Accessibility Contracts with Work from Home Options

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 193 159
Rank change year-on-year +32 -34 +3
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 205 299 761
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.39% 1.25% 1.74%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.07% 10.03% 13.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 146 244 530
10th Percentile £313 £313 £381
25th Percentile £413 £420 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -2.91% +14.44%
75th Percentile £561 £575 £588
90th Percentile £634 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 13
10th Percentile - - £21.00
25th Percentile £14.00 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £38.00 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.21% -45.71% +185.71%
75th Percentile £45.00 - £77.50
90th Percentile £61.25 - -
UK median hourly rate £18.55 £23.36 £70.00
% change year-on-year -20.59% -66.63% +174.51%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,036 2,982 5,763
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 13.80% 12.49% 13.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,430 2,167 4,130
10th Percentile £300 £325 £313
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £521 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +1.56% +7.89%
75th Percentile £613 £638 £613
90th Percentile £750 £743 £700
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £515
% change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 71 128
10th Percentile £12.23 £17.50 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.00 £20.94 £19.44
Median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% -21.35% +134.21%
75th Percentile £48.75 £58.38 £56.60
90th Percentile £66.75 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
% change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%

Accessibility
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Accessibility trend for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility.

Accessibility daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Accessibility daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Accessibility.

Accessibility hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Accessibility hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 20 (9.76%) CMS
2 6 (2.93%) Confluence
2 6 (2.93%) nginx
3 4 (1.95%) WordPress
4 3 (1.46%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.98%) Drupal
5 2 (0.98%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 10 (4.88%) Adobe XD
2 9 (4.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (2.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (2.93%) Sketch
5 5 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.98%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.98%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.98%) Lectora
6 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (0.49%) Aladdin
2 1 (0.49%) Markit EDM
2 1 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.02%) AWS
2 26 (12.68%) Azure
3 18 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
3 18 (8.78%) Serverless
4 17 (8.29%) Amazon S3
5 15 (7.32%) AWS CloudFormation
5 15 (7.32%) AWS Lambda
6 12 (5.85%) OpenShift
7 9 (4.39%) Figma
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Pipelines
8 8 (3.90%) Azure Service Bus
8 8 (3.90%) GitHub
9 7 (3.41%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (2.93%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 6 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
11 4 (1.95%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.95%) Textract
12 3 (1.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.98%) HTTP
1 2 (0.98%) Intranet
2 1 (0.49%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (8.78%) PostgreSQL
1 18 (8.78%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.29%) Amazon Aurora
3 6 (2.93%) MySQL
4 5 (2.44%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.95%) Elasticsearch
5 4 (1.95%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.95%) Power BI
5 4 (1.95%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.46%) Big Data
6 3 (1.46%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.98%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.98%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (0.98%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
7 2 (0.98%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.49%) MS Access
8 1 (0.49%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 22 (10.73%) Git
2 12 (5.85%) Jenkins
2 12 (5.85%) Selenium
3 9 (4.39%) JIRA
3 9 (4.39%) JMeter
4 8 (3.90%) Cypress.io
5 7 (3.41%) Postman
6 5 (2.44%) Bitbucket
6 5 (2.44%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.46%) Appium
7 3 (1.46%) Axure RP
7 3 (1.46%) Balsamiq
7 3 (1.46%) GitLab
7 3 (1.46%) NUnit
7 3 (1.46%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.98%) git-flow
8 2 (0.98%) LoadRunner
8 2 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.98%) webpack
8 2 (0.98%) WebPageTest
General
1 60 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 56 (27.32%) Public Sector
3 20 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (9.76%) Finance
4 12 (5.85%) Marketing
4 12 (5.85%) Presentation Skills
4 12 (5.85%) Publishing
5 5 (2.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (1.95%) Back Office
6 4 (1.95%) Retail
6 4 (1.95%) Telecoms
7 3 (1.46%) Electronics
7 3 (1.46%) Health Technology
7 3 (1.46%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.98%) Games
8 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.49%) Banking
9 1 (0.49%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.49%) Legal
9 1 (0.49%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 73 (35.61%) Developer
2 38 (18.54%) Designer
3 26 (12.68%) Senior
4 16 (7.80%) Content Designer
4 16 (7.80%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 14 (6.83%) Full Stack Developer
6 12 (5.85%) Senior Developer
6 12 (5.85%) Test Engineer
7 11 (5.37%) Architect
8 10 (4.88%) Lead
9 7 (3.41%) .NET Developer
9 7 (3.41%) Interaction Designer
9 7 (3.41%) Java Developer
9 7 (3.41%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 7 (3.41%) Senior Test Engineer
9 7 (3.41%) Software Developer
9 7 (3.41%) User Researcher
10 6 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
10 6 (2.93%) Test Automation Engineer
10 6 (2.93%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (25.37%) CSS
1 52 (25.37%) HTML
2 35 (17.07%) React
3 23 (11.22%) .NET
4 21 (10.24%) Node.js
5 17 (8.29%) AWS CDK
6 15 (7.32%) AngularJS
6 15 (7.32%) REST
7 12 (5.85%) jQuery
7 12 (5.85%) RESTful
8 11 (5.37%) Vue
9 10 (4.88%) .NET Core
9 10 (4.88%) ASP.NET
10 8 (3.90%) Playwright
11 7 (3.41%) ASP.NET MVC
11 7 (3.41%) Laravel
11 7 (3.41%) Sass
11 7 (3.41%) Spring
11 7 (3.41%) Web Services
11 7 (3.41%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.83%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.39%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (2.93%) Mobile App
5 5 (2.44%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.46%) Low-Code
6 3 (1.46%) NHS
6 3 (1.46%) Video Editing
7 2 (0.98%) CCTV
7 2 (0.98%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.98%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.98%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.49%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.49%) Motion Graphics
8 1 (0.49%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.49%) Social Media
8 1 (0.49%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.90%) Linux
1 8 (3.90%) Unix
2 4 (1.95%) Mac OS
2 4 (1.95%) Windows
3 3 (1.46%) Android
3 3 (1.46%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.49%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (35.61%) Agile
2 64 (31.22%) User Experience
3 38 (18.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 33 (16.10%) DevOps
4 33 (16.10%) Test Automation
5 32 (15.61%) User Research
6 30 (14.63%) TDD
7 28 (13.66%) UX Design
8 26 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (12.68%) Front End Development
9 25 (12.20%) CI/CD
9 25 (12.20%) Code Quality
10 23 (11.22%) Mentoring
11 22 (10.73%) Analytics
11 22 (10.73%) Usability Testing
12 20 (9.76%) Full Stack Development
12 20 (9.76%) Microservices
13 18 (8.78%) Coaching
13 18 (8.78%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (8.29%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 68 (33.17%) JavaScript
2 34 (16.59%) TypeScript
3 28 (13.66%) Java
4 16 (7.80%) C#
5 14 (6.83%) Python
5 14 (6.83%) SQL
6 8 (3.90%) Bicep
6 8 (3.90%) PHP
7 6 (2.93%) Ruby
8 5 (2.44%) Bash
9 3 (1.46%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.98%) Go
10 2 (0.98%) Swift
11 1 (0.49%) Ada
11 1 (0.49%) Groovy
11 1 (0.49%) R
11 1 (0.49%) Scala
11 1 (0.49%) VB
11 1 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 20 (9.76%) SC Cleared
1 20 (9.76%) Security Cleared
2 13 (6.34%) Degree
3 8 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
4 4 (1.95%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.49%) CISA
5 1 (0.49%) CRISC
5 1 (0.49%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.49%) PMP
5 1 (0.49%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (17.56%) WCAG
2 20 (9.76%) QA
3 5 (2.44%) Disclosure Scotland
4 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
System Software
1 18 (8.78%) Docker
2 8 (3.90%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (5.37%) Grafana
2 6 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.95%) Kibana
4 3 (1.46%) Terraform
5 1 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (9.27%) Adobe
2 18 (8.78%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.93%) SAP
4 5 (2.44%) Oracle
5 3 (1.46%) Brio
5 3 (1.46%) Google
5 3 (1.46%) MuleSoft
5 3 (1.46%) Remedy
6 2 (0.98%) Apple
6 2 (0.98%) Atlassian
6 2 (0.98%) Databricks
6 2 (0.98%) Verint
7 1 (0.49%) ESRI
7 1 (0.49%) Facebook
7 1 (0.49%) Mitel
7 1 (0.49%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.49%) Perfecto Mobile
7 1 (0.49%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.49%) Twitter
7 1 (0.49%) Xamarin