Section 508 Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Section 508 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 - 590
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Section 508 1 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% - 0.006%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.021% - 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary £42,500 - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

Section 508 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 4,743 7,081 4,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 13.79% 12.77% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,476 3,358 3,576
10th Percentile £28,750 £26,750 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £35,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £66,250 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +9.09%

Section 508
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Section 508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Section 508 in the UK excluding London

Section 508
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Section 508.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Section 508

Section 508
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 Section 508 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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 - 1 - -
Section 508
UK

Section 508
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG