Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 597 672 880
Rank change year-on-year +75 +208 +102
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 87 215 107
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.22% 0.10%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.98% 1.59% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 58 143 49
10th Percentile - £40,988 £42,454
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,925 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,965 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.37% +22.03% +10.47%
75th Percentile £59,375 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £92,500 £75,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £57,965 £43,750
% change year-on-year -43.93% +32.49% +34.62%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 8,850 13,541 19,961
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.97% 13.77% 19.19%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 9,268 9,195
10th Percentile £31,250 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +5.04%

WCAG
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the UK

WCAG
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for WCAG in the UK

WCAG
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WCAG over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for WCAG in the UK

WCAG
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 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 +91 83 £45,000 -22.37% 54
UK excluding London +93 50 £32,500 -43.93% 32
Work from Home +119 34 £50,000 -13.74% 40
London +95 34 £50,157 -6.68% 25
North of England +33 23 £32,500 -43.93% 13
North West +22 23 £32,500 -43.93% 6
South West +117 12 £60,000 +5.18% 9
South East +83 12 £77,500 +6.90% 9
Scotland +116 1 - - 1
Midlands +51 1 £47,500 -18.05% 2
West Midlands +46 1 £47,500 -18.05% 2
East of England - 1 £75,000 - 1

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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 34 (39.08%) CMS
2 23 (26.44%) Umbraco
3 12 (13.79%) WordPress
4 5 (5.75%) Drupal
5 2 (2.30%) Jadu
6 1 (1.15%) EPiServer
Applications
1 11 (12.64%) Adobe XD
2 7 (8.05%) Sketch
3 5 (5.75%) InVision
4 2 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.15%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.24%) Figma
2 7 (8.05%) AWS
2 7 (8.05%) Stripe
3 4 (4.60%) Azure
4 3 (3.45%) Miro
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 2 (2.30%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.30%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Asana
6 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.15%) Google Sheets
6 1 (1.15%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.15%) MailChimp
6 1 (1.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (25.29%) Intranet
2 2 (2.30%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (27.59%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.90%) GIS
3 3 (3.45%) MySQL
4 1 (1.15%) Looker
Development Applications
1 24 (27.59%) Git
2 10 (11.49%) Axure RP
3 6 (6.90%) Balsamiq
3 6 (6.90%) Cypress.io
3 6 (6.90%) Selenium
4 4 (4.60%) webpack
5 3 (3.45%) Bitbucket
5 3 (3.45%) Vite
6 1 (1.15%) JIRA
6 1 (1.15%) rollup.js
General
1 38 (43.68%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Public Sector
3 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
4 6 (6.90%) Law
4 6 (6.90%) Marketing
5 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.45%) Retail
7 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.30%) Finance
8 1 (1.15%) Legal
8 1 (1.15%) Multimedia
8 1 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (55.17%) Developer
2 22 (25.29%) Umbraco Developer
3 15 (17.24%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 13 (14.94%) Senior
5 11 (12.64%) Senior Developer
6 9 (10.34%) Designer
7 8 (9.20%) Lead
7 8 (9.20%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 7 (8.05%) Consultant
8 7 (8.05%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
8 7 (8.05%) Web Developer
8 7 (8.05%) Website Developer
9 6 (6.90%) Technical Leader
9 6 (6.90%) User Experience Consultant
10 5 (5.75%) UX Designer
11 4 (4.60%) UX Developer
12 3 (3.45%) Engineering Manager
12 3 (3.45%) Service Designer
12 3 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
12 3 (3.45%) Web Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (74.71%) CSS
2 64 (73.56%) HTML
3 34 (39.08%) HTML5
4 23 (26.44%) jQuery
5 12 (13.79%) CSS3
6 9 (10.34%) React
7 7 (8.05%) Jest
8 4 (4.60%) Node.js
9 3 (3.45%) .NET
9 3 (3.45%) Ajax
9 3 (3.45%) JSON
9 3 (3.45%) JWT
9 3 (3.45%) Laravel
9 3 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
9 3 (3.45%) Middleware
9 3 (3.45%) REST
9 3 (3.45%) SOAP
9 3 (3.45%) Vue
10 2 (2.30%) AngularJS
10 2 (2.30%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 24 (27.59%) NHS
2 7 (8.05%) Learning Management System
3 6 (6.90%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.60%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.15%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.15%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.34%) Android
1 9 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (39.08%) Web Development
2 32 (36.78%) Content Management
3 31 (35.63%) User Experience
4 28 (32.18%) Agile
5 24 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
6 22 (25.29%) Clean Code
6 22 (25.29%) Customer Requirements
7 21 (24.14%) Front End Development
8 19 (21.84%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 18 (20.69%) User Research
10 17 (19.54%) Project Management
11 13 (14.94%) Performance Optimisation
12 11 (12.64%) Usability Testing
13 10 (11.49%) Analytics
13 10 (11.49%) Collaborative Working
13 10 (11.49%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
13 10 (11.49%) E-Commerce
13 10 (11.49%) Line Management
13 10 (11.49%) Prototyping
13 10 (11.49%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 46 (52.87%) JavaScript
2 31 (35.63%) C#
3 23 (26.44%) SQL
4 16 (18.39%) PHP
5 10 (11.49%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.45%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.15%) Java
7 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 37 (42.53%) Degree
2 10 (11.49%) Security Cleared
3 8 (9.20%) SC Cleared
4 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.15%) BC Cleared
6 1 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (90.80%) Accessibility
2 23 (26.44%) GDPR
3 2 (2.30%) WAI
4 1 (1.15%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.15%) PERC
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 22 (25.29%) HP
2 15 (17.24%) Microsoft
3 14 (16.09%) Adobe
4 3 (3.45%) Google
4 3 (3.45%) MuleSoft
4 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
4 3 (3.45%) SAP
5 1 (1.15%) Optimizely