Accessibility Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > UK excluding London

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 185 179 294
Rank change year-on-year -6 +115 -43
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 627 537 607
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.95% 1.85% 0.88%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 10.66% 11.54% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 291 167 382
10th Percentile £31,691 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £64,000 £70,834 £60,741
90th Percentile £77,500 £95,000 £74,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,883 4,652 9,340
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 8.91% 16.05% 13.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,511 2,388 6,258
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,800 £25,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £53,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.94% +11.58% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,114 £62,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,738 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accessibility relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the UK excluding London

Accessibility
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
South East +10 172 £47,500 -5.00% 83
North of England -15 170 £55,000 +22.22% 79
East of England +61 86 £45,905 -16.11% 22
South West -28 75 £55,000 -19.42% 40
Midlands +1 73 £50,000 -9.09% 59
North West -41 71 £50,000 +29.03% 37
Yorkshire -7 66 £60,000 +9.09% 30
West Midlands -16 50 £50,000 -16.67% 32
Scotland -61 36 £73,656 -18.16% 25
North East -9 33 £47,250 -27.31% 13
East Midlands -27 21 £63,000 +26.00% 27
Wales -19 18 £53,000 -28.62% 14
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 4
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 47 (7.50%) CMS
2 15 (2.39%) Confluence
3 8 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (1.28%) WordPress
4 7 (1.12%) FactoryTalk
5 6 (0.96%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.80%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (0.80%) Umbraco
7 4 (0.64%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 3 (0.48%) govService
9 2 (0.32%) Apache
9 2 (0.32%) Drupal
9 2 (0.32%) Skype for Business
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.16%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.16%) Moodle
Applications
1 21 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.55%) UserZoom
4 13 (2.07%) MS Visio
5 10 (1.59%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (1.44%) Adobe XD
7 8 (1.28%) Sketch
8 7 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 7 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.64%) Photoshop
10 3 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.48%) InDesign
11 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.16%) Elementor
11 1 (0.16%) FrameMaker
11 1 (0.16%) MadCap Flare
11 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (2.23%) SAP HR
2 5 (0.80%) SAP GTS
3 4 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (18.50%) Adobe Analytics
2 103 (16.43%) Azure
3 97 (15.47%) Figma
4 55 (8.77%) Azure DevOps
5 41 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 32 (5.10%) AWS
6 32 (5.10%) GitHub
7 25 (3.99%) Contentsquare
7 25 (3.99%) SaaS
8 19 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
9 14 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
10 11 (1.75%) dbt
11 10 (1.59%) BrowserStack
11 10 (1.59%) Snowflake
12 9 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 8 (1.28%) GitHub Copilot
13 8 (1.28%) Serverless
14 6 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
14 6 (0.96%) Azure Key Vault
14 6 (0.96%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 133 (21.21%) Broadband
2 18 (2.87%) Internet
3 7 (1.12%) Ethernet
3 7 (1.12%) Profibus
4 5 (0.80%) DHCP
4 5 (0.80%) DNS
5 4 (0.64%) LTE
5 4 (0.64%) VPN
5 4 (0.64%) WAN
6 3 (0.48%) Intranet
6 3 (0.48%) LAN
6 3 (0.48%) VLAN
6 3 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.32%) Firewall
7 2 (0.32%) Skype
7 2 (0.32%) SMS
7 2 (0.32%) Wireless
8 1 (0.16%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.90%) Power BI
2 23 (3.67%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.91%) Data Warehouse
4 9 (1.44%) Tableau
5 8 (1.28%) Metadata
5 8 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.80%) MySQL
7 3 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.48%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.48%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.32%) GIS
8 2 (0.32%) Looker
9 1 (0.16%) Airbyte
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.16%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.16%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (4.47%) Selenium
2 26 (4.15%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.83%) Cypress.io
4 20 (3.19%) Git
5 12 (1.91%) JIRA
5 12 (1.91%) JMeter
6 11 (1.75%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.59%) REST Assured
8 9 (1.44%) XCUITest
8 9 (1.44%) Zephyr
9 8 (1.28%) Visual Studio
10 7 (1.12%) fastlane
10 7 (1.12%) Gatling
10 7 (1.12%) GitLab
11 6 (0.96%) Storybook
12 5 (0.80%) Postman
13 4 (0.64%) Locust
13 4 (0.64%) TestRail
13 4 (0.64%) Xcode
14 3 (0.48%) Toad
General
1 162 (25.84%) Social Skills
2 132 (21.05%) Games
3 103 (16.43%) Finance
4 80 (12.76%) Public Sector
5 54 (8.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 45 (7.18%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (7.02%) Marketing
8 38 (6.06%) Pharmaceutical
9 36 (5.74%) Legal
10 26 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
11 24 (3.83%) Manufacturing
12 16 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
13 14 (2.23%) German Language
13 14 (2.23%) Law
14 12 (1.91%) Billing
14 12 (1.91%) Retail
15 7 (1.12%) Police
16 6 (0.96%) Advertising
16 6 (0.96%) Local Government
16 6 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 143 (22.81%) Lead
2 96 (15.31%) Designer
3 86 (13.72%) Senior
4 62 (9.89%) Developer
5 51 (8.13%) Analyst
6 44 (7.02%) Lead Designer
7 33 (5.26%) Digital Designer
8 31 (4.94%) UX Designer
9 25 (3.99%) Web Developer
10 20 (3.19%) Architect
10 20 (3.19%) Senior Manager
11 19 (3.03%) User Researcher
12 17 (2.71%) Test Engineer
13 16 (2.55%) Software Engineer
13 16 (2.55%) Test Leader
14 15 (2.39%) Applications Engineer
14 15 (2.39%) Security Engineer
15 14 (2.23%) Data Analyst
15 14 (2.23%) Interaction Designer
15 14 (2.23%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (8.77%) HTML
2 53 (8.45%) CSS
3 36 (5.74%) .NET
4 33 (5.26%) Playwright
5 23 (3.67%) RESTful
6 22 (3.51%) jQuery
7 18 (2.87%) React
8 16 (2.55%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.39%) HTML5
10 9 (1.44%) Blazor
11 8 (1.28%) Material Design
11 8 (1.28%) REST
11 8 (1.28%) WebAssembly
11 8 (1.28%) YAML
12 7 (1.12%) CSS3
12 7 (1.12%) Node.js
12 7 (1.12%) Vue
13 6 (0.96%) JSON
13 6 (0.96%) Sass
13 6 (0.96%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 108 (17.22%) Social Media
2 52 (8.29%) Mobile App
3 49 (7.81%) Product Ownership
4 38 (6.06%) Onboarding
5 35 (5.58%) Management Information System
6 24 (3.83%) Life Science
7 16 (2.55%) Cloud Native
8 13 (2.07%) Low-Code
9 9 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 8 (1.28%) Blog
10 8 (1.28%) Graphic Design
10 8 (1.28%) Hackathon
10 8 (1.28%) Virtual Team
11 7 (1.12%) Replication
11 7 (1.12%) SCADA
11 7 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
12 6 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.96%) Podcast
13 5 (0.80%) CMDB
13 5 (0.80%) Pharmacovigilance
Operating Systems
1 38 (6.06%) Apple iOS
2 35 (5.58%) Android
3 15 (2.39%) Windows
4 5 (0.80%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.64%) Linux
5 4 (0.64%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.32%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (51.20%) Agile
2 200 (31.90%) AI
3 188 (29.98%) Roadmaps
4 187 (29.82%) Analytics
5 165 (26.32%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 149 (23.76%) User Experience
7 144 (22.97%) User Research
8 127 (20.26%) Continuous Improvement
8 127 (20.26%) Customer Experience
9 125 (19.94%) Storytelling
10 118 (18.82%) CI/CD
11 117 (18.66%) Product Roadmap
12 109 (17.38%) Digital Customer Experience
13 97 (15.47%) Mentoring
14 95 (15.15%) Prototyping
15 87 (13.88%) Decision-Making
16 83 (13.24%) DevOps
17 82 (13.08%) Test Automation
18 74 (11.80%) Workshop Facilitation
19 69 (11.00%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 66 (10.53%) JavaScript
2 48 (7.66%) SQL
3 47 (7.50%) Python
4 42 (6.70%) Java
5 27 (4.31%) C#
6 25 (3.99%) TypeScript
7 23 (3.67%) PHP
8 22 (3.51%) PowerShell
9 11 (1.75%) Bash
10 6 (0.96%) Swift
11 3 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.32%) Ruby
13 1 (0.16%) C
Qualifications
1 132 (21.05%) Degree
2 37 (5.90%) Security Cleared
3 26 (4.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 26 (4.15%) Master's Degree
4 24 (3.83%) SC Cleared
5 19 (3.03%) HND
6 13 (2.07%) DBS Check
7 11 (1.75%) CREST Certified
8 10 (1.59%) CISSP
8 10 (1.59%) PMI Certification
8 10 (1.59%) PMP
8 10 (1.59%) SANS
9 7 (1.12%) ACCA
9 7 (1.12%) CIMA
9 7 (1.12%) HNC
10 5 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.80%) PhD
11 4 (0.64%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.48%) CCA
12 3 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 85 (13.56%) WCAG
2 62 (9.89%) QA
3 22 (3.51%) GDPR
4 20 (3.19%) Data Quality
4 20 (3.19%) SLA
5 10 (1.59%) GxP
6 7 (1.12%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.12%) GMP
6 7 (1.12%) Good Clinical Practice
6 7 (1.12%) HAZOP
7 4 (0.64%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 3 (0.48%) Software Quality Assurance
9 2 (0.32%) ISO 19650
9 2 (0.32%) PERC
10 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.16%) GRC
10 1 (0.16%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) PMO
System Software
1 17 (2.71%) Docker
2 12 (1.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 15 (2.39%) Terraform
2 13 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.12%) Grafana
3 7 (1.12%) Wonderware InTouch
4 5 (0.80%) SCCM
5 4 (0.64%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 4 (0.64%) Ansible
5 4 (0.64%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.48%) HP ALM
6 3 (0.48%) Plesk
7 1 (0.16%) Kibana
7 1 (0.16%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 154 (24.56%) Adobe
2 97 (15.47%) Microsoft
3 21 (3.35%) ServiceNow
4 20 (3.19%) SAP
5 15 (2.39%) Workday
6 12 (1.91%) Freshdesk
6 12 (1.91%) Google
6 12 (1.91%) Nintex
7 9 (1.44%) Oracle
8 7 (1.12%) Allen-Bradley
8 7 (1.12%) Rockwell
8 7 (1.12%) Wonderware
9 6 (0.96%) Apple
9 6 (0.96%) Dynatrace
10 5 (0.80%) Hotjar
10 5 (0.80%) HP
10 5 (0.80%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.48%) Granicus
11 3 (0.48%) Salesforce
12 2 (0.32%) Guidewire