Hybrid/Remote Accessibility Job Trends

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Accessibility skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 104 264
Rank change year-on-year +22 +160 0
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 541 497 387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 3.42% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.11% 17.06% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 195 136 292
10th Percentile £38,609 £40,625 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,620 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring quality assurance or compliance skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 2,988 2,913 4,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.29% 20.04% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,849 1,590 3,244
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,575
25th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Accessibility and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Accessibility job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Accessibility
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Accessibility.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Accessibility

Accessibility
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 13 May 2026.

Accessibility salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Accessibility
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 52 (9.61%) CMS
2 32 (5.91%) Confluence
3 8 (1.48%) Drupal
3 8 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.74%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.74%) WordPress
5 2 (0.37%) Apache
5 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (5.55%) UserZoom
2 19 (3.51%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.92%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.92%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.55%) Sketch
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.74%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.74%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (33.46%) Adobe Analytics
2 129 (23.84%) Figma
3 73 (13.49%) Azure
4 55 (10.17%) Contentsquare
5 48 (8.87%) AWS
6 33 (6.10%) GCP
7 29 (5.36%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (5.36%) SaaS
8 28 (5.18%) Power Platform
9 19 (3.51%) Google Analytics
10 16 (2.96%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (2.96%) GitHub
11 15 (2.77%) Azure Key Vault
12 13 (2.40%) Snowflake
13 12 (2.22%) dbt
14 10 (1.85%) Asana
14 10 (1.85%) Entra ID
14 10 (1.85%) Serverless
15 9 (1.66%) PowerApps
16 8 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 202 (37.34%) Broadband
2 11 (2.03%) Internet
3 7 (1.29%) LTE
4 5 (0.92%) SNMP
5 2 (0.37%) DHCP
5 2 (0.37%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 2 (0.37%) Intranet
5 2 (0.37%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.96%) Power BI
2 15 (2.77%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.11%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.92%) MySQL
6 4 (0.74%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.74%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.55%) GIS
7 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.55%) Metadata
8 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.37%) Tableau
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.18%) Big Data
9 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (4.44%) Git
2 17 (3.14%) Axure RP
3 16 (2.96%) Balsamiq
3 16 (2.96%) Selenium
4 15 (2.77%) JMeter
5 13 (2.40%) Cypress.io
5 13 (2.40%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.40%) JIRA
6 10 (1.85%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.85%) Storybook
6 10 (1.85%) Visual Studio
7 8 (1.48%) REST Assured
8 7 (1.29%) webpack
9 6 (1.11%) GitLab
9 6 (1.11%) Postman
9 6 (1.11%) XCUITest
10 5 (0.92%) Locust
11 4 (0.74%) Babel
11 4 (0.74%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.55%) SoapUI
General
1 204 (37.71%) Games
2 104 (19.22%) Social Skills
3 75 (13.86%) Public Sector
4 69 (12.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (12.75%) Law
5 58 (10.72%) Finance
6 43 (7.95%) Analytical Skills
6 43 (7.95%) Legal
7 35 (6.47%) Marketing
8 14 (2.59%) Retail
9 12 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (2.03%) Advertising
11 9 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.29%) Manufacturing
13 5 (0.92%) Local Government
13 5 (0.92%) Publishing
13 5 (0.92%) Tech for Good
14 4 (0.74%) German Language
14 4 (0.74%) Health Technology
14 4 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 155 (28.65%) Lead
2 105 (19.41%) Designer
3 79 (14.60%) Senior
4 52 (9.61%) Lead Designer
5 43 (7.95%) Developer
6 40 (7.39%) Digital Designer
7 33 (6.10%) UX Designer
8 31 (5.73%) User Researcher
9 22 (4.07%) Software Engineer
10 19 (3.51%) Analyst
10 19 (3.51%) Service Designer
11 18 (3.33%) Product Manager
12 17 (3.14%) Architect
12 17 (3.14%) Systems Manager
13 16 (2.96%) Engineering Manager
13 16 (2.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 16 (2.96%) Test Engineer
14 14 (2.59%) Lead UX Designer
15 13 (2.40%) Digital User Researcher
15 13 (2.40%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (8.69%) HTML
2 44 (8.13%) React
3 43 (7.95%) CSS
4 22 (4.07%) .NET
5 18 (3.33%) Playwright
6 16 (2.96%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.96%) HTML5
7 13 (2.40%) Node.js
7 13 (2.40%) Vue
8 12 (2.22%) CSS3
9 10 (1.85%) RESTful
10 9 (1.66%) Material Design
10 9 (1.66%) YAML
11 8 (1.48%) Blazor
11 8 (1.48%) Sass
11 8 (1.48%) WebAssembly
12 7 (1.29%) Express.js
12 7 (1.29%) OpenAPI
12 7 (1.29%) React Native
12 7 (1.29%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 163 (30.13%) Social Media
2 49 (9.06%) Product Ownership
3 48 (8.87%) Onboarding
4 42 (7.76%) Mobile App
5 23 (4.25%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.51%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.96%) Blog
8 15 (2.77%) Podcast
9 13 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.29%) Culture of Ownership
12 6 (1.11%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.11%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.74%) Data Centre
15 3 (0.55%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.55%) Graphic Design
15 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
15 3 (0.55%) Life Science
15 3 (0.55%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 33 (6.10%) Android
1 33 (6.10%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.85%) Windows
3 5 (0.92%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (64.33%) Agile
2 271 (50.09%) AI
3 245 (45.29%) Analytics
4 234 (43.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 225 (41.59%) Roadmaps
6 215 (39.74%) Storytelling
7 195 (36.04%) User Research
8 187 (34.57%) Customer Experience
9 186 (34.38%) Product Roadmap
10 176 (32.53%) Digital Customer Experience
11 146 (26.99%) User Experience
12 125 (23.11%) Mentoring
13 118 (21.81%) Workshop Facilitation
14 111 (20.52%) Prototyping
15 109 (20.15%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (15.71%) Decision-Making
17 84 (15.53%) CI/CD
18 71 (13.12%) DesignOps
19 64 (11.83%) Coaching
20 62 (11.46%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 61 (11.28%) JavaScript
2 35 (6.47%) TypeScript
3 32 (5.91%) Java
4 25 (4.62%) C#
4 25 (4.62%) Python
5 23 (4.25%) SQL
6 9 (1.66%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.29%) PHP
8 2 (0.37%) Bash
8 2 (0.37%) Ruby
8 2 (0.37%) Scala
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (14.60%) Degree
2 46 (8.50%) Security Cleared
3 45 (8.32%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.11%) ACCA
6 6 (1.11%) CIMA
7 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.74%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.55%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CCSP
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CISSP
11 1 (0.18%) MCSE
11 1 (0.18%) OSCP
11 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (21.07%) WCAG
2 38 (7.02%) QA
3 20 (3.70%) GDPR
4 14 (2.59%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.29%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 23 (4.25%) Docker
2 4 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (4.25%) Terraform
2 15 (2.77%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.29%) Grafana
4 5 (0.92%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Plesk
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (39.00%) Adobe
2 83 (15.34%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.36%) Google
4 8 (1.48%) SAP
4 8 (1.48%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.92%) Atlassian
5 5 (0.92%) Avid
5 5 (0.92%) SolarWinds
5 5 (0.92%) Splunk
6 4 (0.74%) Hotjar
6 4 (0.74%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.74%) Workday
7 3 (0.55%) dotdigital
7 3 (0.55%) HP
7 3 (0.55%) Oracle
8 2 (0.37%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.37%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.18%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud