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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 116 284
Rank change year-on-year +15 +168 -32
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 392 469 263
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.45% 2.94% 0.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.03% 17.04% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 202 109 201
10th Percentile £42,706 £40,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £87,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.60% +5.71% -12.50%

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 2,794 2,753 3,805
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.49% 17.27% 13.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,641 1,496 2,976
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,608 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £49,038 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £94,188
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.35%

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 6 February 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 26 (6.63%) CMS
2 14 (3.57%) Confluence
3 8 (2.04%) Drupal
4 4 (1.02%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.77%) WordPress
6 2 (0.51%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 35 (8.93%) Adobe XD
2 13 (3.32%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.53%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.28%) Sketch
6 4 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (1.02%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.26%) CapCut
7 1 (0.26%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.26%) InVision
7 1 (0.26%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.26%) Notion
7 1 (0.26%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.53%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 97 (24.74%) Azure
2 72 (18.37%) Figma
3 54 (13.78%) Snowflake
4 31 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.40%) Azure DevOps
6 27 (6.89%) Adobe Analytics
7 25 (6.38%) AWS
8 22 (5.61%) SaaS
9 21 (5.36%) Miro
10 19 (4.85%) GCP
10 19 (4.85%) GitHub
11 18 (4.59%) Dynamics 365
11 18 (4.59%) Google Analytics
12 17 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
13 13 (3.32%) dbt
14 12 (3.06%) Serverless
15 9 (2.30%) Azure Key Vault
15 9 (2.30%) PowerApps
16 8 (2.04%) Azure Data Factory
16 8 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (9.18%) Broadband
2 2 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) VoIP
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.54%) Data Warehouse
2 17 (4.34%) Power BI
3 10 (2.55%) Tableau
4 8 (2.04%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.04%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.02%) Metadata
7 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) MySQL
8 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.26%) EDMS
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.26%) Looker
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.63%) Git
2 25 (6.38%) Axure RP
3 23 (5.87%) Balsamiq
4 19 (4.85%) Selenium
5 18 (4.59%) JIRA
6 16 (4.08%) Cypress.io
6 16 (4.08%) Storybook
7 11 (2.81%) Visual Studio
8 9 (2.30%) WebDriver
8 9 (2.30%) webpack
9 6 (1.53%) JMeter
9 6 (1.53%) Postman
10 5 (1.28%) Babel
10 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.28%) Vite
11 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.02%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.77%) GitLab
12 3 (0.77%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (25.26%) Social Skills
2 70 (17.86%) Public Sector
3 66 (16.84%) Finance
4 60 (15.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (11.73%) Analytical Skills
6 45 (11.48%) Law
7 42 (10.71%) Marketing
8 34 (8.67%) Games
9 14 (3.57%) Legal
10 11 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (2.30%) Retail
11 9 (2.30%) Tech for Good
12 7 (1.79%) Digital Health
12 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (1.79%) Multimedia
13 6 (1.53%) Advertising
14 4 (1.02%) Police
15 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.77%) Military
15 3 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 60 (15.31%) Designer
1 60 (15.31%) Developer
2 59 (15.05%) Lead
3 57 (14.54%) Senior
4 34 (8.67%) Architect
4 34 (8.67%) Data Architect
5 31 (7.91%) Analyst
6 22 (5.61%) Business Analyst
6 22 (5.61%) UX Designer
7 21 (5.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 20 (5.10%) Service Designer
9 17 (4.34%) Lead Designer
10 16 (4.08%) User Researcher
11 14 (3.57%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 14 (3.57%) Software Engineer
12 12 (3.06%) Product Manager
13 11 (2.81%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.81%) Product Designer
13 11 (2.81%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.55%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (13.78%) React
2 53 (13.52%) HTML
3 49 (12.50%) CSS
4 29 (7.40%) .NET
5 18 (4.59%) Next.js
6 17 (4.34%) Node.js
7 13 (3.32%) Playwright
8 12 (3.06%) GraphQL
9 11 (2.81%) Vue
10 10 (2.55%) HTML5
10 10 (2.55%) Sass
11 9 (2.30%) CSS3
11 9 (2.30%) Jest
11 9 (2.30%) RESTful
12 8 (2.04%) Blazor
12 8 (2.04%) JSON
12 8 (2.04%) Material Design
12 8 (2.04%) REST
12 8 (2.04%) WebAssembly
12 8 (2.04%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.03%) Product Ownership
2 35 (8.93%) Social Media
3 29 (7.40%) Onboarding
4 26 (6.63%) Management Information System
5 18 (4.59%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.81%) e-Learning
7 10 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 9 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (2.04%) Learning Management System
9 8 (2.04%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 7 (1.79%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 5 (1.28%) AI Agents
11 5 (1.28%) Life Science
12 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.02%) NHS
12 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
13 3 (0.77%) Educational Technology
13 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
13 3 (0.77%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.04%) Android
1 8 (2.04%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.51%) Unix
3 1 (0.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Windows
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (50.77%) Agile
2 140 (35.71%) User Experience
3 115 (29.34%) Analytics
4 97 (24.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 93 (23.72%) AI
6 84 (21.43%) Mentoring
7 82 (20.92%) Continuous Improvement
8 77 (19.64%) User Research
9 72 (18.37%) Coaching
10 68 (17.35%) CI/CD
11 57 (14.54%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (14.29%) Roadmaps
13 55 (14.03%) Community of Practice
14 53 (13.52%) UX Design
15 51 (13.01%) Service Design
16 49 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
17 48 (12.24%) DevOps
18 47 (11.99%) Prototyping
19 46 (11.73%) Data Integration
20 45 (11.48%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 50 (12.76%) TypeScript
3 42 (10.71%) SQL
4 28 (7.14%) Python
5 25 (6.38%) C#
6 20 (5.10%) Java
7 12 (3.06%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.53%) PHP
9 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.51%) XAML
10 1 (0.26%) Bash
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 87 (22.19%) Degree
2 56 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 53 (13.52%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.55%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.28%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.77%) CIPD
8 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.51%) ACCA
9 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.26%) CIMA
10 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (17.35%) WCAG
2 39 (9.95%) QA
3 12 (3.06%) GDPR
4 6 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.77%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.26%) GAAP
6 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.26%) Section 508
6 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (6.12%) Terraform
2 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 113 (28.83%) Microsoft
2 68 (17.35%) Adobe
3 37 (9.44%) Google
4 7 (1.79%) Oracle
5 5 (1.28%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.51%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.51%) Apple
7 2 (0.51%) Databricks
7 2 (0.51%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.51%) SendGrid
7 2 (0.51%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.26%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.26%) Hootsuite
8 1 (0.26%) Instagram
8 1 (0.26%) Spotify
8 1 (0.26%) TikTok