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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 106 208
Rank change year-on-year +21 +102 +56
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 691 505 396
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.07% 3.06% 1.57%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.20% 16.93% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 257 173 254
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,772 £50,000 £43,283
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +3.51% +0.81%
75th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,200 £87,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £59,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year -10.17% +6.31% -1.77%

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 3,796 2,982 3,393
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.84% 18.10% 13.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,374 1,696 2,392
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.83% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,764 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.54%

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 6 August 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 51 (7.38%) CMS
2 40 (5.79%) Confluence
3 22 (3.18%) SharePoint
4 14 (2.03%) WordPress
5 6 (0.87%) Drupal
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.58%) Moodle
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (6.37%) UserZoom
2 16 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.88%) Adobe XD
5 12 (1.74%) Simulink
6 11 (1.59%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.72%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.72%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.43%) Blender
9 3 (0.43%) Elementor
9 3 (0.43%) Mathcad
9 3 (0.43%) Maya
9 3 (0.43%) Sketch
10 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.14%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.58%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.58%) Primavera
2 4 (0.58%) SAP HR
2 4 (0.58%) Shopify
2 4 (0.58%) Teamcenter
3 3 (0.43%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.29%) Dynamics GP
5 1 (0.14%) Magento
5 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
5 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 171 (24.75%) Adobe Analytics
2 111 (16.06%) Figma
3 80 (11.58%) Azure
4 78 (11.29%) AWS
5 69 (9.99%) Contentsquare
6 52 (7.53%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.34%) GCP
7 30 (4.34%) SaaS
8 22 (3.18%) Azure DevOps
9 21 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
10 20 (2.89%) Google Analytics
11 18 (2.60%) PowerApps
12 16 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.32%) Power Automate
13 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.59%) Asana
14 11 (1.59%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.30%) GitHub
16 8 (1.16%) dbt
17 7 (1.01%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 183 (26.48%) Broadband
2 11 (1.59%) CTI
2 11 (1.59%) VoIP
3 10 (1.45%) Internet
4 7 (1.01%) LTE
5 5 (0.72%) Ethernet
5 5 (0.72%) SNMP
6 4 (0.58%) DHCP
6 4 (0.58%) DNS
6 4 (0.58%) SMS
7 2 (0.29%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.29%) Firewall
7 2 (0.29%) HTTP
7 2 (0.29%) Intranet
7 2 (0.29%) OSPF
7 2 (0.29%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.29%) TETRA
7 2 (0.29%) VPN
7 2 (0.29%) Wireless
7 2 (0.29%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.78%) Power BI
2 12 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.30%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.16%) MySQL
5 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.72%) GIS
7 5 (0.72%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.58%) Big Data
8 4 (0.58%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
9 3 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.43%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.43%) Tableau
10 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.29%) KNIME
10 2 (0.29%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 37 (5.35%) Git
2 30 (4.34%) JIRA
3 16 (2.32%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.17%) Selenium
5 13 (1.88%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.74%) GitLab
6 12 (1.74%) Rational DOORS
7 11 (1.59%) JUnit
8 10 (1.45%) JMeter
9 9 (1.30%) Gatling
10 8 (1.16%) Axure RP
10 8 (1.16%) Balsamiq
11 7 (1.01%) Postman
11 7 (1.01%) XCUITest
12 5 (0.72%) Locust
12 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.72%) webpack
13 4 (0.58%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.58%) REST Assured
General
1 192 (27.79%) Games
2 188 (27.21%) Social Skills
3 149 (21.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (20.26%) Finance
5 119 (17.22%) Public Sector
6 76 (11.00%) Law
7 73 (10.56%) Aerospace
8 66 (9.55%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (6.22%) Legal
10 36 (5.21%) Marketing
10 36 (5.21%) Organisational Skills
11 23 (3.33%) Retail
12 22 (3.18%) Influencing Skills
13 17 (2.46%) Electronics
13 17 (2.46%) Military
14 16 (2.32%) Multimedia
14 16 (2.32%) Publishing
15 15 (2.17%) Banking
16 13 (1.88%) Manufacturing
17 7 (1.01%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 177 (25.62%) Lead
2 101 (14.62%) Senior
3 84 (12.16%) Designer
4 65 (9.41%) Developer
5 39 (5.64%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.07%) Lead Designer
7 31 (4.49%) Digital Designer
8 30 (4.34%) UX Designer
9 24 (3.47%) User Researcher
10 23 (3.33%) Architect
11 22 (3.18%) Senior Developer
12 19 (2.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.75%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.60%) Product Manager
14 17 (2.46%) Systems Engineer
15 16 (2.32%) Analyst
15 16 (2.32%) Lead Architect
15 16 (2.32%) Test Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Principal Engineer
16 15 (2.17%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.41%) HTML
2 60 (8.68%) CSS
3 51 (7.38%) React
4 28 (4.05%) Playwright
5 19 (2.75%) HTML5
6 17 (2.46%) CSS3
7 16 (2.32%) AngularJS
7 16 (2.32%) REST
8 14 (2.03%) Next.js
8 14 (2.03%) Node.js
9 13 (1.88%) Vue
10 12 (1.74%) RESTful
11 10 (1.45%) Jest
12 7 (1.01%) Gherkin
12 7 (1.01%) HEVC
12 7 (1.01%) jQuery
13 6 (0.87%) .NET
13 6 (0.87%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (0.87%) XML
14 5 (0.72%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 152 (22.00%) Social Media
2 49 (7.09%) Onboarding
3 42 (6.08%) e-Learning
4 40 (5.79%) Mobile App
4 40 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (5.21%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.92%) Product Ownership
7 28 (4.05%) Cloud Native
8 19 (2.75%) Blog
9 14 (2.03%) Podcast
10 13 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
11 12 (1.74%) FPGA
12 11 (1.59%) Algorithms
12 11 (1.59%) IVR
13 10 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 7 (1.01%) Culture of Ownership
15 6 (0.87%) AI Agents
15 6 (0.87%) Learning Management System
15 6 (0.87%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.05%) Android
1 28 (4.05%) Apple iOS
2 12 (1.74%) Windows
3 10 (1.45%) Linux
4 2 (0.29%) Unix
4 2 (0.29%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (56.87%) Agile
2 292 (42.26%) AI
3 258 (37.34%) Analytics
4 237 (34.30%) Roadmaps
5 219 (31.69%) Storytelling
6 210 (30.39%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 187 (27.06%) Customer Experience
8 182 (26.34%) User Research
9 180 (26.05%) Product Roadmap
10 167 (24.17%) Digital Customer Experience
11 161 (23.30%) Continuous Improvement
11 161 (23.30%) User Experience
12 153 (22.14%) Mentoring
13 124 (17.95%) Problem-Solving
14 116 (16.79%) Decision-Making
15 108 (15.63%) CI/CD
16 100 (14.47%) Prototyping
17 86 (12.45%) Workshop Facilitation
18 81 (11.72%) Coaching
19 80 (11.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.75%) JavaScript
2 42 (6.08%) Python
3 41 (5.93%) Java
4 40 (5.79%) TypeScript
5 32 (4.63%) SQL
6 16 (2.32%) C#
6 16 (2.32%) MATLAB
7 13 (1.88%) PHP
8 8 (1.16%) C++
9 6 (0.87%) Ada
10 5 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.58%) R
11 4 (0.58%) VBA
12 3 (0.43%) C
12 3 (0.43%) Ruby
13 2 (0.29%) Ada 95
13 2 (0.29%) Bash
13 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.29%) Rust
13 2 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 116 (16.79%) Security Cleared
2 114 (16.50%) SC Cleared
3 103 (14.91%) Degree
4 73 (10.56%) DV Cleared
5 69 (9.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.88%) DBS Check
8 10 (1.45%) PhD
9 9 (1.30%) ACCA
9 9 (1.30%) CIMA
10 8 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 8 (1.16%) Master's Degree
11 6 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.58%) CISSP
13 3 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 2 (0.29%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 2 (0.29%) CCSP
14 2 (0.29%) CSPO
14 2 (0.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (17.22%) WCAG
2 51 (7.38%) QA
3 32 (4.63%) GDPR
4 25 (3.62%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.30%) GRC
6 8 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (1.01%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.58%) PERC
8 4 (0.58%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.58%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.29%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.29%) SLA
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (5.21%) Docker
2 18 (2.60%) Firmware
3 7 (1.01%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.30%) Terraform
3 7 (1.01%) Ansible
3 7 (1.01%) Grafana
4 3 (0.43%) Plesk
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 196 (28.36%) Adobe
2 81 (11.72%) Microsoft
3 26 (3.76%) Google
4 15 (2.17%) SAP
5 13 (1.88%) Cisco
6 12 (1.74%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.59%) Avaya
7 11 (1.59%) Genesys
8 8 (1.16%) Siemens
9 7 (1.01%) dotdigital
9 7 (1.01%) ServiceNow
9 7 (1.01%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.72%) Avid
10 5 (0.72%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.72%) Splunk
11 4 (0.58%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.58%) Oracle
11 4 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.58%) Workday
11 4 (0.58%) Xilinx