 4 (0.41%) Objective-C
16 3 (0.31%) Cypher
16 3 (0.31%) Gremlin
Qualifications
1 252 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 213 (21.73%) SC Cleared
3 79 (8.06%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (5.10%) Degree
5 19 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 15 (1.53%) ISTQB
7 14 (1.43%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (0.61%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 6 (0.61%) Master's Degree
10 5 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
11 4 (0.41%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.31%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.31%) PMP
13 2 (0.20%) ACCA
13 2 (0.20%) CCA
13 2 (0.20%) CIMA
13 2 (0.20%) CIPD
14 1 (0.10%) ISEB
14 1 (0.10%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (30.10%) WCAG
2 100 (10.20%) QA
3 39 (3.98%) Data Quality
4 36 (3.67%) GDPR
5 16 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
6 15 (1.53%) NCSC
7 5 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.41%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 4 (0.41%) PMO
9 3 (0.31%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.20%) HL7
11 1 (0.10%) GLP
11 1 (0.10%) IEC 62304
11 1 (0.10%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.10%) WAI
11 1 (0.10%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 103 (10.51%) Docker
2 5 (0.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 86 (8.78%) Kubernetes
2 60 (6.12%) Terraform
3 28 (2.86%) Grafana
4 15 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.82%) Argo
7 7 (0.71%) Kibana
8 5 (0.51%) Ansible
9 1 (0.10%) HAProxy
9 1 (0.10%) SELinux
9 1 (0.10%) systemd
Vendors
1 105 (10.71%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.71%) Adobe
3 29 (2.96%) Google
4 27 (2.76%) Oracle
5 16 (1.63%) Dynatrace
6 15 (1.53%) Salesforce
6 15 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.12%) Splunk
8 9 (0.92%) Sitecore
9 8 (0.82%) MuleSoft
9 8 (0.82%) Red Hat
10 6 (0.61%) Apple
10 6 (0.61%) SAP
11 5 (0.51%) OpenAI
12 4 (0.41%) Autodesk
12 4 (0.41%) Databricks
12 4 (0.41%) Solace
13 3 (0.31%) Checkmarx
13 3 (0.31%) New Relic
13 3 (0.31%) Sparx
951 Accessibility jobs Nationwide