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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 119 262
Rank change year-on-year +41 +143 +15
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 564 361 386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.11% 2.68% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.14% 13.93% 9.19%
Number of salaries quoted 197 144 294
10th Percentile £39,900 £41,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +4.35% -1.31%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,063 £66,294
90th Percentile £78,663 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 3,109 2,592 4,200
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.14% 19.26% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,864 1,584 3,274
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,105 £34,750
25th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,041 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 May 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 55 (9.75%) CMS
2 32 (5.67%) Confluence
3 11 (1.95%) Drupal
4 8 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.71%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.71%) WordPress
6 3 (0.53%) Apache
6 3 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (5.32%) UserZoom
2 24 (4.26%) Adobe XD
3 6 (1.06%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.89%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.89%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.53%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.53%) Sketch
6 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.18%) InDesign
6 1 (0.18%) InVision
6 1 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.18%) Notion
6 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (1.06%) Dynamics GP
2 4 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.71%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 181 (32.09%) Adobe Analytics
2 133 (23.58%) Figma
3 89 (15.78%) Azure
4 55 (9.75%) Contentsquare
5 49 (8.69%) AWS
6 34 (6.03%) GCP
7 33 (5.85%) Snowflake
8 28 (4.96%) SaaS
9 27 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
10 25 (4.43%) Power Platform
11 23 (4.08%) Google Analytics
12 20 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.84%) Azure Key Vault
14 14 (2.48%) dbt
14 14 (2.48%) GitHub
15 11 (1.95%) Serverless
16 10 (1.77%) Asana
16 10 (1.77%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.60%) PowerApps
18 8 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 202 (35.82%) Broadband
2 11 (1.95%) Internet
3 7 (1.24%) LTE
4 5 (0.89%) SNMP
5 2 (0.35%) DHCP
5 2 (0.35%) DNS
5 2 (0.35%) Firewall
5 2 (0.35%) Intranet
5 2 (0.35%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (6.21%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (2.13%) Power BI
3 7 (1.24%) BigQuery
3 7 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.89%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.89%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.71%) Metadata
5 4 (0.71%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.53%) MySQL
6 3 (0.53%) Tableau
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.35%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.18%) Big Data
8 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.18%) Looker
8 1 (0.18%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 22 (3.90%) Axure RP
1 22 (3.90%) Git
2 21 (3.72%) Balsamiq
3 14 (2.48%) JMeter
4 13 (2.30%) JIRA
4 13 (2.30%) Selenium
5 12 (2.13%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.95%) Storybook
7 10 (1.77%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.77%) Visual Studio
8 9 (1.60%) Cucumber
9 8 (1.42%) webpack
10 7 (1.24%) GitLab
10 7 (1.24%) REST Assured
11 6 (1.06%) Postman
11 6 (1.06%) XCUITest
12 5 (0.89%) Babel
12 5 (0.89%) Locust
13 4 (0.71%) WebDriver
14 3 (0.53%) SoapUI
General
1 204 (36.17%) Games
2 109 (19.33%) Social Skills
3 75 (13.30%) Public Sector
4 70 (12.41%) Law
5 68 (12.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 56 (9.93%) Finance
7 45 (7.98%) Legal
8 44 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
9 35 (6.21%) Marketing
10 14 (2.48%) Retail
11 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (1.95%) Advertising
13 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.06%) Organisational Skills
14 6 (1.06%) Publishing
15 5 (0.89%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.71%) German Language
16 4 (0.71%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.71%) Local Government
16 4 (0.71%) Police
Job Titles
1 157 (27.84%) Lead
2 109 (19.33%) Designer
3 74 (13.12%) Senior
4 52 (9.22%) Lead Designer
5 44 (7.80%) Developer
6 40 (7.09%) Digital Designer
7 36 (6.38%) Architect
8 35 (6.21%) UX Designer
9 31 (5.50%) User Researcher
10 25 (4.43%) Data Architect
11 22 (3.90%) Service Designer
12 21 (3.72%) Product Manager
13 20 (3.55%) Software Engineer
14 19 (3.37%) Analyst
15 17 (3.01%) Systems Manager
16 16 (2.84%) Engineering Manager
17 15 (2.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 14 (2.48%) Lead UX Designer
19 13 (2.30%) Digital User Researcher
19 13 (2.30%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.51%) HTML
2 45 (7.98%) CSS
2 45 (7.98%) React
3 23 (4.08%) .NET
4 15 (2.66%) HTML5
5 13 (2.30%) Playwright
6 12 (2.13%) AngularJS
6 12 (2.13%) Node.js
7 11 (1.95%) CSS3
8 10 (1.77%) Vue
9 9 (1.60%) Material Design
9 9 (1.60%) RESTful
10 8 (1.42%) Blazor
10 8 (1.42%) Sass
10 8 (1.42%) WebAssembly
10 8 (1.42%) YAML
11 7 (1.24%) Express.js
11 7 (1.24%) HEVC
11 7 (1.24%) React Native
12 6 (1.06%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 164 (29.08%) Social Media
2 52 (9.22%) Product Ownership
3 47 (8.33%) Onboarding
4 43 (7.62%) Mobile App
5 22 (3.90%) Cloud Native
6 21 (3.72%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.84%) Blog
8 15 (2.66%) Podcast
9 13 (2.30%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.24%) Culture of Ownership
12 5 (0.89%) Data Centre
12 5 (0.89%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.71%) Driving Licence
13 4 (0.71%) Learning Management System
13 4 (0.71%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.53%) Cyberattack
14 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.53%) Educational Technology
14 3 (0.53%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.67%) Android
1 32 (5.67%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.77%) Windows
3 3 (0.53%) Linux
4 2 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 346 (61.35%) Agile
2 269 (47.70%) Analytics
3 267 (47.34%) AI
4 240 (42.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 225 (39.89%) Roadmaps
6 214 (37.94%) Storytelling
7 200 (35.46%) User Research
8 186 (32.98%) Customer Experience
9 184 (32.62%) Product Roadmap
10 176 (31.21%) Digital Customer Experience
11 154 (27.30%) User Experience
12 123 (21.81%) Mentoring
13 120 (21.28%) Workshop Facilitation
14 116 (20.57%) Prototyping
15 110 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
16 86 (15.25%) Decision-Making
17 80 (14.18%) CI/CD
18 71 (12.59%) DesignOps
19 67 (11.88%) Service Design
20 64 (11.35%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 62 (10.99%) JavaScript
2 36 (6.38%) TypeScript
3 28 (4.96%) Java
4 27 (4.79%) Python
5 26 (4.61%) SQL
6 24 (4.26%) C#
7 10 (1.77%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.06%) PHP
9 2 (0.35%) Bash
9 2 (0.35%) Scala
9 2 (0.35%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (14.01%) Degree
2 48 (8.51%) Security Cleared
3 47 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.30%) DBS Check
6 5 (0.89%) ACCA
6 5 (0.89%) CIMA
6 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.35%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
10 1 (0.18%) CCSP
10 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.18%) CISSP
10 1 (0.18%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.18%) MCSE
10 1 (0.18%) OSCP
10 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (21.28%) WCAG
2 33 (5.85%) QA
3 19 (3.37%) GDPR
4 11 (1.95%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.42%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.24%) GRC
7 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.35%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.35%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (4.43%) Docker
2 4 (0.71%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 25 (4.43%) Terraform
2 14 (2.48%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.24%) Grafana
4 5 (0.89%) Ansible
5 1 (0.18%) Kibana
5 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.18%) Plesk
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 215 (38.12%) Adobe
2 108 (19.15%) Microsoft
3 36 (6.38%) Google
4 8 (1.42%) SAP
4 8 (1.42%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.89%) Atlassian
5 5 (0.89%) Avid
5 5 (0.89%) Hotjar
5 5 (0.89%) Oracle
5 5 (0.89%) SolarWinds
5 5 (0.89%) Splunk
6 4 (0.71%) Workday
7 3 (0.53%) HP
7 3 (0.53%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.35%) dotdigital
8 2 (0.35%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.35%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.35%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.18%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.18%) Spotify