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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 111 210
Rank change year-on-year +24 +99 +69
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 666 505 405
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.00% 3.05% 1.56%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.76% 16.99% 11.67%
Number of salaries quoted 254 170 262
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £35,645
25th Percentile £38,825 £50,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £57,732
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +3.93% +0.40%
75th Percentile £64,000 £79,375 £62,200
90th Percentile £82,350 £87,500 £79,750
UK median annual salary £53,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.83% +4.55% -2.65%

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 3,749 2,972 3,469
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.88% 17.97% 13.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,360 1,690 2,474
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 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year - +2.63% -2.56%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,753 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 1 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 52 (7.81%) CMS
2 37 (5.56%) Confluence
3 20 (3.00%) SharePoint
4 13 (1.95%) WordPress
5 7 (1.05%) Drupal
6 4 (0.60%) Moodle
7 2 (0.30%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 45 (6.76%) UserZoom
2 16 (2.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (2.40%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.95%) Adobe XD
4 11 (1.65%) Chatbot
5 9 (1.35%) Simulink
6 5 (0.75%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.75%) DaVinci Resolve
6 5 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.75%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.45%) Blender
7 3 (0.45%) Mathcad
7 3 (0.45%) Maya
7 3 (0.45%) Sketch
7 3 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.30%) Elementor
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.15%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 8 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (0.60%) SAP HR
3 3 (0.45%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.45%) Shopify
3 3 (0.45%) Teamcenter
4 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
4 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.15%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 173 (25.98%) Adobe Analytics
2 111 (16.67%) Figma
3 79 (11.86%) Azure
4 75 (11.26%) AWS
5 70 (10.51%) Contentsquare
6 52 (7.81%) Power Platform
7 30 (4.50%) GCP
8 29 (4.35%) SaaS
9 22 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
10 21 (3.15%) Google Analytics
10 21 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
11 18 (2.70%) PowerApps
12 17 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (2.40%) Power Automate
14 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Copilot
15 11 (1.65%) Asana
15 11 (1.65%) Entra ID
16 9 (1.35%) GitHub
17 8 (1.20%) dbt
18 7 (1.05%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 185 (27.78%) Broadband
2 11 (1.65%) CTI
2 11 (1.65%) VoIP
3 10 (1.50%) Internet
4 7 (1.05%) LTE
5 5 (0.75%) SNMP
6 4 (0.60%) SMS
7 3 (0.45%) DHCP
7 3 (0.45%) DNS
8 2 (0.30%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.30%) Firewall
8 2 (0.30%) HTTP
8 2 (0.30%) Intranet
8 2 (0.30%) Wireless
9 1 (0.15%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.15%) OSPF
9 1 (0.15%) TCP/IP
9 1 (0.15%) TETRA
9 1 (0.15%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.15%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (4.95%) Power BI
2 12 (1.80%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.35%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.20%) MySQL
5 6 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.90%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.75%) GIS
6 5 (0.75%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.60%) MariaDB
8 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
8 3 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.45%) Tableau
9 2 (0.30%) Big Data
9 2 (0.30%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.30%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.30%) KNIME
9 2 (0.30%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 36 (5.41%) Git
2 24 (3.60%) JIRA
3 15 (2.25%) Cypress.io
3 15 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 15 (2.25%) Selenium
4 13 (1.95%) Cucumber
5 12 (1.80%) GitLab
6 11 (1.65%) JUnit
7 10 (1.50%) JMeter
8 9 (1.35%) Gatling
8 9 (1.35%) Rational DOORS
9 8 (1.20%) Axure RP
9 8 (1.20%) Balsamiq
10 7 (1.05%) Postman
10 7 (1.05%) XCUITest
11 5 (0.75%) Locust
11 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
11 5 (0.75%) webpack
12 4 (0.60%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
General
1 193 (28.98%) Games
2 177 (26.58%) Social Skills
3 128 (19.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 116 (17.42%) Public Sector
5 115 (17.27%) Finance
6 74 (11.11%) Law
7 63 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
8 49 (7.36%) Aerospace
9 43 (6.46%) Legal
10 36 (5.41%) Marketing
11 34 (5.11%) Organisational Skills
12 23 (3.45%) Retail
13 22 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (2.40%) Multimedia
15 15 (2.25%) Publishing
16 14 (2.10%) Banking
17 11 (1.65%) Electronics
17 11 (1.65%) Military
18 9 (1.35%) Manufacturing
19 7 (1.05%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 175 (26.28%) Lead
2 98 (14.71%) Senior
3 85 (12.76%) Designer
4 64 (9.61%) Developer
5 36 (5.41%) Lead Designer
6 34 (5.11%) Software Engineer
7 31 (4.65%) Digital Designer
8 30 (4.50%) UX Designer
9 25 (3.75%) User Researcher
10 23 (3.45%) Architect
11 21 (3.15%) Senior Developer
12 19 (2.85%) Product Manager
12 19 (2.85%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 16 (2.40%) Digital User Researcher
14 16 (2.40%) Lead Architect
14 16 (2.40%) Test Engineer
15 15 (2.25%) Technical Leader
16 14 (2.10%) Senior Software Engineer
16 14 (2.10%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.61%) HTML
2 59 (8.86%) CSS
3 49 (7.36%) React
4 27 (4.05%) Playwright
5 19 (2.85%) HTML5
6 17 (2.55%) CSS3
7 15 (2.25%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.25%) REST
8 14 (2.10%) Next.js
8 14 (2.10%) Node.js
9 12 (1.80%) RESTful
9 12 (1.80%) Vue
10 10 (1.50%) Jest
11 7 (1.05%) Gherkin
11 7 (1.05%) HEVC
11 7 (1.05%) jQuery
12 6 (0.90%) .NET
12 6 (0.90%) Tailwind CSS
12 6 (0.90%) XML
13 5 (0.75%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 155 (23.27%) Social Media
2 48 (7.21%) Onboarding
3 42 (6.31%) e-Learning
4 39 (5.86%) Mobile App
5 36 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (5.11%) Management Information System
7 33 (4.95%) Product Ownership
8 28 (4.20%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.70%) Blog
10 14 (2.10%) Podcast
11 11 (1.65%) IVR
11 11 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
12 10 (1.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 8 (1.20%) Algorithms
14 7 (1.05%) Culture of Ownership
14 7 (1.05%) FPGA
15 6 (0.90%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.90%) Learning Management System
15 6 (0.90%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 28 (4.20%) Android
1 28 (4.20%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.50%) Windows
3 8 (1.20%) Linux
4 2 (0.30%) VxWorks
5 1 (0.15%) Unix
5 1 (0.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 383 (57.51%) Agile
2 288 (43.24%) AI
3 261 (39.19%) Analytics
4 235 (35.29%) Roadmaps
5 219 (32.88%) Storytelling
6 213 (31.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 187 (28.08%) Customer Experience
8 183 (27.48%) User Research
9 182 (27.33%) Product Roadmap
10 169 (25.38%) Digital Customer Experience
11 161 (24.17%) User Experience
12 156 (23.42%) Continuous Improvement
13 150 (22.52%) Mentoring
14 114 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
15 113 (16.97%) Decision-Making
16 104 (15.62%) CI/CD
17 101 (15.17%) Prototyping
18 86 (12.91%) Workshop Facilitation
19 80 (12.01%) Coaching
20 77 (11.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 93 (13.96%) JavaScript
2 39 (5.86%) Java
2 39 (5.86%) TypeScript
3 37 (5.56%) Python
4 29 (4.35%) SQL
5 15 (2.25%) C#
6 13 (1.95%) PHP
7 11 (1.65%) MATLAB
8 6 (0.90%) C++
9 4 (0.60%) Ada
9 4 (0.60%) R
9 4 (0.60%) SystemVerilog
9 4 (0.60%) VBA
10 3 (0.45%) Ruby
11 2 (0.30%) Bash
11 2 (0.30%) C
11 2 (0.30%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.30%) Scala
12 1 (0.15%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.15%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 92 (13.81%) Security Cleared
2 90 (13.51%) Degree
2 90 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 49 (7.36%) DV Cleared
4 46 (6.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 13 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (1.95%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.35%) ACCA
6 9 (1.35%) CIMA
7 7 (1.05%) AWS Certification
7 7 (1.05%) PhD
8 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
9 4 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (0.60%) CISSP
10 3 (0.45%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.45%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.30%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 2 (0.30%) CCSP
11 2 (0.30%) CSPO
11 2 (0.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (17.87%) WCAG
2 49 (7.36%) QA
3 31 (4.65%) GDPR
4 24 (3.60%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.35%) GRC
6 7 (1.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 6 (0.90%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.60%) PERC
8 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 4 (0.60%) SOC 2
9 3 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 2 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.30%) SLA
11 1 (0.15%) MIL-STD-1553
11 1 (0.15%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (5.26%) Docker
2 13 (1.95%) Firmware
3 5 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (3.90%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.20%) Terraform
3 7 (1.05%) Grafana
4 6 (0.90%) Ansible
5 3 (0.45%) Plesk
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 197 (29.58%) Adobe
2 82 (12.31%) Microsoft
3 25 (3.75%) Google
4 12 (1.80%) Cisco
4 12 (1.80%) SAP
5 11 (1.65%) Avaya
5 11 (1.65%) Genesys
5 11 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.05%) dotdigital
6 7 (1.05%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.90%) SolarWinds
8 5 (0.75%) Avid
8 5 (0.75%) Siemens
8 5 (0.75%) Splunk
9 4 (0.60%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 4 (0.60%) Workday
10 3 (0.45%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.45%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.45%) Oracle