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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 209 215
Rank change year-on-year +61 +6 +34
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 714 451 525
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.99% 1.24% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.33% 9.13% 7.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 270 415
10th Percentile £313 £291 £340
25th Percentile £400 £400 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £498 £490
Median % change year-on-year -4.62% +1.63% -6.67%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £575
90th Percentile £625 £681 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £428 £486 £463
% change year-on-year -11.95% +4.97% -7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 16
10th Percentile - £21.00 £15.42
25th Percentile £18.25 £24.78 £17.41
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.25 £18.74
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +40.11% -17.41%
75th Percentile £34.48 £32.71 £30.90
90th Percentile £45.20 £55.42 £35.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.75 £24.76 £17.50
% change year-on-year -8.12% +41.49% -7.35%

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 6,302 4,939 6,612
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.60% 13.60% 14.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,047 2,879 4,408
10th Percentile £309 £270 £313
25th Percentile £404 £388 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £649
90th Percentile £700 £725 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £491 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +3.37% -5.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 314 227 241
10th Percentile £13.60 £13.42 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.48 £16.15 £20.51
Median hourly rate £25.63 £27.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.07% -32.50% +73.91%
75th Percentile £60.00 £54.18 £65.00
90th Percentile £79.96 £70.00 £83.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.14 £26.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -16.45% -40.45% +111.90%

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025.

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 25 November 2025. 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 +57 571 £475 -5.00% 424
London +60 316 £498 -0.50% 169
UK excluding London +36 280 £428 -11.95% 377
Work from Home +34 233 £493 +4.06% 269
North of England +16 136 £413 -17.50% 70
North West +8 73 £400 -11.60% 36
Yorkshire +6 47 £500 -6.54% 20
Scotland +3 45 £484 +3.92% 24
Midlands -16 36 £430 +5.39% 47
South West +15 35 £418 -25.78% 45
West Midlands +4 34 £430 -6.87% 30
North East +3 17 £450 +7.14% 16
South East -25 13 £454 -13.52% 156
East of England -12 9 £550 -3.51% 33
Wales +3 8 £519 +22.06% 6
East Midlands -22 2 - - 17
Northern Ireland -4 1 - - 6

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 36 (5.04%) CMS
2 29 (4.06%) SharePoint
3 25 (3.50%) Confluence
4 9 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 8 (1.12%) Apache
5 8 (1.12%) Moodle
6 7 (0.98%) WordPress
7 5 (0.70%) Drupal
8 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.42%) Alfresco
9 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.28%) Magnolia
10 2 (0.28%) nginx
10 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.14%) SAS
11 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
11 1 (0.14%) Tomcat
Applications
1 33 (4.62%) Sketch
2 25 (3.50%) Adobe XD
3 21 (2.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 11 (1.54%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.40%) InVision
7 8 (1.12%) Zeplin
8 7 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.84%) Adobe Captivate
9 6 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
11 3 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
11 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.42%) Camtasia
11 3 (0.42%) Snagit
12 2 (0.28%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.28%) InDesign
12 2 (0.28%) Navisworks
12 2 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (1.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.28%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP EWM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP GTS
2 2 (0.28%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP PP
2 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SCM
2 2 (0.28%) SAP SRM
3 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.14%) SAP PLM
3 1 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.91%) Azure
2 114 (15.97%) AWS
3 105 (14.71%) Figma
4 61 (8.54%) Power Platform
5 43 (6.02%) Azure DevOps
6 41 (5.74%) GitHub
7 30 (4.20%) GCP
7 30 (4.20%) Serverless
8 24 (3.36%) Miro
9 22 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
10 20 (2.80%) Amazon S3
10 20 (2.80%) Google Analytics
11 19 (2.66%) SaaS
12 18 (2.52%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (2.24%) Microsoft 365
14 15 (2.10%) npm
15 14 (1.96%) PowerApps
16 13 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
17 12 (1.68%) Power Automate
18 10 (1.40%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 13 (1.82%) HTTP
2 8 (1.12%) Internet
3 7 (0.98%) DNS
4 4 (0.56%) Firewall
4 4 (0.56%) SMS
5 3 (0.42%) WebEx
6 2 (0.28%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.28%) DHCP
6 2 (0.28%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.28%) Intranet
6 2 (0.28%) LAN
6 2 (0.28%) VoIP
6 2 (0.28%) VPN
6 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.14%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.14%) DKIM
7 1 (0.14%) DMARC
7 1 (0.14%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.86%) Power BI
2 25 (3.50%) MongoDB
3 23 (3.22%) NoSQL
4 22 (3.08%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (2.80%) SQL Server
6 16 (2.24%) Metadata
6 16 (2.24%) Redis
6 16 (2.24%) Relational Database
7 13 (1.82%) Amazon Aurora
8 12 (1.68%) BigQuery
9 11 (1.54%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.26%) Looker
11 6 (0.84%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 6 (0.84%) Tableau
12 4 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.56%) Big Data
12 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.56%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.56%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 84 (11.76%) Git
2 59 (8.26%) Cypress.io
3 53 (7.42%) JIRA
4 27 (3.78%) Jenkins
5 26 (3.64%) Selenium
6 25 (3.50%) webpack
7 24 (3.36%) GitLab
7 24 (3.36%) Postman
8 19 (2.66%) Cucumber
9 18 (2.52%) Axure RP
10 12 (1.68%) JUnit
10 12 (1.68%) Xcode
11 11 (1.54%) SonarQube
12 10 (1.40%) Appium
13 9 (1.26%) REST Assured
13 9 (1.26%) Storybook
14 8 (1.12%) Gradle
14 8 (1.12%) gulp
14 8 (1.12%) JMeter
14 8 (1.12%) Vite
General
1 215 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 181 (25.35%) Public Sector
3 117 (16.39%) Finance
4 64 (8.96%) Analytical Skills
5 54 (7.56%) Marketing
6 52 (7.28%) Banking
7 27 (3.78%) Publishing
8 26 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 20 (2.80%) Documentation Skills
10 18 (2.52%) Legal
11 17 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
13 12 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (1.68%) Retail
14 10 (1.40%) Military
15 9 (1.26%) Local Government
15 9 (1.26%) Telecoms
16 8 (1.12%) Manufacturing
17 7 (0.98%) Brand Awareness
18 6 (0.84%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 162 (22.69%) Developer
2 146 (20.45%) Designer
3 96 (13.45%) Senior
4 78 (10.92%) Lead
5 45 (6.30%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 43 (6.02%) Service Designer
7 39 (5.46%) UX Designer
8 34 (4.76%) Analyst
9 32 (4.48%) Tester
10 28 (3.92%) Architect
10 28 (3.92%) Senior Developer
11 25 (3.50%) Test Engineer
12 22 (3.08%) User Researcher
13 20 (2.80%) React Developer
14 18 (2.52%) Java Developer
15 17 (2.38%) Content Designer
16 16 (2.24%) Senior Designer
17 14 (1.96%) Digital Designer
17 14 (1.96%) Full-Stack Developer
17 14 (1.96%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (17.93%) React
2 114 (15.97%) HTML
3 108 (15.13%) CSS
4 65 (9.10%) Node.js
5 61 (8.54%) RESTful
6 58 (8.12%) Jest
7 52 (7.28%) REST
8 43 (6.02%) .NET
9 39 (5.46%) HTML5
9 39 (5.46%) Playwright
10 38 (5.32%) Next.js
11 31 (4.34%) AngularJS
12 30 (4.20%) JSON
13 28 (3.92%) Redux
14 26 (3.64%) CSS3
15 25 (3.50%) Spring Boot
16 23 (3.22%) Spring
17 22 (3.08%) OAuth
17 22 (3.08%) Sass
18 21 (2.94%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 65 (9.10%) Mobile App
2 60 (8.40%) Product Ownership
3 31 (4.34%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.38%) Management Information System
5 16 (2.24%) NHS
6 14 (1.96%) Data Structures
6 14 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.96%) Low-Code
7 13 (1.82%) Analytical Mindset
7 13 (1.82%) Learning Management System
8 12 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
9 8 (1.12%) e-Learning
9 8 (1.12%) Reinsurance
9 8 (1.12%) Social Media
10 7 (0.98%) Algorithms
11 6 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
11 6 (0.84%) W3C
12 5 (0.70%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (0.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 51 (7.14%) Android
2 50 (7.00%) Apple iOS
3 9 (1.26%) Windows
4 3 (0.42%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.28%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.28%) VMS
6 1 (0.14%) Unix
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (46.36%) Agile
2 224 (31.37%) User Experience
3 169 (23.67%) CI/CD
4 131 (18.35%) Test Automation
5 129 (18.07%) DevOps
6 116 (16.25%) UX Design
7 115 (16.11%) Problem-Solving
8 104 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 97 (13.59%) User Research
10 96 (13.45%) Front End Development
11 95 (13.31%) Analytics
12 94 (13.17%) Service Design
13 91 (12.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 78 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 65 (9.10%) Inclusive Design
16 63 (8.82%) AI
16 63 (8.82%) Roadmaps
17 60 (8.40%) Usability Testing
18 57 (7.98%) Business Intelligence
19 56 (7.84%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 118 (16.53%) JavaScript
2 101 (14.15%) TypeScript
3 79 (11.06%) SQL
4 78 (10.92%) Java
5 59 (8.26%) Python
6 26 (3.64%) C#
7 12 (1.68%) Kotlin
7 12 (1.68%) Swift
8 5 (0.70%) PHP
8 5 (0.70%) Scala
9 4 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 4 (0.56%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.42%) Objective-C
11 2 (0.28%) Bash
11 2 (0.28%) Dart
11 2 (0.28%) Go
11 2 (0.28%) R
12 1 (0.14%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.14%) Rust
12 1 (0.14%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 133 (18.63%) Security Cleared
2 112 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 45 (6.30%) Degree
4 43 (6.02%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (1.54%) ISTQB
6 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.56%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.42%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.28%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.28%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.28%) HNC
10 2 (0.28%) HND
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.28%) MCP
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (20.17%) WCAG
2 109 (15.27%) QA
3 42 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.08%) GDPR
5 5 (0.70%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (0.70%) PMO
6 4 (0.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 3 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.42%) NIST
8 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.28%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.28%) Section 508
8 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
9 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.14%) FIPS 140-2
9 1 (0.14%) HL7
9 1 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.14%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.14%) Solvency II
System Software
1 61 (8.54%) Docker
2 9 (1.26%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 39 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 23 (3.22%) Terraform
3 18 (2.52%) Grafana
4 12 (1.68%) Ansible
5 6 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (0.42%) Kibana
8 2 (0.28%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.28%) SCCM
9 1 (0.14%) Kubeflow
9 1 (0.14%) logstash
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 90 (12.61%) Microsoft
2 50 (7.00%) Adobe
3 36 (5.04%) Google
4 18 (2.52%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 15 (2.10%) Oracle
7 12 (1.68%) Splunk
8 11 (1.54%) SAP
9 7 (0.98%) OneTrust
9 7 (0.98%) OpenAI
10 6 (0.84%) Hopewiser
10 6 (0.84%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.84%) Perforce
11 5 (0.70%) Apple
11 5 (0.70%) Databricks
12 4 (0.56%) MuleSoft
12 4 (0.56%) Optimizely
12 4 (0.56%) Sitecore
12 4 (0.56%) Xamarin
13 3 (0.42%) Marketo