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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 109 196
Rank change year-on-year +22 +87 +69
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 682 512 416
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.93% 3.10% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.61% 17.07% 12.49%
Number of salaries quoted 263 185 242
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,750 £36,750
25th Percentile £38,984 £48,750 £45,807
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,470 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -14.22% +3.51% +5.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £80,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £75,961 £87,500 £78,625
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +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 3,873 3,000 3,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.64% 18.15% 13.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,467 1,700 2,207
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% +2.04% -2.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -8.33%

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 28 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 47 (6.89%) CMS
2 33 (4.84%) Confluence
3 22 (3.23%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.35%) WordPress
5 5 (0.73%) Moodle
6 4 (0.59%) Apache Spark
7 3 (0.44%) Drupal
8 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.15%) Apache
9 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 35 (5.13%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.49%) Simulink
3 15 (2.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.91%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.61%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.73%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.73%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.73%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.59%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.44%) Blender
10 3 (0.44%) Elementor
10 3 (0.44%) Maya
11 2 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.15%) Sketch
12 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.47%) Primavera
2 7 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.73%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.59%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.59%) Shopify
5 3 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 122 (17.89%) Adobe Analytics
2 91 (13.34%) Figma
3 87 (12.76%) AWS
4 86 (12.61%) Azure
5 55 (8.06%) Contentsquare
6 51 (7.48%) Power Platform
7 34 (4.99%) GCP
8 28 (4.11%) SaaS
9 21 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
10 19 (2.79%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (2.79%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.49%) Google Analytics
12 16 (2.35%) Power Automate
13 11 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
13 11 (1.61%) Entra ID
13 11 (1.61%) GitHub
13 11 (1.61%) Microsoft Copilot
14 8 (1.17%) Asana
15 7 (1.03%) Azure Key Vault
15 7 (1.03%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 125 (18.33%) Broadband
2 11 (1.61%) CTI
2 11 (1.61%) VoIP
3 9 (1.32%) Ethernet
4 7 (1.03%) Internet
5 6 (0.88%) LTE
6 5 (0.73%) DHCP
6 5 (0.73%) DNS
6 5 (0.73%) SNMP
7 4 (0.59%) HTTP
7 4 (0.59%) SMS
8 3 (0.44%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.44%) Firewall
8 3 (0.44%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.44%) TETRA
9 2 (0.29%) Intranet
9 2 (0.29%) OSPF
9 2 (0.29%) VLAN
9 2 (0.29%) VPN
9 2 (0.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (5.43%) Power BI
2 14 (2.05%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.32%) Metadata
5 8 (1.17%) MySQL
6 7 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.03%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.73%) GIS
8 5 (0.73%) Metadata Repository
8 5 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.59%) Big Data
9 4 (0.59%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.59%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.59%) Tableau
10 3 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.44%) BigQuery
10 3 (0.44%) Power Query
11 2 (0.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 36 (5.28%) Git
2 31 (4.55%) JIRA
3 18 (2.64%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.20%) Selenium
5 14 (2.05%) Cypress.io
5 14 (2.05%) GitLab
6 12 (1.76%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.61%) JUnit
8 10 (1.47%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.32%) Gatling
10 8 (1.17%) Axure RP
10 8 (1.17%) Balsamiq
11 7 (1.03%) JMeter
11 7 (1.03%) Postman
12 6 (0.88%) LabVIEW
12 6 (0.88%) Storybook
13 5 (0.73%) Visual Studio Code
14 4 (0.59%) REST Assured
15 3 (0.44%) Bitbucket
15 3 (0.44%) CMake
General
1 198 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 181 (26.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 174 (25.51%) Finance
4 144 (21.11%) Public Sector
5 134 (19.65%) Games
6 113 (16.57%) Aerospace
7 79 (11.58%) Law
8 73 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (5.87%) Legal
10 35 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (4.84%) Marketing
12 28 (4.11%) Electronics
12 28 (4.11%) Military
13 26 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
14 20 (2.93%) Retail
15 17 (2.49%) Multimedia
16 16 (2.35%) Banking
17 15 (2.20%) Publishing
18 13 (1.91%) Manufacturing
19 9 (1.32%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 141 (20.67%) Lead
2 120 (17.60%) Senior
3 72 (10.56%) Developer
4 69 (10.12%) Designer
5 48 (7.04%) Software Engineer
6 29 (4.25%) Senior Developer
7 27 (3.96%) UX Designer
8 26 (3.81%) Architect
9 24 (3.52%) Lead Designer
10 23 (3.37%) Product Manager
10 23 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
11 22 (3.23%) Digital Designer
12 21 (3.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 20 (2.93%) Analyst
13 20 (2.93%) Principal Engineer
14 19 (2.79%) User Researcher
15 17 (2.49%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 17 (2.49%) Test Engineer
16 16 (2.35%) Senior Software Engineer
17 15 (2.20%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (10.12%) HTML
2 68 (9.97%) CSS
3 51 (7.48%) React
4 29 (4.25%) Playwright
5 22 (3.23%) Node.js
6 20 (2.93%) Next.js
7 19 (2.79%) REST
8 14 (2.05%) HTML5
9 12 (1.76%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.76%) CSS3
9 12 (1.76%) RESTful
10 11 (1.61%) Vue
11 9 (1.32%) Terraform
12 8 (1.17%) .NET
12 8 (1.17%) Jest
12 8 (1.17%) Tailwind CSS
13 6 (0.88%) Gherkin
13 6 (0.88%) HEVC
13 6 (0.88%) jQuery
13 6 (0.88%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 109 (15.98%) Social Media
2 44 (6.45%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (6.30%) e-Learning
4 36 (5.28%) Management Information System
4 36 (5.28%) Onboarding
5 33 (4.84%) Product Ownership
6 28 (4.11%) Cloud Native
7 24 (3.52%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.64%) Blog
8 18 (2.64%) FPGA
9 14 (2.05%) Enterprise Software
10 13 (1.91%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.76%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 11 (1.61%) IVR
12 11 (1.61%) Podcast
13 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
13 7 (1.03%) Culture of Ownership
13 7 (1.03%) Learning Management System
14 6 (0.88%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.91%) Linux
2 12 (1.76%) Android
2 12 (1.76%) Apple iOS
2 12 (1.76%) Windows
3 3 (0.44%) Unix
3 3 (0.44%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (52.79%) Agile
2 237 (34.75%) AI
3 217 (31.82%) Analytics
4 186 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 174 (25.51%) Storytelling
6 173 (25.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 162 (23.75%) Mentoring
8 159 (23.31%) Continuous Improvement
9 156 (22.87%) User Experience
10 142 (20.82%) User Research
11 140 (20.53%) Customer Experience
11 140 (20.53%) Product Roadmap
12 138 (20.23%) Problem-Solving
13 121 (17.74%) Digital Customer Experience
14 118 (17.30%) Decision-Making
15 104 (15.25%) CI/CD
16 103 (15.10%) Coaching
17 81 (11.88%) Software Engineering
18 79 (11.58%) Prototyping
19 72 (10.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 98 (14.37%) JavaScript
2 47 (6.89%) TypeScript
3 42 (6.16%) Python
4 38 (5.57%) Java
5 36 (5.28%) SQL
6 22 (3.23%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.49%) C#
8 14 (2.05%) PHP
9 13 (1.91%) C++
10 8 (1.17%) Ada
11 5 (0.73%) R
11 5 (0.73%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.59%) C
12 4 (0.59%) Scala
12 4 (0.59%) VBA
13 3 (0.44%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.44%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.44%) Ruby
13 3 (0.44%) Rust
14 2 (0.29%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 153 (22.43%) Security Cleared
2 147 (21.55%) SC Cleared
3 122 (17.89%) Degree
4 113 (16.57%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.84%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.91%) Chartered Engineer
7 13 (1.91%) PhD
8 11 (1.61%) DBS Check
9 10 (1.47%) AWS Certification
10 9 (1.32%) ACCA
10 9 (1.32%) CIMA
10 9 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.59%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.59%) CISSP
12 2 (0.29%) CCNA
12 2 (0.29%) CCSP
12 2 (0.29%) HNC
12 2 (0.29%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (15.54%) WCAG
2 50 (7.33%) QA
3 34 (4.99%) Data Quality
4 28 (4.11%) GDPR
5 10 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.32%) GRC
7 7 (1.03%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.88%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.59%) PERC
9 4 (0.59%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.44%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.29%) SLA
12 1 (0.15%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.15%) DO-160
12 1 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.15%) NIST
12 1 (0.15%) PMO
System Software
1 35 (5.13%) Docker
2 28 (4.11%) Firmware
3 9 (1.32%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.44%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (3.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.73%) Ansible
2 5 (0.73%) Grafana
3 3 (0.44%) Plesk
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 148 (21.70%) Adobe
2 76 (11.14%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.37%) Google
3 23 (3.37%) SAP
4 13 (1.91%) Cisco
5 12 (1.76%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.61%) Avaya
6 11 (1.61%) Genesys
6 11 (1.61%) Siemens
7 8 (1.17%) Splunk
8 7 (1.03%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.03%) SolarWinds
9 6 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.88%) dotdigital
9 6 (0.88%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.73%) Avid
10 5 (0.73%) Oracle
10 5 (0.73%) YouTube
11 4 (0.59%) Workday
11 4 (0.59%) Xilinx