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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 109 205
Rank change year-on-year +28 +96 +66
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 716 508 397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.16% 3.07% 1.60%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.61% 16.88% 11.91%
Number of salaries quoted 256 176 251
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,931 £50,000 £43,329
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £61,250 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.73% +5.67% +0.81%
75th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,250 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,460 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -7.03% +3.60% -1.77%

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 3,847 3,010 3,334
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.97% 18.20% 13.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,394 1,709 2,341
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year - +2.21% -2.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -5.17%

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 9 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 53 (7.40%) CMS
2 40 (5.59%) Confluence
3 22 (3.07%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.09%) WordPress
5 6 (0.84%) Drupal
6 5 (0.70%) Moodle
7 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.14%) Apache
9 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 44 (6.15%) UserZoom
2 16 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.23%) Simulink
3 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (1.82%) Adobe XD
5 11 (1.54%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.70%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.70%) DaVinci Resolve
7 5 (0.70%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.56%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.42%) Blender
9 3 (0.42%) Elementor
9 3 (0.42%) Maya
9 3 (0.42%) Sketch
10 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.14%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.84%) Primavera
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
1 170 (23.74%) Adobe Analytics
2 110 (15.36%) Figma
3 81 (11.31%) Azure
4 80 (11.17%) AWS
5 69 (9.64%) Contentsquare
6 53 (7.40%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.19%) GCP
8 29 (4.05%) SaaS
9 22 (3.07%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (2.93%) Microsoft 365
11 19 (2.65%) Google Analytics
12 18 (2.51%) PowerApps
13 16 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.23%) Power Automate
14 14 (1.96%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.54%) Asana
15 11 (1.54%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.26%) GitHub
17 8 (1.12%) dbt
18 7 (0.98%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 183 (25.56%) Broadband
2 11 (1.54%) CTI
2 11 (1.54%) VoIP
3 10 (1.40%) Internet
4 7 (0.98%) Ethernet
4 7 (0.98%) LTE
5 5 (0.70%) SNMP
6 4 (0.56%) DHCP
6 4 (0.56%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) HTTP
6 4 (0.56%) SMS
7 2 (0.28%) 3GPP
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.28%) Firewall
7 2 (0.28%) Intranet
7 2 (0.28%) OSPF
7 2 (0.28%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.28%) TETRA
7 2 (0.28%) VPN
7 2 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (4.75%) Power BI
2 12 (1.68%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.26%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.12%) MySQL
5 7 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (0.70%) GIS
7 5 (0.70%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.56%) Big Data
8 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.56%) Tableau
9 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.42%) Elasticsearch
10 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.28%) KNIME
10 2 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 39 (5.45%) Git
2 31 (4.33%) JIRA
3 16 (2.23%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 15 (2.09%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.09%) Selenium
5 13 (1.82%) Cucumber
6 12 (1.68%) GitLab
7 11 (1.54%) JUnit
8 10 (1.40%) JMeter
9 9 (1.26%) Gatling
10 8 (1.12%) Axure RP
10 8 (1.12%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.98%) Postman
11 7 (0.98%) XCUITest
12 5 (0.70%) LabVIEW
12 5 (0.70%) Locust
12 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
12 5 (0.70%) webpack
13 4 (0.56%) Bitbucket
General
1 196 (27.37%) Social Skills
2 193 (26.96%) Games
3 168 (23.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 158 (22.07%) Finance
5 119 (16.62%) Public Sector
6 93 (12.99%) Aerospace
7 81 (11.31%) Law
8 69 (9.64%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (6.01%) Legal
10 38 (5.31%) Marketing
11 35 (4.89%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (3.35%) Electronics
13 23 (3.21%) Retail
14 22 (3.07%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (2.79%) Military
16 17 (2.37%) Multimedia
17 16 (2.23%) Publishing
18 15 (2.09%) Banking
18 15 (2.09%) Manufacturing
19 9 (1.26%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 182 (25.42%) Lead
2 106 (14.80%) Senior
3 84 (11.73%) Designer
4 67 (9.36%) Developer
5 43 (6.01%) Software Engineer
6 35 (4.89%) Lead Designer
7 31 (4.33%) Digital Designer
8 30 (4.19%) UX Designer
9 24 (3.35%) Architect
9 24 (3.35%) User Researcher
10 23 (3.21%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
12 19 (2.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.65%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.51%) Principal Engineer
13 18 (2.51%) Product Manager
14 17 (2.37%) Analyst
14 17 (2.37%) Test Engineer
15 16 (2.23%) Lead Architect
15 16 (2.23%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (9.08%) HTML
2 61 (8.52%) CSS
3 51 (7.12%) React
4 28 (3.91%) Playwright
5 19 (2.65%) HTML5
6 17 (2.37%) CSS3
7 16 (2.23%) AngularJS
7 16 (2.23%) REST
8 14 (1.96%) Next.js
8 14 (1.96%) Node.js
9 13 (1.82%) Vue
10 12 (1.68%) RESTful
11 10 (1.40%) Jest
12 9 (1.26%) Gherkin
13 7 (0.98%) HEVC
13 7 (0.98%) jQuery
14 6 (0.84%) .NET
14 6 (0.84%) Tailwind CSS
15 5 (0.70%) GraphQL
15 5 (0.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 152 (21.23%) Social Media
2 49 (6.84%) Onboarding
3 43 (6.01%) e-Learning
4 42 (5.87%) Self-Motivation
5 40 (5.59%) Mobile App
6 36 (5.03%) Management Information System
7 34 (4.75%) Product Ownership
8 29 (4.05%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.51%) Blog
10 15 (2.09%) FPGA
11 13 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.82%) Podcast
12 12 (1.68%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (1.54%) IVR
14 10 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.98%) Learning Management System
16 6 (0.84%) AI Agents
16 6 (0.84%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 28 (3.91%) Android
1 28 (3.91%) Apple iOS
2 12 (1.68%) Windows
3 11 (1.54%) Linux
4 3 (0.42%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.28%) Unix
5 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (55.87%) Agile
2 293 (40.92%) AI
3 259 (36.17%) Analytics
4 239 (33.38%) Roadmaps
5 224 (31.28%) Storytelling
6 210 (29.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 186 (25.98%) Customer Experience
8 182 (25.42%) User Research
9 180 (25.14%) Product Roadmap
10 167 (23.32%) Digital Customer Experience
11 163 (22.77%) Continuous Improvement
12 161 (22.49%) User Experience
13 155 (21.65%) Mentoring
14 131 (18.30%) Problem-Solving
15 123 (17.18%) Decision-Making
16 110 (15.36%) CI/CD
17 100 (13.97%) Prototyping
18 86 (12.01%) Workshop Facilitation
19 85 (11.87%) Coaching
20 81 (11.31%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.27%) JavaScript
2 44 (6.15%) Python
3 41 (5.73%) Java
4 40 (5.59%) TypeScript
5 33 (4.61%) SQL
6 20 (2.79%) MATLAB
7 16 (2.23%) C#
8 13 (1.82%) PHP
9 11 (1.54%) C++
10 7 (0.98%) 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
1 136 (18.99%) Security Cleared
2 134 (18.72%) SC Cleared
3 116 (16.20%) Degree
4 93 (12.99%) DV Cleared
5 89 (12.43%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.23%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.82%) DBS Check
8 12 (1.68%) PhD
9 9 (1.26%) ACCA
9 9 (1.26%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.26%) Chartered Engineer
9 9 (1.26%) CIMA
9 9 (1.26%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.56%) CISSP
11 2 (0.28%) CCNA
11 2 (0.28%) CCSP
11 2 (0.28%) CISM
11 2 (0.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (16.62%) WCAG
2 53 (7.40%) QA
3 31 (4.33%) GDPR
4 26 (3.63%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.26%) GRC
6 8 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 7 (0.98%) 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%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (5.03%) Docker
2 23 (3.21%) Firmware
3 7 (0.98%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 27 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 9 (1.26%) Terraform
3 7 (0.98%) Ansible
3 7 (0.98%) Grafana
4 3 (0.42%) Plesk
5 1 (0.14%) Kibana
5 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 196 (27.37%) Adobe
2 80 (11.17%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.49%) Google
4 18 (2.51%) SAP
5 13 (1.82%) Cisco
6 12 (1.68%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.54%) Avaya
7 11 (1.54%) Genesys
8 10 (1.40%) Siemens
9 7 (0.98%) dotdigital
9 7 (0.98%) ServiceNow
9 7 (0.98%) SolarWinds
10 5 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 5 (0.70%) Avid
10 5 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 5 (0.70%) Splunk
11 4 (0.56%) Oracle
11 4 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.56%) Workday
11 4 (0.56%) Xilinx