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

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 119 258
Rank change year-on-year +14 +139 -13
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 377 461 251
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.46% 2.81% 1.15%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 13.89% 16.51% 7.91%
Number of salaries quoted 217 109 202
10th Percentile £44,055 £39,500 £39,748
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £56,662
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +14.72% -5.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,200 £76,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £89,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £59,014 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.30% - -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 2,714 2,792 3,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.74% 17.01% 14.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1,639 1,490 2,494
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,700 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +2.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,500 £60,000 £57,524
% change year-on-year -2.50% +4.31% +0.04%

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 16 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 (7.16%) CMS
2 19 (5.04%) Confluence
3 9 (2.39%) Drupal
4 6 (1.59%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.80%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.53%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.53%) WordPress
7 1 (0.27%) Apache
7 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 40 (10.61%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.86%) Sketch
5 6 (1.59%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.53%) InVision
7 2 (0.53%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.53%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.27%) CapCut
8 1 (0.27%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.27%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.27%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.53%) 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 (26.53%) Azure
2 70 (18.57%) Figma
3 54 (14.32%) Snowflake
4 35 (9.28%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (6.37%) SaaS
7 23 (6.10%) Miro
8 22 (5.84%) AWS
9 19 (5.04%) GitHub
10 18 (4.77%) GCP
10 18 (4.77%) Google Analytics
11 16 (4.24%) Microsoft 365
12 15 (3.98%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (3.71%) Serverless
14 13 (3.45%) dbt
15 11 (2.92%) PowerApps
16 9 (2.39%) Azure Key Vault
17 8 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
17 8 (2.12%) Power Automate
18 7 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.86%) Broadband
2 2 (0.53%) 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 (14.85%) Data Warehouse
2 20 (5.31%) Power BI
3 10 (2.65%) Tableau
4 8 (2.12%) NoSQL
5 7 (1.86%) BigQuery
6 6 (1.59%) Metadata
6 6 (1.59%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.59%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.33%) MySQL
8 3 (0.80%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (0.80%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.53%) 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%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 28 (7.43%) Axure RP
2 26 (6.90%) Balsamiq
2 26 (6.90%) Git
3 24 (6.37%) JIRA
4 21 (5.57%) Selenium
5 16 (4.24%) Cypress.io
5 16 (4.24%) Storybook
6 13 (3.45%) webpack
7 12 (3.18%) Visual Studio
8 10 (2.65%) WebDriver
9 7 (1.86%) Babel
9 7 (1.86%) JMeter
9 7 (1.86%) Postman
10 5 (1.33%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.33%) Vite
11 4 (1.06%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.80%) GitLab
12 3 (0.80%) Visual Studio Code
13 2 (0.53%) Grunt
13 2 (0.53%) gulp
General
1 105 (27.85%) Social Skills
2 77 (20.42%) Finance
3 70 (18.57%) Public Sector
4 62 (16.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 48 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
5 48 (12.73%) Law
6 39 (10.34%) Marketing
7 14 (3.71%) Legal
8 11 (2.92%) Organisational Skills
8 11 (2.92%) Retail
9 10 (2.65%) Games
10 8 (2.12%) Tech for Good
11 7 (1.86%) Digital Health
11 7 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.86%) Multimedia
12 4 (1.06%) Police
13 3 (0.80%) Advertising
13 3 (0.80%) Local Government
13 3 (0.80%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 66 (17.51%) Developer
2 62 (16.45%) Senior
3 52 (13.79%) Designer
4 42 (11.14%) Lead
5 34 (9.02%) Architect
5 34 (9.02%) Data Architect
6 33 (8.75%) Analyst
7 23 (6.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 22 (5.84%) Business Analyst
9 20 (5.31%) Service Designer
9 20 (5.31%) UX Designer
10 15 (3.98%) Software Engineer
11 14 (3.71%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 14 (3.71%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.71%) User Researcher
12 12 (3.18%) Software Developer
13 11 (2.92%) Digital Developer
13 11 (2.92%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.92%) Product Manager
14 10 (2.65%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (15.92%) HTML
2 57 (15.12%) React
3 56 (14.85%) CSS
4 27 (7.16%) .NET
5 20 (5.31%) Node.js
6 19 (5.04%) Next.js
7 14 (3.71%) GraphQL
7 14 (3.71%) HTML5
7 14 (3.71%) RESTful
8 13 (3.45%) CSS3
8 13 (3.45%) Playwright
9 12 (3.18%) Vue
10 11 (2.92%) Sass
11 9 (2.39%) Jest
11 9 (2.39%) Redux
12 8 (2.12%) JSON
12 8 (2.12%) OpenAPI
12 8 (2.12%) Swagger
12 8 (2.12%) YAML
13 7 (1.86%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 54 (14.32%) Product Ownership
2 28 (7.43%) Management Information System
3 23 (6.10%) Onboarding
4 14 (3.71%) Mobile App
5 12 (3.18%) e-Learning
5 12 (3.18%) Social Media
6 10 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
6 10 (2.65%) Learning Management System
6 10 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
7 9 (2.39%) Cloud Native
7 9 (2.39%) Life Science
8 8 (2.12%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.12%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 6 (1.59%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.33%) Educational Technology
11 4 (1.06%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.06%) Graphic Design
11 4 (1.06%) NHS
12 3 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
12 3 (0.80%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.53%) Unix
2 1 (0.27%) Android
2 1 (0.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (47.48%) Agile
2 141 (37.40%) User Experience
3 93 (24.67%) Analytics
4 82 (21.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 77 (20.42%) Mentoring
5 77 (20.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 70 (18.57%) Coaching
7 63 (16.71%) AI
8 60 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
9 59 (15.65%) CI/CD
10 58 (15.38%) Community of Practice
10 58 (15.38%) User Research
11 51 (13.53%) UX Design
12 47 (12.47%) DevOps
13 46 (12.20%) Data Management
13 46 (12.20%) E-Commerce
14 45 (11.94%) Data Integration
14 45 (11.94%) Front End Development
15 44 (11.67%) Data Modelling
15 44 (11.67%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 61 (16.18%) JavaScript
2 52 (13.79%) TypeScript
3 45 (11.94%) SQL
4 27 (7.16%) C#
5 26 (6.90%) Python
6 21 (5.57%) Java
7 12 (3.18%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.33%) PHP
9 2 (0.53%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.53%) XAML
10 1 (0.27%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.27%) R
Qualifications
1 88 (23.34%) Degree
2 58 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 56 (14.85%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.77%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (2.92%) ACCA
6 10 (2.65%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.33%) CIMA
8 4 (1.06%) ISTQB
8 4 (1.06%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.80%) CIPD
9 3 (0.80%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.53%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 2 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Developer
11 1 (0.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.27%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.27%) MCP
11 1 (0.27%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (18.30%) WCAG
2 39 (10.34%) QA
3 10 (2.65%) GDPR
4 6 (1.59%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.33%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.33%) GAAP
6 1 (0.27%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.27%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.27%) Section 508
6 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (3.71%) Docker
2 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (5.84%) Terraform
2 2 (0.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.27%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 109 (28.91%) Microsoft
2 51 (13.53%) Adobe
3 37 (9.81%) Google
4 6 (1.59%) Oracle
5 5 (1.33%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.06%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.80%) Dynatrace
8 2 (0.53%) Ahrefs
8 2 (0.53%) Apple
8 2 (0.53%) Databricks
8 2 (0.53%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.53%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.53%) Screaming Frog
8 2 (0.53%) SendGrid
8 2 (0.53%) TOWER Software
9 1 (0.27%) Freshdesk
9 1 (0.27%) Hootsuite
9 1 (0.27%) Instagram
9 1 (0.27%) Spotify
9 1 (0.27%) TikTok