Accessibility Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Accessibility (a11y)
South East > Thames Valley

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

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 117 229
Rank change year-on-year +36 +112 -109
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 101 71 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.74% 2.10% 0.43%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 16.97% 14.76% 3.26%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 17
10th Percentile - £25,750 £28,350
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,125 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,250 £64,500 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -54.65% +92.54% -58.13%
75th Percentile £60,313 £69,840 £37,500
90th Percentile £87,625 £82,975 £51,100
South East median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% +12.50% -20.00%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 595 481 952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 10.23% 14.23% 13.05%
Number of salaries quoted 360 201 540
10th Percentile £35,000 £26,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £43,094 £39,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £62,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.60% +38.89% -9.96%
75th Percentile £74,063 £80,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £88,875 £84,875 £76,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +22.22% -11.76%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Accessibility
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the Thames Valley

Accessibility
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 June 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
Berkshire +35 79 - - 28
Buckinghamshire -6 18 £28,500 +0.88% 3
Oxfordshire -3 4 £87,500 +62.79% 4
Accessibility
South East

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 7 (6.93%) CMS
2 4 (3.96%) Sitecore CMS
3 3 (2.97%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (1.98%) Confluence
5 1 (0.99%) SAS
5 1 (0.99%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (9.90%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.98%) UserZoom
4 1 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.99%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (5.94%) SAP GTS
2 1 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (4.95%) Adobe Analytics
2 4 (3.96%) Azure
3 3 (2.97%) AWS
4 2 (1.98%) Contentsquare
4 2 (1.98%) Serverless
5 1 (0.99%) Canva
5 1 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.99%) Figma
5 1 (0.99%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.99%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.95%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.98%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (1.98%) Metadata
1 2 (1.98%) MongoDB
1 2 (1.98%) MySQL
1 2 (1.98%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (1.98%) Redis
2 1 (0.99%) Data Lake
2 1 (0.99%) Power BI
2 1 (0.99%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Selenium
2 2 (1.98%) Git
2 2 (1.98%) GitLab
2 2 (1.98%) JIRA
2 2 (1.98%) Mocha
3 1 (0.99%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.99%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.99%) WebDriver
General
1 63 (62.38%) Social Skills
2 41 (40.59%) Pharmaceutical
3 28 (27.72%) Influencing Skills
4 21 (20.79%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (13.86%) Legal
6 7 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (4.95%) Finance
7 5 (4.95%) Games
8 3 (2.97%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.98%) Law
9 2 (1.98%) Marketing
9 2 (1.98%) Publishing
9 2 (1.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (21.78%) Lead
2 17 (16.83%) Senior
3 10 (9.90%) Development Manager
3 10 (9.90%) Development Project Manager
3 10 (9.90%) Project Manager
3 10 (9.90%) Senior Development Manager
3 10 (9.90%) Senior Manager
3 10 (9.90%) Senior Project Manager
4 8 (7.92%) Associate Director
4 8 (7.92%) Auditor
4 8 (7.92%) Designer
5 7 (6.93%) Architect
6 6 (5.94%) Analyst
6 6 (5.94%) Compliance Manager
6 6 (5.94%) QA Leader
6 6 (5.94%) UI Designer
6 6 (5.94%) UI/UX Designer
6 6 (5.94%) UX Designer
7 5 (4.95%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 5 (4.95%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.96%) CSS
1 4 (3.96%) HTML
2 2 (1.98%) Express.js
2 2 (1.98%) HTML5
2 2 (1.98%) Jest
2 2 (1.98%) Node.js
3 1 (0.99%) Playwright
3 1 (0.99%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 30 (29.70%) Life Science
2 13 (12.87%) Pharmacovigilance
3 10 (9.90%) Cloud Native
4 9 (8.91%) Low-Code
5 8 (7.92%) Hackathon
6 6 (5.94%) Mobile App
6 6 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (4.95%) Social Media
8 4 (3.96%) Product Ownership
9 2 (1.98%) Data Structures
10 1 (0.99%) 3D Graphics
10 1 (0.99%) 3D Printing
10 1 (0.99%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.99%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.99%) LIMS
10 1 (0.99%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.99%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.99%) Virtual Reality
10 1 (0.99%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (39.60%) Continuous Improvement
2 38 (37.62%) Agile
3 37 (36.63%) Hematology
3 37 (36.63%) Immunology
4 28 (27.72%) Roadmaps
5 25 (24.75%) Analytics
5 25 (24.75%) CAPA
6 24 (23.76%) Biotechnology
7 23 (22.77%) AI
8 22 (21.78%) Computer Science
9 19 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
10 18 (17.82%) Data Science
11 17 (16.83%) Decision-Making
12 16 (15.84%) Change Management
13 15 (14.85%) Collaborative Working
13 15 (14.85%) Machine Learning
14 14 (13.86%) Risk Management
14 14 (13.86%) User Experience
15 13 (12.87%) Enterprise Architecture
15 13 (12.87%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.90%) Python
2 3 (2.97%) Java
2 3 (2.97%) SQL
3 2 (1.98%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.99%) C#
4 1 (0.99%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 73 (72.28%) Degree
2 28 (27.72%) Master's Degree
3 10 (9.90%) PMI Certification
3 10 (9.90%) PMP
4 7 (6.93%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (4.95%) PhD
6 3 (2.97%) ICAEW
6 3 (2.97%) Security Cleared
7 2 (1.98%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.98%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.72%) QA
2 23 (22.77%) Good Clinical Practice
3 20 (19.80%) GxP
4 5 (4.95%) WCAG
5 4 (3.96%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 4 (3.96%) GLP
5 4 (3.96%) GMP
6 2 (1.98%) SLA
7 1 (0.99%) CDISC
7 1 (0.99%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.99%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.98%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 13 (12.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (8.91%) Adobe
3 6 (5.94%) SAP
4 4 (3.96%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.99%) Google