Accessibility Contracts in Wales

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility over the 6 months leading up to 3 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 48 56
Rank change year-on-year +18 +8 +10
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 10 1 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 2.80% 0.25% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 20.41% 1.20% 1.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 1 0
10th Percentile £344 - -
25th Percentile £389 £413 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £459 £425 -
Median % change year-on-year +7.94% - -
75th Percentile £526 £438 -
90th Percentile £528 - -
UK median daily rate £475 £480 £500
% change year-on-year -1.04% -4.00% -1.38%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 49 83 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 13.73% 20.44% 14.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 41 38
10th Percentile £183 £161 £270
25th Percentile £303 £227 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £393 £509 £488
Median % change year-on-year -22.81% +4.31% -3.61%
75th Percentile £501 £550 £573
90th Percentile £526 £644 £613
UK median daily rate £500 £505 £525
% change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 13 11
10th Percentile - £16.74 -
25th Percentile - £22.00 -
Median hourly rate £13.08 £27.50 £10.92
Median % change year-on-year -52.44% +151.83% -14.34%
75th Percentile - £28.75 £38.13
90th Percentile £14.23 £44.75 £48.75
UK median hourly rate £26.93 £25.68 £39.51
% change year-on-year +4.84% -35.00% +58.04%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in Wales

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in Wales.

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in Wales

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in Wales over the 6 months to 3 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in Wales

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in Wales

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Wales region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
South Wales +15 9 £459 +7.94% 13
North Wales - 1 - -
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) dbt
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (10.00%) MongoDB
1 1 (10.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Cypress.io
2 3 (30.00%) Git
3 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Multimedia
3 1 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
2 3 (30.00%) Software Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Data Centre Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Data Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Lead Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Software Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Team Leader
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) React
2 6 (60.00%) Jest
3 4 (40.00%) .NET
3 4 (40.00%) .NET Core
3 4 (40.00%) Next.js
3 4 (40.00%) Node.js
4 3 (30.00%) .NET Framework
4 3 (30.00%) CSS
4 3 (30.00%) Entity Framework
5 2 (20.00%) Puppeteer
6 1 (10.00%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Client/Server
1 3 (30.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Software Engineering
2 7 (70.00%) Mentoring
3 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
4 4 (40.00%) Agile
4 4 (40.00%) Case Management
4 4 (40.00%) Code Quality
4 4 (40.00%) TDD
5 3 (30.00%) CI/CD
5 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (30.00%) DevOps
5 3 (30.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
5 3 (30.00%) Performance Optimisation
5 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
6 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Go
4 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) WCAG
2 2 (20.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft