Accessibility Job Trends in Wales

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Accessibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 70 87
Rank change year-on-year +3 +17 +17
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 7 10 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.67% 1.15% 0.63%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.88% 8.85% 4.92%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile £33,150 £37,672 -
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,594 £32,603
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,500 £44,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.61% -11.31% +32.69%
75th Percentile £57,329 £73,649 £72,253
90th Percentile £67,371 £82,500 -
UK median annual salary £59,764 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.66% - -8.33%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 119 113 122
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 11.37% 12.94% 12.79%
Number of salaries quoted 65 50 82
10th Percentile £27,600 £36,250 £23,030
25th Percentile £40,750 £41,500 £32,526
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,052 £44,034
Median % change year-on-year +7.03% +11.40% -2.10%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,960 £81,375 £74,163
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,643
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.09% +0.25%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accessibility relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Accessibility job vacancy trend in Wales

Accessibility
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in Wales over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in Wales

Accessibility
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the Wales region over the 6 months to 15 January 2026. 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
South Wales +3 7 £45,500 +2.61% 26
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) Drupal
1 1 (14.29%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Datadog
2 1 (14.29%) dbt
2 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
2 1 (14.29%) Figma
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Internet
2 1 (14.29%) Broadband
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
2 1 (14.29%) FTP
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) VPN
2 1 (14.29%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Cucumber
1 1 (14.29%) JMeter
1 1 (14.29%) Locust
General
1 2 (28.57%) Police
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Designer
1 2 (28.57%) Developer
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C# Developer
2 1 (14.29%) C# Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Digital Service Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Head of Technology
2 1 (14.29%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support
2 1 (14.29%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Interaction Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Service Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
1 1 (14.29%) Bootstrap
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) Gherkin
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
1 1 (14.29%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) User Experience
2 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Business Continuity
3 2 (28.57%) Full-Stack Development
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Roadmaps
3 2 (28.57%) User Research
3 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (14.29%) AI
4 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Empathy Maps
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Information Security
4 1 (14.29%) OWASP
4 1 (14.29%) Performance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Supplier Management
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) MCSE
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
1 1 (14.29%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Grafana
1 1 (14.29%) Kubernetes
1 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft