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

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 109 262
Rank change year-on-year +28 +153 +21
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 547 483 395
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.91% 3.31% 1.21%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.02% 17.01% 9.40%
Number of salaries quoted 204 127 298
10th Percentile £38,582 £41,250 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £50,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -2.13%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,337 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,875 £87,500 £93,125
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -8.02%

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 3,036 2,840 4,201
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.15% 19.44% 12.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,907 1,526 3,243
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,750 £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 £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 22 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 51 (9.32%) CMS
2 33 (6.03%) Confluence
3 7 (1.28%) Drupal
4 6 (1.10%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.73%) WordPress
6 2 (0.37%) Apache
6 2 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.37%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
7 1 (0.18%) Moodle
Applications
1 30 (5.48%) UserZoom
2 16 (2.93%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.91%) AutoCAD
4 5 (0.91%) DaVinci Resolve
4 5 (0.91%) 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%) Blender
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%) Maya
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
1 4 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (0.73%) SAP HR
2 3 (0.55%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (33.09%) Adobe Analytics
2 128 (23.40%) Figma
3 67 (12.25%) Azure
4 55 (10.05%) Contentsquare
5 49 (8.96%) AWS
6 33 (6.03%) GCP
7 30 (5.48%) SaaS
8 27 (4.94%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (4.75%) Power Platform
10 18 (3.29%) Google Analytics
11 17 (3.11%) GitHub
12 14 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (2.38%) Azure Key Vault
14 10 (1.83%) Asana
14 10 (1.83%) dbt
14 10 (1.83%) Entra ID
15 9 (1.65%) Serverless
16 8 (1.46%) GitHub Copilot
17 7 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 7 (1.28%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 202 (36.93%) Broadband
2 11 (2.01%) Internet
3 7 (1.28%) LTE
4 5 (0.91%) SNMP
5 2 (0.37%) DHCP
5 2 (0.37%) DNS
5 2 (0.37%) Firewall
5 2 (0.37%) SMS
5 2 (0.37%) Wireless
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 15 (2.74%) Power BI
2 9 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (0.91%) BigQuery
4 5 (0.91%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.73%) GIS
5 4 (0.73%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.73%) MySQL
5 4 (0.73%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.55%) MariaDB
6 3 (0.55%) Metadata
7 2 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.37%) Tableau
8 1 (0.18%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.18%) Big Data
8 1 (0.18%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.18%) Neo4j
8 1 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 26 (4.75%) Git
2 16 (2.93%) Cypress.io
2 16 (2.93%) Selenium
3 15 (2.74%) JMeter
4 14 (2.56%) Axure RP
4 14 (2.56%) JIRA
5 13 (2.38%) Balsamiq
5 13 (2.38%) Jenkins
6 10 (1.83%) Cucumber
6 10 (1.83%) Visual Studio
7 8 (1.46%) REST Assured
7 8 (1.46%) Storybook
8 6 (1.10%) GitLab
8 6 (1.10%) Postman
8 6 (1.10%) webpack
8 6 (1.10%) XCUITest
9 5 (0.91%) Locust
10 4 (0.73%) JUnit
10 4 (0.73%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.55%) SoapUI
General
1 204 (37.29%) Games
2 112 (20.48%) Social Skills
3 79 (14.44%) Public Sector
4 71 (12.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 68 (12.43%) Law
6 59 (10.79%) Finance
7 46 (8.41%) Analytical Skills
8 42 (7.68%) Legal
9 36 (6.58%) Marketing
10 15 (2.74%) Retail
11 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
12 11 (2.01%) Advertising
12 11 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
13 7 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.10%) Local Government
15 5 (0.91%) Back Office
15 5 (0.91%) Banking
15 5 (0.91%) Financial Institution
15 5 (0.91%) Publishing
15 5 (0.91%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 157 (28.70%) Lead
2 104 (19.01%) Designer
3 83 (15.17%) Senior
4 52 (9.51%) Lead Designer
5 45 (8.23%) Developer
6 40 (7.31%) Digital Designer
7 34 (6.22%) UX Designer
8 31 (5.67%) User Researcher
9 23 (4.20%) Software Engineer
10 22 (4.02%) Test Engineer
11 21 (3.84%) Analyst
12 18 (3.29%) Product Manager
12 18 (3.29%) Service Designer
13 17 (3.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 17 (3.11%) Systems Manager
14 16 (2.93%) Engineering Manager
15 14 (2.56%) Lead UX Designer
16 13 (2.38%) Business Analyst
16 13 (2.38%) Digital User Researcher
16 13 (2.38%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (8.78%) HTML
2 44 (8.04%) CSS
2 44 (8.04%) React
3 20 (3.66%) AngularJS
3 20 (3.66%) Playwright
4 19 (3.47%) .NET
5 16 (2.93%) Vue
6 15 (2.74%) HTML5
6 15 (2.74%) Node.js
7 12 (2.19%) RESTful
8 11 (2.01%) CSS3
9 10 (1.83%) Material Design
10 9 (1.65%) Jest
11 8 (1.46%) Blazor
11 8 (1.46%) Express.js
11 8 (1.46%) OpenAPI
11 8 (1.46%) Sass
11 8 (1.46%) WebAssembly
11 8 (1.46%) XML
11 8 (1.46%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 163 (29.80%) Social Media
2 49 (8.96%) Onboarding
2 49 (8.96%) Product Ownership
3 42 (7.68%) Mobile App
4 24 (4.39%) Cloud Native
5 19 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 17 (3.11%) Blog
7 15 (2.74%) Podcast
8 13 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
9 8 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.28%) Culture of Ownership
10 7 (1.28%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.10%) Cyberattack
12 5 (0.91%) Low-Code
13 4 (0.73%) Data Structures
13 4 (0.73%) Virtual Team
14 3 (0.55%) Data Centre
14 3 (0.55%) Graphic Design
14 3 (0.55%) Learning Management System
14 3 (0.55%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 34 (6.22%) Android
1 34 (6.22%) Apple iOS
2 10 (1.83%) Windows
3 5 (0.91%) Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 358 (65.45%) Agile
2 275 (50.27%) AI
3 238 (43.51%) Analytics
4 231 (42.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 226 (41.32%) Roadmaps
6 215 (39.31%) Storytelling
7 193 (35.28%) User Research
8 188 (34.37%) Customer Experience
9 187 (34.19%) Product Roadmap
10 176 (32.18%) Digital Customer Experience
11 146 (26.69%) User Experience
12 131 (23.95%) Mentoring
13 117 (21.39%) Workshop Facilitation
14 114 (20.84%) Continuous Improvement
15 109 (19.93%) Prototyping
16 91 (16.64%) CI/CD
17 88 (16.09%) Decision-Making
18 71 (12.98%) DesignOps
19 65 (11.88%) Coaching
20 62 (11.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 68 (12.43%) JavaScript
2 40 (7.31%) Java
3 35 (6.40%) TypeScript
4 25 (4.57%) C#
4 25 (4.57%) Python
5 19 (3.47%) SQL
6 7 (1.28%) PHP
6 7 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.55%) Ruby
8 2 (0.37%) Bash
8 2 (0.37%) Scala
8 2 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 75 (13.71%) Degree
2 44 (8.04%) Security Cleared
3 43 (7.86%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.28%) ACCA
6 7 (1.28%) CIMA
7 5 (0.91%) AWS Certification
7 5 (0.91%) ISTQB
8 4 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.37%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.37%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.37%) CCSP
10 2 (0.37%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.37%) CISSP
10 2 (0.37%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.37%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
11 1 (0.18%) CREST Certified
11 1 (0.18%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (20.66%) WCAG
2 41 (7.50%) QA
3 22 (4.02%) GDPR
4 14 (2.56%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.46%) Actionable Recommendations
6 7 (1.28%) GRC
7 4 (0.73%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (0.55%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.37%) PERC
9 2 (0.37%) SLA
10 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.18%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 25 (4.57%) Docker
2 4 (0.73%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 21 (3.84%) Terraform
2 16 (2.93%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.28%) Grafana
4 5 (0.91%) Ansible
5 3 (0.55%) Plesk
6 1 (0.18%) Kibana
6 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 208 (38.03%) Adobe
2 73 (13.35%) Microsoft
3 27 (4.94%) Google
4 10 (1.83%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.46%) SAP
6 5 (0.91%) Atlassian
6 5 (0.91%) Avid
6 5 (0.91%) Salesforce
6 5 (0.91%) SolarWinds
6 5 (0.91%) Splunk
7 4 (0.73%) dotdigital
7 4 (0.73%) Hotjar
7 4 (0.73%) Workday
8 3 (0.55%) HP
8 3 (0.55%) Oracle
9 2 (0.37%) Freshdesk
9 2 (0.37%) Guidewire
9 2 (0.37%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 2 (0.37%) SendGrid
10 1 (0.18%) Synthesia