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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 114 263
Rank change year-on-year +30 +149 +10
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 563 487 422
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.84% 3.18% 1.22%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.64% 17.03% 9.75%
Number of salaries quoted 217 136 306
10th Percentile £36,050 £40,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £48,250 £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 £67,500 £69,840 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,750 £85,125 £88,125
UK median annual salary £54,191 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.76% +9.52% -7.08%

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 3,192 2,859 4,330
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.13% 18.69% 12.56%
Number of salaries quoted 2,064 1,532 3,254
10th Percentile £35,750 £34,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £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 £79,250 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,978 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,732 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.88% +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 June 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 48 (8.53%) CMS
2 33 (5.86%) Confluence
3 8 (1.42%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.24%) Drupal
5 6 (1.07%) WordPress
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) Moodle
6 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 37 (6.57%) UserZoom
2 12 (2.13%) Adobe XD
3 10 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (0.89%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.89%) DaVinci Resolve
5 5 (0.89%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (0.53%) Blender
6 3 (0.53%) Maya
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.36%) Sketch
7 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.18%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.71%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.53%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 185 (32.86%) Adobe Analytics
2 124 (22.02%) Figma
3 64 (11.37%) Azure
4 62 (11.01%) Contentsquare
5 53 (9.41%) AWS
6 33 (5.86%) GCP
7 32 (5.68%) Power Platform
8 31 (5.51%) SaaS
9 23 (4.09%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (3.37%) Google Analytics
11 14 (2.49%) Dynamics 365
11 14 (2.49%) GitHub
12 11 (1.95%) Asana
13 10 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
14 9 (1.60%) Entra ID
15 8 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
15 8 (1.42%) Microsoft Copilot
15 8 (1.42%) PowerApps
15 8 (1.42%) Serverless
16 7 (1.24%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 206 (36.59%) Broadband
2 10 (1.78%) Internet
3 7 (1.24%) LTE
4 5 (0.89%) SNMP
5 3 (0.53%) SMS
6 2 (0.36%) DHCP
6 2 (0.36%) DNS
6 2 (0.36%) Firewall
6 2 (0.36%) Wireless
7 1 (0.18%) Intranet
7 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (3.37%) Power BI
2 10 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.89%) MySQL
3 5 (0.89%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.89%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (0.71%) GIS
4 4 (0.71%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.71%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.53%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.36%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.36%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.18%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.18%) KNIME
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.18%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (4.97%) Git
2 18 (3.20%) Selenium
3 16 (2.84%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.66%) JIRA
4 15 (2.66%) JMeter
5 13 (2.31%) Cucumber
5 13 (2.31%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.60%) Axure RP
6 9 (1.60%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.42%) GitLab
7 8 (1.42%) Postman
7 8 (1.42%) REST Assured
7 8 (1.42%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.24%) JUnit
8 7 (1.24%) XCUITest
9 5 (0.89%) Gatling
9 5 (0.89%) Locust
9 5 (0.89%) webpack
10 4 (0.71%) Storybook
10 4 (0.71%) WebDriver
General
1 209 (37.12%) Games
2 120 (21.31%) Social Skills
3 92 (16.34%) Public Sector
4 68 (12.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 68 (12.08%) Law
5 51 (9.06%) Finance
6 50 (8.88%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (7.46%) Legal
8 38 (6.75%) Marketing
9 23 (4.09%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (2.66%) Retail
11 12 (2.13%) Advertising
11 12 (2.13%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (1.78%) Multimedia
13 8 (1.42%) Publishing
14 7 (1.24%) Legal Technology
14 7 (1.24%) Manufacturing
15 6 (1.07%) Back Office
15 6 (1.07%) Banking
15 6 (1.07%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 164 (29.13%) Lead
2 101 (17.94%) Designer
3 80 (14.21%) Senior
4 50 (8.88%) Lead Designer
5 41 (7.28%) Developer
6 39 (6.93%) Digital Designer
7 35 (6.22%) UX Designer
8 25 (4.44%) User Researcher
9 24 (4.26%) Software Engineer
10 22 (3.91%) Test Engineer
11 19 (3.37%) Product Manager
12 17 (3.02%) Systems Manager
13 16 (2.84%) Engineering Manager
14 15 (2.66%) Digital User Researcher
15 14 (2.49%) Lead UX Designer
15 14 (2.49%) Senior Designer
15 14 (2.49%) Service Designer
16 13 (2.31%) Analyst
16 13 (2.31%) QA Engineer
17 12 (2.13%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.53%) HTML
2 42 (7.46%) CSS
3 37 (6.57%) React
4 22 (3.91%) Playwright
5 16 (2.84%) AngularJS
6 14 (2.49%) .NET
6 14 (2.49%) Node.js
7 12 (2.13%) HTML5
7 12 (2.13%) RESTful
7 12 (2.13%) Vue
8 10 (1.78%) CSS3
9 9 (1.60%) Material Design
10 8 (1.42%) Jest
10 8 (1.42%) REST
11 7 (1.24%) Express.js
11 7 (1.24%) HEVC
11 7 (1.24%) XML
12 6 (1.07%) Blazor
12 6 (1.07%) OpenAPI
12 6 (1.07%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 167 (29.66%) Social Media
2 52 (9.24%) Onboarding
3 44 (7.82%) Mobile App
4 43 (7.64%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.80%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (3.37%) e-Learning
7 19 (3.37%) Management Information System
8 18 (3.20%) Blog
9 14 (2.49%) Podcast
10 8 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.24%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.24%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.07%) Cyberattack
12 6 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.89%) NHS
14 3 (0.53%) Algorithms
14 3 (0.53%) Data Structures
14 3 (0.53%) Graphic Design
14 3 (0.53%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 35 (6.22%) Android
1 35 (6.22%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.78%) Windows
3 6 (1.07%) Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (63.59%) Agile
2 278 (49.38%) AI
3 249 (44.23%) Analytics
4 230 (40.85%) Roadmaps
5 225 (39.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 223 (39.61%) Storytelling
7 195 (34.64%) Customer Experience
8 192 (34.10%) Product Roadmap
9 190 (33.75%) User Research
10 181 (32.15%) Digital Customer Experience
11 144 (25.58%) User Experience
12 132 (23.45%) Mentoring
13 118 (20.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 108 (19.18%) Workshop Facilitation
15 107 (19.01%) Prototyping
16 91 (16.16%) CI/CD
17 89 (15.81%) Decision-Making
18 71 (12.61%) Test Automation
19 69 (12.26%) DesignOps
20 65 (11.55%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.61%) JavaScript
2 43 (7.64%) Java
3 32 (5.68%) TypeScript
4 25 (4.44%) Python
5 22 (3.91%) C#
6 17 (3.02%) SQL
7 9 (1.60%) PHP
8 3 (0.53%) Bash
8 3 (0.53%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.53%) R
8 3 (0.53%) Ruby
8 3 (0.53%) Scala
9 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.18%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (11.72%) Degree
2 38 (6.75%) Security Cleared
3 37 (6.57%) SC Cleared
4 10 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 10 (1.78%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.24%) ACCA
5 7 (1.24%) CIMA
6 5 (0.89%) AWS Certification
6 5 (0.89%) ISTQB
7 4 (0.71%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.36%) CCSP
8 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (0.36%) CISSP
8 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 1 (0.18%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (19.54%) WCAG
2 46 (8.17%) QA
3 25 (4.44%) GDPR
4 14 (2.49%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.24%) GRC
6 4 (0.71%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.53%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.53%) PERC
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 30 (5.33%) Docker
2 3 (0.53%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 15 (2.66%) Terraform
3 7 (1.24%) Grafana
4 5 (0.89%) Ansible
5 3 (0.53%) Plesk
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 207 (36.77%) Adobe
2 68 (12.08%) Microsoft
3 24 (4.26%) Google
4 10 (1.78%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.42%) SAP
6 7 (1.24%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.89%) Avid
7 5 (0.89%) dotdigital
7 5 (0.89%) SolarWinds
7 5 (0.89%) Splunk
8 4 (0.71%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.71%) Oracle
8 4 (0.71%) Workday
9 3 (0.53%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.53%) HP
9 3 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.36%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.18%) SendGrid
11 1 (0.18%) Synthesia