WCAG Job Trends in London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring WCAG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 330 400 439
Rank change year-on-year +70 +39 +185
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 54 19 38
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.35% 0.13% 0.18%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 2.14% 0.77% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 45 8 36
10th Percentile £47,500 - £47,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,651 £55,242
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £76,250
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -34.43% +22.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £56,875 £85,000
90th Percentile £84,500 £79,000 -
England median annual salary £52,500 £37,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -37.50% -14.29%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,518 2,465 3,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 16.26% 16.38% 14.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,655 1,222 2,494
10th Percentile £41,250 £43,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £56,250 £51,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,000 £73,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +4.29% +3.70%
75th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £116,125 £110,000
England median annual salary £59,111 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.48% +9.09% -4.35%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in London

WCAG
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WCAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing WCAG

WCAG
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in London over the 6 months to 14 February 2026.

Salary histogram for WCAG in London

WCAG
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the London region over the 6 months to 14 February 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
Central London +23 5 £80,000 +60.00% 2
WCAG
England

WCAG
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 4 (7.41%) Confluence
2 1 (1.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (42.59%) Adobe XD
2 5 (9.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (9.26%) Sketch
3 3 (5.56%) InVision
Business Applications
1 2 (3.70%) Shopify
2 1 (1.85%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (62.96%) Figma
2 13 (24.07%) Miro
3 10 (18.52%) Google Analytics
4 5 (9.26%) GitHub
5 3 (5.56%) AWS
5 3 (5.56%) Azure
5 3 (5.56%) Serverless
6 2 (3.70%) Algolia
6 2 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 2 (3.70%) Cloud Functions
6 2 (3.70%) Datadog
6 2 (3.70%) Firebase
6 2 (3.70%) GCP
6 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 2 (3.70%) Sentry
6 2 (3.70%) Stripe
7 1 (1.85%) Azure App Service
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.85%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.56%) NoSQL
3 2 (3.70%) BigQuery
4 1 (1.85%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 21 (38.89%) Axure RP
2 18 (33.33%) Balsamiq
3 8 (14.81%) Git
4 4 (7.41%) JIRA
5 3 (5.56%) Vite
5 3 (5.56%) webpack
6 2 (3.70%) JMeter
6 2 (3.70%) Storybook
7 1 (1.85%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.85%) Cypress.io
7 1 (1.85%) Locust
7 1 (1.85%) Postman
7 1 (1.85%) Selenium
7 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio
7 1 (1.85%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 25 (46.30%) Law
2 23 (42.59%) Public Sector
3 22 (40.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 12 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (14.81%) Social Skills
6 7 (12.96%) Legal
7 4 (7.41%) Finance
8 1 (1.85%) Advertising
8 1 (1.85%) Marketing
8 1 (1.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 35 (64.81%) Designer
2 22 (40.74%) UX Designer
3 11 (20.37%) Developer
4 8 (14.81%) Service Designer
5 6 (11.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (9.26%) Lead
6 5 (9.26%) Senior
7 4 (7.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 4 (7.41%) Senior Designer
7 4 (7.41%) Software Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Systems Designer
7 4 (7.41%) UI Designer
7 4 (7.41%) UI/UX Designer
8 1 (1.85%) Architect
8 1 (1.85%) Development Manager
8 1 (1.85%) Development Team Manager
8 1 (1.85%) Lead Architect
8 1 (1.85%) Test Leader
8 1 (1.85%) UI Developer
8 1 (1.85%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (66.67%) CSS
1 36 (66.67%) HTML
2 8 (14.81%) RESTful
3 7 (12.96%) CSS3
3 7 (12.96%) HTML5
3 7 (12.96%) React
4 6 (11.11%) .NET
4 6 (11.11%) .NET Core
4 6 (11.11%) Node.js
5 4 (7.41%) .NET Framework
5 4 (7.41%) Entity Framework
5 4 (7.41%) Semantic HTML
6 3 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 3 (5.56%) GraphQL
6 3 (5.56%) Jest
6 3 (5.56%) OAuth
6 3 (5.56%) Sass
7 2 (3.70%) Express.js
7 2 (3.70%) RxJS
7 2 (3.70%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 23 (42.59%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.56%) Mobile App
3 2 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.85%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.85%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.85%) Legacy Code
4 1 (1.85%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Android
1 4 (7.41%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (81.48%) User Experience
2 42 (77.78%) Agile
3 30 (55.56%) User Research
4 28 (51.85%) UX Design
5 27 (50.00%) Usability Testing
6 26 (48.15%) Prototyping
7 24 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 23 (42.59%) Analytics
9 21 (38.89%) Inclusive Design
10 19 (35.19%) Community of Practice
10 19 (35.19%) Continuous Improvement
10 19 (35.19%) Wireframes
11 14 (25.93%) Journey Map
12 13 (24.07%) Mentoring
13 12 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
14 11 (20.37%) Full-Stack Development
15 10 (18.52%) Actionable Insight
15 10 (18.52%) Analytical Thinking
15 10 (18.52%) DevOps
15 10 (18.52%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 28 (51.85%) JavaScript
2 9 (16.67%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.70%) C#
3 2 (3.70%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.85%) Java
4 1 (1.85%) Python
4 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 24 (44.44%) Degree
1 24 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 24 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.85%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (98.15%) Accessibility
2 9 (16.67%) QA
3 3 (5.56%) GDPR
4 2 (3.70%) Section 508
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) Grafana
1 1 (1.85%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (53.70%) Adobe
2 13 (24.07%) Microsoft
3 12 (22.22%) Google
4 2 (3.70%) SendGrid
5 1 (1.85%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.85%) Genesys
5 1 (1.85%) New Relic
5 1 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (1.85%) Pega
5 1 (1.85%) SAP
5 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.85%) Siebel
5 1 (1.85%) Sitecore
5 1 (1.85%) Splunk