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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 113 199
Rank change year-on-year +24 +86 +62
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 706 505 379
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.95% 3.11% 1.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.70% 16.87% 11.95%
Number of salaries quoted 270 181 169
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,829
25th Percentile £38,500 £50,000 £45,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,482 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,986 £87,500 £72,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% -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 3,988 2,994 3,172
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.68% 18.45% 13.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,522 1,672 1,960
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +3.60% -7.50%

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 12 September 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 38 (5.38%) CMS
2 29 (4.11%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.82%) Confluence
4 20 (2.83%) WordPress
5 8 (1.13%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (4.67%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.41%) Simulink
3 16 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.98%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.70%) Adobe XD
5 12 (1.70%) Chatbot
6 10 (1.42%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.71%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.57%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.57%) Revit
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.42%) Autodesk Smoke
10 3 (0.42%) Blender
10 3 (0.42%) Maya
10 3 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.42%) Primavera
2 7 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.28%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 90 (12.75%) Adobe Analytics
2 88 (12.46%) AWS
2 88 (12.46%) Azure
3 75 (10.62%) Figma
4 54 (7.65%) Power Platform
5 49 (6.94%) Contentsquare
6 30 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
7 29 (4.11%) GCP
8 26 (3.68%) SaaS
9 22 (3.12%) PowerApps
10 17 (2.41%) Google Analytics
10 17 (2.41%) Power Automate
11 16 (2.27%) Azure DevOps
12 11 (1.56%) GitHub
12 11 (1.56%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (1.42%) Serverless
14 9 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
14 9 (1.27%) Entra ID
15 7 (0.99%) Copilot Studio
15 7 (0.99%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 91 (12.89%) Broadband
2 22 (3.12%) 5G
3 11 (1.56%) CTI
3 11 (1.56%) VoIP
4 9 (1.27%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.27%) Firewall
4 9 (1.27%) Intrusion Detection
5 8 (1.13%) Internet
6 6 (0.85%) Intranet
7 5 (0.71%) DHCP
7 5 (0.71%) DNS
7 5 (0.71%) SNMP
8 4 (0.57%) 3GPP
8 4 (0.57%) HTTP
8 4 (0.57%) SMS
9 3 (0.42%) LTE
9 3 (0.42%) Network Security
9 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
9 3 (0.42%) Unified Communications
9 3 (0.42%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (5.67%) Power BI
2 14 (1.98%) Metadata
2 14 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.42%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.13%) Amazon Redshift
4 8 (1.13%) GIS
4 8 (1.13%) MySQL
5 7 (0.99%) Data Lake
5 7 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.99%) Metadata Repository
5 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.71%) Big Data
7 5 (0.71%) Parquet
7 5 (0.71%) Power Query
7 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.57%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 40 (5.67%) Git
2 29 (4.11%) JIRA
3 18 (2.55%) Rational DOORS
4 14 (1.98%) Selenium
5 13 (1.84%) Cypress.io
6 12 (1.70%) GitLab
6 12 (1.70%) JUnit
7 10 (1.42%) Cucumber
8 9 (1.27%) Jenkins
9 7 (0.99%) Axure RP
9 7 (0.99%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.99%) Gatling
9 7 (0.99%) Postman
10 6 (0.85%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.85%) Storybook
11 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.57%) JMeter
13 3 (0.42%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.42%) CMake
14 2 (0.28%) MSTest
General
1 207 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 200 (28.33%) Finance
3 190 (26.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (20.82%) Public Sector
5 113 (16.01%) Aerospace
6 100 (14.16%) Games
7 98 (13.88%) Analytical Skills
8 79 (11.19%) Law
9 44 (6.23%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (5.95%) Marketing
11 41 (5.81%) Legal
12 30 (4.25%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (3.97%) Electronics
13 28 (3.97%) Military
14 23 (3.26%) Telecoms
15 21 (2.97%) Multimedia
15 21 (2.97%) Publishing
16 20 (2.83%) Retail
17 18 (2.55%) Banking
18 14 (1.98%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 124 (17.56%) Senior
2 122 (17.28%) Lead
3 76 (10.76%) Developer
4 58 (8.22%) Designer
5 48 (6.80%) Software Engineer
6 31 (4.39%) Systems Engineer
7 29 (4.11%) Architect
8 28 (3.97%) Senior Developer
9 24 (3.40%) UX Designer
10 22 (3.12%) Principal Engineer
11 20 (2.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.69%) Analyst
13 18 (2.55%) Product Manager
14 17 (2.41%) Lead Designer
14 17 (2.41%) User Researcher
15 16 (2.27%) Junior
15 16 (2.27%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 16 (2.27%) Senior Software Engineer
16 15 (2.12%) Digital Designer
16 15 (2.12%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (10.91%) HTML
2 74 (10.48%) CSS
3 48 (6.80%) React
4 27 (3.82%) Playwright
5 21 (2.97%) Node.js
6 20 (2.83%) Next.js
7 19 (2.69%) REST
8 14 (1.98%) HTML5
9 13 (1.84%) Vue
10 12 (1.70%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.70%) CSS3
10 12 (1.70%) RESTful
11 8 (1.13%) .NET
11 8 (1.13%) Jest
11 8 (1.13%) JSON
11 8 (1.13%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (1.13%) Terraform
12 6 (0.85%) jQuery
12 6 (0.85%) Sass
12 6 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 82 (11.61%) Social Media
2 46 (6.52%) e-Learning
3 43 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (5.95%) Management Information System
5 30 (4.25%) Cloud Native
5 30 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.82%) Onboarding
7 21 (2.97%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.55%) Blog
8 18 (2.55%) FPGA
9 15 (2.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.84%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.84%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.70%) IVR
12 11 (1.56%) Learning Management System
13 10 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.42%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.13%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.13%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.13%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.84%) Linux
2 12 (1.70%) Windows
3 8 (1.13%) Android
3 8 (1.13%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.42%) Unix
4 3 (0.42%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (46.46%) Agile
2 219 (31.02%) AI
3 203 (28.75%) Analytics
4 182 (25.78%) Mentoring
5 164 (23.23%) Continuous Improvement
6 154 (21.81%) User Experience
7 153 (21.67%) Problem-Solving
8 147 (20.82%) Roadmaps
9 144 (20.40%) Storytelling
10 140 (19.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 127 (17.99%) Decision-Making
12 119 (16.86%) Customer Experience
13 117 (16.57%) User Research
14 116 (16.43%) Coaching
15 106 (15.01%) Product Roadmap
16 102 (14.45%) CI/CD
17 90 (12.75%) Digital Customer Experience
18 87 (12.32%) Line Management
18 87 (12.32%) Software Engineering
19 76 (10.76%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (14.59%) JavaScript
2 46 (6.52%) Python
2 46 (6.52%) TypeScript
3 43 (6.09%) SQL
4 42 (5.95%) Java
5 22 (3.12%) MATLAB
6 18 (2.55%) C#
7 16 (2.27%) PHP
8 13 (1.84%) C++
9 8 (1.13%) Ada
10 5 (0.71%) R
10 5 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.57%) C
11 4 (0.57%) Scala
11 4 (0.57%) VBA
12 3 (0.42%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.42%) Kotlin
12 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.42%) Ruby
12 3 (0.42%) Rust
Qualifications
1 159 (22.52%) Security Cleared
2 152 (21.53%) SC Cleared
3 131 (18.56%) Degree
4 114 (16.15%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.30%) BPSS Clearance
6 36 (5.10%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.12%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.84%) PhD
9 10 (1.42%) ACCA
9 10 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.42%) CIMA
9 10 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.99%) CISSP
11 6 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.57%) CCSP
13 3 (0.42%) CISM
14 2 (0.28%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (13.46%) WCAG
2 57 (8.07%) QA
3 45 (6.37%) Data Quality
4 34 (4.82%) GDPR
5 11 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.13%) NIST
7 7 (0.99%) GRC
7 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
7 7 (0.99%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.57%) PERC
8 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.42%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.42%) SLA
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (4.82%) Docker
2 28 (3.97%) Firmware
3 9 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
2 4 (0.57%) Grafana
3 3 (0.42%) Plesk
4 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (17.00%) Adobe
2 82 (11.61%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.26%) Google
4 22 (3.12%) SAP
5 13 (1.84%) Cisco
6 12 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.56%) Avaya
7 11 (1.56%) Genesys
7 11 (1.56%) Siemens
8 8 (1.13%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.13%) Splunk
9 7 (0.99%) SolarWinds
9 7 (0.99%) YouTube
10 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.85%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.71%) Avid
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle
12 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.57%) Xero