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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 112 173
Rank change year-on-year +16 +61 +102
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 700 505 422
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.81% 3.06% 1.96%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.59% 16.99% 13.61%
Number of salaries quoted 284 189 127
10th Percentile £33,500 £43,500 £40,956
25th Percentile £38,984 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,640 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,775 £87,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +1.85% -1.82%

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 3,979 2,972 3,101
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.96% 17.98% 14.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,459 1,624 1,722
10th Percentile £33,500 £33,125 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +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 12 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 (4.86%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.14%) CMS
3 22 (3.14%) Confluence
4 18 (2.57%) WordPress
5 11 (1.57%) 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 (2.57%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.43%) Simulink
3 15 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.71%) Chatbot
5 11 (1.57%) Adobe XD
6 10 (1.43%) Notion
7 6 (0.86%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.71%) 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 (0.71%) 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 (12.29%) Azure
2 78 (11.14%) AWS
3 67 (9.57%) Power Platform
4 58 (8.29%) Figma
5 46 (6.57%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (5.14%) Adobe Analytics
7 28 (4.00%) Contentsquare
7 28 (4.00%) SaaS
8 26 (3.71%) PowerApps
9 21 (3.00%) Power Automate
10 20 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
11 18 (2.57%) GCP
12 14 (2.00%) GitHub
12 14 (2.00%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.86%) Copilot Studio
13 13 (1.86%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.57%) Serverless
15 8 (1.14%) Azure Functions
15 8 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.43%) Broadband
2 31 (4.43%) 5G
3 11 (1.57%) CTI
3 11 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.57%) VoIP
4 10 (1.43%) Firewall
4 10 (1.43%) Internet
5 9 (1.29%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.29%) Intranet
6 5 (0.71%) HTTP
6 5 (0.71%) 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 (6.86%) Power BI
2 19 (2.71%) Metadata
3 16 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.71%) Big Data
5 11 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
6 10 (1.43%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.29%) MySQL
7 9 (1.29%) Power Query
8 8 (1.14%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.14%) GIS
9 7 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
9 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
9 7 (1.00%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.86%) MongoDB
10 6 (0.86%) Parquet
11 5 (0.71%) Elasticsearch
11 5 (0.71%) Tableau
12 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 41 (5.86%) Git
2 26 (3.71%) JIRA
3 20 (2.86%) JUnit
4 18 (2.57%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (1.71%) GitLab
6 11 (1.57%) 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 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.43%) CMake
12 2 (0.29%) Appium
12 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 238 (34.00%) Finance
2 222 (31.71%) Social Skills
3 211 (30.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (23.00%) Public Sector
5 119 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (16.00%) Aerospace
7 69 (9.86%) Law
8 48 (6.86%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (6.57%) Games
10 41 (5.86%) Marketing
11 37 (5.29%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (5.14%) Legal
13 35 (5.00%) Retail
14 29 (4.14%) Electronics
15 27 (3.86%) Banking
15 27 (3.86%) Telecoms
16 26 (3.71%) Military
17 22 (3.14%) Publishing
18 20 (2.86%) Multimedia
19 15 (2.14%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 124 (17.71%) Senior
2 94 (13.43%) Lead
3 84 (12.00%) Developer
4 53 (7.57%) Designer
5 43 (6.14%) Software Engineer
6 37 (5.29%) Architect
7 32 (4.57%) Systems Engineer
8 30 (4.29%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.43%) Analyst
10 23 (3.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 23 (3.29%) Junior
10 23 (3.29%) Principal Engineer
11 20 (2.86%) UX Designer
12 18 (2.57%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.43%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 17 (2.43%) Test Engineer
14 16 (2.29%) Data Engineer
15 15 (2.14%) Consultant
16 13 (1.86%) Lead Architect
16 13 (1.86%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.29%) HTML
2 74 (10.57%) CSS
3 47 (6.71%) React
4 24 (3.43%) Playwright
5 23 (3.29%) Next.js
6 22 (3.14%) Node.js
6 22 (3.14%) REST
7 14 (2.00%) XML
8 13 (1.86%) Dagger
8 13 (1.86%) RxJava
8 13 (1.86%) Vue
9 12 (1.71%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.71%) CSS3
9 12 (1.71%) HTML5
10 11 (1.57%) RESTful
10 11 (1.57%) Terraform
11 9 (1.29%) Jest
11 9 (1.29%) JSON
12 8 (1.14%) Retrofit
12 8 (1.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.00%) e-Learning
2 47 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 42 (6.00%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.86%) Social Media
5 28 (4.00%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.71%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.14%) Mobile App
8 21 (3.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.57%) FPGA
10 17 (2.43%) Blog
10 17 (2.43%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.86%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.71%) IVR
14 11 (1.57%) AI Agents
14 11 (1.57%) IoT
14 11 (1.57%) Learning Management System
14 11 (1.57%) Operational Technology
15 8 (1.14%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.71%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.43%) Android
3 12 (1.71%) Linux
4 8 (1.14%) 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
1 291 (41.57%) Agile
2 202 (28.86%) Mentoring
3 179 (25.57%) AI
4 178 (25.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 166 (23.71%) Analytics
6 163 (23.29%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (21.00%) User Experience
8 137 (19.57%) Coaching
9 127 (18.14%) Decision-Making
10 113 (16.14%) CI/CD
11 94 (13.43%) Roadmaps
12 92 (13.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 81 (11.57%) Line Management
13 81 (11.57%) Test Automation
14 79 (11.29%) Software Engineering
15 75 (10.71%) Customer Experience
16 74 (10.57%) Storytelling
16 74 (10.57%) User Research
17 68 (9.71%) DevOps
18 65 (9.29%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 107 (15.29%) JavaScript
2 55 (7.86%) Python
3 54 (7.71%) TypeScript
4 52 (7.43%) SQL
5 44 (6.29%) Java
6 22 (3.14%) MATLAB
7 18 (2.57%) PHP
8 14 (2.00%) C++
9 13 (1.86%) C#
10 11 (1.57%) R
11 9 (1.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 8 (1.14%) Ada
13 6 (0.86%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.71%) C
14 5 (0.71%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
15 4 (0.57%) Rust
15 4 (0.57%) Scala
15 4 (0.57%) VBA
16 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 165 (23.57%) Security Cleared
2 158 (22.57%) SC Cleared
3 127 (18.14%) Degree
4 113 (16.14%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 48 (6.86%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.86%) PhD
9 10 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.14%) ACCA
10 8 (1.14%) 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 (11.29%) WCAG
2 65 (9.29%) QA
3 57 (8.14%) Data Quality
4 41 (5.86%) GDPR
5 13 (1.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.57%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.29%) NIST
8 7 (1.00%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
10 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
10 4 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 4 (0.57%) GRC
10 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.57%) PERC
10 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.43%) PMO
12 2 (0.29%) SLA
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) WAI
System Software
1 35 (5.00%) Docker
2 29 (4.14%) Firmware
3 11 (1.57%) 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 (3.57%) 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 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.57%) Adobe
3 21 (3.00%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.86%) Google
4 20 (2.86%) SAP
5 13 (1.86%) Cisco
6 11 (1.57%) Avaya
6 11 (1.57%) Genesys
6 11 (1.57%) Siemens
7 9 (1.29%) YouTube
8 8 (1.14%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.14%) Oracle
9 6 (0.86%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.71%) dotdigital
10 5 (0.71%) NEC
11 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
11 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.57%) Splunk
11 4 (0.57%) Xero
11 4 (0.57%) Xilinx