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

6 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 113 183
Rank change year-on-year +18 +70 +98
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 687 510 397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.75% 3.03% 1.77%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.04% 16.95% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 278 181 134
10th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,984 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,480 £80,000 £66,650
90th Percentile £81,475 £87,500 £76,175
UK median annual salary £52,060 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.35% +4.76% -4.55%

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 4,031 3,008 3,161
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.15% 17.88% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,516 1,637 1,788
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,085 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.06% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -1.74% - -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 1 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 35 (5.09%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.95%) CMS
3 23 (3.35%) Confluence
4 19 (2.77%) WordPress
5 10 (1.46%) Moodle
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 18 (2.62%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.47%) Simulink
3 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.75%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.60%) Adobe XD
7 10 (1.46%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.73%) Revit
10 4 (0.58%) Autodesk Smoke
10 4 (0.58%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.58%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.58%) Notion
11 3 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.44%) Blender
11 3 (0.44%) Maya
11 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Primavera
2 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 92 (13.39%) Azure
2 81 (11.79%) AWS
3 64 (9.32%) Power Platform
4 63 (9.17%) Figma
5 41 (5.97%) Adobe Analytics
6 38 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (4.22%) Contentsquare
8 26 (3.78%) PowerApps
8 26 (3.78%) SaaS
9 24 (3.49%) GCP
10 21 (3.06%) Power Automate
11 15 (2.18%) Microsoft Copilot
12 14 (2.04%) Google Analytics
13 13 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
13 13 (1.89%) GitHub
14 11 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
14 11 (1.60%) OneDrive
14 11 (1.60%) Serverless
15 9 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
16 8 (1.16%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.26%) Broadband
2 25 (3.64%) 5G
3 11 (1.60%) CTI
3 11 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.60%) VoIP
4 10 (1.46%) Firewall
5 9 (1.31%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.31%) Internet
5 9 (1.31%) Intranet
6 5 (0.73%) DHCP
6 5 (0.73%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
6 5 (0.73%) SMS
7 4 (0.58%) 3GPP
7 4 (0.58%) SNMP
8 3 (0.44%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.44%) TETRA
8 3 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.70%) Power BI
2 18 (2.62%) Metadata
3 15 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.16%) GIS
6 8 (1.16%) MySQL
7 7 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
7 7 (1.02%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.02%) Power Query
7 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.87%) Big Data
8 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.87%) Parquet
9 5 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 39 (5.68%) Git
2 30 (4.37%) JIRA
3 18 (2.62%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (2.47%) JUnit
5 12 (1.75%) GitLab
6 11 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.60%) Selenium
7 9 (1.31%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.31%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.87%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.87%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.87%) Gatling
8 6 (0.87%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.87%) Postman
8 6 (0.87%) Storybook
9 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.44%) CMake
11 2 (0.29%) Appium
11 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 222 (32.31%) Finance
2 220 (32.02%) Social Skills
3 197 (28.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 154 (22.42%) Public Sector
5 112 (16.30%) Aerospace
6 108 (15.72%) Analytical Skills
7 79 (11.50%) Law
8 51 (7.42%) Games
9 48 (6.99%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (6.26%) Marketing
11 37 (5.39%) Legal
12 32 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (4.66%) Retail
13 28 (4.08%) Electronics
13 28 (4.08%) Military
14 24 (3.49%) Banking
14 24 (3.49%) Telecoms
15 23 (3.35%) Publishing
16 21 (3.06%) Multimedia
17 14 (2.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (18.34%) Senior
2 99 (14.41%) Lead
3 79 (11.50%) Developer
4 51 (7.42%) Designer
5 42 (6.11%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.09%) Architect
7 32 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.08%) Senior Developer
9 22 (3.20%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (3.06%) Analyst
10 21 (3.06%) UX Designer
11 20 (2.91%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 18 (2.62%) Junior
13 17 (2.47%) Senior Software Engineer
14 16 (2.33%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 16 (2.33%) Test Engineer
15 14 (2.04%) Consultant
16 13 (1.89%) Product Manager
16 13 (1.89%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (12.37%) HTML
2 75 (10.92%) CSS
3 46 (6.70%) React
4 25 (3.64%) Playwright
5 22 (3.20%) Node.js
6 21 (3.06%) Next.js
6 21 (3.06%) REST
7 14 (2.04%) HTML5
7 14 (2.04%) Vue
8 12 (1.75%) AngularJS
8 12 (1.75%) CSS3
8 12 (1.75%) RESTful
9 11 (1.60%) XML
10 10 (1.46%) Dagger
10 10 (1.46%) RxJava
11 9 (1.31%) JSON
12 8 (1.16%) Jest
12 8 (1.16%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.16%) Terraform
13 7 (1.02%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.99%) e-Learning
1 48 (6.99%) Management Information System
2 44 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
3 39 (5.68%) Social Media
4 30 (4.37%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.08%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.20%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.20%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.77%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 18 (2.62%) Blog
8 18 (2.62%) FPGA
9 14 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
10 13 (1.89%) Algorithms
11 12 (1.75%) IVR
12 11 (1.60%) Learning Management System
12 11 (1.60%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.16%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.16%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.04%) Android
2 13 (1.89%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.89%) Linux
3 11 (1.60%) Windows
4 3 (0.44%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (41.34%) Agile
2 198 (28.82%) Mentoring
3 173 (25.18%) AI
4 170 (24.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 164 (23.87%) Analytics
6 157 (22.85%) Problem-Solving
7 144 (20.96%) User Experience
8 130 (18.92%) Coaching
9 126 (18.34%) Decision-Making
10 107 (15.57%) CI/CD
11 100 (14.56%) Roadmaps
12 93 (13.54%) Storytelling
13 92 (13.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 90 (13.10%) Line Management
15 79 (11.50%) Test Automation
16 78 (11.35%) Software Engineering
17 76 (11.06%) Customer Experience
17 76 (11.06%) User Research
18 65 (9.46%) UX Design
19 62 (9.02%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 104 (15.14%) JavaScript
2 49 (7.13%) SQL
2 49 (7.13%) TypeScript
3 48 (6.99%) Python
4 40 (5.82%) Java
5 22 (3.20%) MATLAB
6 17 (2.47%) C#
6 17 (2.47%) PHP
7 13 (1.89%) C++
8 8 (1.16%) Ada
9 5 (0.73%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
9 5 (0.73%) R
9 5 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
10 4 (0.58%) C
10 4 (0.58%) Scala
10 4 (0.58%) VBA
11 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.44%) Ruby
11 3 (0.44%) Rust
Qualifications
1 162 (23.58%) Security Cleared
2 155 (22.56%) SC Cleared
3 129 (18.78%) Degree
4 113 (16.45%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.72%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (5.82%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.18%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.89%) PhD
9 10 (1.46%) ACCA
9 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.46%) CIMA
9 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.02%) CISSP
11 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.58%) CCSP
14 3 (0.44%) CISM
14 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (11.64%) WCAG
2 61 (8.88%) QA
3 51 (7.42%) Data Quality
4 43 (6.26%) GDPR
5 11 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (1.60%) SOC 2
6 9 (1.31%) NIST
7 7 (1.02%) ISO 9001
8 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.58%) PERC
9 4 (0.58%) SLA
10 3 (0.44%) GRC
10 3 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.29%) PMO
12 1 (0.15%) COBIT
12 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.15%) NCSC
System Software
1 32 (4.66%) Docker
2 28 (4.08%) Firmware
3 11 (1.60%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (3.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.44%) Grafana
3 3 (0.44%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 90 (13.10%) Microsoft
2 70 (10.19%) Adobe
3 20 (2.91%) Google
4 19 (2.77%) SAP
5 15 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.89%) Cisco
7 11 (1.60%) Avaya
7 11 (1.60%) Genesys
7 11 (1.60%) Siemens
8 8 (1.16%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.02%) Oracle
9 7 (1.02%) Splunk
9 7 (1.02%) YouTube
10 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.87%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.73%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.73%) NEC
12 4 (0.58%) Avid
12 4 (0.58%) Xero
12 4 (0.58%) Xilinx