Accessibility Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Accessibility (a11y)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Accessibility 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 61 62 48
Rank change year-on-year +1 -14 +18
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 7 15 10
As % of all permanent jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.87% 2.20% 1.89%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 11.67% 13.76% 10.31%
Number of salaries quoted 6 2 8
10th Percentile £33,250 £42,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £36,181 £45,625 £40,741
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,434 £52,500 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year -11.55% +25.68% -24.73%
75th Percentile £53,458 £60,625 £58,310
90th Percentile £60,320 £64,750 £62,019
North East median annual salary £47,372 £52,500 £41,774
% change year-on-year -9.77% +25.68% -24.05%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 60 109 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 7.44% 16.01% 18.30%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 82
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,550 £28,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,438 £35,920
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £75,875
North East median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £49,250
% change year-on-year -8.33% +21.83% +2.87%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accessibility relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Accessibility job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Accessibility
Salary Trend in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in Tyne and Wear

Accessibility
Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Tyne and Wear 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +4 7 £46,434 -11.55% 14
Accessibility
North East

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (14.29%) InVision
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
1 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior User Researcher
2 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
2 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (14.29%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) React Native
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Coaching
2 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
2 3 (42.86%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 2 (28.57%) Interaction Design
3 2 (28.57%) System Testing
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
4 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (14.29%) Community of Practice
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (14.29%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
4 1 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (14.29%) Service Design
4 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft