Accessibility Jobs

Accessibility (a11y)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 265 388 222
Rank change year-on-year +123 -166 +91
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 934 665 3,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.03% 0.82% 1.90%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.87% 5.46% 10.75%
Number of salaries quoted 525 440 943
10th Percentile £32,000 £37,450 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,025 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.05% +0.05% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,847 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 11,872 12,180 30,989
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.14% 15.09% 17.68%
Number of salaries quoted 7,420 7,777 14,031
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.96% +4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £72,500 £75,897 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,139 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% +0.28% +5.26%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Accessibility.

Salary trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
England +91 729 £56,750 -0.57% 159
UK excluding London +142 609 £52,500 -4.55% 144
Work from Home +74 414 £57,500 - 88
London +27 210 £62,000 -0.80% 65
North of England +104 209 £57,965 +10.41% 33
North West +64 120 £50,803 -27.42% 15
Midlands +65 115 £58,465 +2.57% 13
South East +39 97 £40,000 -27.27% 47
West Midlands +66 91 £58,800 -3.21% 10
Scotland +13 78 £55,000 +15.18% 5
Yorkshire +77 57 £57,965 +10.41% 6
South West -14 48 £50,250 -11.96% 12
North East +9 32 £57,965 +2.59% 12
East of England +6 30 £39,115 -21.77% 16
East Midlands -10 20 £42,500 -15.00% 3
Wales +41 19 £53,000 +10.42% 7
Northern Ireland - 13 £58,800 - 20

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 41 (4.39%) CMS
2 38 (4.07%) SharePoint
3 35 (3.75%) IIS
4 30 (3.21%) Apache
5 27 (2.89%) Tomcat
6 22 (2.36%) Umbraco
7 15 (1.61%) Confluence
8 11 (1.18%) WordPress
9 7 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (0.64%) Apache Solr
10 6 (0.64%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.54%) ColdFusion
11 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.43%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.32%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.32%) OpenZeppelin
13 3 (0.32%) Orchard CMS
13 3 (0.32%) WebLogic
14 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
14 2 (0.21%) Moodle
Applications
1 59 (6.32%) Sketch
2 56 (6.00%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.78%) Adobe XD
4 23 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
5 20 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.07%) Adobe Captivate
6 10 (1.07%) InVision
7 9 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (0.75%) Photoshop
9 6 (0.64%) Adobe Illustrator
10 4 (0.43%) InDesign
11 3 (0.32%) AutoCAD
11 3 (0.32%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.32%) Trello
12 2 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 119 (12.74%) NEC Housing
2 20 (2.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.32%) Magento
4 2 (0.21%) HiPortfolio
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.11%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.11%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.11%) Shopify
5 1 (0.11%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 130 (13.92%) Azure
2 100 (10.71%) Figma
3 90 (9.64%) AWS
4 51 (5.46%) Miro
5 47 (5.03%) Power Platform
6 46 (4.93%) Heroku
7 41 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 35 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
9 27 (2.89%) SaaS
10 26 (2.78%) GitHub
11 23 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (2.14%) GCP
13 13 (1.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 13 (1.39%) Azure Service Bus
14 12 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
15 11 (1.18%) IaaS
15 11 (1.18%) Serverless
15 11 (1.18%) SurveyMonkey
16 10 (1.07%) Cloud Computing
17 9 (0.96%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (2.03%) Intranet
2 15 (1.61%) HTTP
3 14 (1.50%) Internet
4 9 (0.96%) TCP/IP
5 8 (0.86%) DNS
6 6 (0.64%) LAN
6 6 (0.64%) WAN
7 4 (0.43%) DHCP
7 4 (0.43%) Firewall
8 3 (0.32%) IPFS
8 3 (0.32%) Wireless
9 2 (0.21%) SNA
9 2 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.21%) VoIP
9 2 (0.21%) VPN
10 1 (0.11%) FTP
10 1 (0.11%) Network Security
10 1 (0.11%) SAN
10 1 (0.11%) Unified Communications
10 1 (0.11%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (7.49%) SQL Server
2 64 (6.85%) Oracle Database
3 46 (4.93%) PostgreSQL
4 28 (3.00%) Power BI
5 25 (2.68%) Oracle Database 12c
6 18 (1.93%) Tableau
7 16 (1.71%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (1.71%) MySQL
7 16 (1.71%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.50%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.39%) GIS
9 13 (1.39%) NoSQL
10 8 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
10 8 (0.86%) Spatial Data
11 7 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.54%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.54%) EDMS
13 4 (0.43%) Big Data
13 4 (0.43%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 67 (7.17%) Git
2 61 (6.53%) JIRA
3 29 (3.10%) Cypress.io
4 27 (2.89%) Selenium
5 26 (2.78%) Visual Studio
6 23 (2.46%) Jenkins
7 21 (2.25%) Team Foundation Server
8 18 (1.93%) GitLab
8 18 (1.93%) JMeter
9 16 (1.71%) Postman
10 15 (1.61%) Axure RP
11 14 (1.50%) Balsamiq
12 13 (1.39%) REST Assured
13 11 (1.18%) Cucumber
14 10 (1.07%) Gatling
14 10 (1.07%) JUnit
14 10 (1.07%) Oracle APEX
14 10 (1.07%) SoapUI
15 9 (0.96%) SpecFlow
16 8 (0.86%) WebDriver
General
1 330 (35.33%) Social Skills
2 246 (26.34%) Finance
3 225 (24.09%) Public Sector
4 146 (15.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (15.10%) Marketing
6 129 (13.81%) Analytical Skills
7 125 (13.38%) Local Government
8 120 (12.85%) Police
9 56 (6.00%) Law
9 56 (6.00%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (3.85%) Legal
11 29 (3.10%) Retail
12 28 (3.00%) Back Office
12 28 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
13 25 (2.68%) Banking
14 20 (2.14%) Social Housing
15 14 (1.50%) Investment Banking
16 12 (1.28%) Telecoms
17 10 (1.07%) Advertising
17 10 (1.07%) French Language
Job Titles
1 244 (26.12%) Senior
2 165 (17.67%) Designer
3 136 (14.56%) Developer
4 94 (10.06%) Lead
5 91 (9.74%) Senior Designer
6 81 (8.67%) UX Designer
7 64 (6.85%) UI Designer
8 63 (6.75%) UI/UX Designer
9 60 (6.42%) Senior UX Designer
10 48 (5.14%) Architect
11 46 (4.93%) Senior UI Designer
11 46 (4.93%) Senior UI/UX Designer
12 42 (4.50%) User Researcher
13 41 (4.39%) Interaction Designer
14 35 (3.75%) Analyst
14 35 (3.75%) Full Stack Developer
14 35 (3.75%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 33 (3.53%) Senior User Researcher
16 32 (3.43%) Software Engineer
17 30 (3.21%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 257 (27.52%) HTML
2 188 (20.13%) CSS
3 95 (10.17%) React
4 74 (7.92%) .NET
5 63 (6.75%) Web Services
6 61 (6.53%) RESTful
7 50 (5.35%) Node.js
8 46 (4.93%) AngularJS
9 44 (4.71%) Vue
10 40 (4.28%) REST
11 39 (4.18%) XML
12 37 (3.96%) HTML5
13 34 (3.64%) JSON
14 33 (3.53%) jQuery
15 31 (3.32%) ASP.NET
16 28 (3.00%) Sass
17 21 (2.25%) SOAP
17 21 (2.25%) Spring
18 20 (2.14%) .NET Core
18 20 (2.14%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 77 (8.24%) Product Ownership
2 51 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
3 47 (5.03%) Management Information System
4 44 (4.71%) Mobile App
5 38 (4.07%) Onboarding
6 28 (3.00%) NHS
6 28 (3.00%) Public Cloud
7 26 (2.78%) Driving Licence
8 24 (2.57%) Social Media
9 23 (2.46%) Cloud Native
10 19 (2.03%) e-Learning
11 17 (1.82%) FMCG
12 14 (1.50%) Blockchain
13 12 (1.28%) Taxonomies
14 11 (1.18%) Animation
14 11 (1.18%) Graphic Design
14 11 (1.18%) Market Risk
15 10 (1.07%) Algorithms
16 9 (0.96%) NFT
16 9 (0.96%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 69 (7.39%) Windows
2 56 (6.00%) Unix
3 49 (5.25%) Linux
4 27 (2.89%) Solaris
5 19 (2.03%) Apple iOS
6 17 (1.82%) Windows Server
7 16 (1.71%) Android
8 7 (0.75%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.75%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.64%) VMS
10 2 (0.21%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (35.12%) Agile
2 225 (24.09%) User Experience
3 222 (23.77%) Problem-Solving
4 212 (22.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 166 (17.77%) UX Design
6 161 (17.24%) Coaching
7 156 (16.70%) Mentoring
8 137 (14.67%) Prototyping
9 136 (14.56%) Actionable Insight
10 127 (13.60%) Workshop Facilitation
11 124 (13.28%) Customer Experience
12 112 (11.99%) Decision-Making
13 106 (11.35%) CI/CD
13 106 (11.35%) DevOps
13 106 (11.35%) User Research
14 104 (11.13%) Digital Customer Experience
15 100 (10.71%) Analytics
16 92 (9.85%) Continuous Improvement
17 88 (9.42%) Software Engineering
18 86 (9.21%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 215 (23.02%) JavaScript
2 119 (12.74%) SQL
3 87 (9.31%) C#
4 59 (6.32%) Java
5 53 (5.67%) Python
6 48 (5.14%) TypeScript
7 41 (4.39%) PHP
8 29 (3.10%) Shell Script
9 15 (1.61%) PL/SQL
10 11 (1.18%) C
10 11 (1.18%) Go
11 10 (1.07%) Ruby
12 8 (0.86%) R
13 6 (0.64%) Rust
13 6 (0.64%) Scala
14 5 (0.54%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.43%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.32%) Apex Code
16 3 (0.32%) Bash
16 3 (0.32%) Solidity
Qualifications
1 232 (24.84%) Degree
2 223 (23.88%) Security Cleared
3 137 (14.67%) SC Cleared
4 65 (6.96%) DBS Check
5 37 (3.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (3.21%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 22 (2.36%) Oracle Certification
9 18 (1.93%) Microsoft Certification
10 14 (1.50%) Azure Certification
11 9 (0.96%) CIPD
11 9 (0.96%) ISTQB
11 9 (0.96%) MBA
11 9 (0.96%) PhD
12 5 (0.54%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.54%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 4 (0.43%) GIAC
14 3 (0.32%) ISEB
14 3 (0.32%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.32%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (16.27%) WCAG
2 64 (6.85%) QA
3 41 (4.39%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.57%) GDPR
5 12 (1.28%) SLA
6 11 (1.18%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (0.96%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 6 (0.64%) PMO
9 4 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.11%) COBIT
11 1 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.11%) NIST
11 1 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.11%) WAI
System Software
1 23 (2.46%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.25%) Docker
3 6 (0.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.43%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 21 (2.25%) Terraform
2 17 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.64%) Grafana
4 4 (0.43%) Ansible
4 4 (0.43%) Plesk
5 3 (0.32%) cPanel
5 3 (0.32%) Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
5 3 (0.32%) Jamf Pro
5 3 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.32%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.11%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 176 (18.84%) Microsoft
2 119 (12.74%) NEC
3 73 (7.82%) Oracle
4 61 (6.53%) Adobe
5 17 (1.82%) Google
6 12 (1.28%) VMware
7 11 (1.18%) Cisco
8 9 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 7 (0.75%) HP
9 7 (0.75%) Mapbox
10 6 (0.64%) Dell
10 6 (0.64%) Hotjar
10 6 (0.64%) Marketo
10 6 (0.64%) Sitecore
11 5 (0.54%) ATG
11 5 (0.54%) Databricks
11 5 (0.54%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.43%) Apple
12 4 (0.43%) Mercator
12 4 (0.43%) Optimizely