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 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 622 711 857
Rank change year-on-year +89 +146 +127
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 87 203 105
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.20% 0.11%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.95% 1.48% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 51 130 43
10th Percentile - £40,988 £42,454
25th Percentile £31,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,965 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% +18.29% +35.17%
75th Percentile £55,427 £67,500 £65,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £88,000 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £57,965 £52,500
% change year-on-year -43.93% +10.41% +61.54%

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 9,140 13,692 17,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.50% 13.26% 18.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4,594 9,225 8,512
10th Percentile £31,250 £26,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £73,000 £70,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,150 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +4.90%

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 May 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 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
England +70 81 £47,500 -18.05% 250
London +122 42 £50,000 - 22
UK excluding London +73 40 £32,500 -43.93% 252
Work from Home +64 37 £50,000 -13.74% 256
North of England -3 19 £32,500 -43.93% 57
North West -6 19 £32,500 -43.93% 21
South West +105 10 - - 35
South East +57 8 £63,750 -3.77% 60
Scotland +106 1 - - 9
Midlands +76 1 £47,500 -18.05% 50
West Midlands +53 1 £47,500 -18.05% 28
East of England - 1 £75,000 - 40

WCAG
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 30 (34.48%) CMS
2 18 (20.69%) Umbraco
3 14 (16.09%) WordPress
4 5 (5.75%) Drupal
5 2 (2.30%) Jadu
6 1 (1.15%) Alfresco
6 1 (1.15%) EPiServer
6 1 (1.15%) Moodle
6 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (17.24%) Adobe XD
2 10 (11.49%) Sketch
3 7 (8.05%) InVision
4 1 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 19 (21.84%) Figma
2 8 (9.20%) AWS
3 7 (8.05%) Stripe
4 4 (4.60%) Google Analytics
5 3 (3.45%) Miro
5 3 (3.45%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 2 (2.30%) Azure
6 2 (2.30%) Google Sheets
7 1 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.15%) Canva
7 1 (1.15%) GitHub
7 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
7 1 (1.15%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.15%) SaaS
7 1 (1.15%) SAP Commerce Cloud
7 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (19.54%) Intranet
2 5 (5.75%) DNS
3 1 (1.15%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (21.84%) SQL Server
2 6 (6.90%) GIS
3 3 (3.45%) MySQL
4 2 (2.30%) Looker
Development Applications
1 22 (25.29%) Git
2 13 (14.94%) Axure RP
3 7 (8.05%) Balsamiq
4 6 (6.90%) Vite
5 5 (5.75%) webpack
6 3 (3.45%) Bitbucket
6 3 (3.45%) Cypress.io
6 3 (3.45%) rollup.js
7 2 (2.30%) Selenium
8 1 (1.15%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 37 (42.53%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.14%) Public Sector
3 12 (13.79%) Law
4 8 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
5 7 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.90%) Marketing
7 5 (5.75%) Finance
8 4 (4.60%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Retail
10 2 (2.30%) Banking
11 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
11 1 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Legal
11 1 (1.15%) Multimedia
11 1 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 39 (44.83%) Developer
2 17 (19.54%) Umbraco Developer
3 12 (13.79%) Senior
4 11 (12.64%) Designer
5 9 (10.34%) Consultant
5 9 (10.34%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 8 (9.20%) Lead
6 8 (9.20%) User Experience Consultant
7 7 (8.05%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
7 7 (8.05%) UX Designer
7 7 (8.05%) Web Developer
7 7 (8.05%) Website Developer
8 6 (6.90%) Software Engineer
8 6 (6.90%) Technical Leader
8 6 (6.90%) UX Developer
9 5 (5.75%) Senior Developer
10 3 (3.45%) Design Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Engineering Manager
10 3 (3.45%) Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.45%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (71.26%) CSS
2 59 (67.82%) HTML
3 26 (29.89%) HTML5
4 18 (20.69%) jQuery
5 8 (9.20%) CSS3
5 8 (9.20%) React
6 4 (4.60%) Jest
6 4 (4.60%) Next.js
6 4 (4.60%) Node.js
6 4 (4.60%) REST
6 4 (4.60%) Vue
7 3 (3.45%) Ajax
7 3 (3.45%) JSON
7 3 (3.45%) JWT
7 3 (3.45%) Laravel
7 3 (3.45%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (3.45%) Middleware
7 3 (3.45%) SOAP
8 2 (2.30%) EDI
8 2 (2.30%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 18 (20.69%) NHS
2 8 (9.20%) Learning Management System
3 7 (8.05%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.60%) Mobile App
5 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
6 2 (2.30%) e-Learning
6 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (1.15%) Digital Media
7 1 (1.15%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.15%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (10.34%) Android
1 9 (10.34%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) User Experience
2 29 (33.33%) Agile
2 29 (33.33%) Content Management
2 29 (33.33%) Web Development
3 23 (26.44%) User Research
4 22 (25.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 21 (24.14%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (21.84%) Clean Code
7 18 (20.69%) Project Management
8 17 (19.54%) Customer Requirements
8 17 (19.54%) Front End Development
9 14 (16.09%) Prototyping
10 13 (14.94%) Performance Optimisation
10 13 (14.94%) Responsive Web Design
10 13 (14.94%) Usability Testing
11 12 (13.79%) Analytics
12 11 (12.64%) Line Management
12 11 (12.64%) Wireframes
13 10 (11.49%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
13 10 (11.49%) Inclusive Design
Programming Languages
1 46 (52.87%) JavaScript
2 20 (22.99%) C#
3 18 (20.69%) SQL
4 12 (13.79%) PHP
5 9 (10.34%) TypeScript
6 3 (3.45%) Apex Code
7 1 (1.15%) Java
7 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 31 (35.63%) Degree
2 14 (16.09%) Security Cleared
3 11 (12.64%) 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 83 (95.40%) Accessibility
2 17 (19.54%) GDPR
3 2 (2.30%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (2.30%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 18 (20.69%) Adobe
2 17 (19.54%) HP
3 16 (18.39%) Microsoft
4 5 (5.75%) Google
5 3 (3.45%) MuleSoft
5 3 (3.45%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.45%) SAP
6 1 (1.15%) Optimizely