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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 110 258
Rank change year-on-year +24 +148 +15
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 586 486 413
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.83% 3.08% 1.24%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.52% 17.00% 9.81%
Number of salaries quoted 234 141 285
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,984 £47,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,294 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.56% -1.79% -2.61%
75th Percentile £64,000 £69,840 £64,108
90th Percentile £78,177 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% -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 3,345 2,858 4,208
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.17% 18.09% 12.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,199 1,589 3,120
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £58,533 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +1.80% +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 30 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 47 (8.02%) CMS
2 33 (5.63%) Confluence
3 11 (1.88%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.37%) WordPress
5 7 (1.19%) Drupal
6 2 (0.34%) Apache
6 2 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.34%) Moodle
6 2 (0.34%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.17%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 45 (7.68%) UserZoom
2 13 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.54%) Adobe XD
3 9 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (1.19%) Chatbot
5 5 (0.85%) AutoCAD
5 5 (0.85%) DaVinci Resolve
5 5 (0.85%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.51%) Blender
7 3 (0.51%) Maya
7 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.34%) Elementor
8 2 (0.34%) Sketch
9 1 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.17%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.68%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.68%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.51%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 192 (32.76%) Adobe Analytics
2 113 (19.28%) Figma
3 70 (11.95%) Contentsquare
4 61 (10.41%) Azure
5 55 (9.39%) AWS
6 36 (6.14%) Power Platform
7 29 (4.95%) SaaS
8 28 (4.78%) GCP
9 21 (3.58%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (2.73%) Google Analytics
11 14 (2.39%) Microsoft 365
12 13 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (2.05%) GitHub
13 12 (2.05%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.88%) Asana
14 11 (1.88%) PowerApps
15 9 (1.54%) Entra ID
16 8 (1.37%) Power Automate
17 7 (1.19%) Azure Key Vault
17 7 (1.19%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 213 (36.35%) Broadband
2 10 (1.71%) Internet
3 7 (1.19%) CTI
3 7 (1.19%) LTE
3 7 (1.19%) VoIP
4 5 (0.85%) SNMP
5 3 (0.51%) SMS
6 2 (0.34%) DHCP
6 2 (0.34%) DNS
6 2 (0.34%) Firewall
6 2 (0.34%) Wireless
7 1 (0.17%) Intranet
7 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (3.58%) Power BI
2 10 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.19%) MySQL
4 5 (0.85%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.85%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.68%) GIS
5 4 (0.68%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.68%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.51%) MariaDB
7 2 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.34%) KNIME
7 2 (0.34%) Metadata
7 2 (0.34%) MS Access
7 2 (0.34%) Tableau
8 1 (0.17%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.17%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.17%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 28 (4.78%) Git
2 16 (2.73%) Selenium
3 15 (2.56%) JIRA
3 15 (2.56%) JMeter
4 14 (2.39%) Cypress.io
5 13 (2.22%) Cucumber
5 13 (2.22%) Jenkins
6 8 (1.37%) Postman
7 7 (1.19%) GitLab
7 7 (1.19%) JUnit
7 7 (1.19%) REST Assured
7 7 (1.19%) XCUITest
8 6 (1.02%) Axure RP
8 6 (1.02%) Balsamiq
8 6 (1.02%) Visual Studio
9 5 (0.85%) Gatling
9 5 (0.85%) Locust
9 5 (0.85%) webpack
10 3 (0.51%) SpecFlow
10 3 (0.51%) Vite
General
1 216 (36.86%) Games
2 121 (20.65%) Social Skills
3 108 (18.43%) Public Sector
4 64 (10.92%) Law
5 63 (10.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 47 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (7.51%) Finance
8 43 (7.34%) Legal
9 37 (6.31%) Marketing
10 29 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (2.73%) Influencing Skills
12 15 (2.56%) Retail
13 14 (2.39%) Multimedia
14 11 (1.88%) Advertising
15 9 (1.54%) Publishing
16 7 (1.19%) Legal Technology
16 7 (1.19%) Manufacturing
17 6 (1.02%) Back Office
17 6 (1.02%) Banking
17 6 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 173 (29.52%) Lead
2 92 (15.70%) Designer
3 78 (13.31%) Senior
4 46 (7.85%) Lead Designer
5 44 (7.51%) Developer
6 38 (6.48%) Digital Designer
7 31 (5.29%) UX Designer
8 27 (4.61%) User Researcher
9 21 (3.58%) Software Engineer
9 21 (3.58%) Test Engineer
10 19 (3.24%) Product Manager
11 18 (3.07%) Architect
12 17 (2.90%) Digital User Researcher
12 17 (2.90%) Systems Manager
13 16 (2.73%) Engineering Manager
14 14 (2.39%) Lead UX Designer
14 14 (2.39%) Senior Designer
15 12 (2.05%) Content Designer
15 12 (2.05%) Head of Digital
15 12 (2.05%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (8.36%) HTML
2 41 (7.00%) CSS
3 33 (5.63%) React
4 19 (3.24%) Playwright
5 15 (2.56%) AngularJS
6 11 (1.88%) .NET
6 11 (1.88%) HTML5
6 11 (1.88%) Node.js
6 11 (1.88%) Vue
7 10 (1.71%) RESTful
8 9 (1.54%) CSS3
8 9 (1.54%) REST
9 7 (1.19%) HEVC
9 7 (1.19%) Jest
9 7 (1.19%) jQuery
9 7 (1.19%) Material Design
9 7 (1.19%) XML
10 5 (0.85%) EDI
10 5 (0.85%) Next.js
10 5 (0.85%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 174 (29.69%) Social Media
2 51 (8.70%) Onboarding
3 42 (7.17%) Mobile App
4 41 (7.00%) e-Learning
5 36 (6.14%) Product Ownership
6 27 (4.61%) Cloud Native
7 21 (3.58%) Self-Motivation
8 20 (3.41%) Management Information System
9 18 (3.07%) Blog
10 15 (2.56%) Podcast
11 8 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
12 7 (1.19%) Culture of Ownership
12 7 (1.19%) Driving Licence
12 7 (1.19%) IVR
13 6 (1.02%) Cyberattack
13 6 (1.02%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (1.02%) NHS
14 5 (0.85%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 4 (0.68%) Web Conferencing
16 3 (0.51%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 35 (5.97%) Android
1 35 (5.97%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.71%) Windows
3 6 (1.02%) Linux
4 2 (0.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 367 (62.63%) Agile
2 291 (49.66%) AI
3 262 (44.71%) Analytics
4 244 (41.64%) Roadmaps
5 230 (39.25%) Storytelling
6 224 (38.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 204 (34.81%) Customer Experience
8 199 (33.96%) Product Roadmap
9 195 (33.28%) User Research
10 188 (32.08%) Digital Customer Experience
11 150 (25.60%) User Experience
12 130 (22.18%) Continuous Improvement
12 130 (22.18%) Mentoring
13 103 (17.58%) Prototyping
14 101 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
15 89 (15.19%) CI/CD
15 89 (15.19%) Decision-Making
16 71 (12.12%) Problem-Solving
17 69 (11.77%) DesignOps
18 68 (11.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 73 (12.46%) JavaScript
2 41 (7.00%) Java
3 28 (4.78%) TypeScript
4 25 (4.27%) Python
5 19 (3.24%) C#
6 18 (3.07%) SQL
7 11 (1.88%) PHP
8 4 (0.68%) R
9 3 (0.51%) Bash
9 3 (0.51%) Ruby
9 3 (0.51%) Scala
10 2 (0.34%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 62 (10.58%) Degree
2 34 (5.80%) Security Cleared
3 33 (5.63%) SC Cleared
4 11 (1.88%) DBS Check
5 9 (1.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.19%) ACCA
6 7 (1.19%) CIMA
7 5 (0.85%) AWS Certification
8 4 (0.68%) CISSP
8 4 (0.68%) ISTQB
9 3 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CCSP
10 2 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.34%) CISM
10 2 (0.34%) CRISC
10 2 (0.34%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 1 (0.17%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (18.09%) WCAG
2 42 (7.17%) QA
3 29 (4.95%) GDPR
4 15 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.54%) GRC
6 4 (0.68%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.51%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
7 3 (0.51%) PERC
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.34%) SLA
8 2 (0.34%) SOC 2
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 27 (4.61%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (3.75%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.71%) Terraform
3 7 (1.19%) Grafana
4 5 (0.85%) Ansible
5 3 (0.51%) Plesk
6 1 (0.17%) Kibana
6 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 211 (36.01%) Adobe
2 69 (11.77%) Microsoft
3 17 (2.90%) Google
4 10 (1.71%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.37%) SAP
6 7 (1.19%) Avaya
6 7 (1.19%) Cisco
6 7 (1.19%) Genesys
6 7 (1.19%) Salesforce
7 6 (1.02%) dotdigital
8 5 (0.85%) Avid
8 5 (0.85%) SolarWinds
8 5 (0.85%) Splunk
9 4 (0.68%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.68%) Oracle
9 4 (0.68%) Workday
10 3 (0.51%) HP
10 3 (0.51%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 2 (0.34%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.34%) Freshdesk