Accessibility Job Trends in Edinburgh

Accessibility (a11y)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Accessibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 59 83
Rank change year-on-year +21 +24 +5
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 33 20 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.87% 2.58% 0.78%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 35.11% 18.02% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £54,607 -
25th Percentile - - £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 £54,855 £49,400
Median % change year-on-year +82.30% +11.04% +4.88%
75th Percentile - - £68,050
90th Percentile - £78,942 £80,000
Scotland median annual salary £37,750 £54,855 £40,000
% change year-on-year -31.18% +37.14% -33.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Edinburgh

Accessibility falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 94 111 191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 8.18% 14.34% 14.98%
Number of salaries quoted 40 39 55
10th Percentile £25,500 £40,480 £20,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £54,648 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,837 £67,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.46% +46.74% -16.40%
75th Percentile £92,188 £83,738 £57,294
90th Percentile £110,000 £95,000 £67,255
Scotland median annual salary £46,250 £62,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -26.00% +31.58% -13.64%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accessibility relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Accessibility job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Accessibility
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (15.15%) Confluence
2 1 (3.03%) Moodle
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) Simulink
2 1 (3.03%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.06%) AWS
1 2 (6.06%) Azure
2 1 (3.03%) BlazeMeter
2 1 (3.03%) BrowserStack
2 1 (3.03%) GCP
2 1 (3.03%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.03%) 5G
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (15.15%) JIRA
3 1 (3.03%) Cucumber
3 1 (3.03%) Cypress.io
3 1 (3.03%) JMeter
3 1 (3.03%) Selenium
3 1 (3.03%) SonarQube
General
1 30 (90.91%) Finance
1 30 (90.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 29 (87.88%) Aerospace
3 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
4 9 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (24.24%) Military
6 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (6.06%) Automotive
7 2 (6.06%) Electronics
8 1 (3.03%) Aviation
8 1 (3.03%) Multimedia
8 1 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (3.03%) Retail
8 1 (3.03%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 15 (45.45%) Lead
2 10 (30.30%) Systems Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Radar Engineer
3 7 (21.21%) Technical Specialist
4 6 (18.18%) Lead Systems Engineer
5 3 (9.09%) Senior
6 2 (6.06%) Chief Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (6.06%) Software Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Electronics Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Embedded Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) EMC Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) FPGA Design Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) FPGA Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) QA Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) QA Leader
7 1 (3.03%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.03%) Gherkin
1 1 (3.03%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 12 (36.36%) FPGA
2 7 (21.21%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (15.15%) VHDL
4 4 (12.12%) Verilog
5 3 (9.09%) Algorithms
6 2 (6.06%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
7 1 (3.03%) e-Learning
7 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (3.03%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 10 (30.30%) Configuration Management
3 10 (30.30%) Mathematics
4 9 (27.27%) Validation
4 9 (27.27%) Verification and Validation
5 8 (24.24%) Agile
6 7 (21.21%) Low Latency
6 7 (21.21%) Ultra-Low Latency
7 6 (18.18%) Change Management
7 6 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (18.18%) Signal Processing
7 6 (18.18%) Software Engineering
7 6 (18.18%) Software Testing
7 6 (18.18%) Technical Leadership
8 5 (15.15%) Physics
8 5 (15.15%) Roadmaps
8 5 (15.15%) UVM
9 4 (12.12%) Customer Requirements
10 3 (9.09%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 9 (27.27%) MATLAB
2 5 (15.15%) SystemVerilog
3 3 (9.09%) Python
4 2 (6.06%) Ada
4 2 (6.06%) Java
5 1 (3.03%) C
5 1 (3.03%) C++
5 1 (3.03%) Embedded C
5 1 (3.03%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 29 (87.88%) BPSS Clearance
1 29 (87.88%) DV Cleared
1 29 (87.88%) SC Cleared
1 29 (87.88%) Security Cleared
2 18 (54.55%) Degree
3 10 (30.30%) Chartered Engineer
4 5 (15.15%) Master's Degree
4 5 (15.15%) PhD
5 1 (3.03%) EMC Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.03%) Def Stans
1 1 (3.03%) DO-160
1 1 (3.03%) QA
System Software
1 13 (39.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Siemens
2 4 (12.12%) Xilinx
3 3 (9.09%) IBM
4 1 (3.03%) Altera
4 1 (3.03%) EMC