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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 120 292
Rank change year-on-year +13 +172 -41
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 391 465 267
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.48% 2.90% 0.97%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 14.12% 16.81% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 205 106 206
10th Percentile £43,124 £40,000 £37,125
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,704 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -12.29% +8.18% -3.39%
75th Percentile £71,750 £70,900 £77,500
90th Percentile £82,000 £88,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% +2.80% -10.83%

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 2,770 2,767 3,819
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.56% 17.23% 13.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,630 1,495 2,998
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.84% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% -4.35%

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 2 February 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 24 (6.14%) CMS
2 15 (3.84%) Confluence
3 7 (1.79%) Drupal
4 4 (1.02%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.77%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.51%) Apache
6 2 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.51%) WordPress
7 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 35 (8.95%) Adobe XD
2 12 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.53%) Chatbot
5 5 (1.28%) Sketch
6 4 (1.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.77%) UserZoom
8 1 (0.26%) CapCut
8 1 (0.26%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.26%) InVision
8 1 (0.26%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.26%) Notion
Business Applications
1 5 (1.28%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Shopify
3 1 (0.26%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.32%) Azure
2 72 (18.41%) Figma
3 54 (13.81%) Snowflake
4 33 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 29 (7.42%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (6.39%) Adobe Analytics
6 25 (6.39%) AWS
7 22 (5.63%) SaaS
8 21 (5.37%) Miro
9 19 (4.86%) GCP
9 19 (4.86%) GitHub
10 17 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
10 17 (4.35%) Google Analytics
10 17 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (3.32%) dbt
12 12 (3.07%) Serverless
13 9 (2.30%) Azure Key Vault
13 9 (2.30%) PowerApps
14 8 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
14 8 (2.05%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 34 (8.70%) Broadband
2 2 (0.51%) Intranet
3 1 (0.26%) Internet
3 1 (0.26%) VoIP
3 1 (0.26%) VPN
3 1 (0.26%) WAN
3 1 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (14.58%) Data Warehouse
2 19 (4.86%) Power BI
3 10 (2.56%) Tableau
4 8 (2.05%) BigQuery
4 8 (2.05%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.02%) Metadata
6 4 (1.02%) MySQL
7 3 (0.77%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
8 2 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
9 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.26%) EDMS
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.26%) Looker
9 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (6.65%) Git
2 25 (6.39%) Axure RP
3 23 (5.88%) Balsamiq
4 20 (5.12%) Selenium
5 19 (4.86%) JIRA
6 17 (4.35%) Cypress.io
7 16 (4.09%) Storybook
8 11 (2.81%) Visual Studio
9 10 (2.56%) WebDriver
10 9 (2.30%) webpack
11 6 (1.53%) JMeter
11 6 (1.53%) Postman
12 5 (1.28%) Babel
12 5 (1.28%) Jenkins
12 5 (1.28%) Vite
13 4 (1.02%) Cucumber
13 4 (1.02%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.77%) GitLab
14 3 (0.77%) SpecFlow
15 2 (0.51%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 71 (18.16%) Public Sector
3 68 (17.39%) Finance
4 60 (15.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 46 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (11.76%) Law
6 40 (10.23%) Marketing
7 34 (8.70%) Games
8 14 (3.58%) Legal
9 10 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.30%) Retail
10 9 (2.30%) Tech for Good
11 7 (1.79%) Digital Health
11 7 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (1.79%) Multimedia
12 6 (1.53%) Advertising
13 4 (1.02%) Police
14 3 (0.77%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.77%) Military
14 3 (0.77%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 61 (15.60%) Developer
2 59 (15.09%) Designer
2 59 (15.09%) Lead
3 58 (14.83%) Senior
4 34 (8.70%) Architect
4 34 (8.70%) Data Architect
5 32 (8.18%) Analyst
6 22 (5.63%) Business Analyst
6 22 (5.63%) UX Designer
7 21 (5.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 20 (5.12%) Service Designer
9 16 (4.09%) Lead Designer
10 15 (3.84%) User Researcher
11 14 (3.58%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 14 (3.58%) Software Engineer
12 12 (3.07%) Senior Developer
13 11 (2.81%) Full-Stack Developer
13 11 (2.81%) Product Manager
14 10 (2.56%) Development Manager
14 10 (2.56%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (13.81%) React
2 53 (13.55%) HTML
3 49 (12.53%) CSS
4 29 (7.42%) .NET
5 18 (4.60%) Next.js
6 17 (4.35%) Node.js
7 14 (3.58%) Playwright
8 12 (3.07%) GraphQL
9 11 (2.81%) Vue
10 10 (2.56%) HTML5
10 10 (2.56%) Sass
11 9 (2.30%) CSS3
11 9 (2.30%) Jest
11 9 (2.30%) RESTful
12 8 (2.05%) Blazor
12 8 (2.05%) JSON
12 8 (2.05%) Material Design
12 8 (2.05%) REST
12 8 (2.05%) WebAssembly
12 8 (2.05%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.07%) Product Ownership
2 31 (7.93%) Social Media
3 29 (7.42%) Onboarding
4 27 (6.91%) Management Information System
5 18 (4.60%) Mobile App
6 11 (2.81%) e-Learning
7 10 (2.56%) Analytical Mindset
7 10 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
8 8 (2.05%) Learning Management System
8 8 (2.05%) Low-Code
8 8 (2.05%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 7 (1.79%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.28%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.28%) Life Science
11 4 (1.02%) Data Centre
11 4 (1.02%) NHS
11 4 (1.02%) Virtual Team
12 3 (0.77%) Blog
12 3 (0.77%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.77%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.05%) Android
1 8 (2.05%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.51%) Unix
3 1 (0.26%) Linux
3 1 (0.26%) Windows
3 1 (0.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (50.90%) Agile
2 139 (35.55%) User Experience
3 111 (28.39%) Analytics
4 94 (24.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 91 (23.27%) AI
6 84 (21.48%) Mentoring
7 83 (21.23%) Continuous Improvement
8 75 (19.18%) User Research
9 72 (18.41%) Coaching
10 68 (17.39%) CI/CD
11 59 (15.09%) Problem-Solving
12 56 (14.32%) Community of Practice
13 54 (13.81%) Roadmaps
14 53 (13.55%) UX Design
15 51 (13.04%) Service Design
16 49 (12.53%) Workshop Facilitation
17 48 (12.28%) DevOps
18 46 (11.76%) Data Integration
18 46 (11.76%) Prototyping
19 45 (11.51%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 56 (14.32%) JavaScript
2 50 (12.79%) TypeScript
3 43 (11.00%) SQL
4 28 (7.16%) Python
5 26 (6.65%) C#
6 21 (5.37%) Java
7 12 (3.07%) PowerShell
8 6 (1.53%) PHP
9 2 (0.51%) Shell Script
9 2 (0.51%) XAML
10 1 (0.26%) Bash
10 1 (0.26%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.26%) R
10 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 88 (22.51%) Degree
2 57 (14.58%) Security Cleared
3 54 (13.81%) SC Cleared
4 19 (4.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (2.56%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.28%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.02%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (0.77%) CIPD
8 3 (0.77%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.51%) ACCA
9 2 (0.51%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Developer
10 1 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.26%) CIMA
10 1 (0.26%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.26%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (17.14%) WCAG
2 40 (10.23%) QA
3 12 (3.07%) GDPR
4 6 (1.53%) Actionable Recommendations
5 5 (1.28%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.26%) GAAP
7 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.26%) Section 508
7 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (3.84%) Docker
2 1 (0.26%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (6.14%) Terraform
2 3 (0.77%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.26%) BMC PATROL
3 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 112 (28.64%) Microsoft
2 66 (16.88%) Adobe
3 36 (9.21%) Google
4 7 (1.79%) Oracle
5 5 (1.28%) Atlassian
6 4 (1.02%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.02%) ServiceNow
7 2 (0.51%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.51%) Apple
7 2 (0.51%) Databricks
7 2 (0.51%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.51%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.51%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.51%) SendGrid
7 2 (0.51%) TOWER Software
8 1 (0.26%) Freshdesk
8 1 (0.26%) Hootsuite
8 1 (0.26%) Instagram
8 1 (0.26%) Spotify
8 1 (0.26%) TikTok