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

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 108 258
Rank change year-on-year +22 +150 +17
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 554 483 403
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.90% 3.24% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.80% 17.03% 9.52%
Number of salaries quoted 205 130 301
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,748 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,001 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -2.61% -2.13%
75th Percentile £67,500 £69,840 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,957 £87,500 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -7.08%

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 3,112 2,837 4,235
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.27% 19.05% 12.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,983 1,517 3,237
10th Percentile £36,250 £34,735 £34,843
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,778 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 June 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 48 (8.66%) CMS
2 33 (5.96%) Confluence
3 7 (1.26%) Drupal
4 6 (1.08%) SharePoint
5 5 (0.90%) WordPress
6 2 (0.36%) Apache
6 2 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.36%) Moodle
6 2 (0.36%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 38 (6.86%) UserZoom
2 15 (2.71%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.26%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.90%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.90%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.54%) Sketch
6 2 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.36%) Blender
6 2 (0.36%) Maya
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.72%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.54%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.54%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 188 (33.94%) Adobe Analytics
2 127 (22.92%) Figma
3 64 (11.55%) Azure
4 63 (11.37%) Contentsquare
5 51 (9.21%) AWS
6 34 (6.14%) GCP
7 31 (5.60%) SaaS
8 28 (5.05%) Power Platform
9 25 (4.51%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (3.61%) Google Analytics
11 16 (2.89%) GitHub
12 13 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.99%) Asana
14 10 (1.81%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (1.81%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.62%) Serverless
16 8 (1.44%) dbt
17 7 (1.26%) BrowserStack
17 7 (1.26%) Cloudflare
17 7 (1.26%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 210 (37.91%) Broadband
2 11 (1.99%) Internet
3 7 (1.26%) LTE
4 5 (0.90%) SNMP
5 3 (0.54%) SMS
6 2 (0.36%) DHCP
6 2 (0.36%) DNS
6 2 (0.36%) Firewall
6 2 (0.36%) Wireless
7 1 (0.18%) VoIP
7 1 (0.18%) VPN
7 1 (0.18%) WAN
7 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.07%) Power BI
2 11 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (0.90%) MySQL
3 5 (0.90%) NoSQL
3 5 (0.90%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.72%) GIS
4 4 (0.72%) MongoDB
4 4 (0.72%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
5 3 (0.54%) MariaDB
5 3 (0.54%) Metadata
6 2 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.36%) Tableau
7 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.18%) Big Data
7 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
7 1 (0.18%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 30 (5.42%) Git
2 18 (3.25%) Selenium
3 16 (2.89%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.71%) JIRA
4 15 (2.71%) JMeter
5 13 (2.35%) Axure RP
5 13 (2.35%) Cucumber
5 13 (2.35%) Jenkins
6 12 (2.17%) Balsamiq
7 9 (1.62%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.44%) GitLab
8 8 (1.44%) Postman
8 8 (1.44%) REST Assured
9 7 (1.26%) JUnit
9 7 (1.26%) Storybook
10 6 (1.08%) webpack
10 6 (1.08%) XCUITest
11 5 (0.90%) Gatling
11 5 (0.90%) Locust
12 4 (0.72%) WebDriver
General
1 212 (38.27%) Games
2 123 (22.20%) Social Skills
3 83 (14.98%) Public Sector
4 69 (12.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (12.45%) Law
5 60 (10.83%) Finance
6 50 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
7 42 (7.58%) Legal
8 36 (6.50%) Marketing
9 14 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (2.53%) Retail
10 12 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (1.99%) Advertising
12 7 (1.26%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.08%) Local Government
13 6 (1.08%) Publishing
14 5 (0.90%) Back Office
14 5 (0.90%) Banking
14 5 (0.90%) Financial Institution
14 5 (0.90%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 164 (29.60%) Lead
2 105 (18.95%) Designer
3 78 (14.08%) Senior
4 52 (9.39%) Lead Designer
5 42 (7.58%) Developer
6 40 (7.22%) Digital Designer
7 36 (6.50%) UX Designer
8 29 (5.23%) User Researcher
9 24 (4.33%) Software Engineer
10 22 (3.97%) Test Engineer
11 20 (3.61%) Analyst
12 18 (3.25%) Product Manager
13 17 (3.07%) Service Designer
13 17 (3.07%) Systems Manager
14 16 (2.89%) Digital User Researcher
14 16 (2.89%) Engineering Manager
15 14 (2.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 14 (2.53%) Lead UX Designer
16 13 (2.35%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.35%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.66%) HTML
2 44 (7.94%) CSS
3 40 (7.22%) React
4 22 (3.97%) Playwright
5 17 (3.07%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.89%) Node.js
7 15 (2.71%) .NET
8 14 (2.53%) HTML5
9 13 (2.35%) RESTful
10 12 (2.17%) CSS3
10 12 (2.17%) Vue
11 10 (1.81%) Material Design
12 9 (1.62%) Express.js
12 9 (1.62%) Jest
13 8 (1.44%) OpenAPI
13 8 (1.44%) REST
13 8 (1.44%) Sass
14 7 (1.26%) Blazor
14 7 (1.26%) HEVC
14 7 (1.26%) WebAssembly
Miscellaneous
1 171 (30.87%) Social Media
2 50 (9.03%) Onboarding
3 49 (8.84%) Product Ownership
4 43 (7.76%) Mobile App
5 24 (4.33%) Cloud Native
6 20 (3.61%) Management Information System
7 17 (3.07%) Blog
8 14 (2.53%) Podcast
9 13 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.26%) Culture of Ownership
11 7 (1.26%) Driving Licence
12 6 (1.08%) Cyberattack
13 4 (0.72%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.72%) NHS
13 4 (0.72%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.54%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.54%) Graphic Design
14 3 (0.54%) Learning Management System
14 3 (0.54%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.14%) Android
1 34 (6.14%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.81%) Windows
3 6 (1.08%) Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (65.34%) Agile
2 284 (51.26%) AI
3 249 (44.95%) Analytics
4 234 (42.24%) Roadmaps
4 234 (42.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 224 (40.43%) Storytelling
6 198 (35.74%) User Research
7 196 (35.38%) Customer Experience
8 195 (35.20%) Product Roadmap
9 184 (33.21%) Digital Customer Experience
10 148 (26.71%) User Experience
11 132 (23.83%) Mentoring
12 117 (21.12%) Workshop Facilitation
13 115 (20.76%) Continuous Improvement
14 110 (19.86%) Prototyping
15 91 (16.43%) CI/CD
16 88 (15.88%) Decision-Making
17 71 (12.82%) DesignOps
18 67 (12.09%) Test Automation
19 64 (11.55%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 71 (12.82%) JavaScript
2 40 (7.22%) Java
3 33 (5.96%) TypeScript
4 23 (4.15%) C#
4 23 (4.15%) Python
5 17 (3.07%) SQL
6 9 (1.62%) PHP
7 5 (0.90%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.54%) Ruby
8 3 (0.54%) Scala
9 2 (0.36%) Bash
9 2 (0.36%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.18%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.18%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 75 (13.54%) Degree
2 46 (8.30%) Security Cleared
3 45 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 13 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.81%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.26%) ACCA
6 7 (1.26%) CIMA
7 5 (0.90%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.90%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.72%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (0.36%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.36%) CCSP
9 2 (0.36%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.36%) CISSP
9 2 (0.36%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.36%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
9 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.18%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 115 (20.76%) WCAG
2 45 (8.12%) QA
3 25 (4.51%) GDPR
4 14 (2.53%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.26%) GRC
6 4 (0.72%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.54%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.54%) PERC
8 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.36%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 29 (5.23%) Docker
2 4 (0.72%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (3.43%) Kubernetes
1 19 (3.43%) Terraform
2 7 (1.26%) Grafana
3 5 (0.90%) Ansible
4 3 (0.54%) Plesk
5 1 (0.18%) Kibana
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 212 (38.27%) Adobe
2 72 (13.00%) Microsoft
3 29 (5.23%) Google
4 10 (1.81%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.44%) SAP
6 6 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 5 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 5 (0.90%) Avid
7 5 (0.90%) dotdigital
7 5 (0.90%) SolarWinds
7 5 (0.90%) Splunk
8 4 (0.72%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.72%) Oracle
8 4 (0.72%) Workday
9 3 (0.54%) HP
9 3 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 2 (0.36%) Freshdesk
10 2 (0.36%) Guidewire
10 2 (0.36%) SendGrid
11 1 (0.18%) Synthesia