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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 159 212
Rank change year-on-year +12 +53 +26
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 917 512 483
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.83% 1.73% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.94% 10.72% 8.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 657 328 299
10th Percentile £350 £312 £311
25th Percentile £405 £375 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £633 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £425 £463
% change year-on-year +11.76% -8.11% -3.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 13 33
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.23 £14.00
25th Percentile £15.24 £22.75 £14.50
Median hourly rate £25.38 £28.18 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year -9.94% +55.43% -22.39%
75th Percentile £41.68 £35.75 £31.71
90th Percentile £74.85 - £48.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.00 £28.18 £14.50
% change year-on-year -43.22% +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 8,379 4,777 5,995
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 16.73% 16.15% 13.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,367 3,041 3,738
10th Percentile £343 £275 £281
25th Percentile £413 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% -3.29%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £625
90th Percentile £700 £717 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -2.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 495 197 433
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.12 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.84 £21.25 £13.19
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.76 £23.80
Median % change year-on-year +13.35% +33.45% -36.53%
75th Percentile £67.50 £67.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £82.25 £83.28 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £19.18
% change year-on-year +23.08% +69.49% -48.87%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +12 700 £475 - 403
UK excluding London +22 377 £475 +11.76% 322
London -12 335 £475 -5.00% 157
Work from Home +10 297 £450 -2.96% 269
North of England +5 160 £450 -1.64% 80
North West -4 77 £442 -7.05% 37
Midlands -7 69 £450 +10.77% 44
South West +18 61 £475 +18.75% 31
West Midlands -10 58 £450 -2.17% 26
Yorkshire -21 53 £500 +18.34% 34
Scotland 0 45 £550 +18.15% 25
South East -46 35 £500 +16.28% 94
North East -8 34 £450 -2.17% 13
East Midlands -18 10 £445 +38.20% 18
East of England -28 7 £575 +27.78% 27
Wales -19 4 £713 +82.69% 19
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 8

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 (4.69%) SharePoint
2 35 (3.82%) Confluence
3 31 (3.38%) CMS
4 10 (1.09%) WordPress
5 7 (0.76%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.76%) Drupal
6 6 (0.65%) 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%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.11%) R Markdown
9 1 (0.11%) Strapi
9 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 32 (3.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.62%) Sketch
3 22 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
4 18 (1.96%) Adobe XD
5 10 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.98%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (0.98%) InVision
7 8 (0.87%) Chatbot
8 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
9 6 (0.65%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.55%) Final Cut Pro
11 4 (0.44%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.44%) Revit
11 4 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.33%) CapCut
12 3 (0.33%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.33%) Photoshop
12 3 (0.33%) Zeplin
13 2 (0.22%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
1 4 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 155 (16.90%) Azure
2 139 (15.16%) Figma
3 135 (14.72%) AWS
4 76 (8.29%) GitHub
5 61 (6.65%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (5.23%) Power Platform
7 43 (4.69%) GitHub Actions
8 35 (3.82%) GCP
9 25 (2.73%) Serverless
10 18 (1.96%) Miro
10 18 (1.96%) SaaS
11 17 (1.85%) BrowserStack
12 14 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.53%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.31%) Entra ID
15 11 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
16 10 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
16 10 (1.09%) Firebase
16 10 (1.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (1.09%) 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%) Internet
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%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.93%) Power BI
2 31 (3.38%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (3.27%) NoSQL
4 27 (2.94%) MongoDB
5 24 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.40%) Metadata
7 12 (1.31%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.98%) GIS
9 7 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.65%) MySQL
10 6 (0.65%) Redis
10 6 (0.65%) Spatial Data
11 5 (0.55%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.44%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
13 3 (0.33%) Tableau
14 2 (0.22%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.22%) MS Access
14 2 (0.22%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 77 (8.40%) Git
2 72 (7.85%) JIRA
3 50 (5.45%) Cypress.io
4 46 (5.02%) GitLab
4 46 (5.02%) Jenkins
4 46 (5.02%) Selenium
5 23 (2.51%) Cucumber
5 23 (2.51%) REST Assured
6 21 (2.29%) JUnit
7 19 (2.07%) Gatling
8 17 (1.85%) JMeter
8 17 (1.85%) Postman
9 11 (1.20%) CircleCI
9 11 (1.20%) Serenity BDD
10 10 (1.09%) fastlane
10 10 (1.09%) Xcode
11 9 (0.98%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.98%) Gradle
12 8 (0.87%) Maven
13 7 (0.76%) Vite
General
1 357 (38.93%) Public Sector
2 245 (26.72%) Social Skills
3 88 (9.60%) Finance
4 59 (6.43%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (5.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (4.14%) Banking
7 23 (2.51%) Military
8 22 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
9 21 (2.29%) Legal
9 21 (2.29%) Marketing
10 19 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (1.96%) Publishing
12 16 (1.74%) Retail
13 13 (1.42%) Local Government
14 7 (0.76%) Investment Banking
15 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.44%) Law
16 4 (0.44%) Legal Technology
16 4 (0.44%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 225 (24.54%) Designer
2 218 (23.77%) Developer
3 139 (15.16%) Senior
4 78 (8.51%) Lead
5 64 (6.98%) Content Designer
6 58 (6.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 56 (6.11%) User Researcher
8 52 (5.67%) Service Designer
9 48 (5.23%) UX Designer
10 43 (4.69%) Test Engineer
11 41 (4.47%) Analyst
12 35 (3.82%) Senior Designer
13 34 (3.71%) Senior Developer
14 33 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
15 32 (3.49%) Architect
16 31 (3.38%) React Developer
17 30 (3.27%) Tester
18 26 (2.84%) Java Developer
19 25 (2.73%) Interaction Designer
19 25 (2.73%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 143 (15.59%) React
2 100 (10.91%) HTML
3 95 (10.36%) CSS
4 84 (9.16%) REST
5 80 (8.72%) RESTful
6 79 (8.62%) Node.js
7 68 (7.42%) Spring
8 67 (7.31%) Spring Boot
9 64 (6.98%) Playwright
10 44 (4.80%) HTML5
11 42 (4.58%) Jest
12 41 (4.47%) CSS3
13 34 (3.71%) AngularJS
13 34 (3.71%) Kafka
13 34 (3.71%) Redux
14 28 (3.05%) .NET
15 26 (2.84%) Next.js
16 17 (1.85%) Vue
17 16 (1.74%) GraphQL
18 14 (1.53%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (7.20%) Product Ownership
2 50 (5.45%) Mobile App
3 32 (3.49%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.51%) NHS
5 22 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
6 21 (2.29%) Onboarding
7 18 (1.96%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
9 14 (1.53%) Social Media
10 13 (1.42%) Data Structures
10 13 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.31%) Data Protection Act
12 11 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (1.20%) Graphic Design
13 10 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 10 (1.09%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.98%) Taxonomies
15 8 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
15 8 (0.87%) Animation
15 8 (0.87%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 26 (2.84%) Apple iOS
2 20 (2.18%) Android
3 6 (0.65%) Windows
4 4 (0.44%) Linux
4 4 (0.44%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 462 (50.38%) Agile
2 257 (28.03%) User Experience
3 246 (26.83%) CI/CD
4 214 (23.34%) User Research
5 177 (19.30%) UX Design
6 174 (18.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 164 (17.88%) Test Automation
8 154 (16.79%) DevOps
8 154 (16.79%) Service Design
9 152 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
10 121 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
11 115 (12.54%) Analytics
12 103 (11.23%) AI
12 103 (11.23%) Prototyping
13 94 (10.25%) Microservices
14 89 (9.71%) Decision-Making
15 84 (9.16%) Front End Development
15 84 (9.16%) Scrum
15 84 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
16 82 (8.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 162 (17.67%) JavaScript
2 139 (15.16%) TypeScript
3 118 (12.87%) Java
4 80 (8.72%) Python
5 56 (6.11%) SQL
6 30 (3.27%) C#
7 19 (2.07%) Ruby
8 14 (1.53%) Swift
9 13 (1.42%) Kotlin
10 11 (1.20%) Scala
11 6 (0.65%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.55%) Bicep
13 3 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.33%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.33%) PHP
14 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.22%) R
14 2 (0.22%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.22%) T-SQL
15 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 217 (23.66%) Security Cleared
2 178 (19.41%) SC Cleared
3 73 (7.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (5.23%) Degree
5 9 (0.98%) DV Cleared
5 9 (0.98%) ISTQB
6 7 (0.76%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.55%) DBS Check
7 5 (0.55%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (0.33%) CCA
10 2 (0.22%) ACCA
10 2 (0.22%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.22%) CIMA
10 2 (0.22%) CIPD
10 2 (0.22%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.22%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.22%) PMP
11 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 259 (28.24%) WCAG
2 82 (8.94%) QA
3 32 (3.49%) Data Quality
4 20 (2.18%) GDPR
5 9 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (0.76%) NCSC
7 5 (0.55%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.44%) ISO 19650
8 4 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 3 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
9 3 (0.33%) PMO
10 2 (0.22%) GRC
10 2 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.11%) GLP
11 1 (0.11%) HIPAA
11 1 (0.11%) HL7
11 1 (0.11%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
11 1 (0.11%) WAI
11 1 (0.11%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 86 (9.38%) Docker
2 4 (0.44%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.11%) Firmware
3 1 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 43 (4.69%) Terraform
3 28 (3.05%) Grafana
4 17 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 9 (0.98%) Argo
5 9 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.65%) Ansible
7 5 (0.55%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) Fluentd
8 1 (0.11%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) QRadar
8 1 (0.11%) SELinux
8 1 (0.11%) systemd
Vendors
1 77 (8.40%) Microsoft
2 56 (6.11%) Adobe
3 21 (2.29%) Google
4 17 (1.85%) Oracle
4 17 (1.85%) Salesforce
5 16 (1.74%) Splunk
6 14 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 13 (1.42%) Dynatrace
8 11 (1.20%) Pega
9 8 (0.87%) Databricks
9 8 (0.87%) Red Hat
9 8 (0.87%) Sitecore
10 6 (0.65%) Apple
10 6 (0.65%) SAP
11 5 (0.55%) Solace
12 4 (0.44%) Autodesk
13 3 (0.33%) MuleSoft
13 3 (0.33%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.33%) Synthesia
14 2 (0.22%) New Relic