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

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 172 219
Rank change year-on-year +28 +47 +8
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 995 549 454
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.89% 1.68% 1.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.06% 10.01% 7.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 701 343 278
10th Percentile £350 £308 £313
25th Percentile £403 £378 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £549 £575
90th Percentile £630 £600 £654
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £430 £465
% change year-on-year +4.65% -7.53% -2.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 18 21
10th Percentile £14.00 £16.67 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.18 £22.75 £18.13
Median hourly rate £27.50 £30.75 £24.84
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +23.79% +6.34%
75th Percentile £55.13 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £74.25 £42.05 £50.00
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 8,994 5,482 5,679
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.06% 16.78% 13.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,750 3,541 3,517
10th Percentile £338 £281 £282
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile £600 £606 £623
90th Percentile £700 £713 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -4.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 543 242 367
10th Percentile £14.00 £13.60 £11.29
25th Percentile £19.48 £17.61 £14.27
Median hourly rate £39.00 £28.59 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +36.41% +14.36% -35.42%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.24 £53.88
90th Percentile £82.25 £85.07 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.50 £26.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year +49.06% +6.00% -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 23 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 23 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 23 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 +25 791 £475 +2.70% 545
UK excluding London +43 416 £450 +4.65% 303
London -1 381 £480 -3.52% 296
Work from Home +3 315 £450 -2.17% 272
North of England -1 160 £450 +4.65% 85
Midlands +3 87 £445 +11.25% 44
West Midlands -6 74 £446 +4.94% 24
South West +14 73 £425 +6.25% 29
Yorkshire -11 63 £500 +18.34% 39
North West -25 56 £433 -5.77% 36
Scotland +15 48 £496 +0.46% 17
North East -4 45 £450 +1.12% 12
South East -52 35 £495 +16.47% 91
East Midlands -7 11 £435 +35.09% 20
East of England -21 10 £575 +27.78% 24
Wales -20 7 £475 +11.76% 5
Northern Ireland +5 2 - - 12

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 (4.82%) SharePoint
2 42 (4.22%) Confluence
3 41 (4.12%) CMS
4 18 (1.81%) WordPress
5 10 (1.01%) 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%) Camunda
12 1 (0.10%) govService
12 1 (0.10%) Kentico
12 1 (0.10%) Mendix
12 1 (0.10%) nginx
12 1 (0.10%) R Markdown
Applications
1 35 (3.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (2.01%) Sketch
4 14 (1.41%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.11%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.01%) 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
9 6 (0.60%) UserZoom
10 4 (0.40%) Navisworks
10 4 (0.40%) Revit
11 3 (0.30%) Photoshop
12 2 (0.20%) InDesign
12 2 (0.20%) InVision
12 2 (0.20%) MS Visio
13 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
13 1 (0.10%) Blender
13 1 (0.10%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.10%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.10%) Shopify
4 1 (0.10%) Sprinklr
4 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.10%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 197 (19.80%) Azure
2 161 (16.18%) AWS
3 144 (14.47%) Figma
4 86 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
5 84 (8.44%) GitHub
6 58 (5.83%) Power Platform
7 46 (4.62%) GitHub Actions
8 42 (4.22%) GCP
9 35 (3.52%) Serverless
10 24 (2.41%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.11%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.01%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.91%) SaaS
14 17 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
15 16 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (1.61%) Entra ID
16 15 (1.51%) BrowserStack
17 14 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
18 13 (1.31%) Amazon S3
18 13 (1.31%) Miro
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%) HTTP
3 2 (0.20%) Internet
3 2 (0.20%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (0.20%) Wireshark
4 1 (0.10%) Broadband
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 38 (3.82%) Metadata
3 37 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (3.12%) MongoDB
4 31 (3.12%) NoSQL
5 28 (2.81%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.21%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (1.01%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.70%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.70%) Redis
10 6 (0.60%) GIS
10 6 (0.60%) MySQL
11 5 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.50%) Stardog
11 5 (0.50%) Tableau
12 4 (0.40%) Looker
12 4 (0.40%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.30%) DynamoDB
13 3 (0.30%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 92 (9.25%) Git
2 83 (8.34%) JIRA
3 58 (5.83%) Jenkins
4 57 (5.73%) Selenium
5 53 (5.33%) Cypress.io
6 51 (5.13%) GitLab
7 28 (2.81%) Cucumber
8 26 (2.61%) REST Assured
9 24 (2.41%) Gatling
9 24 (2.41%) Postman
10 23 (2.31%) JUnit
11 16 (1.61%) JMeter
12 14 (1.41%) WebDriver
13 13 (1.31%) Maven
14 12 (1.21%) Gradle
14 12 (1.21%) Xcode
15 11 (1.11%) Serenity BDD
16 10 (1.01%) fastlane
17 9 (0.90%) Vite
17 9 (0.90%) webpack
General
1 384 (38.59%) Public Sector
2 282 (28.34%) Social Skills
3 105 (10.55%) Finance
4 80 (8.04%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (7.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 30 (3.02%) Marketing
7 29 (2.91%) Banking
8 27 (2.71%) Military
9 25 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
10 24 (2.41%) Retail
11 23 (2.31%) Legal
12 20 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 18 (1.81%) Local Government
13 18 (1.81%) Publishing
14 17 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (0.70%) Investment Banking
16 5 (0.50%) Legal Technology
17 4 (0.40%) Automotive
17 4 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
17 4 (0.40%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 252 (25.33%) Developer
2 228 (22.91%) Designer
3 168 (16.88%) Senior
4 103 (10.35%) Lead
5 64 (6.43%) Content Designer
6 63 (6.33%) User Researcher
7 56 (5.63%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 55 (5.53%) Analyst
9 50 (5.03%) Service Designer
10 48 (4.82%) Senior Developer
11 41 (4.12%) Architect
12 40 (4.02%) Senior Designer
13 38 (3.82%) UX Designer
14 36 (3.62%) Java Developer
14 36 (3.62%) React Developer
14 36 (3.62%) Test Engineer
15 33 (3.32%) UI Designer
16 30 (3.02%) Full-Stack Developer
16 30 (3.02%) Interaction Designer
17 24 (2.41%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 156 (15.68%) React
2 116 (11.66%) CSS
2 116 (11.66%) HTML
3 100 (10.05%) REST
4 97 (9.75%) RESTful
5 85 (8.54%) Node.js
6 71 (7.14%) Spring
7 70 (7.04%) Spring Boot
8 68 (6.83%) Playwright
9 58 (5.83%) HTML5
10 52 (5.23%) CSS3
11 47 (4.72%) Kafka
12 46 (4.62%) Jest
13 39 (3.92%) Redux
14 37 (3.72%) .NET
15 34 (3.42%) JSON
16 33 (3.32%) AngularJS
17 27 (2.71%) Next.js
18 21 (2.11%) GraphQL
19 19 (1.91%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 76 (7.64%) Product Ownership
2 52 (5.23%) Mobile App
3 51 (5.13%) Cloud Native
4 32 (3.22%) Onboarding
5 29 (2.91%) NHS
6 26 (2.61%) Legacy Systems
7 25 (2.51%) Management Information System
8 21 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
9 20 (2.01%) Taxonomies
10 19 (1.91%) Data Structures
10 19 (1.91%) Enterprise Software
11 15 (1.51%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (1.41%) Graphic Design
12 14 (1.41%) Virtual Team
13 12 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
13 12 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
13 12 (1.21%) Social Media
14 11 (1.11%) Algorithms
15 9 (0.90%) Animation
15 9 (0.90%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 30 (3.02%) Apple iOS
2 26 (2.61%) Android
3 13 (1.31%) 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
1 507 (50.95%) Agile
2 300 (30.15%) CI/CD
3 282 (28.34%) User Experience
4 209 (21.01%) User Research
5 208 (20.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 193 (19.40%) DevOps
7 186 (18.69%) Test Automation
8 181 (18.19%) Continuous Improvement
9 179 (17.99%) UX Design
10 157 (15.78%) Service Design
11 142 (14.27%) Problem-Solving
12 137 (13.77%) AI
12 137 (13.77%) Analytics
13 123 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
14 110 (11.06%) Decision-Making
15 109 (10.95%) Microservices
16 106 (10.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 104 (10.45%) Prototyping
17 104 (10.45%) Scrum
18 95 (9.55%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 188 (18.89%) JavaScript
2 147 (14.77%) TypeScript
3 125 (12.56%) Java
4 94 (9.45%) Python
5 67 (6.73%) SQL
6 44 (4.42%) C#
7 19 (1.91%) Ruby
8 17 (1.71%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.61%) Swift
10 11 (1.11%) Bicep
10 11 (1.11%) Scala
11 9 (0.90%) PHP
12 6 (0.60%) Shell Script
12 6 (0.60%) SPARQL
13 5 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 5 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.40%) Bash
14 4 (0.40%) Objective-C
14 4 (0.40%) R
15 3 (0.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 253 (25.43%) Security Cleared
2 216 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 82 (8.24%) BPSS Clearance
4 51 (5.13%) Degree
5 15 (1.51%) ISTQB
6 14 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 13 (1.31%) 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
1 289 (29.05%) WCAG
2 98 (9.85%) QA
3 37 (3.72%) Data Quality
4 33 (3.32%) 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%) ISO 13485
11 1 (0.10%) SNOMED CT
11 1 (0.10%) WAI
11 1 (0.10%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 103 (10.35%) Docker
2 5 (0.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.10%) Firmware
3 1 (0.10%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 86 (8.64%) Kubernetes
2 57 (5.73%) Terraform
3 31 (3.12%) Grafana
4 19 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 11 (1.11%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.80%) Argo
7 6 (0.60%) 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
1 101 (10.15%) Microsoft
2 56 (5.63%) Adobe
3 25 (2.51%) Google
3 25 (2.51%) Oracle
4 18 (1.81%) Salesforce
5 17 (1.71%) Splunk
6 16 (1.61%) Dynatrace
7 14 (1.41%) ServiceNow
8 11 (1.11%) Pega
9 9 (0.90%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.80%) Red Hat
10 8 (0.80%) SAP
11 7 (0.70%) MuleSoft
12 6 (0.60%) Apple
12 6 (0.60%) Solace
13 5 (0.50%) Databricks
14 4 (0.40%) Autodesk
15 3 (0.30%) Checkmarx
15 3 (0.30%) New Relic
15 3 (0.30%) OpenAI