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

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 111 213
Rank change year-on-year +24 +102 +52
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 699 500 375
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.92% 3.09% 1.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.63% 16.80% 11.96%
Number of salaries quoted 271 179 162
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £38,636 £50,000 £45,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £63,100 £78,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,985 £87,500 £73,625
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -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 3,965 2,977 3,136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.54% 18.39% 13.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2,508 1,651 1,919
10th Percentile £33,750 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,201 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £56,282
% change year-on-year - +2.17% -6.20%

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 15 September 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 37 (5.29%) CMS
2 32 (4.58%) SharePoint
3 28 (4.01%) Confluence
4 20 (2.86%) WordPress
5 8 (1.14%) Moodle
6 4 (0.57%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.29%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (3.72%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.43%) Simulink
3 16 (2.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.72%) Chatbot
6 11 (1.57%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.57%) AutoCAD
7 6 (0.86%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 5 (0.72%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 5 (0.72%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.72%) Revit
9 4 (0.57%) Autodesk Smoke
9 4 (0.57%) Mathcad
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
10 3 (0.43%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.43%) Blender
10 3 (0.43%) Elementor
10 3 (0.43%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (1.43%) Primavera
2 7 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.72%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.29%) Adobe Campaign
5 2 (0.29%) SAP HR
5 2 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.14%) Magento
6 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 88 (12.59%) Azure
2 87 (12.45%) AWS
3 75 (10.73%) Adobe Analytics
4 74 (10.59%) Figma
5 55 (7.87%) Power Platform
6 42 (6.01%) Contentsquare
7 33 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
8 28 (4.01%) GCP
9 25 (3.58%) SaaS
10 22 (3.15%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.43%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.29%) Google Analytics
13 15 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
14 11 (1.57%) GitHub
14 11 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
15 10 (1.43%) Serverless
16 9 (1.29%) Dynamics 365
17 8 (1.14%) Entra ID
18 7 (1.00%) Azure Functions
18 7 (1.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 77 (11.02%) Broadband
2 25 (3.58%) 5G
3 11 (1.57%) CTI
3 11 (1.57%) Intrusion Detection
3 11 (1.57%) VoIP
4 10 (1.43%) Firewall
4 10 (1.43%) Internet
5 9 (1.29%) Ethernet
5 9 (1.29%) Intranet
6 5 (0.72%) DHCP
6 5 (0.72%) DNS
6 5 (0.72%) HTTP
6 5 (0.72%) SMS
6 5 (0.72%) SNMP
7 4 (0.57%) 3GPP
8 3 (0.43%) LTE
8 3 (0.43%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) TCP/IP
8 3 (0.43%) TETRA
8 3 (0.43%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (5.87%) Power BI
2 14 (2.00%) Metadata
2 14 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.43%) SQL Server
4 9 (1.29%) Amazon Redshift
5 8 (1.14%) Data Lake
5 8 (1.14%) GIS
5 8 (1.14%) MySQL
6 7 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
6 7 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.00%) Metadata Repository
6 7 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.86%) Big Data
7 6 (0.86%) MongoDB
7 6 (0.86%) Parquet
8 5 (0.72%) Power Query
8 5 (0.72%) Relational Database
8 5 (0.72%) Tableau
9 4 (0.57%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.57%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 40 (5.72%) Git
2 30 (4.29%) JIRA
3 18 (2.58%) Rational DOORS
4 13 (1.86%) Selenium
5 12 (1.72%) Cypress.io
5 12 (1.72%) JUnit
6 11 (1.57%) GitLab
7 10 (1.43%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.14%) Jenkins
9 7 (1.00%) Postman
10 6 (0.86%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.86%) Balsamiq
10 6 (0.86%) Gatling
10 6 (0.86%) LabVIEW
10 6 (0.86%) Storybook
11 5 (0.72%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.43%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.43%) CMake
12 3 (0.43%) JMeter
13 2 (0.29%) MSTest
General
1 210 (30.04%) Social Skills
2 205 (29.33%) Finance
3 189 (27.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (21.03%) Public Sector
5 113 (16.17%) Aerospace
6 99 (14.16%) Analytical Skills
7 85 (12.16%) Games
8 77 (11.02%) Law
9 45 (6.44%) Organisational Skills
10 43 (6.15%) Marketing
11 40 (5.72%) Legal
12 31 (4.43%) Influencing Skills
13 28 (4.01%) Electronics
13 28 (4.01%) Military
14 23 (3.29%) Telecoms
15 21 (3.00%) Multimedia
15 21 (3.00%) Publishing
16 20 (2.86%) Retail
17 18 (2.58%) Banking
18 15 (2.15%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 123 (17.60%) Senior
2 116 (16.60%) Lead
3 74 (10.59%) Developer
4 57 (8.15%) Designer
5 48 (6.87%) Software Engineer
6 32 (4.58%) Architect
6 32 (4.58%) Systems Engineer
7 27 (3.86%) Senior Developer
8 23 (3.29%) UX Designer
9 22 (3.15%) Principal Engineer
10 20 (2.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 19 (2.72%) Analyst
12 17 (2.43%) Lead Designer
12 17 (2.43%) Product Manager
13 16 (2.29%) Data Engineer
13 16 (2.29%) Junior
13 16 (2.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 16 (2.29%) Senior Software Engineer
14 15 (2.15%) Digital Designer
14 15 (2.15%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (11.30%) HTML
2 75 (10.73%) CSS
3 47 (6.72%) React
4 26 (3.72%) Playwright
5 21 (3.00%) Node.js
6 20 (2.86%) Next.js
7 19 (2.72%) REST
8 14 (2.00%) HTML5
9 13 (1.86%) Vue
10 12 (1.72%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.72%) CSS3
10 12 (1.72%) RESTful
11 9 (1.29%) JSON
12 8 (1.14%) .NET
12 8 (1.14%) Jest
12 8 (1.14%) Tailwind CSS
13 7 (1.00%) Terraform
14 6 (0.86%) jQuery
14 6 (0.86%) PySpark
14 6 (0.86%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 67 (9.59%) Social Media
2 46 (6.58%) e-Learning
3 43 (6.15%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (6.01%) Management Information System
5 29 (4.15%) Cloud Native
5 29 (4.15%) Product Ownership
6 26 (3.72%) Onboarding
7 20 (2.86%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.58%) Blog
8 18 (2.58%) FPGA
9 15 (2.15%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.86%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.72%) IVR
12 11 (1.57%) Learning Management System
12 11 (1.57%) Operational Technology
13 10 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
14 8 (1.14%) AI Agents
14 8 (1.14%) Data Centre
14 8 (1.14%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.86%) Linux
2 12 (1.72%) Windows
3 7 (1.00%) Android
3 7 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.43%) Unix
4 3 (0.43%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 313 (44.78%) Agile
2 206 (29.47%) AI
3 189 (27.04%) Analytics
3 189 (27.04%) Mentoring
4 169 (24.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 154 (22.03%) Problem-Solving
6 148 (21.17%) User Experience
7 135 (19.31%) Roadmaps
8 131 (18.74%) Decision-Making
9 129 (18.45%) Storytelling
10 124 (17.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 120 (17.17%) Coaching
12 107 (15.31%) Customer Experience
13 101 (14.45%) User Research
14 99 (14.16%) CI/CD
15 91 (13.02%) Product Roadmap
16 89 (12.73%) Line Management
17 86 (12.30%) Software Engineering
18 77 (11.02%) Test Automation
19 75 (10.73%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 105 (15.02%) JavaScript
2 47 (6.72%) Python
3 46 (6.58%) TypeScript
4 45 (6.44%) SQL
5 42 (6.01%) Java
6 22 (3.15%) MATLAB
7 18 (2.58%) C#
8 16 (2.29%) PHP
9 13 (1.86%) C++
10 8 (1.14%) Ada
11 5 (0.72%) R
11 5 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.57%) C
12 4 (0.57%) Scala
12 4 (0.57%) VBA
13 3 (0.43%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.43%) Kotlin
13 3 (0.43%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.43%) Ruby
13 3 (0.43%) Rust
Qualifications
1 159 (22.75%) Security Cleared
2 152 (21.75%) SC Cleared
3 132 (18.88%) Degree
4 114 (16.31%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (5.72%) DBS Check
7 15 (2.15%) Chartered Engineer
7 15 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.86%) PhD
9 10 (1.43%) ACCA
9 10 (1.43%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.43%) CIMA
9 10 (1.43%) Master's Degree
10 7 (1.00%) CISSP
11 6 (0.86%) Cisco Certification
12 4 (0.57%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 4 (0.57%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.57%) CCSP
13 3 (0.43%) CISM
14 2 (0.29%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (12.73%) WCAG
2 57 (8.15%) QA
3 46 (6.58%) Data Quality
4 34 (4.86%) GDPR
5 11 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.29%) NIST
7 7 (1.00%) ISO 9001
7 7 (1.00%) SOC 2
8 6 (0.86%) GRC
9 4 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.57%) PERC
9 4 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 4 (0.57%) SLA
10 3 (0.43%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.14%) NCSC
12 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (4.72%) Docker
2 28 (4.01%) Firmware
3 9 (1.29%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (0.57%) Ansible
3 3 (0.43%) Grafana
3 3 (0.43%) Plesk
4 2 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 105 (15.02%) Adobe
2 83 (11.87%) Microsoft
3 22 (3.15%) Google
3 22 (3.15%) SAP
4 13 (1.86%) Cisco
5 12 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.57%) Avaya
6 11 (1.57%) Genesys
6 11 (1.57%) Siemens
7 8 (1.14%) HubSpot
7 8 (1.14%) Splunk
8 7 (1.00%) SolarWinds
8 7 (1.00%) YouTube
9 6 (0.86%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.86%) dotdigital
10 5 (0.72%) Avid
10 5 (0.72%) NEC
10 5 (0.72%) Oracle
11 4 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.57%) Xero