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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 109 201
Rank change year-on-year +16 +92 +79
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 690 511 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.77% 3.05% 1.75%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.11% 17.04% 12.51%
Number of salaries quoted 277 182 135
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,625 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,984 £50,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £79,375 £66,650
90th Percentile £81,550 £87,500 £76,150
UK median annual salary £51,619 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.15% +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 4,032 2,998 3,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.17% 17.88% 14.01%
Number of salaries quoted 2,519 1,633 1,777
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,100 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.26% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,388 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.17%

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 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 35 (5.07%) SharePoint
2 34 (4.93%) CMS
3 23 (3.33%) Confluence
4 19 (2.75%) WordPress
5 10 (1.45%) Moodle
6 4 (0.58%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 25 (3.62%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.46%) Simulink
3 16 (2.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.74%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.59%) Adobe XD
7 10 (1.45%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.72%) Revit
10 4 (0.58%) Autodesk Smoke
10 4 (0.58%) DaVinci Resolve
10 4 (0.58%) Mathcad
10 4 (0.58%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.43%) Blender
11 3 (0.43%) Maya
11 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.45%) Primavera
2 7 (1.01%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 91 (13.19%) Azure
2 81 (11.74%) AWS
3 63 (9.13%) Figma
4 62 (8.99%) Power Platform
5 48 (6.96%) Adobe Analytics
6 38 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.22%) Contentsquare
8 26 (3.77%) PowerApps
9 25 (3.62%) SaaS
10 24 (3.48%) GCP
11 21 (3.04%) Power Automate
12 15 (2.17%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (2.03%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
15 12 (1.74%) GitHub
16 11 (1.59%) Copilot Studio
16 11 (1.59%) OneDrive
16 11 (1.59%) Serverless
17 9 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
18 8 (1.16%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (7.25%) Broadband
2 25 (3.62%) 5G
3 11 (1.59%) CTI
3 11 (1.59%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.59%) VoIP
4 10 (1.45%) Firewall
5 9 (1.30%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.30%) Internet
5 9 (1.30%) Intranet
6 5 (0.72%) DHCP
6 5 (0.72%) DNS
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) SMS
7 4 (0.58%) 3GPP
7 4 (0.58%) SNMP
8 3 (0.43%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.43%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (6.38%) Power BI
2 17 (2.46%) Metadata
3 16 (2.32%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.16%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.16%) GIS
6 8 (1.16%) MySQL
7 7 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
7 7 (1.01%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.01%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.87%) Big Data
8 6 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.87%) Parquet
8 6 (0.87%) Power Query
9 5 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (5.80%) Git
2 30 (4.35%) JIRA
3 18 (2.61%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (2.32%) JUnit
5 12 (1.74%) Selenium
6 11 (1.59%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.59%) GitLab
7 9 (1.30%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.16%) Jenkins
9 6 (0.87%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.87%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.87%) Gatling
9 6 (0.87%) LabVIEW
9 6 (0.87%) Postman
9 6 (0.87%) Storybook
10 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.43%) CMake
12 2 (0.29%) MSTest
13 1 (0.14%) Zephyr
General
1 218 (31.59%) Finance
1 218 (31.59%) Social Skills
2 195 (28.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 154 (22.32%) Public Sector
4 113 (16.38%) Aerospace
5 107 (15.51%) Analytical Skills
6 78 (11.30%) Law
7 58 (8.41%) Games
8 48 (6.96%) Organisational Skills
9 42 (6.09%) Marketing
10 37 (5.36%) Legal
11 32 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
12 29 (4.20%) Retail
13 28 (4.06%) Electronics
13 28 (4.06%) Military
14 24 (3.48%) Telecoms
15 23 (3.33%) Banking
15 23 (3.33%) Publishing
16 21 (3.04%) Multimedia
17 14 (2.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 126 (18.26%) Senior
2 105 (15.22%) Lead
3 79 (11.45%) Developer
4 51 (7.39%) Designer
5 42 (6.09%) Software Engineer
6 35 (5.07%) Architect
7 32 (4.64%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.06%) Senior Developer
9 22 (3.19%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (3.04%) UX Designer
11 20 (2.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.75%) Analyst
13 18 (2.61%) Junior
14 17 (2.46%) Senior Software Engineer
15 16 (2.32%) Data Engineer
15 16 (2.32%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 16 (2.32%) Test Engineer
16 14 (2.03%) Consultant
16 14 (2.03%) User Researcher
17 13 (1.88%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (12.32%) HTML
2 75 (10.87%) CSS
3 46 (6.67%) React
4 26 (3.77%) Playwright
5 22 (3.19%) Node.js
6 21 (3.04%) Next.js
6 21 (3.04%) REST
7 14 (2.03%) HTML5
7 14 (2.03%) Vue
8 12 (1.74%) AngularJS
8 12 (1.74%) CSS3
8 12 (1.74%) RESTful
9 10 (1.45%) XML
10 9 (1.30%) Dagger
10 9 (1.30%) JSON
10 9 (1.30%) RxJava
11 8 (1.16%) .NET
11 8 (1.16%) Jest
11 8 (1.16%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (1.16%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 48 (6.96%) e-Learning
1 48 (6.96%) Management Information System
2 46 (6.67%) Social Media
3 44 (6.38%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (4.35%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.06%) Cloud Native
6 22 (3.19%) Onboarding
7 21 (3.04%) Mobile App
8 19 (2.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.61%) Blog
9 18 (2.61%) FPGA
10 14 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.88%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.74%) IVR
13 11 (1.59%) Learning Management System
13 11 (1.59%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
15 8 (1.16%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.16%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.16%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.88%) Linux
2 12 (1.74%) Android
3 11 (1.59%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.59%) Windows
4 3 (0.43%) Unix
4 3 (0.43%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 289 (41.88%) Agile
2 197 (28.55%) Mentoring
3 179 (25.94%) AI
4 170 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
5 169 (24.49%) Analytics
6 157 (22.75%) Problem-Solving
7 148 (21.45%) User Experience
8 129 (18.70%) Coaching
9 124 (17.97%) Decision-Making
10 107 (15.51%) Roadmaps
11 106 (15.36%) CI/CD
12 100 (14.49%) Storytelling
13 99 (14.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 90 (13.04%) Line Management
15 83 (12.03%) User Research
16 82 (11.88%) Customer Experience
17 79 (11.45%) Test Automation
18 78 (11.30%) Software Engineering
19 65 (9.42%) UX Design
20 64 (9.28%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 103 (14.93%) JavaScript
2 48 (6.96%) SQL
2 48 (6.96%) TypeScript
3 47 (6.81%) Python
4 40 (5.80%) Java
5 22 (3.19%) MATLAB
6 18 (2.61%) C#
7 17 (2.46%) PHP
8 13 (1.88%) C++
9 8 (1.16%) Ada
10 5 (0.72%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.72%) R
10 5 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.58%) C
11 4 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.58%) Scala
11 4 (0.58%) VBA
12 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.43%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 163 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 156 (22.61%) SC Cleared
3 130 (18.84%) Degree
4 113 (16.38%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (5.80%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.17%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.88%) PhD
9 10 (1.45%) ACCA
9 10 (1.45%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.45%) CIMA
9 10 (1.45%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.01%) CISSP
11 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.72%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.58%) CCSP
14 3 (0.43%) CISM
14 3 (0.43%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (11.74%) WCAG
2 60 (8.70%) QA
3 49 (7.10%) Data Quality
4 42 (6.09%) GDPR
5 11 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.45%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.30%) NIST
8 7 (1.01%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.58%) PERC
10 4 (0.58%) SLA
11 3 (0.43%) GRC
11 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.29%) PMO
13 1 (0.14%) COBIT
13 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.14%) NCSC
System Software
1 33 (4.78%) Docker
2 28 (4.06%) Firmware
3 11 (1.59%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (3.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
3 3 (0.43%) Grafana
3 3 (0.43%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 89 (12.90%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.16%) Adobe
3 20 (2.90%) Google
4 19 (2.75%) SAP
5 14 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.88%) Cisco
7 11 (1.59%) Avaya
7 11 (1.59%) Genesys
7 11 (1.59%) Siemens
8 8 (1.16%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.01%) Oracle
9 7 (1.01%) Splunk
9 7 (1.01%) YouTube
10 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.87%) SolarWinds
11 5 (0.72%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.72%) NEC
12 4 (0.58%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.58%) Xilinx