WCAG Job Trends in the South East

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > South East

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 275 263
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 +131
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 12 21 33
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.12% 0.23% 0.37%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.89% 1.61% 2.51%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 33
10th Percentile £37,750 £65,250 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £73,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £77,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.87% +29.17% -29.41%
75th Percentile £53,750 £81,250 £92,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £38,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +35.48% -35.42% -17.24%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 1,349 1,303 1,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 13.02% 14.54% 14.83%
Number of salaries quoted 695 658 800
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,220
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,250 £52,147
Median % change year-on-year -9.87% +11.70% -1.61%
75th Percentile £67,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,216 £87,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +1.69% +2.61%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WCAG job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WCAG.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WCAG

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the South East over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for WCAG in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the South East region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Thames Valley -1 7 £52,500 -32.26% 10
Buckinghamshire - 6 £52,500 - 4
Middlesex - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £50,000 - 3
Berkshire -27 1 - - 4
West Sussex - 1 £35,000 - 5
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (25.00%) Confluence
2 1 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (8.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) Figma
2 4 (33.33%) Miro
3 2 (16.67%) Google Analytics
3 2 (16.67%) npm
4 1 (8.33%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Axure RP
1 5 (41.67%) Balsamiq
2 2 (16.67%) Git
2 2 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 7 (58.33%) Law
2 6 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 5 (41.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (16.67%) Finance
5 2 (16.67%) Marketing
6 1 (8.33%) Games
6 1 (8.33%) Publishing
6 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Designer
2 3 (25.00%) Developer
2 3 (25.00%) Service Designer
3 2 (16.67%) Content Designer
3 2 (16.67%) React Developer
3 2 (16.67%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) CSS Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Development Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Development Team Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Digital Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (8.33%) HTML CSS Developer
4 1 (8.33%) HTML Developer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Content Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Designer
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Manager
4 1 (8.33%) User Experience Consultant
4 1 (8.33%) Web Development Manager
4 1 (8.33%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) CSS
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
2 3 (25.00%) React
3 2 (16.67%) CSS3
3 2 (16.67%) HTML5
3 2 (16.67%) Jest
3 2 (16.67%) RESTful
4 1 (8.33%) Sass
4 1 (8.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) Agile
1 10 (83.33%) User Experience
2 8 (66.67%) Analytics
3 7 (58.33%) Usability Testing
3 7 (58.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (50.00%) Community of Practice
4 6 (50.00%) User Research
5 5 (41.67%) Prototyping
6 4 (33.33%) Service Design
6 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (33.33%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (25.00%) Front End Development
7 3 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 3 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
7 3 (25.00%) Journey Map
7 3 (25.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 3 (25.00%) UX Design
8 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (16.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (66.67%) Degree
2 6 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 6 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (8.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (91.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) GDPR
2 1 (8.33%) QA
2 1 (8.33%) Section 508
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) Google
2 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.33%) Sitecore