Section 508 Job Trends

Section 508 Amendment to the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Section 508 skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 672 - 775
Rank change year-on-year - - +422
Permanent jobs citing Section 508 4 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.008% - 0.003%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.052% - 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 7,712 10,498 8,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 15.59% 13.44% 14.40%
Number of salaries quoted 4,242 5,398 6,627
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,751 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,250 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

Section 508
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Section 508 as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Section 508 in the UK

Section 508
Salary Trend

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Section 508

Section 508
Top 5 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 18 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
England - 4 £42,500 - 1
London - 3 £42,500 - 1
South East - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - - 3
UK excluding London - 1 - -

Section 508
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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (75.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Digital Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Digital Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 3 (75.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Test Automation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe