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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 108 206
Rank change year-on-year +30 +98 +71
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 719 503 401
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.16% 3.03% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.69% 16.86% 12.05%
Number of salaries quoted 256 176 248
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,048
25th Percentile £38,704 £49,688 £43,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,794 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -18.73% +7.82% +1.99%
75th Percentile £63,794 £80,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £81,625 £87,500 £79,125
UK median annual salary £53,460 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.90% +4.35% +4.45%

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 3,848 2,984 3,328
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.93% 17.96% 13.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,387 1,697 2,307
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,050
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,850 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -6.82%

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 13 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 52 (7.23%) CMS
2 40 (5.56%) Confluence
3 22 (3.06%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.09%) WordPress
5 5 (0.70%) Drupal
5 5 (0.70%) Moodle
6 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) 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 (6.12%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.36%) Simulink
3 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.81%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.53%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.97%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.70%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.70%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.70%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.56%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.42%) Blender
10 3 (0.42%) Elementor
10 3 (0.42%) Maya
10 3 (0.42%) Sketch
11 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.39%) Primavera
2 7 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.70%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.56%) Shopify
5 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 160 (22.25%) Adobe Analytics
2 111 (15.44%) Figma
3 83 (11.54%) Azure
4 81 (11.27%) AWS
5 69 (9.60%) Contentsquare
6 52 (7.23%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.17%) GCP
8 28 (3.89%) SaaS
9 22 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.92%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (2.50%) Google Analytics
12 17 (2.36%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.23%) Power Automate
14 15 (2.09%) Dynamics 365
15 14 (1.95%) Microsoft Copilot
16 11 (1.53%) Asana
16 11 (1.53%) Entra ID
17 9 (1.25%) GitHub
18 8 (1.11%) dbt
19 7 (0.97%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 171 (23.78%) Broadband
2 11 (1.53%) CTI
2 11 (1.53%) VoIP
3 10 (1.39%) Internet
4 8 (1.11%) Ethernet
5 7 (0.97%) LTE
6 5 (0.70%) SNMP
7 4 (0.56%) DHCP
7 4 (0.56%) DNS
7 4 (0.56%) HTTP
7 4 (0.56%) SMS
8 3 (0.42%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.42%) TETRA
9 2 (0.28%) Firewall
9 2 (0.28%) Intranet
9 2 (0.28%) OSPF
9 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.28%) VLAN
9 2 (0.28%) VPN
9 2 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.87%) Power BI
2 11 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.11%) MySQL
5 7 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.97%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.70%) GIS
6 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.56%) Big Data
7 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.56%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.56%) Tableau
8 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.28%) KNIME
9 2 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (5.01%) Git
2 33 (4.59%) JIRA
3 17 (2.36%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.09%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.09%) Selenium
5 13 (1.81%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.67%) GitLab
7 11 (1.53%) JUnit
8 10 (1.39%) JMeter
9 9 (1.25%) Gatling
10 8 (1.11%) Axure RP
10 8 (1.11%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.97%) Postman
12 6 (0.83%) LabVIEW
12 6 (0.83%) XCUITest
13 5 (0.70%) Locust
13 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.56%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.42%) Storybook
General
1 201 (27.96%) Social Skills
2 182 (25.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 181 (25.17%) Games
4 172 (23.92%) Finance
5 124 (17.25%) Public Sector
6 108 (15.02%) Aerospace
7 81 (11.27%) Law
8 70 (9.74%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (5.98%) Legal
10 38 (5.29%) Marketing
11 34 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (3.89%) Electronics
13 26 (3.62%) Military
14 24 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (3.20%) Retail
16 17 (2.36%) Multimedia
17 16 (2.23%) Manufacturing
18 15 (2.09%) Banking
18 15 (2.09%) Publishing
19 9 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 172 (23.92%) Lead
2 110 (15.30%) Senior
3 80 (11.13%) Designer
4 64 (8.90%) Developer
5 46 (6.40%) Software Engineer
6 31 (4.31%) Lead Designer
7 30 (4.17%) UX Designer
8 26 (3.62%) Digital Designer
9 24 (3.34%) Architect
9 24 (3.34%) User Researcher
10 23 (3.20%) Senior Developer
10 23 (3.20%) Systems Engineer
11 20 (2.78%) Product Manager
12 19 (2.64%) Analyst
12 19 (2.64%) Principal Engineer
12 19 (2.64%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.50%) Test Engineer
14 17 (2.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 16 (2.23%) Lead Architect
15 16 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (8.90%) HTML
2 60 (8.34%) CSS
3 49 (6.82%) React
4 28 (3.89%) Playwright
5 17 (2.36%) HTML5
6 15 (2.09%) CSS3
6 15 (2.09%) Next.js
6 15 (2.09%) REST
7 14 (1.95%) AngularJS
7 14 (1.95%) Node.js
8 12 (1.67%) RESTful
8 12 (1.67%) Vue
9 9 (1.25%) Gherkin
9 9 (1.25%) Jest
10 7 (0.97%) .NET
10 7 (0.97%) HEVC
11 6 (0.83%) jQuery
11 6 (0.83%) Tailwind CSS
12 5 (0.70%) Django
12 5 (0.70%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 142 (19.75%) Social Media
2 47 (6.54%) Onboarding
3 44 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (5.98%) e-Learning
5 37 (5.15%) Management Information System
5 37 (5.15%) Mobile App
6 33 (4.59%) Product Ownership
7 28 (3.89%) Cloud Native
8 18 (2.50%) Blog
8 18 (2.50%) FPGA
9 15 (2.09%) Legacy Systems
10 14 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
11 13 (1.81%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.67%) Podcast
13 11 (1.53%) IVR
14 10 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.97%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.97%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.97%) Learning Management System
16 6 (0.83%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 25 (3.48%) Android
1 25 (3.48%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.81%) Windows
3 12 (1.67%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 395 (54.94%) Agile
2 280 (38.94%) AI
3 252 (35.05%) Analytics
4 230 (31.99%) Roadmaps
5 214 (29.76%) Storytelling
6 200 (27.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 177 (24.62%) Customer Experience
8 172 (23.92%) Product Roadmap
8 172 (23.92%) User Research
9 162 (22.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 162 (22.53%) User Experience
10 157 (21.84%) Digital Customer Experience
11 156 (21.70%) Mentoring
12 137 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
13 125 (17.39%) Decision-Making
14 107 (14.88%) CI/CD
15 99 (13.77%) Prototyping
16 86 (11.96%) Coaching
17 80 (11.13%) Test Automation
18 77 (10.71%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 92 (12.80%) JavaScript
2 44 (6.12%) Python
3 40 (5.56%) Java
4 38 (5.29%) TypeScript
5 33 (4.59%) SQL
6 22 (3.06%) MATLAB
7 16 (2.23%) C#
8 13 (1.81%) PHP
9 12 (1.67%) C++
10 7 (0.97%) Ada
11 5 (0.70%) R
11 5 (0.70%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.56%) VBA
13 3 (0.42%) C
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
14 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.28%) Bash
14 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
14 2 (0.28%) Scala
14 2 (0.28%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 152 (21.14%) Security Cleared
2 148 (20.58%) SC Cleared
3 123 (17.11%) Degree
4 108 (15.02%) DV Cleared
5 104 (14.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.95%) DBS Check
8 13 (1.81%) PhD
9 12 (1.67%) Chartered Engineer
10 10 (1.39%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 9 (1.25%) ACCA
11 9 (1.25%) CIMA
12 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.56%) CISSP
13 2 (0.28%) CCNA
13 2 (0.28%) CCSP
13 2 (0.28%) HNC
13 2 (0.28%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (16.69%) WCAG
2 55 (7.65%) QA
3 31 (4.31%) GDPR
4 27 (3.76%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.25%) GRC
6 8 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.97%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.56%) PERC
8 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.56%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.28%) MIL-STD-1553
10 2 (0.28%) SLA
11 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.14%) DO-160
11 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (4.87%) Docker
2 28 (3.89%) Firmware
3 8 (1.11%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.25%) Terraform
3 7 (0.97%) Ansible
4 6 (0.83%) Grafana
5 3 (0.42%) Plesk
Vendors
1 185 (25.73%) Adobe
2 79 (10.99%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.34%) Google
4 21 (2.92%) SAP
5 13 (1.81%) Cisco
6 12 (1.67%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.53%) Avaya
7 11 (1.53%) Genesys
7 11 (1.53%) Siemens
8 7 (0.97%) ServiceNow
8 7 (0.97%) SolarWinds
9 6 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.83%) dotdigital
9 6 (0.83%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.70%) Avid
10 5 (0.70%) Oracle
10 5 (0.70%) Splunk
11 4 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.56%) Workday
11 4 (0.56%) Xilinx