WCAG Jobs in the UK excluding London

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WCAG skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WCAG over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 539 608 691
Rank change year-on-year +69 +83 +20
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 43 163 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.23% 0.078%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.66% 1.69% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28 105 9
10th Percentile - £40,988 £33,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £57,965 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -43.93% +10.41% +61.54%
75th Percentile £49,688 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £70,000
UK median annual salary £48,750 £57,965 £49,000
% change year-on-year -15.90% +18.29% +20.22%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 6,488 9,647 12,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 16.67% 13.45% 20.54%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 6,322 4,546
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%
75th Percentile £70,600 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WCAG in the UK excluding London

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for WCAG in the UK excluding London

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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 WCAG within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
North of England -2 20 £32,500 -43.93% 60
North West -14 20 £32,500 -43.93% 22
South West +102 10 - - 24
South East +61 10 £77,500 +16.98% 51
Scotland +114 1 - - 8
West Midlands +63 1 £47,500 -18.05% 19
Midlands +47 1 £47,500 -18.05% 33
East of England - 1 £75,000 - 27
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UK

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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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (51.16%) CMS
2 19 (44.19%) Umbraco
3 7 (16.28%) WordPress
4 2 (4.65%) Jadu
5 1 (2.33%) EPiServer
Applications
1 3 (6.98%) Sketch
2 2 (4.65%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 7 (16.28%) Stripe
2 4 (9.30%) Figma
3 1 (2.33%) Azure
3 1 (2.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (41.86%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (44.19%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (32.56%) Git
2 4 (9.30%) Cypress.io
2 4 (9.30%) Selenium
General
1 23 (53.49%) Social Skills
2 8 (18.60%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Finance
3 2 (4.65%) Marketing
3 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.33%) Health Technology
4 1 (2.33%) Legal
4 1 (2.33%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 30 (69.77%) Developer
2 18 (41.86%) Umbraco Developer
3 11 (25.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 7 (16.28%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
4 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 7 (16.28%) Web Developer
4 7 (16.28%) Website Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Designer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Front-End Developer
6 3 (6.98%) Design Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Software Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) Systems Engineer
6 3 (6.98%) UX Designer
6 3 (6.98%) Web Engineer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Designer
7 2 (4.65%) Senior UX Designer
8 1 (2.33%) Content Manager
8 1 (2.33%) Interaction Designer
8 1 (2.33%) Senior UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (86.05%) HTML
2 36 (83.72%) CSS
3 22 (51.16%) HTML5
4 19 (44.19%) jQuery
5 5 (11.63%) React
6 4 (9.30%) CSS3
6 4 (9.30%) Jest
7 3 (6.98%) Node.js
8 1 (2.33%) .NET
8 1 (2.33%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.33%) Framer.js
8 1 (2.33%) XML
8 1 (2.33%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 19 (44.19%) NHS
2 7 (16.28%) Learning Management System
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Digital Media
3 1 (2.33%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (58.14%) Web Development
2 21 (48.84%) Content Management
3 19 (44.19%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (41.86%) Clean Code
4 18 (41.86%) Customer Requirements
5 14 (32.56%) User Experience
6 11 (25.58%) Front End Development
7 10 (23.26%) Project Management
8 9 (20.93%) Agile
9 8 (18.60%) Change Management
9 8 (18.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 7 (16.28%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
10 7 (16.28%) E-Commerce
10 7 (16.28%) Line Management
10 7 (16.28%) Performance Optimisation
11 5 (11.63%) Artificial Intelligence
11 5 (11.63%) MVC
11 5 (11.63%) UX Design
12 4 (9.30%) Content Writing
12 4 (9.30%) Propensity Modelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (55.81%) JavaScript
2 23 (53.49%) C#
3 18 (41.86%) SQL
4 11 (25.58%) PHP
5 7 (16.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (55.81%) Degree
2 1 (2.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (88.37%) Accessibility
2 18 (41.86%) GDPR
3 2 (4.65%) WAI
System Software
1 4 (9.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (41.86%) HP
2 9 (20.93%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
4 1 (2.33%) Google
4 1 (2.33%) Optimizely