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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 117 260
Rank change year-on-year +9 +143 -11
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 369 463 247
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.44% 2.82% 1.14%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.77% 16.55% 7.83%
Number of salaries quoted 212 108 198
10th Percentile £44,972 £39,250 £39,748
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £65,000 £55,831
Median % change year-on-year -13.85% +16.42% -6.95%
75th Percentile £75,313 £70,300 £76,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 2,680 2,798 3,156
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.69% 17.03% 14.61%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,496 2,482
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,250 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.40% +4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -2.50% +3.51% +0.81%

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 14 January 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 27 (7.32%) CMS
2 19 (5.15%) Confluence
3 9 (2.44%) Drupal
4 6 (1.63%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.81%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.54%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.54%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 41 (11.11%) Adobe XD
2 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (2.71%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (2.17%) Sketch
4 6 (1.63%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.81%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.54%) InVision
6 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.27%) CapCut
7 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) Notion
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 5 (1.36%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.54%) Shopify
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 100 (27.10%) Azure
2 70 (18.97%) Figma
3 54 (14.63%) Snowflake
4 34 (9.21%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.86%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (6.50%) SaaS
7 23 (6.23%) Miro
8 20 (5.42%) AWS
9 18 (4.88%) GCP
9 18 (4.88%) GitHub
9 18 (4.88%) Google Analytics
10 15 (4.07%) Dynamics 365
10 15 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (3.79%) Serverless
12 13 (3.52%) dbt
13 10 (2.71%) PowerApps
14 9 (2.44%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (2.17%) Azure Data Factory
15 8 (2.17%) Power Automate
16 6 (1.63%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.36%) Broadband
2 2 (0.54%) Intranet
3 1 (0.27%) Internet
3 1 (0.27%) VoIP
3 1 (0.27%) VPN
3 1 (0.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (15.18%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (5.42%) Power BI
3 10 (2.71%) Tableau
4 8 (2.17%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.90%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.63%) Metadata
6 6 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.63%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.36%) MySQL
8 3 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.27%) Amazon Athena
10 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.27%) EDMS
10 1 (0.27%) Looker
10 1 (0.27%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.59%) Axure RP
2 26 (7.05%) Balsamiq
3 25 (6.78%) Git
4 24 (6.50%) JIRA
5 18 (4.88%) Selenium
6 16 (4.34%) Cypress.io
6 16 (4.34%) Storybook
7 13 (3.52%) webpack
8 10 (2.71%) Visual Studio
9 9 (2.44%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.90%) Babel
11 5 (1.36%) Vite
12 4 (1.08%) JMeter
12 4 (1.08%) Postman
13 3 (0.81%) GitLab
13 3 (0.81%) Jenkins
13 3 (0.81%) REST Assured
13 3 (0.81%) Visual Studio Code
14 2 (0.54%) Grunt
14 2 (0.54%) gulp
General
1 106 (28.73%) Social Skills
2 77 (20.87%) Finance
3 69 (18.70%) Public Sector
4 62 (16.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (13.01%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (13.01%) Law
6 38 (10.30%) Marketing
7 14 (3.79%) Legal
8 11 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.98%) Retail
9 8 (2.17%) Games
9 8 (2.17%) Tech for Good
10 7 (1.90%) Digital Health
10 7 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
10 7 (1.90%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.08%) Police
12 3 (0.81%) Front Office
12 3 (0.81%) Local Government
12 3 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 3 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (17.89%) Developer
2 59 (15.99%) Senior
3 51 (13.82%) Designer
4 38 (10.30%) Lead
5 34 (9.21%) Architect
5 34 (9.21%) Data Architect
6 33 (8.94%) Analyst
7 23 (6.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 22 (5.96%) Business Analyst
9 20 (5.42%) UX Designer
10 19 (5.15%) Service Designer
11 15 (4.07%) Software Engineer
12 14 (3.79%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 14 (3.79%) Senior Developer
13 13 (3.52%) User Researcher
14 12 (3.25%) Software Developer
15 11 (2.98%) Digital Developer
15 11 (2.98%) Full-Stack Developer
15 11 (2.98%) Product Manager
16 10 (2.71%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (16.26%) HTML
2 57 (15.45%) React
3 56 (15.18%) CSS
4 26 (7.05%) .NET
5 20 (5.42%) Node.js
6 19 (5.15%) Next.js
7 14 (3.79%) GraphQL
7 14 (3.79%) HTML5
7 14 (3.79%) RESTful
8 13 (3.52%) CSS3
9 12 (3.25%) Vue
10 11 (2.98%) Playwright
10 11 (2.98%) Sass
11 9 (2.44%) Jest
11 9 (2.44%) Redux
12 8 (2.17%) JSON
12 8 (2.17%) OpenAPI
12 8 (2.17%) Swagger
12 8 (2.17%) YAML
13 7 (1.90%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.55%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.59%) Management Information System
3 24 (6.50%) Onboarding
4 15 (4.07%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.25%) e-Learning
6 10 (2.71%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.71%) Learning Management System
6 10 (2.71%) Life Science
6 10 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (2.71%) Social Media
7 9 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.17%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.90%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.63%) Low-Code
11 5 (1.36%) Educational Technology
12 4 (1.08%) Data Centre
12 4 (1.08%) Graphic Design
12 4 (1.08%) NHS
13 3 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
13 3 (0.81%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.54%) Android
1 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (46.88%) Agile
2 137 (37.13%) User Experience
3 91 (24.66%) Analytics
4 77 (20.87%) Continuous Improvement
5 75 (20.33%) Mentoring
5 75 (20.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 70 (18.97%) Coaching
7 60 (16.26%) AI
7 60 (16.26%) Problem-Solving
8 58 (15.72%) CI/CD
8 58 (15.72%) Community of Practice
9 57 (15.45%) User Research
10 51 (13.82%) UX Design
11 46 (12.47%) Data Management
11 46 (12.47%) DevOps
11 46 (12.47%) E-Commerce
12 44 (11.92%) Data Integration
12 44 (11.92%) Data Modelling
12 44 (11.92%) Front End Development
13 43 (11.65%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.53%) JavaScript
2 50 (13.55%) TypeScript
3 43 (11.65%) SQL
4 26 (7.05%) Python
5 25 (6.78%) C#
6 19 (5.15%) Java
7 12 (3.25%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.36%) PHP
9 2 (0.54%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.54%) XAML
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 88 (23.85%) Degree
2 56 (15.18%) Security Cleared
3 54 (14.63%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.25%) ACCA
6 10 (2.71%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.36%) CIMA
8 3 (0.81%) CIPD
8 3 (0.81%) DV Cleared
8 3 (0.81%) ISTQB
8 3 (0.81%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.27%) MCP
10 1 (0.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (18.43%) WCAG
2 36 (9.76%) QA
3 9 (2.44%) GDPR
4 6 (1.63%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.63%) GAAP
5 5 (1.36%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Section 508
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (3.25%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (5.96%) Terraform
2 2 (0.54%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 106 (28.73%) Microsoft
2 50 (13.55%) Adobe
3 37 (10.03%) Google
4 5 (1.36%) Atlassian
5 4 (1.08%) Oracle
5 4 (1.08%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.81%) Dynatrace
7 2 (0.54%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.54%) Apple
7 2 (0.54%) Databricks
7 2 (0.54%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.54%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.54%) SendGrid
7 2 (0.54%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.27%) dotdigital
8 1 (0.27%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.27%) Instagram
8 1 (0.27%) Spotify
8 1 (0.27%) TikTok