Accessibility Job Trends in the North West

Accessibility (a11y)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Accessibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 61 149
Rank change year-on-year -69 +88 +96
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 53 194 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.86% 3.72% 1.01%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.84% 20.36% 8.14%
Number of salaries quoted 36 58 25
10th Percentile £36,250 - £40,000
25th Percentile £41,875 £31,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -33.33% -2.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £40,000 £60,741
90th Percentile £77,500 £55,686 £69,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £55,050
% change year-on-year +3.51% +5.29% -8.25%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 489 953 479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 7.95% 18.25% 12.41%
Number of salaries quoted 262 401 350
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,854 £35,750 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,480 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% - +4.35%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the North West

Accessibility
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in the North West over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the North West

Accessibility
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester -57 28 £56,000 +40.00% 44
Lancashire +16 15 £45,497 -2.09% 7
Cheshire -20 6 £75,000 +114.29% 6
Cumbria - 3 £29,000 -
Merseyside -33 1 - - 2
Accessibility
England

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 (7.55%) CMS
2 3 (5.66%) Confluence
2 3 (5.66%) Headless CMS
2 3 (5.66%) Magnolia
2 3 (5.66%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (5.66%) WordPress
3 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (11.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.66%) Adobe XD
2 3 (5.66%) Sketch
3 1 (1.89%) InVision
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.89%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (1.89%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.53%) Figma
2 11 (20.75%) Power Platform
3 10 (18.87%) Azure
4 6 (11.32%) Adobe Analytics
5 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (7.55%) AWS
7 3 (5.66%) SaaS
8 1 (1.89%) BigCommerce
8 1 (1.89%) Datadog
8 1 (1.89%) dbt
8 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (1.89%) GCP
8 1 (1.89%) Kontent
8 1 (1.89%) PaaS
8 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.89%) Snowflake
8 1 (1.89%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) DHCP
1 3 (5.66%) DNS
1 3 (5.66%) LAN
1 3 (5.66%) VLAN
1 3 (5.66%) VPN
1 3 (5.66%) WAN
1 3 (5.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (13.21%) Power BI
2 2 (3.77%) Metadata
3 1 (1.89%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.89%) EDMS
Development Applications
1 3 (5.66%) Git
1 3 (5.66%) JIRA
2 2 (3.77%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.89%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.89%) Babel
3 1 (1.89%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.89%) JMeter
3 1 (1.89%) Locust
3 1 (1.89%) webpack
General
1 19 (35.85%) Social Skills
2 9 (16.98%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Influencing Skills
3 7 (13.21%) Public Sector
4 6 (11.32%) Banking
5 5 (9.43%) Finance
6 3 (5.66%) Law
6 3 (5.66%) Legal
6 3 (5.66%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.77%) Marketing
8 1 (1.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.89%) Manufacturing
8 1 (1.89%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (20.75%) Developer
2 7 (13.21%) Designer
3 6 (11.32%) Lead
3 6 (11.32%) Strategy Manager
4 5 (9.43%) Analyst
4 5 (9.43%) Senior
5 4 (7.55%) Automation Specialist
5 4 (7.55%) Lead Developer
5 4 (7.55%) Product Designer
5 4 (7.55%) Senior Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Consultant
6 3 (5.66%) Desktop Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 3 (5.66%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Senior Strategy Manager
6 3 (5.66%) Service Designer
7 2 (3.77%) Automation Tester
7 2 (3.77%) Business Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) Performance Analyst
7 2 (3.77%) SEO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (20.75%) CSS
2 9 (16.98%) HTML
3 6 (11.32%) React
4 5 (9.43%) .NET
5 3 (5.66%) AngularJS
5 3 (5.66%) Middleware
5 3 (5.66%) Node.js
6 2 (3.77%) Framer.js
6 2 (3.77%) Jest
6 2 (3.77%) Next.js
6 2 (3.77%) RESTful
7 1 (1.89%) CSS3
7 1 (1.89%) Gherkin
7 1 (1.89%) HTML5
7 1 (1.89%) OAuth
7 1 (1.89%) OAuth2
7 1 (1.89%) Redux
7 1 (1.89%) Spring
7 1 (1.89%) Vue
7 1 (1.89%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) AI Agents
1 4 (7.55%) FMCG
1 4 (7.55%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.66%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.77%) Algorithms
3 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (3.77%) Animation
3 2 (3.77%) Social Media
4 1 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.89%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
1 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (64.15%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) User Experience
3 13 (24.53%) Prototyping
4 12 (22.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (20.75%) Coaching
5 11 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 11 (20.75%) Mentoring
5 11 (20.75%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (20.75%) Wireframes
6 10 (18.87%) Storytelling
6 10 (18.87%) UX Design
7 9 (16.98%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (15.09%) CI/CD
8 8 (15.09%) Design Thinking
8 8 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (15.09%) Service Design
9 7 (13.21%) Analytics
9 7 (13.21%) Business Strategy
9 7 (13.21%) Scrum
10 6 (11.32%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (20.75%) JavaScript
2 5 (9.43%) TypeScript
3 4 (7.55%) Java
3 4 (7.55%) VBA
4 2 (3.77%) Python
4 2 (3.77%) SQL
5 1 (1.89%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (13.21%) SC Cleared
1 7 (13.21%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.66%) Degree
3 2 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) QA
2 5 (9.43%) Data Quality
3 4 (7.55%) SLA
4 2 (3.77%) WCAG
5 1 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.77%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.66%) SCCM
2 1 (1.89%) Grafana
2 1 (1.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (24.53%) Microsoft
2 7 (13.21%) Adobe
3 6 (11.32%) Qualtrics
4 3 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.77%) Ahrefs
5 2 (3.77%) Google
5 2 (3.77%) Hotjar
5 2 (3.77%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.89%) Freshdesk
6 1 (1.89%) Genesys
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle
6 1 (1.89%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.89%) Siebel