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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 111 184
Rank change year-on-year +18 +73 +96
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 683 497 406
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.74% 2.96% 1.86%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.15% 16.54% 12.97%
Number of salaries quoted 279 184 127
10th Percentile £34,700 £44,125 £41,456
25th Percentile £38,984 £50,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,320 £80,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,100 £87,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +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 3,982 3,005 3,130
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.97% 17.88% 14.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,481 1,637 1,749
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £77,493 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -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 7 October 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 34 (4.98%) SharePoint
2 33 (4.83%) CMS
3 23 (3.37%) Confluence
4 19 (2.78%) WordPress
5 10 (1.46%) Moodle
6 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 18 (2.64%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.49%) Simulink
3 16 (2.34%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.76%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.61%) Adobe XD
7 7 (1.02%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
8 6 (0.88%) Notion
9 5 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.73%) Revit
10 4 (0.59%) Autodesk Smoke
10 4 (0.59%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.44%) Blender
11 3 (0.44%) Elementor
11 3 (0.44%) Maya
11 3 (0.44%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.46%) Primavera
2 7 (1.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.59%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 89 (13.03%) Azure
2 76 (11.13%) AWS
3 65 (9.52%) Power Platform
4 62 (9.08%) Figma
5 42 (6.15%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (6.00%) Adobe Analytics
7 29 (4.25%) Contentsquare
8 27 (3.95%) PowerApps
9 24 (3.51%) SaaS
10 22 (3.22%) Power Automate
11 20 (2.93%) GCP
12 18 (2.64%) Microsoft Copilot
13 14 (2.05%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
14 13 (1.90%) Copilot Studio
14 13 (1.90%) OneDrive
15 12 (1.76%) GitHub
16 11 (1.61%) Serverless
17 8 (1.17%) Azure Functions
17 8 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 43 (6.30%) Broadband
2 25 (3.66%) 5G
3 11 (1.61%) CTI
3 11 (1.61%) Firewall
3 11 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.61%) VoIP
4 9 (1.32%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.32%) Intranet
5 8 (1.17%) Internet
6 5 (0.73%) DHCP
6 5 (0.73%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
6 5 (0.73%) SMS
7 4 (0.59%) 3GPP
7 4 (0.59%) Wireless
8 3 (0.44%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.44%) TETRA
8 3 (0.44%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (6.73%) Power BI
2 18 (2.64%) Metadata
3 14 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (1.46%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.32%) Amazon Redshift
5 9 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
6 8 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.17%) GIS
6 8 (1.17%) MySQL
7 7 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
7 7 (1.02%) Metadata Repository
7 7 (1.02%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.02%) Power Query
7 7 (1.02%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.88%) Big Data
8 6 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.88%) Parquet
9 5 (0.73%) Tableau
10 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.59%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 41 (6.00%) Git
2 28 (4.10%) JIRA
3 18 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
4 17 (2.49%) JUnit
5 12 (1.76%) GitLab
6 11 (1.61%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.61%) Selenium
7 9 (1.32%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.32%) Jenkins
8 6 (0.88%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.88%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.88%) Gatling
8 6 (0.88%) LabVIEW
8 6 (0.88%) Postman
8 6 (0.88%) Storybook
9 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
10 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.44%) CMake
11 2 (0.29%) Appium
11 2 (0.29%) WebDriver
General
1 225 (32.94%) Finance
2 216 (31.63%) Social Skills
3 200 (29.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 156 (22.84%) Public Sector
5 113 (16.54%) Aerospace
6 108 (15.81%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (10.10%) Law
8 51 (7.47%) Games
9 48 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (6.15%) Marketing
11 36 (5.27%) Legal
12 33 (4.83%) Influencing Skills
13 32 (4.69%) Retail
14 29 (4.25%) Electronics
15 28 (4.10%) Military
16 24 (3.51%) Banking
16 24 (3.51%) Telecoms
17 23 (3.37%) Publishing
18 21 (3.07%) Multimedia
19 15 (2.20%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 122 (17.86%) Senior
2 98 (14.35%) Lead
3 80 (11.71%) Developer
4 53 (7.76%) Designer
5 41 (6.00%) Software Engineer
6 36 (5.27%) Architect
7 32 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.10%) Senior Developer
9 22 (3.22%) Analyst
9 22 (3.22%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (3.07%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 21 (3.07%) UX Designer
11 20 (2.93%) Junior
12 16 (2.34%) Data Engineer
12 16 (2.34%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 16 (2.34%) Senior Software Engineer
12 16 (2.34%) Test Engineer
13 15 (2.20%) Consultant
14 13 (1.90%) Lead Architect
14 13 (1.90%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (12.59%) HTML
2 74 (10.83%) CSS
3 46 (6.73%) React
4 25 (3.66%) Playwright
5 22 (3.22%) Node.js
6 21 (3.07%) Next.js
6 21 (3.07%) REST
7 13 (1.90%) HTML5
7 13 (1.90%) Vue
8 12 (1.76%) CSS3
9 11 (1.61%) AngularJS
9 11 (1.61%) RESTful
9 11 (1.61%) XML
10 10 (1.46%) Dagger
10 10 (1.46%) RxJava
11 9 (1.32%) JSON
12 8 (1.17%) Jest
12 8 (1.17%) Sass
12 8 (1.17%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.17%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.03%) e-Learning
2 47 (6.88%) Management Information System
3 43 (6.30%) Self-Motivation
4 39 (5.71%) Social Media
5 29 (4.25%) Product Ownership
6 24 (3.51%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.22%) Mobile App
8 21 (3.07%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.64%) FPGA
9 18 (2.64%) Onboarding
10 17 (2.49%) Blog
11 14 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.90%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.76%) IVR
14 11 (1.61%) Learning Management System
14 11 (1.61%) Operational Technology
15 9 (1.32%) AI Agents
16 8 (1.17%) Data Centre
16 8 (1.17%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (1.17%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.05%) Android
1 14 (2.05%) Apple iOS
2 12 (1.76%) Linux
3 9 (1.32%) Windows
4 3 (0.44%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) VxWorks
4 3 (0.44%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (42.02%) Agile
2 198 (28.99%) Mentoring
3 170 (24.89%) AI
3 170 (24.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 164 (24.01%) Analytics
5 158 (23.13%) Problem-Solving
6 147 (21.52%) User Experience
7 131 (19.18%) Coaching
8 126 (18.45%) Decision-Making
9 107 (15.67%) CI/CD
10 100 (14.64%) Roadmaps
11 94 (13.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 84 (12.30%) Storytelling
13 81 (11.86%) Line Management
14 79 (11.57%) Test Automation
15 77 (11.27%) Customer Experience
15 77 (11.27%) User Research
16 76 (11.13%) Software Engineering
17 66 (9.66%) UX Design
18 63 (9.22%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 105 (15.37%) JavaScript
2 50 (7.32%) SQL
2 50 (7.32%) TypeScript
3 49 (7.17%) Python
4 40 (5.86%) Java
5 22 (3.22%) MATLAB
6 17 (2.49%) PHP
7 15 (2.20%) C#
8 14 (2.05%) C++
9 8 (1.17%) Ada
10 6 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 5 (0.73%) C
11 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
11 5 (0.73%) PowerShell
11 5 (0.73%) R
11 5 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.59%) Rust
12 4 (0.59%) Scala
12 4 (0.59%) VBA
13 3 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 164 (24.01%) Security Cleared
2 157 (22.99%) SC Cleared
3 127 (18.59%) Degree
4 113 (16.54%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 41 (6.00%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.20%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.90%) PhD
9 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.32%) ACCA
10 9 (1.32%) CIMA
11 7 (1.02%) CISSP
12 6 (0.88%) Azure Certification
12 6 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
13 4 (0.59%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.59%) CCSP
14 3 (0.44%) CISM
14 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (11.86%) WCAG
2 61 (8.93%) QA
3 53 (7.76%) Data Quality
4 44 (6.44%) GDPR
5 12 (1.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (1.61%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.32%) NIST
8 7 (1.02%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.59%) PERC
10 4 (0.59%) SLA
11 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.44%) GRC
11 3 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.29%) PMO
13 1 (0.15%) Def Stans
13 1 (0.15%) DO-160
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 32 (4.69%) Docker
2 29 (4.25%) Firmware
3 12 (1.76%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (3.22%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.59%) Ansible
3 3 (0.44%) Grafana
4 2 (0.29%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 90 (13.18%) Microsoft
2 67 (9.81%) Adobe
3 20 (2.93%) Google
4 19 (2.78%) SAP
5 17 (2.49%) Salesforce
6 13 (1.90%) Cisco
7 11 (1.61%) Avaya
7 11 (1.61%) Genesys
7 11 (1.61%) Siemens
8 8 (1.17%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.02%) Oracle
9 7 (1.02%) YouTube
10 6 (0.88%) Atlassian
11 5 (0.73%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.73%) NEC
12 4 (0.59%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
12 4 (0.59%) Splunk
12 4 (0.59%) Xero
12 4 (0.59%) Xilinx