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 11 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 113 174
Rank change year-on-year +22 +61 +100
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 697 505 421
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.80% 3.04% 1.95%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.58% 16.91% 13.56%
Number of salaries quoted 284 190 126
10th Percentile £33,500 £43,625 £41,594
25th Percentile £38,984 £49,000 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,764 £58,215
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +2.66% +5.84%
75th Percentile £65,640 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,775 £87,500 £76,875
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% - -

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 3,965 2,987 3,104
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.94% 17.98% 14.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,454 1,635 1,725
10th Percentile £33,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,973 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.24% +0.81% +2.91%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

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 11 October 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 34 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.16%) CMS
3 22 (3.16%) Confluence
4 19 (2.73%) WordPress
5 11 (1.58%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (2.58%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.44%) Simulink
3 15 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.72%) Chatbot
5 11 (1.58%) Adobe XD
6 9 (1.29%) Notion
7 6 (0.86%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.72%) Revit
9 4 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.57%) Autodesk Smoke
9 4 (0.57%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.43%) Blender
10 3 (0.43%) Elementor
10 3 (0.43%) Maya
10 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.43%) Primavera
2 7 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (12.34%) Azure
2 78 (11.19%) AWS
3 67 (9.61%) Power Platform
4 58 (8.32%) Figma
5 46 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (5.16%) Adobe Analytics
7 28 (4.02%) Contentsquare
7 28 (4.02%) SaaS
8 26 (3.73%) PowerApps
9 21 (3.01%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (2.58%) GCP
12 14 (2.01%) GitHub
12 14 (2.01%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.87%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.87%) Copilot Studio
13 13 (1.87%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.58%) Serverless
15 8 (1.15%) Azure Functions
15 8 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.45%) Broadband
2 31 (4.45%) 5G
3 11 (1.58%) CTI
3 11 (1.58%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.58%) VoIP
4 10 (1.43%) Firewall
4 10 (1.43%) Internet
5 9 (1.29%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.29%) Intranet
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) SMS
7 4 (0.57%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.43%) DHCP
8 3 (0.43%) DNS
8 3 (0.43%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.43%) TETRA
8 3 (0.43%) Unified Communications
9 2 (0.29%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.89%) Power BI
2 19 (2.73%) Metadata
3 16 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.43%) Big Data
5 10 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (1.29%) MySQL
6 9 (1.29%) Power Query
7 8 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.15%) GIS
8 7 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
8 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.86%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.86%) Parquet
10 5 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.72%) Tableau
11 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 41 (5.88%) Git
2 26 (3.73%) JIRA
3 20 (2.87%) JUnit
4 18 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (1.72%) GitLab
6 11 (1.58%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.43%) Selenium
8 9 (1.29%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.29%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.86%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.86%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.86%) Gatling
9 6 (0.86%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.86%) Postman
9 6 (0.86%) Storybook
10 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.43%) CMake
12 2 (0.29%) Appium
12 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 237 (34.00%) Finance
2 221 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 210 (30.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (23.10%) Public Sector
5 117 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (16.07%) Aerospace
7 69 (9.90%) Law
8 48 (6.89%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (6.60%) Games
10 41 (5.88%) Marketing
11 37 (5.31%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (5.16%) Legal
13 35 (5.02%) Retail
14 29 (4.16%) Electronics
15 27 (3.87%) Banking
15 27 (3.87%) Telecoms
16 26 (3.73%) Military
17 22 (3.16%) Publishing
18 20 (2.87%) Multimedia
19 15 (2.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 124 (17.79%) Senior
2 94 (13.49%) Lead
3 84 (12.05%) Developer
4 53 (7.60%) Designer
5 43 (6.17%) Software Engineer
6 37 (5.31%) Architect
7 31 (4.45%) Systems Engineer
8 30 (4.30%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.44%) Analyst
10 23 (3.30%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 23 (3.30%) Principal Engineer
11 22 (3.16%) Junior
12 20 (2.87%) UX Designer
13 18 (2.58%) Senior Software Engineer
14 17 (2.44%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 17 (2.44%) Test Engineer
15 16 (2.30%) Data Engineer
16 15 (2.15%) Consultant
17 13 (1.87%) Lead Architect
17 13 (1.87%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.34%) HTML
2 74 (10.62%) CSS
3 47 (6.74%) React
4 24 (3.44%) Playwright
5 23 (3.30%) Next.js
6 22 (3.16%) Node.js
6 22 (3.16%) REST
7 14 (2.01%) XML
8 13 (1.87%) Dagger
8 13 (1.87%) RxJava
8 13 (1.87%) Vue
9 12 (1.72%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.72%) CSS3
9 12 (1.72%) HTML5
10 11 (1.58%) RESTful
10 11 (1.58%) Terraform
11 9 (1.29%) Jest
11 9 (1.29%) JSON
12 8 (1.15%) Retrofit
12 8 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.03%) e-Learning
2 47 (6.74%) Management Information System
3 42 (6.03%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.88%) Social Media
5 28 (4.02%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.73%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.16%) Mobile App
8 21 (3.01%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.58%) FPGA
10 17 (2.44%) Blog
10 17 (2.44%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.87%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.72%) IVR
14 11 (1.58%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.58%) IoT
14 11 (1.58%) Learning Management System
14 11 (1.58%) Operational Technology
15 8 (1.15%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.15%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.73%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.44%) Android
3 12 (1.72%) Linux
4 8 (1.15%) Windows
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.43%) Unix
6 3 (0.43%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.29%) macOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 290 (41.61%) Agile
2 201 (28.84%) Mentoring
3 177 (25.39%) AI
3 177 (25.39%) Continuous Improvement
4 165 (23.67%) Analytics
5 161 (23.10%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (21.23%) User Experience
7 137 (19.66%) Coaching
8 127 (18.22%) Decision-Making
9 113 (16.21%) CI/CD
10 94 (13.49%) Roadmaps
11 92 (13.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 81 (11.62%) Line Management
12 81 (11.62%) Test Automation
13 79 (11.33%) Software Engineering
14 75 (10.76%) Customer Experience
15 74 (10.62%) Storytelling
15 74 (10.62%) User Research
16 67 (9.61%) DevOps
17 65 (9.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 107 (15.35%) JavaScript
2 54 (7.75%) TypeScript
3 53 (7.60%) Python
4 52 (7.46%) SQL
5 44 (6.31%) Java
6 22 (3.16%) MATLAB
7 18 (2.58%) PHP
8 14 (2.01%) C++
9 13 (1.87%) C#
10 9 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (1.29%) R
11 8 (1.15%) Ada
12 6 (0.86%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.72%) C
13 5 (0.72%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (0.57%) Rust
14 4 (0.57%) Scala
14 4 (0.57%) VBA
15 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 165 (23.67%) Security Cleared
2 158 (22.67%) SC Cleared
3 126 (18.08%) Degree
4 113 (16.21%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 48 (6.89%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.15%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.87%) PhD
9 10 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.15%) ACCA
10 8 (1.15%) CIMA
11 7 (1.00%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.00%) CISSP
12 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.57%) CCSP
14 3 (0.43%) CISM
14 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (11.33%) WCAG
2 65 (9.33%) QA
3 56 (8.03%) Data Quality
4 42 (6.03%) GDPR
5 13 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.58%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.29%) NIST
8 7 (1.00%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.57%) GRC
9 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.57%) PERC
9 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
10 3 (0.43%) PMO
11 2 (0.29%) SLA
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 35 (5.02%) Docker
2 29 (4.16%) Firmware
3 11 (1.58%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
2 4 (0.57%) Grafana
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.29%) Plesk
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (13.20%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.61%) Adobe
3 20 (2.87%) Google
3 20 (2.87%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.87%) SAP
4 13 (1.87%) Cisco
5 11 (1.58%) Avaya
5 11 (1.58%) Genesys
5 11 (1.58%) Siemens
6 9 (1.29%) YouTube
7 8 (1.15%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.15%) Oracle
8 6 (0.86%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.72%) dotdigital
9 5 (0.72%) NEC
10 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
10 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.57%) Splunk
10 4 (0.57%) Xero
10 4 (0.57%) Xilinx