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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 113 260
Rank change year-on-year +30 +147 +9
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 546 439 391
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.96% 3.04% 1.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.83% 15.22% 9.33%
Number of salaries quoted 195 138 294
10th Percentile £38,609 £40,875 £33,250
25th Percentile £45,374 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £56,001 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.05% -2.61% -2.13%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,489 £87,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -8.70%

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 3,062 2,885 4,189
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.62% 19.95% 12.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,888 1,617 3,251
10th Percentile £35,750 £35,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £46,688 £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 £81,250 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £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 10 May 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 54 (9.89%) CMS
2 32 (5.86%) Confluence
3 9 (1.65%) Drupal
4 8 (1.47%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.73%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.73%) WordPress
6 3 (0.55%) Apache
6 3 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (5.49%) UserZoom
2 21 (3.85%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.92%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.92%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.55%) Sketch
6 2 (0.37%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.18%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.18%) InDesign
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Notion
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics GP
1 4 (0.73%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.18%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (33.15%) Adobe Analytics
2 129 (23.63%) Figma
3 72 (13.19%) Azure
4 55 (10.07%) Contentsquare
5 51 (9.34%) AWS
6 34 (6.23%) GCP
7 28 (5.13%) Power Platform
8 27 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (4.95%) SaaS
9 21 (3.85%) Google Analytics
10 17 (3.11%) Dynamics 365
11 16 (2.93%) GitHub
12 15 (2.75%) Azure Key Vault
13 14 (2.56%) Snowflake
14 13 (2.38%) dbt
15 10 (1.83%) Asana
15 10 (1.83%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.83%) Serverless
16 9 (1.65%) PowerApps
17 8 (1.47%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 202 (37.00%) Broadband
2 11 (2.01%) Internet
3 7 (1.28%) LTE
4 5 (0.92%) SNMP
5 2 (0.37%) DHCP
5 2 (0.37%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 2 (0.37%) Intranet
5 2 (0.37%) Wireless
6 1 (0.18%) SMS
6 1 (0.18%) VoIP
6 1 (0.18%) VPN
6 1 (0.18%) WAN
6 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
1 16 (2.93%) Power BI
2 10 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.28%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.92%) MySQL
4 5 (0.92%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.55%) GIS
6 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
6 3 (0.55%) Metadata
6 3 (0.55%) Tableau
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.18%) Big Data
8 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.21%) Git
2 19 (3.48%) Axure RP
3 18 (3.30%) Balsamiq
4 15 (2.75%) JMeter
4 15 (2.75%) Selenium
5 13 (2.38%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.38%) JIRA
6 11 (2.01%) Cypress.io
7 10 (1.83%) Cucumber
7 10 (1.83%) Storybook
7 10 (1.83%) Visual Studio
8 8 (1.47%) REST Assured
9 7 (1.28%) GitLab
9 7 (1.28%) webpack
10 6 (1.10%) Postman
10 6 (1.10%) XCUITest
11 5 (0.92%) Locust
12 4 (0.73%) Babel
12 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.55%) SoapUI
General
1 204 (37.36%) Games
2 109 (19.96%) Social Skills
3 73 (13.37%) Public Sector
4 69 (12.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 69 (12.64%) Law
5 56 (10.26%) Finance
6 45 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
7 44 (8.06%) Legal
8 35 (6.41%) Marketing
9 13 (2.38%) Retail
10 12 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (2.01%) Advertising
12 9 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.10%) Publishing
15 5 (0.92%) Local Government
15 5 (0.92%) Tech for Good
16 4 (0.73%) German Language
16 4 (0.73%) Health Technology
16 4 (0.73%) Police
Job Titles
1 156 (28.57%) Lead
2 106 (19.41%) Designer
3 77 (14.10%) Senior
4 52 (9.52%) Lead Designer
5 45 (8.24%) Developer
6 40 (7.33%) Digital Designer
7 33 (6.04%) UX Designer
8 31 (5.68%) User Researcher
9 22 (4.03%) Software Engineer
10 21 (3.85%) Service Designer
11 19 (3.48%) Analyst
12 18 (3.30%) Architect
12 18 (3.30%) Product Manager
13 17 (3.11%) Systems Manager
14 16 (2.93%) Engineering Manager
15 15 (2.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 14 (2.56%) Lead UX Designer
16 14 (2.56%) Test Engineer
17 13 (2.38%) Digital User Researcher
18 12 (2.20%) Head of Digital
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.79%) HTML
1 48 (8.79%) React
2 45 (8.24%) CSS
3 22 (4.03%) .NET
4 16 (2.93%) HTML5
4 16 (2.93%) Playwright
5 15 (2.75%) AngularJS
6 13 (2.38%) Vue
7 12 (2.20%) CSS3
7 12 (2.20%) Node.js
8 11 (2.01%) RESTful
9 9 (1.65%) Material Design
10 8 (1.47%) Blazor
10 8 (1.47%) WebAssembly
10 8 (1.47%) YAML
11 7 (1.28%) Express.js
11 7 (1.28%) HEVC
11 7 (1.28%) React Native
11 7 (1.28%) Sass
12 6 (1.10%) OpenAPI
Miscellaneous
1 163 (29.85%) Social Media
2 49 (8.97%) Product Ownership
3 47 (8.61%) Onboarding
4 42 (7.69%) Mobile App
5 21 (3.85%) Cloud Native
6 19 (3.48%) Management Information System
7 16 (2.93%) Blog
8 15 (2.75%) Podcast
9 13 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
10 8 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
11 7 (1.28%) Culture of Ownership
12 6 (1.10%) Cyberattack
13 5 (0.92%) Driving Licence
13 5 (0.92%) Low-Code
14 4 (0.73%) Data Centre
14 4 (0.73%) Educational Technology
14 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
15 3 (0.55%) Data Structures
15 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
15 3 (0.55%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 32 (5.86%) Android
1 32 (5.86%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.83%) Windows
3 5 (0.92%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (63.74%) Agile
2 273 (50.00%) AI
3 250 (45.79%) Analytics
4 237 (43.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 226 (41.39%) Roadmaps
6 215 (39.38%) Storytelling
7 197 (36.08%) User Research
8 187 (34.25%) Customer Experience
9 186 (34.07%) Product Roadmap
10 176 (32.23%) Digital Customer Experience
11 149 (27.29%) User Experience
12 124 (22.71%) Mentoring
13 118 (21.61%) Workshop Facilitation
14 113 (20.70%) Prototyping
15 109 (19.96%) Continuous Improvement
16 85 (15.57%) Decision-Making
17 82 (15.02%) CI/CD
18 71 (13.00%) DesignOps
19 65 (11.90%) Service Design
20 62 (11.36%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.72%) JavaScript
2 37 (6.78%) TypeScript
3 30 (5.49%) Java
4 26 (4.76%) Python
5 25 (4.58%) SQL
6 24 (4.40%) C#
7 9 (1.65%) PHP
7 9 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.37%) Bash
8 2 (0.37%) Scala
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.18%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 79 (14.47%) Degree
2 47 (8.61%) Security Cleared
3 46 (8.42%) SC Cleared
4 15 (2.75%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (2.38%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.10%) ACCA
6 6 (1.10%) CIMA
7 5 (0.92%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.37%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CCSP
11 1 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CISSP
11 1 (0.18%) MCSE
11 1 (0.18%) OSCP
11 1 (0.18%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.18%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (21.25%) WCAG
2 36 (6.59%) QA
3 20 (3.66%) GDPR
4 14 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.47%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.28%) GRC
7 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
7 3 (0.55%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.37%) SLA
9 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.18%) PERC
System Software
1 25 (4.58%) Docker
2 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 24 (4.40%) Terraform
2 14 (2.56%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.28%) Grafana
4 5 (0.92%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Plesk
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 213 (39.01%) Adobe
2 86 (15.75%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.68%) Google
4 8 (1.47%) SAP
4 8 (1.47%) ServiceNow
5 5 (0.92%) Atlassian
5 5 (0.92%) Avid
5 5 (0.92%) SolarWinds
5 5 (0.92%) Splunk
6 4 (0.73%) Hotjar
6 4 (0.73%) Oracle
6 4 (0.73%) Salesforce
6 4 (0.73%) Workday
7 3 (0.55%) dotdigital
7 3 (0.55%) HP
8 2 (0.37%) Freshdesk
8 2 (0.37%) Guidewire
8 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
9 1 (0.18%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.18%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud