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 26 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 148 221
Rank change year-on-year -1 +73 +2
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 1,026 625 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.87% 1.89% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.61% 11.00% 8.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 726 407 257
10th Percentile £350 £306 £278
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £538 £550 £577
90th Percentile £625 £600 £688
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +5.88% -15.04% +5.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 20 13
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.75 £18.13
25th Percentile £14.22 £22.75 £24.84
Median hourly rate £20.00 £32.48 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.42% +22.57% +47.22%
75th Percentile £45.00 £35.75 £33.07
90th Percentile £69.60 £39.43 £46.61
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.64 £25.00 £25.93
% change year-on-year -41.44% -3.59% +48.17%

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 9,667 5,681 5,146
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 17.62% 17.17% 13.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,089 3,642 3,011
10th Percentile £325 £300 £276
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £500 £504
Median % change year-on-year +1.00% -0.79% -4.00%
75th Percentile £601 £606 £625
90th Percentile £700 £706 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 641 269 249
10th Percentile £13.86 £13.60 £12.69
25th Percentile £16.60 £16.92 £15.50
Median hourly rate £32.40 £30.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.98% +9.09% -22.54%
75th Percentile £65.00 £62.25 £62.24
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.55 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.40 £27.86 £27.50
% change year-on-year +16.28% +1.31% -23.61%

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 26 September 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 26 September 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 26 September 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 -6 816 £470 -1.05% 2,302
UK excluding London +26 469 £450 +5.88% 1,436
London -30 361 £515 +3.52% 1,117
Work from Home -7 296 £450 -3.90% 1,438
North of England -36 152 £450 +7.14% 324
Midlands +47 140 £443 - 151
West Midlands +44 127 £445 -3.26% 95
South West -2 67 £425 +6.25% 178
Yorkshire -19 56 £492 +20.00% 108
North West -54 50 £450 +9.09% 166
Scotland -14 49 £406 -14.17% 152
North East -7 47 £425 -5.56% 53
South East -56 35 £465 +2.20% 283
East of England -27 15 £575 +4.55% 240
East Midlands -7 11 £435 +35.09% 56
Wales -7 9 £375 -27.71% 37
Northern Ireland +2 3 £638 - 93

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 59 (5.75%) CMS
2 54 (5.26%) SharePoint
3 48 (4.68%) Confluence
4 25 (2.44%) WordPress
5 10 (0.97%) Drupal
6 9 (0.88%) Apache
7 8 (0.78%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.68%) Apache Spark
9 6 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 5 (0.49%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.39%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.39%) Moodle
12 3 (0.29%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.097%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.097%) Documentum
13 1 (0.097%) IIS
13 1 (0.097%) Kentico
13 1 (0.097%) Mendix
13 1 (0.097%) nginx
13 1 (0.097%) WebLogic
Applications
1 28 (2.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 17 (1.66%) Sketch
4 12 (1.17%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (0.88%) Adobe After Effects
7 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
8 7 (0.68%) Final Cut Pro
9 6 (0.58%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
11 4 (0.39%) Chatbot
11 4 (0.39%) Navisworks
11 4 (0.39%) Revit
12 3 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
12 3 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
13 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
13 2 (0.19%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.19%) Trello
14 1 (0.097%) Blender
14 1 (0.097%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.097%) Eloqua
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.097%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.097%) Primavera
4 1 (0.097%) Shopify
4 1 (0.097%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 204 (19.88%) Azure
2 186 (18.13%) AWS
3 141 (13.74%) Figma
4 110 (10.72%) GitHub
5 97 (9.45%) Azure DevOps
6 70 (6.82%) Power Platform
7 62 (6.04%) GitHub Actions
8 49 (4.78%) Serverless
9 45 (4.39%) GCP
10 44 (4.29%) Power Automate
11 40 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.44%) PowerApps
13 24 (2.34%) Miro
14 22 (2.14%) Azure Functions
15 21 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
16 18 (1.75%) AWS Lambda
17 16 (1.56%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.56%) SaaS
18 15 (1.46%) Entra ID
19 13 (1.27%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 6 (0.58%) Intranet
2 3 (0.29%) NAS
3 2 (0.19%) Broadband
3 2 (0.19%) Internet
3 2 (0.19%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.097%) DMZ
4 1 (0.097%) HTTP
4 1 (0.097%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.097%) Network Security
4 1 (0.097%) SAN
4 1 (0.097%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.48%) MongoDB
1 46 (4.48%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (4.39%) Metadata
3 38 (3.70%) Power BI
4 35 (3.41%) SQL Server
5 31 (3.02%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.14%) NoSQL
7 16 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
9 10 (0.97%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.88%) Redis
11 7 (0.68%) Tableau
12 6 (0.58%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.49%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.49%) Stardog
14 4 (0.39%) Amazon Aurora
14 4 (0.39%) Delta Lake
14 4 (0.39%) GIS
14 4 (0.39%) Looker
14 4 (0.39%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 143 (13.94%) Git
2 81 (7.89%) Selenium
3 79 (7.70%) JIRA
4 72 (7.02%) Jenkins
5 65 (6.34%) GitLab
6 61 (5.95%) Cucumber
7 53 (5.17%) Cypress.io
8 50 (4.87%) JUnit
9 40 (3.90%) Gatling
10 29 (2.83%) Postman
11 22 (2.14%) REST Assured
12 20 (1.95%) SonarQube
13 18 (1.75%) JMeter
13 18 (1.75%) WebDriver
14 16 (1.56%) Maven
14 16 (1.56%) Storybook
15 13 (1.27%) Mockito
16 12 (1.17%) Gradle
16 12 (1.17%) Xcode
17 11 (1.07%) MSI
General
1 431 (42.01%) Public Sector
2 341 (33.24%) Social Skills
3 108 (10.53%) Finance
3 108 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (3.80%) Marketing
6 31 (3.02%) Military
7 29 (2.83%) Legal
7 29 (2.83%) Local Government
8 26 (2.53%) Publishing
9 25 (2.44%) Banking
10 24 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
10 24 (2.34%) Retail
11 23 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
12 12 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (0.58%) Games
14 5 (0.49%) Automotive
14 5 (0.49%) Legal Technology
15 4 (0.39%) Investment Banking
15 4 (0.39%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 257 (25.05%) Developer
2 217 (21.15%) Designer
3 177 (17.25%) Senior
4 118 (11.50%) Lead
5 67 (6.53%) Content Designer
6 66 (6.43%) User Researcher
7 54 (5.26%) Analyst
8 51 (4.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 51 (4.97%) Senior Developer
9 48 (4.68%) Java Developer
10 47 (4.58%) Service Designer
11 40 (3.90%) Architect
12 35 (3.41%) Senior Designer
13 33 (3.22%) Test Engineer
14 32 (3.12%) UX Designer
15 31 (3.02%) UI Designer
16 29 (2.83%) Lead Developer
17 28 (2.73%) Interaction Designer
17 28 (2.73%) React Developer
18 24 (2.34%) Quality Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 154 (15.01%) React
2 135 (13.16%) HTML
3 129 (12.57%) CSS
4 123 (11.99%) REST
5 104 (10.14%) RESTful
6 93 (9.06%) Node.js
7 88 (8.58%) Playwright
8 86 (8.38%) Spring
9 71 (6.92%) Spring Boot
10 66 (6.43%) Terraform
11 63 (6.14%) HTML5
12 55 (5.36%) JSON
13 53 (5.17%) CSS3
14 49 (4.78%) Jest
15 44 (4.29%) Kafka
16 41 (4.00%) .NET
17 35 (3.41%) Gherkin
18 29 (2.83%) Redux
19 28 (2.73%) AngularJS
20 25 (2.44%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 83 (8.09%) Product Ownership
2 68 (6.63%) Cloud Native
3 54 (5.26%) Mobile App
4 43 (4.19%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.61%) Onboarding
6 30 (2.92%) Taxonomies
7 28 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
7 28 (2.73%) NHS
8 20 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
9 17 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 16 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.56%) Virtual Team
11 13 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 13 (1.27%) Data Structures
11 13 (1.27%) Graphic Design
12 11 (1.07%) Animation
12 11 (1.07%) Blog
13 10 (0.97%) Analytical Mindset
13 10 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
13 10 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 31 (3.02%) Android
2 28 (2.73%) Apple iOS
3 16 (1.56%) Windows
4 5 (0.49%) Mac OS
5 3 (0.29%) Linux
6 2 (0.19%) AIX
6 2 (0.19%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.097%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.097%) Rocky
7 1 (0.097%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 557 (54.29%) Agile
2 343 (33.43%) CI/CD
3 269 (26.22%) User Experience
4 245 (23.88%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 227 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
6 223 (21.73%) Test Automation
7 214 (20.86%) Continuous Improvement
8 212 (20.66%) DevOps
8 212 (20.66%) User Research
9 161 (15.69%) UX Design
10 160 (15.59%) AI
11 158 (15.40%) Service Design
12 155 (15.11%) Problem-Solving
13 150 (14.62%) Analytics
14 146 (14.23%) Scrum
15 140 (13.65%) Microservices
16 129 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 111 (10.82%) Decision-Making
18 108 (10.53%) Mentoring
19 105 (10.23%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 227 (22.12%) JavaScript
2 146 (14.23%) Java
3 140 (13.65%) TypeScript
4 82 (7.99%) Python
5 70 (6.82%) SQL
6 59 (5.75%) C#
7 20 (1.95%) Kotlin
7 20 (1.95%) Ruby
8 16 (1.56%) Scala
9 14 (1.36%) Swift
10 12 (1.17%) Bicep
11 9 (0.88%) PHP
12 7 (0.68%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.58%) Shell Script
14 5 (0.49%) Bash
14 5 (0.49%) SPARQL
15 4 (0.39%) CFML
15 4 (0.39%) Objective-C
15 4 (0.39%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 291 (28.36%) Security Cleared
2 246 (23.98%) SC Cleared
3 110 (10.72%) BPSS Clearance
4 48 (4.68%) Degree
5 33 (3.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 16 (1.56%) DV Cleared
7 14 (1.36%) ISTQB
8 10 (0.97%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
10 6 (0.58%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.49%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 5 (0.49%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.19%) ACCA
13 2 (0.19%) CCA
13 2 (0.19%) CIMA
13 2 (0.19%) CIPD
13 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
13 2 (0.19%) PMP
14 1 (0.097%) CAPM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (29.04%) WCAG
2 128 (12.48%) QA
3 51 (4.97%) Data Quality
4 40 (3.90%) GDPR
5 22 (2.14%) Actionable Recommendations
6 12 (1.17%) NCSC
7 4 (0.39%) ISO 19650
7 4 (0.39%) PMO
8 3 (0.29%) Disclosure Scotland
9 2 (0.19%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
10 1 (0.097%) EU AI Act
10 1 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.097%) GRC
10 1 (0.097%) HL7
10 1 (0.097%) IEC 62304
10 1 (0.097%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 1 (0.097%) SNOMED CT
10 1 (0.097%) WAI
10 1 (0.097%) WAI-ARIA
System Software
1 115 (11.21%) Docker
2 5 (0.49%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.19%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.097%) Firmware
5 1 (0.097%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 110 (10.72%) Kubernetes
2 40 (3.90%) Grafana
3 14 (1.36%) Prometheus
4 11 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 8 (0.78%) Argo
5 8 (0.78%) Kibana
6 5 (0.49%) Ansible
7 2 (0.19%) Failover Clustering
8 1 (0.097%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.097%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.097%) Puppet
8 1 (0.097%) SELinux
8 1 (0.097%) systemd
Vendors
1 125 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 53 (5.17%) Adobe
3 31 (3.02%) Oracle
4 27 (2.63%) Google
5 18 (1.75%) Splunk
6 17 (1.66%) ServiceNow
7 15 (1.46%) Dynatrace
8 13 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 9 (0.88%) Red Hat
9 9 (0.88%) Sitecore
10 8 (0.78%) MuleSoft
11 7 (0.68%) Databricks
12 6 (0.58%) OpenAI
13 5 (0.49%) dotdigital
13 5 (0.49%) SAP
13 5 (0.49%) TikTok
14 4 (0.39%) Apple
14 4 (0.39%) Autodesk
15 3 (0.29%) Foundry
15 3 (0.29%) Solace