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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 112 161
Rank change year-on-year +18 +49 +117
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 707 506 429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.81% 3.06% 2.06%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.61% 16.92% 13.87%
Number of salaries quoted 287 191 125
10th Percentile £34,400 £43,750 £41,594
25th Percentile £38,984 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +2.63% +6.30%
75th Percentile £65,640 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,550 £87,500 £77,000
UK median annual salary £53,171 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.53% +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 4,015 2,990 3,094
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.97% 18.09% 14.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,486 1,631 1,716
10th Percentile £33,750 £33,750 £35,375
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% - +3.74%
75th Percentile £76,238 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,965
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.80% -3.39%

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 15 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 (4.95%) SharePoint
2 24 (3.39%) CMS
3 19 (2.69%) Confluence
3 19 (2.69%) WordPress
4 11 (1.56%) Moodle
5 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (2.55%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (2.40%) Simulink
3 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (1.70%) Chatbot
4 12 (1.70%) Notion
5 11 (1.56%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.99%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.85%) Revit
8 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.57%) Autodesk Smoke
9 4 (0.57%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.42%) Blender
10 3 (0.42%) Elementor
10 3 (0.42%) Maya
10 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) Primavera
2 8 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.57%) Adobe Campaign
4 4 (0.57%) Shopify
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 88 (12.45%) Azure
2 79 (11.17%) AWS
3 69 (9.76%) Power Platform
4 51 (7.21%) Figma
5 47 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
6 29 (4.10%) Adobe Analytics
7 28 (3.96%) SaaS
8 27 (3.82%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.39%) Contentsquare
10 22 (3.11%) Power Automate
11 21 (2.97%) Microsoft Copilot
12 18 (2.55%) GCP
13 15 (2.12%) GitHub
14 14 (1.98%) Copilot Studio
14 14 (1.98%) Google Analytics
14 14 (1.98%) OneDrive
15 13 (1.84%) Azure DevOps
16 11 (1.56%) Serverless
17 9 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
17 9 (1.27%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 33 (4.67%) 5G
2 31 (4.38%) Broadband
3 12 (1.70%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (1.56%) CTI
4 11 (1.56%) VoIP
5 10 (1.41%) Firewall
5 10 (1.41%) Internet
6 9 (1.27%) Ethernet
6 9 (1.27%) Intranet
7 5 (0.71%) HTTP
7 5 (0.71%) SMS
8 4 (0.57%) 3GPP
9 3 (0.42%) DHCP
9 3 (0.42%) DNS
9 3 (0.42%) Network Security
9 3 (0.42%) Radio Access Network
9 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) TETRA
9 3 (0.42%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (6.93%) Power BI
2 20 (2.83%) Metadata
3 17 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (1.70%) Big Data
5 11 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 11 (1.56%) MySQL
6 10 (1.41%) GIS
6 10 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 9 (1.27%) Amazon Redshift
7 9 (1.27%) Power Query
8 8 (1.13%) Data Lake
8 8 (1.13%) NoSQL
9 7 (0.99%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
9 7 (0.99%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.99%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
10 6 (0.85%) Parquet
11 5 (0.71%) Tableau
12 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 44 (6.22%) Git
2 27 (3.82%) JIRA
3 20 (2.83%) JUnit
4 18 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
5 12 (1.70%) GitLab
6 11 (1.56%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.41%) Selenium
8 9 (1.27%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.27%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.85%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.85%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.85%) Gatling
9 6 (0.85%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.85%) Postman
9 6 (0.85%) Storybook
10 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.42%) CMake
12 2 (0.28%) Appium
12 2 (0.28%) WebDriver
General
1 244 (34.51%) Finance
2 223 (31.54%) Social Skills
3 217 (30.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 161 (22.77%) Public Sector
5 122 (17.26%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (15.84%) Aerospace
7 69 (9.76%) Law
8 49 (6.93%) Organisational Skills
9 44 (6.22%) Marketing
10 39 (5.52%) Games
11 37 (5.23%) Influencing Skills
12 36 (5.09%) Retail
13 32 (4.53%) Legal
14 29 (4.10%) Electronics
14 29 (4.10%) Telecoms
15 27 (3.82%) Banking
16 26 (3.68%) Military
17 22 (3.11%) Publishing
18 20 (2.83%) Multimedia
19 17 (2.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 127 (17.96%) Senior
2 91 (12.87%) Lead
3 88 (12.45%) Developer
4 50 (7.07%) Designer
5 43 (6.08%) Software Engineer
6 37 (5.23%) Architect
7 33 (4.67%) Systems Engineer
8 31 (4.38%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.39%) Analyst
9 24 (3.39%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 24 (3.39%) Junior
9 24 (3.39%) Principal Engineer
10 19 (2.69%) UX Designer
11 18 (2.55%) Senior Software Engineer
12 17 (2.40%) Data Engineer
12 17 (2.40%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 17 (2.40%) Test Engineer
13 16 (2.26%) Consultant
14 14 (1.98%) Microsoft 365 Developer
15 13 (1.84%) Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 88 (12.45%) HTML
2 74 (10.47%) CSS
3 49 (6.93%) React
4 25 (3.54%) Playwright
5 24 (3.39%) Next.js
5 24 (3.39%) REST
6 23 (3.25%) Node.js
7 14 (1.98%) XML
8 13 (1.84%) Dagger
8 13 (1.84%) RxJava
8 13 (1.84%) Vue
9 12 (1.70%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.70%) CSS3
9 12 (1.70%) HTML5
9 12 (1.70%) RESTful
10 11 (1.56%) Jest
10 11 (1.56%) Terraform
11 9 (1.27%) JSON
12 8 (1.13%) Retrofit
12 8 (1.13%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.93%) e-Learning
2 47 (6.65%) Management Information System
3 42 (5.94%) Self-Motivation
4 31 (4.38%) Social Media
5 28 (3.96%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.68%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 22 (3.11%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.55%) FPGA
9 17 (2.40%) Blog
9 17 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.84%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.70%) IVR
13 11 (1.56%) AI Agents
13 11 (1.56%) IoT
13 11 (1.56%) Learning Management System
13 11 (1.56%) Operational Technology
14 9 (1.27%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 19 (2.69%) Apple iOS
2 17 (2.40%) Android
3 12 (1.70%) Linux
4 9 (1.27%) Windows
5 4 (0.57%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.42%) Unix
6 3 (0.42%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.28%) macOS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (40.88%) Agile
2 200 (28.29%) Mentoring
3 177 (25.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 175 (24.75%) AI
5 170 (24.05%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (23.06%) Analytics
7 144 (20.37%) User Experience
8 137 (19.38%) Coaching
9 125 (17.68%) Decision-Making
10 116 (16.41%) CI/CD
11 89 (12.59%) Roadmaps
12 85 (12.02%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 84 (11.88%) Line Management
14 83 (11.74%) Test Automation
15 80 (11.32%) Software Engineering
16 71 (10.04%) User Research
17 70 (9.90%) Customer Experience
17 70 (9.90%) DevOps
18 68 (9.62%) Storytelling
19 65 (9.19%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 111 (15.70%) JavaScript
2 57 (8.06%) SQL
2 57 (8.06%) TypeScript
3 55 (7.78%) Python
4 44 (6.22%) Java
5 22 (3.11%) MATLAB
6 20 (2.83%) PHP
7 14 (1.98%) C++
8 13 (1.84%) C#
9 11 (1.56%) R
10 10 (1.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 8 (1.13%) Ada
12 6 (0.85%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.71%) C
13 5 (0.71%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
14 4 (0.57%) Rust
14 4 (0.57%) Scala
14 4 (0.57%) VBA
15 3 (0.42%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 166 (23.48%) Security Cleared
2 158 (22.35%) SC Cleared
3 130 (18.39%) Degree
4 113 (15.98%) DV Cleared
5 109 (15.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 52 (7.36%) DBS Check
7 16 (2.26%) Chartered Engineer
8 15 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.84%) PhD
10 11 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
12 8 (1.13%) ACCA
12 8 (1.13%) CIMA
13 7 (0.99%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.99%) CISSP
14 6 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
15 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 4 (0.57%) CCSP
16 3 (0.42%) CISM
16 3 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (10.61%) WCAG
2 69 (9.76%) QA
3 59 (8.35%) Data Quality
4 42 (5.94%) GDPR
5 13 (1.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.56%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.27%) NIST
8 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.85%) 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 (0.42%) MIL-STD-1553
11 3 (0.42%) PMO
12 2 (0.28%) SLA
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) WAI
System Software
1 38 (5.37%) Docker
2 29 (4.10%) Firmware
3 12 (1.70%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 25 (3.54%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
2 4 (0.57%) Grafana
3 3 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.28%) Plesk
Vendors
1 96 (13.58%) Microsoft
2 55 (7.78%) Adobe
3 23 (3.25%) Salesforce
4 20 (2.83%) Google
4 20 (2.83%) SAP
5 13 (1.84%) Cisco
6 11 (1.56%) Avaya
6 11 (1.56%) Genesys
6 11 (1.56%) Siemens
7 9 (1.27%) YouTube
8 8 (1.13%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.13%) Oracle
9 7 (0.99%) NEC
10 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.71%) dotdigital
12 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.57%) Splunk
12 4 (0.57%) Xero
12 4 (0.57%) Xilinx