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

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 104 264
Rank change year-on-year +23 +160 0
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 548 497 387
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.96% 3.42% 1.19%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.20% 17.06% 9.23%
Number of salaries quoted 200 136 292
10th Percentile £38,745 £40,625 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,561 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,472 £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 3,011 2,913 4,195
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.27% 20.04% 12.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,865 1,590 3,244
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,575
25th Percentile £46,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £81,250 £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 14 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 53 (9.67%) CMS
2 32 (5.84%) Confluence
3 8 (1.46%) Drupal
3 8 (1.46%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.73%) WordPress
5 2 (0.36%) Apache
5 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
6 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (5.47%) UserZoom
2 19 (3.47%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.91%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.91%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.55%) Sketch
6 2 (0.36%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.73%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (33.03%) Adobe Analytics
2 130 (23.72%) Figma
3 75 (13.69%) Azure
4 55 (10.04%) Contentsquare
5 49 (8.94%) AWS
6 34 (6.20%) GCP
7 30 (5.47%) SaaS
8 29 (5.29%) Azure DevOps
9 28 (5.11%) Power Platform
10 19 (3.47%) Google Analytics
11 16 (2.92%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (2.92%) GitHub
12 15 (2.74%) Azure Key Vault
13 13 (2.37%) Snowflake
14 12 (2.19%) dbt
15 10 (1.82%) Asana
15 10 (1.82%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.82%) Serverless
16 9 (1.64%) PowerApps
17 8 (1.46%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 202 (36.86%) Broadband
2 11 (2.01%) Internet
3 7 (1.28%) LTE
4 5 (0.91%) SNMP
5 2 (0.36%) DHCP
5 2 (0.36%) DNS
5 2 (0.36%) Firewall
5 2 (0.36%) Intranet
5 2 (0.36%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
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 16 (2.92%) Power BI
2 15 (2.74%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.09%) BigQuery
5 5 (0.91%) MySQL
6 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (0.55%) GIS
7 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
7 3 (0.55%) Metadata
8 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.36%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.36%) Tableau
9 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.18%) Big Data
9 1 (0.18%) Looker
9 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 25 (4.56%) Git
2 17 (3.10%) Axure RP
3 16 (2.92%) Balsamiq
3 16 (2.92%) Selenium
4 15 (2.74%) JMeter
5 14 (2.55%) Cypress.io
6 13 (2.37%) Jenkins
6 13 (2.37%) JIRA
7 10 (1.82%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.82%) Storybook
7 10 (1.82%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.46%) REST Assured
9 7 (1.28%) webpack
10 6 (1.09%) GitLab
10 6 (1.09%) Postman
10 6 (1.09%) XCUITest
11 5 (0.91%) Locust
12 4 (0.73%) Babel
12 4 (0.73%) JUnit
12 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
General
1 204 (37.23%) Games
2 107 (19.53%) Social Skills
3 77 (14.05%) Public Sector
4 70 (12.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 70 (12.77%) Law
5 61 (11.13%) Finance
6 45 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (8.03%) Legal
8 36 (6.57%) Marketing
9 15 (2.74%) Retail
10 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.01%) Advertising
12 9 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 5 (0.91%) Back Office
14 5 (0.91%) Banking
14 5 (0.91%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.91%) Local Government
14 5 (0.91%) Publishing
14 5 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 155 (28.28%) Lead
2 106 (19.34%) Designer
3 81 (14.78%) Senior
4 52 (9.49%) Lead Designer
5 44 (8.03%) Developer
6 40 (7.30%) Digital Designer
7 34 (6.20%) UX Designer
8 31 (5.66%) User Researcher
9 22 (4.01%) Software Engineer
10 20 (3.65%) Analyst
11 19 (3.47%) Service Designer
12 18 (3.28%) Product Manager
12 18 (3.28%) Test Engineer
13 17 (3.10%) Architect
13 17 (3.10%) Systems Manager
14 16 (2.92%) Engineering Manager
14 16 (2.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 14 (2.55%) Lead UX Designer
16 13 (2.37%) Product Designer
16 13 (2.37%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.76%) HTML
2 45 (8.21%) React
3 44 (8.03%) CSS
4 22 (4.01%) .NET
5 18 (3.28%) Playwright
6 17 (3.10%) AngularJS
7 16 (2.92%) HTML5
8 14 (2.55%) Vue
9 13 (2.37%) Node.js
10 12 (2.19%) CSS3
11 11 (2.01%) RESTful
12 9 (1.64%) Material Design
12 9 (1.64%) YAML
13 8 (1.46%) Blazor
13 8 (1.46%) Sass
13 8 (1.46%) WebAssembly
13 8 (1.46%) XML
14 7 (1.28%) Express.js
14 7 (1.28%) HEVC
14 7 (1.28%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 163 (29.74%) Social Media
2 49 (8.94%) Product Ownership
3 48 (8.76%) Onboarding
4 42 (7.66%) Mobile App
5 24 (4.38%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.47%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.92%) Blog
8 15 (2.74%) Podcast
9 13 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.28%) Culture of Ownership
12 6 (1.09%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.09%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.91%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.73%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.55%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.55%) Graphic Design
15 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
15 3 (0.55%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.20%) Android
1 34 (6.20%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.82%) Windows
3 5 (0.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (64.23%) Agile
2 271 (49.45%) AI
3 245 (44.71%) Analytics
4 234 (42.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 225 (41.06%) Roadmaps
6 215 (39.23%) Storytelling
7 195 (35.58%) User Research
8 187 (34.12%) Customer Experience
9 186 (33.94%) Product Roadmap
10 176 (32.12%) Digital Customer Experience
11 148 (27.01%) User Experience
12 127 (23.18%) Mentoring
13 119 (21.72%) Workshop Facilitation
14 112 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
14 112 (20.44%) Prototyping
15 87 (15.88%) CI/CD
16 86 (15.69%) Decision-Making
17 71 (12.96%) DesignOps
18 66 (12.04%) Coaching
19 62 (11.31%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.68%) JavaScript
2 35 (6.39%) TypeScript
3 34 (6.20%) Java
4 25 (4.56%) C#
4 25 (4.56%) Python
5 23 (4.20%) SQL
6 9 (1.64%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.28%) PHP
8 2 (0.36%) Bash
8 2 (0.36%) Ruby
8 2 (0.36%) Scala
8 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 80 (14.60%) Degree
2 46 (8.39%) Security Cleared
3 45 (8.21%) SC Cleared
4 16 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.37%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.09%) ACCA
6 6 (1.09%) CIMA
7 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.36%) CCSP
10 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.36%) CISSP
10 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.18%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (21.17%) WCAG
2 39 (7.12%) QA
3 20 (3.65%) GDPR
4 14 (2.55%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.28%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 24 (4.38%) Docker
2 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 23 (4.20%) Terraform
2 15 (2.74%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.28%) Grafana
4 5 (0.91%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Plesk
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (38.50%) Adobe
2 84 (15.33%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.29%) Google
4 8 (1.46%) SAP
4 8 (1.46%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.91%) Atlassian
5 5 (0.91%) Avid
5 5 (0.91%) SolarWinds
5 5 (0.91%) Splunk
6 4 (0.73%) Hotjar
6 4 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.73%) Workday
7 3 (0.55%) dotdigital
7 3 (0.55%) HP
7 3 (0.55%) Oracle
8 2 (0.36%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.36%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.36%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.18%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud