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

6 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 167 218
Rank change year-on-year +23 +51 +19
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 902 483 484
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.84% 1.68% 1.13%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.06% 10.43% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 643 306 309
10th Percentile £350 £313 £305
25th Percentile £402 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% -7.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £630 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.76% -8.11% -3.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 14 31
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.71 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.54 £22.75 £14.50
Median hourly rate £28.00 £29.09 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -3.75% +60.45% -22.39%
75th Percentile £61.25 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £71.98 - £50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.69 £28.18 £14.50
% change year-on-year -19.48% +94.34% -13.54%

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 8,158 4,629 5,967
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.67% 16.06% 13.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,220 2,959 3,762
10th Percentile £340 £263 £280
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £509
Median % change year-on-year - -1.72% -3.10%
75th Percentile £600 £616 £625
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 483 183 408
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.13 £10.99
25th Percentile £18.50 £21.75 £13.18
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £22.75
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +42.86% -39.33%
75th Percentile £67.50 £66.56 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.20 £80.00 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.81 £18.97
% change year-on-year +21.91% +72.96% -49.41%

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 4 June 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 4 June 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 4 June 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 +21 691 £475 - 533
UK excluding London +31 381 £475 +11.76% 403
London -5 320 £475 -5.05% 225
Work from Home +26 297 £450 -4.87% 750
North of England +7 168 £450 -1.64% 108
North West +15 87 £430 -9.47% 53
Midlands -9 73 £450 +10.77% 50
West Midlands -13 62 £450 -2.17% 27
South West +12 59 £475 +11.76% 43
Yorkshire -28 54 £500 +19.05% 41
Scotland +6 40 £550 +18.15% 30
South East -42 34 £500 +16.28% 78
North East -5 31 £450 -2.17% 14
East Midlands -20 10 £445 +38.20% 23
East of England -32 7 £575 +27.78% 35
Wales -20 4 £713 +80.38% 36
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 25

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 43 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 33 (3.66%) Confluence
3 31 (3.44%) CMS
4 11 (1.22%) WordPress
5 7 (0.78%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.78%) Drupal
6 6 (0.67%) Apache
7 4 (0.44%) Moodle
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.22%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.22%) IIS
9 1 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.11%) Camunda
9 1 (0.11%) govService
9 1 (0.11%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.11%) Kentico
9 1 (0.11%) nginx
9 1 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
Applications
1 29 (3.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 28 (3.10%) Sketch
3 23 (2.55%) Adobe XD
4 22 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 10 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (1.00%) InVision
7 8 (0.89%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.89%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.67%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.44%) Final Cut Pro
10 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.44%) Revit
10 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.33%) CapCut
11 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.33%) Zeplin
12 2 (0.22%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.22%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.22%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.11%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.11%) Shopify
4 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.11%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.11%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 148 (16.41%) Azure
2 142 (15.74%) Figma
3 122 (13.53%) AWS
4 71 (7.87%) GitHub
5 52 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
6 51 (5.65%) Power Platform
7 38 (4.21%) GitHub Actions
8 31 (3.44%) GCP
9 25 (2.77%) Serverless
10 19 (2.11%) Miro
11 18 (2.00%) SaaS
12 17 (1.88%) BrowserStack
13 14 (1.55%) Dynamics 365
14 13 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
14 13 (1.44%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.33%) Amazon EKS
15 12 (1.33%) Entra ID
16 10 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.11%) Power Automate
17 9 (1.00%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.11%) Intranet
2 4 (0.44%) 5G
2 4 (0.44%) LTE
2 4 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
3 2 (0.22%) 5G NR
3 2 (0.22%) HTTP
3 2 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.22%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.11%) DMZ
4 1 (0.11%) DSL
4 1 (0.11%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.11%) Internet
4 1 (0.11%) SAN
4 1 (0.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.32%) Power BI
2 26 (2.88%) NoSQL
3 25 (2.77%) MongoDB
4 23 (2.55%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (2.33%) Relational Database
6 20 (2.22%) Metadata
7 13 (1.44%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.89%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.89%) GIS
9 7 (0.78%) MySQL
10 6 (0.67%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.55%) Spatial Data
12 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.44%) Delta Lake
12 4 (0.44%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.33%) BigQuery
13 3 (0.33%) Looker
13 3 (0.33%) Redis
13 3 (0.33%) Tableau
14 2 (0.22%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 72 (7.98%) Git
2 66 (7.32%) JIRA
3 51 (5.65%) Cypress.io
4 49 (5.43%) GitLab
5 45 (4.99%) Selenium
6 34 (3.77%) Jenkins
7 23 (2.55%) REST Assured
8 21 (2.33%) Cucumber
9 19 (2.11%) JUnit
10 18 (2.00%) Gatling
11 17 (1.88%) JMeter
11 17 (1.88%) Postman
12 12 (1.33%) CircleCI
13 11 (1.22%) Serenity BDD
14 10 (1.11%) Gradle
15 9 (1.00%) Axure RP
15 9 (1.00%) fastlane
16 8 (0.89%) Xcode
17 7 (0.78%) Storybook
18 6 (0.67%) Vite
General
1 344 (38.14%) Public Sector
2 238 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 84 (9.31%) Finance
4 62 (6.87%) Analytical Skills
5 40 (4.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (3.77%) Banking
7 22 (2.44%) Marketing
7 22 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
8 21 (2.33%) Military
9 20 (2.22%) Legal
10 19 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.00%) Publishing
12 17 (1.88%) Retail
13 12 (1.33%) Local Government
14 7 (0.78%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.44%) Law
16 4 (0.44%) Social Science
17 3 (0.33%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 223 (24.72%) Designer
2 203 (22.51%) Developer
3 137 (15.19%) Senior
4 77 (8.54%) Lead
5 62 (6.87%) Content Designer
6 59 (6.54%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 54 (5.99%) User Researcher
8 52 (5.76%) Service Designer
9 47 (5.21%) UX Designer
10 44 (4.88%) Test Engineer
11 43 (4.77%) Analyst
12 35 (3.88%) Full-Stack Developer
12 35 (3.88%) Senior Designer
13 34 (3.77%) Architect
14 30 (3.33%) Senior Developer
14 30 (3.33%) Tester
15 29 (3.22%) React Developer
16 26 (2.88%) Interaction Designer
17 24 (2.66%) Business Analyst
17 24 (2.66%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 141 (15.63%) React
2 101 (11.20%) HTML
3 95 (10.53%) CSS
4 74 (8.20%) Node.js
4 74 (8.20%) REST
5 73 (8.09%) RESTful
6 65 (7.21%) Playwright
7 63 (6.98%) Spring
8 62 (6.87%) Spring Boot
9 43 (4.77%) HTML5
10 42 (4.66%) CSS3
11 39 (4.32%) AngularJS
11 39 (4.32%) Jest
12 32 (3.55%) Redux
13 30 (3.33%) Kafka
14 26 (2.88%) .NET
15 25 (2.77%) Next.js
16 18 (2.00%) GraphQL
17 17 (1.88%) Vue
18 15 (1.66%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 65 (7.21%) Product Ownership
2 46 (5.10%) Mobile App
3 27 (2.99%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.55%) NHS
5 19 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
5 19 (2.11%) Management Information System
6 17 (1.88%) Onboarding
7 14 (1.55%) Social Media
8 13 (1.44%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (1.11%) Algorithms
10 10 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
10 10 (1.11%) Graphic Design
10 10 (1.11%) Virtual Team
11 9 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.89%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.89%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 8 (0.89%) Taxonomies
13 7 (0.78%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.88%) Apple iOS
2 21 (2.33%) Android
3 4 (0.44%) Linux
3 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
4 3 (0.33%) Windows
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (49.78%) Agile
2 262 (29.05%) User Experience
3 231 (25.61%) CI/CD
4 215 (23.84%) User Research
5 175 (19.40%) UX Design
6 164 (18.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 155 (17.18%) Test Automation
8 152 (16.85%) Service Design
9 146 (16.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 142 (15.74%) DevOps
11 119 (13.19%) Analytics
11 119 (13.19%) Problem-Solving
12 101 (11.20%) Prototyping
13 98 (10.86%) AI
14 89 (9.87%) Decision-Making
15 85 (9.42%) Front End Development
16 82 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 82 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
17 79 (8.76%) Interaction Design
18 78 (8.65%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 156 (17.29%) JavaScript
2 136 (15.08%) TypeScript
3 108 (11.97%) Java
4 74 (8.20%) Python
5 54 (5.99%) SQL
6 25 (2.77%) C#
7 18 (2.00%) Ruby
8 17 (1.88%) Kotlin
9 13 (1.44%) Swift
10 11 (1.22%) Scala
11 5 (0.55%) Objective-C
11 5 (0.55%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.44%) PHP
13 3 (0.33%) R
14 2 (0.22%) Bicep
14 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 205 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 168 (18.63%) SC Cleared
3 70 (7.76%) BPSS Clearance
4 52 (5.76%) Degree
5 10 (1.11%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (1.00%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.00%) Master's Degree
7 6 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.44%) DBS Check
8 4 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.33%) CCA
9 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.22%) ACCA
10 2 (0.22%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.22%) CIMA
10 2 (0.22%) CIPD
10 2 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.11%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 254 (28.16%) WCAG
2 80 (8.87%) QA
3 36 (3.99%) Data Quality
4 21 (2.33%) GDPR
5 9 (1.00%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
7 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 4 (0.44%) NCSC
8 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 3 (0.33%) PMO
9 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.11%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.11%) GLP
10 1 (0.11%) GRC
10 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.11%) HL7
10 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
10 1 (0.11%) WAI
10 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 77 (8.54%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 61 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 36 (3.99%) Terraform
3 30 (3.33%) Grafana
4 16 (1.77%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.00%) Argo
5 9 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.44%) Ansible
6 4 (0.44%) Kibana
7 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
7 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.11%) logstash
7 1 (0.11%) QRadar
7 1 (0.11%) SELinux
7 1 (0.11%) systemd
Vendors
1 75 (8.31%) Microsoft
2 59 (6.54%) Adobe
3 21 (2.33%) Google
4 16 (1.77%) Splunk
5 15 (1.66%) Salesforce
6 14 (1.55%) Oracle
6 14 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 12 (1.33%) Databricks
8 11 (1.22%) Pega
9 10 (1.11%) Dynatrace
10 8 (0.89%) Red Hat
10 8 (0.89%) Sitecore
11 6 (0.67%) MuleSoft
11 6 (0.67%) SAP
12 5 (0.55%) Solace
13 4 (0.44%) Apple
13 4 (0.44%) Autodesk
14 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.33%) Synthesia
15 2 (0.22%) Checkmarx