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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 108 192
Rank change year-on-year +15 +84 +95
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 686 512 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.77% 3.10% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.03% 16.96% 12.10%
Number of salaries quoted 273 182 140
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £38,984 £49,813 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,764 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -16.34% +3.10% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £79,375 £66,650
90th Percentile £79,500 £87,500 £76,025
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 4,029 3,018 3,174
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.26% 18.27% 13.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,522 1,649 1,837
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,400 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.20% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £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 26 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 (5.10%) CMS
2 34 (4.96%) SharePoint
3 23 (3.35%) Confluence
4 18 (2.62%) WordPress
5 9 (1.31%) Moodle
6 4 (0.58%) 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 25 (3.64%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.48%) Simulink
3 16 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.75%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.60%) Adobe XD
7 10 (1.46%) AutoCAD
8 6 (0.87%) Microsoft Project
9 5 (0.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 5 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (0.73%) 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 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (0.44%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.44%) Blender
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 (0.58%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 88 (12.83%) Azure
2 81 (11.81%) AWS
3 63 (9.18%) Figma
4 60 (8.75%) Power Platform
5 48 (7.00%) Adobe Analytics
6 37 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
7 36 (5.25%) Contentsquare
8 27 (3.94%) SaaS
9 25 (3.64%) PowerApps
10 24 (3.50%) GCP
11 20 (2.92%) Power Automate
12 14 (2.04%) Google Analytics
12 14 (2.04%) Microsoft Copilot
13 13 (1.90%) Azure DevOps
14 12 (1.75%) GitHub
15 11 (1.60%) Serverless
16 10 (1.46%) Copilot Studio
16 10 (1.46%) OneDrive
17 9 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
18 8 (1.17%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 50 (7.29%) Broadband
2 25 (3.64%) 5G
3 11 (1.60%) CTI
3 11 (1.60%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.60%) VoIP
4 10 (1.46%) Firewall
5 9 (1.31%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.31%) Internet
5 9 (1.31%) Intranet
6 5 (0.73%) DHCP
6 5 (0.73%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) HTTP
6 5 (0.73%) SMS
7 4 (0.58%) 3GPP
7 4 (0.58%) SNMP
8 3 (0.44%) Network Security
8 3 (0.44%) Radio Access Network
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.44%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (6.27%) Power BI
2 17 (2.48%) Metadata
3 16 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (1.60%) SQL Server
5 9 (1.31%) Amazon Redshift
6 8 (1.17%) Data Lake
6 8 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
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%) 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 (0.73%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.58%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 40 (5.83%) Git
2 30 (4.37%) JIRA
3 18 (2.62%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (2.33%) JUnit
5 12 (1.75%) Selenium
6 11 (1.60%) Cypress.io
6 11 (1.60%) GitLab
7 10 (1.46%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.17%) 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 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
11 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.44%) CMake
12 2 (0.29%) JMeter
12 2 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 217 (31.63%) Finance
2 216 (31.49%) Social Skills
3 195 (28.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 150 (21.87%) Public Sector
5 113 (16.47%) Aerospace
6 106 (15.45%) Analytical Skills
7 78 (11.37%) Law
8 58 (8.45%) Games
9 48 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
10 42 (6.12%) Marketing
11 37 (5.39%) Legal
12 32 (4.66%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (4.23%) Retail
14 28 (4.08%) Electronics
14 28 (4.08%) Military
15 24 (3.50%) Telecoms
16 23 (3.35%) Banking
16 23 (3.35%) Publishing
17 21 (3.06%) Multimedia
18 15 (2.19%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 125 (18.22%) Senior
2 104 (15.16%) Lead
3 78 (11.37%) Developer
4 51 (7.43%) Designer
5 41 (5.98%) Software Engineer
6 34 (4.96%) Architect
7 32 (4.66%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (4.08%) Senior Developer
9 22 (3.21%) Principal Engineer
10 21 (3.06%) UX Designer
11 20 (2.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 19 (2.77%) Analyst
13 17 (2.48%) Junior
14 16 (2.33%) Data Engineer
14 16 (2.33%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 16 (2.33%) Senior Software Engineer
15 14 (2.04%) Test Engineer
15 14 (2.04%) User Researcher
16 13 (1.90%) Lead Architect
16 13 (1.90%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (12.10%) HTML
2 74 (10.79%) CSS
3 46 (6.71%) React
4 26 (3.79%) Playwright
5 22 (3.21%) Node.js
6 21 (3.06%) Next.js
6 21 (3.06%) REST
7 14 (2.04%) HTML5
8 13 (1.90%) Vue
9 12 (1.75%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.75%) CSS3
9 12 (1.75%) RESTful
10 10 (1.46%) XML
11 9 (1.31%) Dagger
11 9 (1.31%) JSON
11 9 (1.31%) RxJava
12 8 (1.17%) .NET
12 8 (1.17%) Jest
12 8 (1.17%) Tailwind CSS
12 8 (1.17%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 48 (7.00%) Management Information System
2 47 (6.85%) e-Learning
3 46 (6.71%) Social Media
4 44 (6.41%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (4.37%) Product Ownership
6 27 (3.94%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.21%) Onboarding
8 20 (2.92%) Mobile App
9 18 (2.62%) Blog
9 18 (2.62%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 18 (2.62%) FPGA
10 14 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.90%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.75%) IVR
13 11 (1.60%) Operational Technology
14 10 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
14 10 (1.46%) Learning Management System
15 8 (1.17%) AI Agents
15 8 (1.17%) Data Centre
15 8 (1.17%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.90%) Linux
2 12 (1.75%) Android
3 11 (1.60%) Apple iOS
3 11 (1.60%) Windows
4 3 (0.44%) Unix
4 3 (0.44%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (41.25%) Agile
2 193 (28.13%) Mentoring
3 179 (26.09%) AI
4 168 (24.49%) Analytics
5 166 (24.20%) Continuous Improvement
6 156 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
7 146 (21.28%) User Experience
8 125 (18.22%) Coaching
8 125 (18.22%) Decision-Making
9 107 (15.60%) Roadmaps
10 103 (15.01%) CI/CD
11 100 (14.58%) Storytelling
12 98 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 90 (13.12%) Line Management
14 82 (11.95%) Customer Experience
14 82 (11.95%) User Research
15 77 (11.22%) Software Engineering
15 77 (11.22%) Test Automation
16 64 (9.33%) Product Roadmap
17 63 (9.18%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 101 (14.72%) JavaScript
2 48 (7.00%) Python
2 48 (7.00%) TypeScript
3 47 (6.85%) SQL
4 38 (5.54%) Java
5 22 (3.21%) MATLAB
6 18 (2.62%) C#
7 16 (2.33%) PHP
8 13 (1.90%) C++
9 8 (1.17%) Ada
10 5 (0.73%) Kotlin
10 5 (0.73%) R
10 5 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.58%) C
11 4 (0.58%) Scala
11 4 (0.58%) VBA
12 3 (0.44%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.44%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.44%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 162 (23.62%) Security Cleared
2 155 (22.59%) SC Cleared
3 131 (19.10%) Degree
4 113 (16.47%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (5.83%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.19%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.90%) PhD
9 10 (1.46%) ACCA
9 10 (1.46%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.46%) CIMA
9 10 (1.46%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.02%) CISSP
11 6 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.73%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.58%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 4 (0.58%) CCSP
14 3 (0.44%) CISM
14 3 (0.44%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 82 (11.95%) WCAG
2 61 (8.89%) QA
3 48 (7.00%) Data Quality
4 41 (5.98%) GDPR
5 11 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 10 (1.46%) SOC 2
7 9 (1.31%) NIST
8 7 (1.02%) ISO 9001
9 5 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 4 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 4 (0.58%) PERC
10 4 (0.58%) SLA
11 3 (0.44%) GRC
11 3 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.29%) PMO
13 1 (0.15%) COBIT
13 1 (0.15%) DO-160
13 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 33 (4.81%) Docker
2 28 (4.08%) Firmware
3 10 (1.46%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (3.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.58%) Ansible
2 4 (0.58%) Grafana
3 3 (0.44%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 87 (12.68%) Microsoft
2 77 (11.22%) Adobe
3 20 (2.92%) Google
3 20 (2.92%) SAP
4 13 (1.90%) Cisco
4 13 (1.90%) Salesforce
5 11 (1.60%) Avaya
5 11 (1.60%) Genesys
5 11 (1.60%) Siemens
6 8 (1.17%) HubSpot
7 7 (1.02%) Oracle
7 7 (1.02%) Splunk
7 7 (1.02%) YouTube
8 6 (0.87%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.87%) SolarWinds
9 5 (0.73%) dotdigital
9 5 (0.73%) NEC
10 4 (0.58%) OneTrust
10 4 (0.58%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.58%) Xilinx