WCAG Job Trends in England

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring WCAG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 538 586 686
Rank change year-on-year +48 +100 +60
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 174 71 119
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.20% 0.16% 0.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.88% 1.09% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 87 48 108
10th Percentile £43,481 £31,250 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.74% +15.93%
75th Percentile £67,500 £54,391 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,000 £70,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.74% +10.41%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

WCAG 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 9,272 6,535 10,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 10.45% 15.08% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 6,191 3,831 7,112
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £27,300
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,650 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year - +7.48% -6.96%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in England

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Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WCAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WCAG

WCAG
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in England over the 6 months to 21 July 2026.

Salary histogram for WCAG in England

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Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the England region over the 6 months to 21 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -1 60 £52,500 +5.00% 29
North of England +9 46 £50,000 +53.85% 13
North East - 23 £47,000 - 2
South West -39 22 £60,000 - 9
North West +4 20 £63,000 +93.85% 5
South East -18 19 £59,500 +41.67% 10
East of England +1 12 - - 1
Midlands -25 9 £50,000 +5.26% 1
West Midlands -13 8 £50,000 +5.26% 1
Yorkshire - 3 £51,499 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - -
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UK

WCAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 39 (22.41%) CMS
2 34 (19.54%) Confluence
3 10 (5.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 8 (4.60%) WordPress
5 6 (3.45%) Drupal
6 4 (2.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (5.17%) Adobe XD
2 7 (4.02%) Sketch
3 3 (1.72%) InVision
3 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.15%) Trello
5 1 (0.57%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.57%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.57%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (33.91%) Figma
2 55 (31.61%) Adobe Analytics
3 43 (24.71%) Azure
4 30 (17.24%) AWS
5 25 (14.37%) Contentsquare
6 24 (13.79%) Azure DevOps
7 18 (10.34%) GitHub
8 11 (6.32%) Firebase
9 10 (5.75%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (4.60%) Google Analytics
10 8 (4.60%) npm
10 8 (4.60%) SaaS
11 7 (4.02%) GCP
12 5 (2.87%) Datadog
12 5 (2.87%) Google Play
13 4 (2.30%) dbt
13 4 (2.30%) Heroku
13 4 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
13 4 (2.30%) PaaS
14 3 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 55 (31.61%) Broadband
2 1 (0.57%) CTI
2 1 (0.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) Geospatial Data
1 5 (2.87%) MySQL
2 2 (1.15%) Data Hub
2 2 (1.15%) GIS
2 2 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (9.77%) Git
1 17 (9.77%) Jenkins
2 14 (8.05%) JIRA
3 11 (6.32%) fastlane
4 9 (5.17%) Axure RP
4 9 (5.17%) GitLab
5 8 (4.60%) Cucumber
5 8 (4.60%) Cypress.io
5 8 (4.60%) Storybook
6 7 (4.02%) JMeter
6 7 (4.02%) Maven
6 7 (4.02%) Selenium
7 6 (3.45%) Balsamiq
7 6 (3.45%) Xcode
8 5 (2.87%) Android Studio
8 5 (2.87%) Crashlytics
8 5 (2.87%) Gradle
8 5 (2.87%) MSI
9 4 (2.30%) Gatling
9 4 (2.30%) Locust
General
1 69 (39.66%) Social Skills
2 55 (31.61%) Games
3 48 (27.59%) Public Sector
4 42 (24.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 27 (15.52%) Legal
6 17 (9.77%) Finance
7 9 (5.17%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (5.17%) Law
8 8 (4.60%) Publishing
9 5 (2.87%) Marketing
10 4 (2.30%) Retail
11 3 (1.72%) Local Government
12 2 (1.15%) Aerospace
12 2 (1.15%) Aviation
12 2 (1.15%) Tech for Good
13 1 (0.57%) Advertising
13 1 (0.57%) Banking
13 1 (0.57%) Investment Banking
13 1 (0.57%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.57%) Wholesale Banking
Job Titles
1 44 (25.29%) Designer
2 42 (24.14%) Developer
3 27 (15.52%) Senior
4 22 (12.64%) Lead
5 19 (10.92%) UX Designer
6 14 (8.05%) Senior Developer
6 14 (8.05%) Systems Manager
7 13 (7.47%) Architect
8 11 (6.32%) Interaction Designer
8 11 (6.32%) Senior Designer
9 10 (5.75%) Content Manager
10 9 (5.17%) Content Designer
10 9 (5.17%) UI Designer
10 9 (5.17%) UI/UX Designer
11 7 (4.02%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 6 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (3.45%) iOS Developer
12 6 (3.45%) Lead Architect
12 6 (3.45%) Test Leader
13 5 (2.87%) Senior Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (27.59%) HTML
2 44 (25.29%) CSS
3 26 (14.94%) RESTful
4 20 (11.49%) AngularJS
5 17 (9.77%) Node.js
6 15 (8.62%) .NET
7 13 (7.47%) CSS3
7 13 (7.47%) HTML5
8 12 (6.90%) Playwright
8 12 (6.90%) React
9 10 (5.75%) Vue
10 9 (5.17%) REST
11 8 (4.60%) GraphQL
12 7 (4.02%) JSON
12 7 (4.02%) MDX
13 6 (3.45%) .NET Core
13 6 (3.45%) Core Data
13 6 (3.45%) iOS SDK
13 6 (3.45%) Material Design
13 6 (3.45%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 30 (17.24%) Social Media
2 27 (15.52%) Product Ownership
3 16 (9.20%) Cloud Native
4 13 (7.47%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.72%) e-Learning
6 3 (1.72%) Graphic Design
6 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.15%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (1.15%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.15%) NHS
7 2 (1.15%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (0.57%) CMDB
8 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.57%) Reference Data
8 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.02%) Apple iOS
2 6 (3.45%) Android
2 6 (3.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (74.71%) Agile
2 111 (63.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 87 (50.00%) Analytics
3 87 (50.00%) User Experience
4 79 (45.40%) AI
5 66 (37.93%) User Research
6 65 (37.36%) Prototyping
7 59 (33.91%) Customer Experience
7 59 (33.91%) Roadmaps
8 56 (32.18%) Product Roadmap
8 56 (32.18%) Storytelling
9 55 (31.61%) Digital Customer Experience
10 52 (29.89%) CI/CD
11 51 (29.31%) UX Design
12 50 (28.74%) Continuous Improvement
12 50 (28.74%) Mentoring
13 48 (27.59%) DevOps
13 48 (27.59%) Inclusive Design
14 36 (20.69%) Test Automation
15 32 (18.39%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.86%) JavaScript
2 23 (13.22%) Java
3 19 (10.92%) TypeScript
4 17 (9.77%) Python
5 11 (6.32%) C#
6 6 (3.45%) PHP
6 6 (3.45%) Swift
7 5 (2.87%) Bicep
7 5 (2.87%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.15%) SQL
9 1 (0.57%) C
Qualifications
1 26 (14.94%) Security Cleared
2 25 (14.37%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.77%) Degree
4 4 (2.30%) ISTQB
5 3 (1.72%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.57%) CCA
6 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 172 (98.85%) Accessibility
2 13 (7.47%) QA
3 5 (2.87%) NCSC
4 4 (2.30%) GDPR
5 2 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.57%) GRC
System Software
1 24 (13.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 19 (10.92%) Kubernetes
2 9 (5.17%) Terraform
3 5 (2.87%) Grafana
Vendors
1 80 (45.98%) Adobe
2 21 (12.07%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.05%) Google
4 11 (6.32%) Dynatrace
5 6 (3.45%) Apple
6 5 (2.87%) OneLogin
7 4 (2.30%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.72%) Synthesia
9 2 (1.15%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.57%) Genesys
10 1 (0.57%) New Relic
10 1 (0.57%) Optimizely
10 1 (0.57%) Oracle
10 1 (0.57%) Pega
10 1 (0.57%) Planon
10 1 (0.57%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.57%) SAP
10 1 (0.57%) Siebel
10 1 (0.57%) Splunk