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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 111 180
Rank change year-on-year +14 +69 +103
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 691 504 419
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.78% 3.02% 1.94%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.46% 16.85% 13.49%
Number of salaries quoted 284 191 125
10th Percentile £33,500 £43,750 £41,594
25th Percentile £38,984 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,527 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +2.70% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,640 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,775 £87,500 £77,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -3.64% +3.77% -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 3,957 2,991 3,106
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.92% 17.94% 14.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,458 1,636 1,727
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,545 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.33% +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 10 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 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 29 (4.20%) CMS
3 22 (3.18%) Confluence
4 19 (2.75%) WordPress
5 11 (1.59%) Moodle
6 4 (0.58%) 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 (2.60%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.46%) Simulink
3 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.74%) Chatbot
5 11 (1.59%) Adobe XD
6 9 (1.30%) Notion
7 6 (0.87%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.72%) Revit
9 4 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.58%) Autodesk Smoke
9 4 (0.58%) 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 (1.45%) Primavera
2 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.58%) 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 87 (12.59%) Azure
2 76 (11.00%) AWS
3 67 (9.70%) Power Platform
4 58 (8.39%) Figma
5 46 (6.66%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (5.21%) Adobe Analytics
7 28 (4.05%) Contentsquare
8 27 (3.91%) SaaS
9 26 (3.76%) PowerApps
10 21 (3.04%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.89%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.60%) GCP
13 14 (2.03%) GitHub
13 14 (2.03%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.88%) Copilot Studio
14 13 (1.88%) OneDrive
15 11 (1.59%) Serverless
16 8 (1.16%) Azure Functions
16 8 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 38 (5.50%) Broadband
2 30 (4.34%) 5G
3 11 (1.59%) CTI
3 11 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.59%) VoIP
4 10 (1.45%) Firewall
4 10 (1.45%) Internet
5 9 (1.30%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.30%) Intranet
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) SMS
7 4 (0.58%) 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%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (6.95%) Power BI
2 19 (2.75%) Metadata
3 15 (2.17%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 10 (1.45%) SQL Server
6 9 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 9 (1.30%) MySQL
6 9 (1.30%) Power Query
7 8 (1.16%) Big Data
7 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
7 8 (1.16%) GIS
8 7 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
8 7 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
8 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.01%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
9 6 (0.87%) Parquet
10 5 (0.72%) Tableau
11 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
11 4 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 41 (5.93%) Git
2 27 (3.91%) JIRA
3 20 (2.89%) JUnit
4 18 (2.60%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (1.74%) GitLab
6 11 (1.59%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.45%) Selenium
8 9 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.30%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.87%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.87%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.87%) Gatling
9 6 (0.87%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.87%) Postman
9 6 (0.87%) 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
1 235 (34.01%) Finance
2 219 (31.69%) Social Skills
3 210 (30.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (23.30%) Public Sector
5 115 (16.64%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (16.21%) Aerospace
7 69 (9.99%) Law
8 48 (6.95%) Organisational Skills
9 46 (6.66%) Games
10 41 (5.93%) Marketing
11 37 (5.35%) Influencing Skills
12 35 (5.07%) Legal
13 34 (4.92%) Retail
14 29 (4.20%) Electronics
15 27 (3.91%) Banking
16 26 (3.76%) Military
16 26 (3.76%) Telecoms
17 22 (3.18%) Publishing
18 20 (2.89%) Multimedia
19 15 (2.17%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 121 (17.51%) Senior
2 94 (13.60%) Lead
3 82 (11.87%) Developer
4 53 (7.67%) Designer
5 42 (6.08%) Software Engineer
6 37 (5.35%) Architect
7 31 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.05%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.47%) Analyst
10 23 (3.33%) Principal Engineer
11 22 (3.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 22 (3.18%) Junior
12 20 (2.89%) UX Designer
13 17 (2.46%) Senior Software Engineer
13 17 (2.46%) Test Engineer
14 16 (2.32%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.32%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 15 (2.17%) Consultant
16 13 (1.88%) Lead Architect
16 13 (1.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (12.30%) HTML
2 73 (10.56%) CSS
3 47 (6.80%) React
4 25 (3.62%) Playwright
5 23 (3.33%) Next.js
6 22 (3.18%) Node.js
7 21 (3.04%) REST
8 14 (2.03%) XML
9 13 (1.88%) Dagger
9 13 (1.88%) RxJava
9 13 (1.88%) Vue
10 12 (1.74%) CSS3
10 12 (1.74%) HTML5
11 11 (1.59%) AngularJS
11 11 (1.59%) RESTful
12 10 (1.45%) Terraform
13 9 (1.30%) Jest
13 9 (1.30%) JSON
14 8 (1.16%) Retrofit
14 8 (1.16%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (7.09%) e-Learning
2 47 (6.80%) Management Information System
3 42 (6.08%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (4.92%) Social Media
5 28 (4.05%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.47%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.18%) Mobile App
8 21 (3.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.60%) FPGA
10 17 (2.46%) Blog
10 17 (2.46%) Onboarding
11 15 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.88%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.74%) IVR
14 11 (1.59%) IoT
14 11 (1.59%) Learning Management System
14 11 (1.59%) Operational Technology
15 10 (1.45%) AI Agents
16 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.16%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.75%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.46%) Android
3 12 (1.74%) Linux
4 8 (1.16%) Windows
5 4 (0.58%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.43%) Unix
6 3 (0.43%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (41.68%) Agile
2 201 (29.09%) Mentoring
3 174 (25.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 172 (24.89%) AI
5 163 (23.59%) Analytics
6 162 (23.44%) Problem-Solving
7 147 (21.27%) User Experience
8 137 (19.83%) Coaching
9 127 (18.38%) Decision-Making
10 111 (16.06%) CI/CD
11 94 (13.60%) Roadmaps
12 92 (13.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 80 (11.58%) Test Automation
14 79 (11.43%) Line Management
15 78 (11.29%) Software Engineering
16 74 (10.71%) Customer Experience
16 74 (10.71%) Storytelling
16 74 (10.71%) User Research
17 65 (9.41%) DevOps
17 65 (9.41%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 106 (15.34%) JavaScript
2 52 (7.53%) SQL
2 52 (7.53%) TypeScript
3 50 (7.24%) Python
4 43 (6.22%) Java
5 22 (3.18%) MATLAB
6 18 (2.60%) PHP
7 14 (2.03%) C++
8 13 (1.88%) C#
9 9 (1.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 8 (1.16%) Ada
11 7 (1.01%) R
12 6 (0.87%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.72%) C
13 5 (0.72%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (0.58%) Rust
14 4 (0.58%) Scala
14 4 (0.58%) VBA
15 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 165 (23.88%) Security Cleared
2 158 (22.87%) SC Cleared
3 126 (18.23%) Degree
4 113 (16.35%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.63%) BPSS Clearance
6 46 (6.66%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.88%) PhD
9 10 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 8 (1.16%) ACCA
10 8 (1.16%) CIMA
11 7 (1.01%) Azure Certification
11 7 (1.01%) CISSP
12 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.58%) CCSP
14 3 (0.43%) CISM
14 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (11.58%) WCAG
2 66 (9.55%) QA
3 56 (8.10%) Data Quality
4 41 (5.93%) GDPR
5 13 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.59%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.30%) NIST
8 7 (1.01%) ISO 9001
9 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.58%) GRC
9 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.58%) PERC
9 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
10 3 (0.43%) PMO
11 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.29%) SLA
12 1 (0.14%) COBIT
12 1 (0.14%) WAI
System Software
1 33 (4.78%) Docker
2 29 (4.20%) Firmware
3 11 (1.59%) 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 23 (3.33%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
2 4 (0.58%) Grafana
3 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.29%) Plesk
3 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 92 (13.31%) Microsoft
2 60 (8.68%) Adobe
3 20 (2.89%) Google
3 20 (2.89%) Salesforce
3 20 (2.89%) SAP
4 13 (1.88%) Cisco
5 11 (1.59%) Avaya
5 11 (1.59%) Genesys
5 11 (1.59%) Siemens
6 9 (1.30%) YouTube
7 8 (1.16%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.16%) Oracle
8 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
9 5 (0.72%) dotdigital
9 5 (0.72%) NEC
10 4 (0.58%) OneTrust
10 4 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.58%) Splunk
10 4 (0.58%) Xero
10 4 (0.58%) Xilinx