WCAG Job Trends in Sheffield

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring WCAG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 70 - 64
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.28% - 0.23%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.57% - 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £55,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 - £58,465
75th Percentile £59,716 - £60,991
90th Percentile £68,877 - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £44,447 - £58,465

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 84 36 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 7.83% 9.09% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 75 31 52
10th Percentile £40,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £44,099 £34,375 £39,178
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +8.70% +27.78%
75th Percentile £76,242 £72,500 £56,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,250 £58,750
South Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £46,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% +6.52% +22.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in Sheffield

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Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing WCAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing WCAG

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Salary Histogram in Sheffield

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in Sheffield over the 6 months to 16 September 2026.

Salary histogram for WCAG in Sheffield

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Coaching
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Inclusive Design
2 2 (66.67%) Software Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Speech Recognition
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Web Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Open Source
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility