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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 116 207
Rank change year-on-year +26 +91 +51
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 702 503 377
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 3.10% 1.61%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.55% 16.80% 11.90%
Number of salaries quoted 272 179 168
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £38,743
25th Percentile £38,500 £50,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,294 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £64,044 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,985 £85,700 £71,625
UK median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +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 4,000 2,994 3,168
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.68% 18.43% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,541 1,672 1,957
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - +3.60% -7.50%

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 11 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 40 (5.70%) CMS
2 29 (4.13%) SharePoint
3 27 (3.85%) Confluence
4 20 (2.85%) WordPress
5 8 (1.14%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 33 (4.70%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.42%) Simulink
3 16 (2.28%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.71%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.57%) Chatbot
7 9 (1.28%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.71%) DaVinci Resolve
9 5 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.57%) Mathcad
11 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.43%) Blender
11 3 (0.43%) Elementor
11 3 (0.43%) Maya
11 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
11 3 (0.43%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (1.42%) Primavera
2 7 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.28%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 90 (12.82%) Adobe Analytics
2 87 (12.39%) AWS
2 87 (12.39%) Azure
3 75 (10.68%) Figma
4 53 (7.55%) Power Platform
5 49 (6.98%) Contentsquare
6 29 (4.13%) GCP
6 29 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
7 26 (3.70%) SaaS
8 22 (3.13%) PowerApps
9 17 (2.42%) Google Analytics
9 17 (2.42%) Power Automate
10 16 (2.28%) Azure DevOps
11 11 (1.57%) GitHub
11 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
12 10 (1.42%) Serverless
13 9 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (1.28%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.00%) Copilot Studio
14 7 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 91 (12.96%) Broadband
2 21 (2.99%) 5G
3 11 (1.57%) CTI
3 11 (1.57%) VoIP
4 9 (1.28%) Ethernet
4 9 (1.28%) Firewall
5 8 (1.14%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (1.00%) Internet
7 6 (0.85%) Intranet
8 5 (0.71%) DHCP
8 5 (0.71%) DNS
8 5 (0.71%) SNMP
9 4 (0.57%) 3GPP
9 4 (0.57%) HTTP
9 4 (0.57%) SMS
10 3 (0.43%) LTE
10 3 (0.43%) Network Security
10 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
10 3 (0.43%) TETRA
10 3 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.56%) Power BI
2 14 (1.99%) Metadata
2 14 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.42%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.14%) GIS
4 8 (1.14%) MySQL
5 7 (1.00%) Amazon Redshift
5 7 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
5 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.85%) Data Lake
6 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
7 5 (0.71%) Big Data
7 5 (0.71%) Power Query
7 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.57%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.57%) Parquet
8 4 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (5.70%) Git
2 30 (4.27%) JIRA
3 18 (2.56%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.14%) Selenium
5 14 (1.99%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.85%) GitLab
7 12 (1.71%) JUnit
8 10 (1.42%) Cucumber
8 10 (1.42%) Jenkins
9 8 (1.14%) Gatling
10 7 (1.00%) Axure RP
10 7 (1.00%) Balsamiq
10 7 (1.00%) Postman
11 6 (0.85%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.85%) Storybook
12 5 (0.71%) JMeter
12 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
13 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.43%) CMake
13 3 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 206 (29.34%) Social Skills
2 198 (28.21%) Finance
3 190 (27.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 149 (21.23%) Public Sector
5 113 (16.10%) Aerospace
6 100 (14.25%) Games
7 96 (13.68%) Analytical Skills
8 79 (11.25%) Law
9 42 (5.98%) Marketing
9 42 (5.98%) Organisational Skills
10 41 (5.84%) Legal
11 30 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (3.99%) Electronics
12 28 (3.99%) Military
13 23 (3.28%) Telecoms
14 21 (2.99%) Multimedia
14 21 (2.99%) Publishing
14 21 (2.99%) Retail
15 18 (2.56%) Banking
16 13 (1.85%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (17.81%) Senior
2 123 (17.52%) Lead
3 77 (10.97%) Developer
4 59 (8.40%) Designer
5 48 (6.84%) Software Engineer
6 29 (4.13%) Architect
6 29 (4.13%) Senior Developer
6 29 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
7 24 (3.42%) UX Designer
8 22 (3.13%) Principal Engineer
9 21 (2.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 19 (2.71%) Analyst
11 18 (2.56%) Product Manager
12 17 (2.42%) Lead Designer
12 17 (2.42%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 17 (2.42%) User Researcher
13 16 (2.28%) Junior
13 16 (2.28%) Senior Software Engineer
13 16 (2.28%) Test Engineer
14 15 (2.14%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (10.83%) HTML
2 73 (10.40%) CSS
3 49 (6.98%) React
4 28 (3.99%) Playwright
5 22 (3.13%) Node.js
6 20 (2.85%) Next.js
7 19 (2.71%) REST
8 14 (1.99%) HTML5
9 13 (1.85%) Vue
10 12 (1.71%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.71%) CSS3
10 12 (1.71%) RESTful
11 8 (1.14%) .NET
11 8 (1.14%) Jest
11 8 (1.14%) Tailwind CSS
11 8 (1.14%) Terraform
12 7 (1.00%) JSON
13 6 (0.85%) jQuery
13 6 (0.85%) Sass
13 6 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 83 (11.82%) Social Media
2 46 (6.55%) e-Learning
3 43 (6.13%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (5.98%) Management Information System
5 30 (4.27%) Product Ownership
6 29 (4.13%) Cloud Native
7 27 (3.85%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.99%) Mobile App
9 18 (2.56%) Blog
9 18 (2.56%) FPGA
10 15 (2.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 13 (1.85%) Algorithms
11 13 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
12 11 (1.57%) IVR
12 11 (1.57%) Learning Management System
13 10 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
13 10 (1.42%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.14%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.14%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.14%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.85%) Linux
2 12 (1.71%) Windows
3 8 (1.14%) Android
3 8 (1.14%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.43%) Unix
4 3 (0.43%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (46.72%) Agile
2 217 (30.91%) AI
3 200 (28.49%) Analytics
4 180 (25.64%) Mentoring
5 164 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
6 153 (21.79%) User Experience
7 152 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
8 148 (21.08%) Roadmaps
9 144 (20.51%) Storytelling
10 140 (19.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 125 (17.81%) Decision-Making
12 117 (16.67%) Customer Experience
12 117 (16.67%) User Research
13 114 (16.24%) Coaching
14 106 (15.10%) Product Roadmap
15 102 (14.53%) CI/CD
16 90 (12.82%) Digital Customer Experience
17 86 (12.25%) Software Engineering
18 85 (12.11%) Line Management
19 76 (10.83%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 103 (14.67%) JavaScript
2 47 (6.70%) TypeScript
3 45 (6.41%) Python
4 42 (5.98%) Java
5 41 (5.84%) SQL
6 22 (3.13%) MATLAB
7 18 (2.56%) C#
8 16 (2.28%) PHP
9 13 (1.85%) C++
10 8 (1.14%) Ada
11 5 (0.71%) R
11 5 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.57%) C
12 4 (0.57%) Scala
12 4 (0.57%) VBA
13 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.43%) Ruby
13 3 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 158 (22.51%) Security Cleared
2 151 (21.51%) SC Cleared
3 129 (18.38%) Degree
4 114 (16.24%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
6 35 (4.99%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.14%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.85%) PhD
9 10 (1.42%) ACCA
9 10 (1.42%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.42%) CIMA
9 10 (1.42%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.00%) CISSP
11 6 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.57%) CCSP
13 3 (0.43%) CISM
14 2 (0.28%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (13.39%) WCAG
2 57 (8.12%) QA
3 43 (6.13%) Data Quality
4 33 (4.70%) GDPR
5 11 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.14%) NIST
7 7 (1.00%) GRC
7 7 (1.00%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 4 (0.57%) PERC
8 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
9 3 (0.43%) SLA
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
11 1 (0.14%) NCSC
11 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 34 (4.84%) Docker
2 28 (3.99%) Firmware
3 9 (1.28%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (3.28%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
2 4 (0.57%) Grafana
3 3 (0.43%) Plesk
4 2 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 120 (17.09%) Adobe
2 81 (11.54%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.28%) Google
4 22 (3.13%) SAP
5 13 (1.85%) Cisco
6 12 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.57%) Avaya
7 11 (1.57%) Genesys
7 11 (1.57%) Siemens
8 8 (1.14%) HubSpot
8 8 (1.14%) Splunk
9 7 (1.00%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.00%) YouTube
10 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.85%) dotdigital
11 5 (0.71%) Avid
11 5 (0.71%) Oracle
12 4 (0.57%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.57%) ServiceNow
12 4 (0.57%) Xero