Accessibility Job Trends in the West Midlands

Accessibility (a11y)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring Accessibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 141 157
Rank change year-on-year -17 +16 -28
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 49 33 97
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.58% 1.02% 1.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 5.72% 5.38% 8.46%
Number of salaries quoted 36 10 74
10th Percentile £38,707 £42,375 £31,208
25th Percentile £44,603 £46,563 £40,247
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £59,400
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -3.20% -7.86%
75th Percentile £65,793 £62,500 £66,294
90th Percentile £72,500 £62,625 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,001 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -4.35%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 856 613 1,146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 10.22% 19.01% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 435 390 878
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,207 £27,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,451 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,068 £52,500 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.99% -1.87% +3.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Accessibility job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

Accessibility
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the West Midlands

Accessibility
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Birmingham +5 27 £50,000 -16.67% 10
Worcestershire -20 6 £48,000 -8.57% 2
Shropshire - 5 £45,000 - 3
Wolverhampton - 4 £70,000 - 1
Warwickshire -10 1 £65,000 +48.57% 3
Staffordshire -19 1 £65,500 - 1
Coventry - 1 £55,000 - 2
Accessibility
England

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (8.16%) Confluence
2 2 (4.08%) CMS
2 2 (4.08%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.08%) Umbraco
Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.04%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (2.04%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (2.04%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (20.41%) Azure
1 10 (20.41%) SaaS
2 9 (18.37%) Figma
3 8 (16.33%) GitHub
3 8 (16.33%) GitHub Copilot
3 8 (16.33%) Power Platform
4 5 (10.20%) AWS
4 5 (10.20%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (8.16%) BrowserStack
6 3 (6.12%) Siteimprove
7 2 (4.08%) Datadog
7 2 (4.08%) dbt
7 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (4.08%) GCP
7 2 (4.08%) Google Analytics
7 2 (4.08%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Purview
7 2 (4.08%) PaaS
7 2 (4.08%) Power Automate
7 2 (4.08%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.33%) Power BI
2 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.08%) BigQuery
3 2 (4.08%) Looker
3 2 (4.08%) Tableau
4 1 (2.04%) Data Lake
4 1 (2.04%) Metadata
4 1 (2.04%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) Visual Studio
2 7 (14.29%) Cucumber
2 7 (14.29%) Zephyr
3 5 (10.20%) JIRA
4 4 (8.16%) Gatling
5 3 (6.12%) Selenium
5 3 (6.12%) TestRail
5 3 (6.12%) Toad
6 2 (4.08%) JMeter
6 2 (4.08%) Locust
7 1 (2.04%) Git
7 1 (2.04%) GitLab
7 1 (2.04%) SpecFlow
General
1 15 (30.61%) Social Skills
2 12 (24.49%) Finance
3 11 (22.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (22.45%) Public Sector
4 9 (18.37%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.04%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (18.37%) Analyst
1 9 (18.37%) Designer
2 8 (16.33%) Lead
3 7 (14.29%) Senior
3 7 (14.29%) UX Designer
4 6 (12.24%) Developer
5 5 (10.20%) Quality Engineer
5 5 (10.20%) Tester
6 4 (8.16%) Data Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (6.12%) Accountant
7 3 (6.12%) Administrator
7 3 (6.12%) QA Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Systems Accountant
8 2 (4.08%) Junior
8 2 (4.08%) Junior Data Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior QA Analyst
8 2 (4.08%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (24.49%) .NET
2 8 (16.33%) Blazor
2 8 (16.33%) Material Design
2 8 (16.33%) WebAssembly
3 6 (12.24%) Playwright
4 3 (6.12%) CSS
4 3 (6.12%) HTML
4 3 (6.12%) React
4 3 (6.12%) REST
5 2 (4.08%) .NET Framework
5 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET
5 2 (4.08%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (4.08%) Gherkin
5 2 (4.08%) Razor View Engine
5 2 (4.08%) Spring
6 1 (2.04%) CSS3
6 1 (2.04%) EDI
6 1 (2.04%) HTML5
6 1 (2.04%) Node.js
6 1 (2.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Product Ownership
2 5 (10.20%) Virtual Team
3 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
4 2 (4.08%) Cyberattack
5 1 (2.04%) AI Agents
5 1 (2.04%) CMDB
5 1 (2.04%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (2.04%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Android
1 1 (2.04%) Apple iOS
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (42.86%) Agile
2 19 (38.78%) AI
2 19 (38.78%) User Experience
3 12 (24.49%) CI/CD
3 12 (24.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 11 (22.45%) Interaction Design
4 11 (22.45%) Test Automation
5 10 (20.41%) Data Integration
5 10 (20.41%) Front End Development
5 10 (20.41%) User Stories
5 10 (20.41%) Wireframes
6 9 (18.37%) Analytics
6 9 (18.37%) CRM
6 9 (18.37%) Decision-Making
6 9 (18.37%) Mentoring
6 9 (18.37%) Problem-Solving
6 9 (18.37%) SDLC
6 9 (18.37%) UX Design
7 8 (16.33%) BDD
7 8 (16.33%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) C#
2 11 (22.45%) Python
3 9 (18.37%) Java
3 9 (18.37%) JavaScript
4 6 (12.24%) SQL
4 6 (12.24%) TypeScript
5 1 (2.04%) Bash
5 1 (2.04%) Bicep
5 1 (2.04%) Scala
5 1 (2.04%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) ACCA
2 3 (6.12%) CIMA
2 3 (6.12%) SC Cleared
2 3 (6.12%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.08%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.04%) CREST Certified
4 1 (2.04%) OSCP
4 1 (2.04%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (28.57%) WCAG
2 11 (22.45%) QA
3 8 (16.33%) Data Quality
4 6 (12.24%) GDPR
5 3 (6.12%) HIPAA
5 3 (6.12%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (2.04%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (6.12%) Docker
2 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (8.16%) Kubernetes
1 4 (8.16%) Terraform
2 3 (6.12%) HP ALM
3 2 (4.08%) Grafana
Vendors
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.12%) HP
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) Google
4 1 (2.04%) Adobe
4 1 (2.04%) Databricks
4 1 (2.04%) Planon
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.04%) ServiceNow