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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 107 195
Rank change year-on-year +25 +88 +76
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 709 509 412
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.08% 3.07% 1.67%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.25% 17.01% 12.50%
Number of salaries quoted 264 182 245
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,375 £36,624
25th Percentile £38,931 £48,750 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +3.51% +2.30%
75th Percentile £64,000 £80,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £78,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +3.60% +0.86%

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 3,885 2,992 3,296
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.88% 18.06% 13.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,455 1,694 2,228
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £60,000 £58,482
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +2.60% -2.53%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,125 £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 22 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 (7.33%) CMS
2 38 (5.36%) Confluence
3 22 (3.10%) SharePoint
4 16 (2.26%) WordPress
5 5 (0.71%) Drupal
5 5 (0.71%) Moodle
6 4 (0.56%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.14%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 43 (6.06%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.40%) Simulink
3 15 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.97%) Adobe XD
4 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (1.55%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.71%) AutoCAD
7 5 (0.71%) DaVinci Resolve
7 5 (0.71%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.56%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.42%) Blender
9 3 (0.42%) Elementor
9 3 (0.42%) Maya
10 2 (0.28%) Sketch
10 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
11 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) Primavera
2 7 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.71%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.56%) Shopify
5 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.14%) Magento
7 1 (0.14%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 144 (20.31%) Adobe Analytics
2 98 (13.82%) Figma
3 85 (11.99%) AWS
4 82 (11.57%) Azure
5 68 (9.59%) Contentsquare
6 51 (7.19%) Power Platform
7 31 (4.37%) SaaS
8 30 (4.23%) GCP
9 20 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
10 18 (2.54%) Google Analytics
10 18 (2.54%) PowerApps
11 16 (2.26%) Power Automate
12 13 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
13 12 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.55%) Entra ID
14 11 (1.55%) GitHub
15 9 (1.27%) Asana
15 9 (1.27%) dbt
16 7 (0.99%) Azure Key Vault
Communications & Networking
1 151 (21.30%) Broadband
2 11 (1.55%) CTI
2 11 (1.55%) VoIP
3 9 (1.27%) Ethernet
3 9 (1.27%) Internet
4 7 (0.99%) LTE
5 5 (0.71%) DHCP
5 5 (0.71%) DNS
5 5 (0.71%) SNMP
6 4 (0.56%) HTTP
6 4 (0.56%) SMS
7 3 (0.42%) 3GPP
7 3 (0.42%) Firewall
7 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.42%) TETRA
8 2 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.28%) Network Security
8 2 (0.28%) VLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Wireless
8 2 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (5.08%) Power BI
2 14 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.13%) MySQL
5 7 (0.99%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.99%) NoSQL
6 6 (0.85%) MongoDB
7 5 (0.71%) GIS
7 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
8 4 (0.56%) Big Data
8 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
8 4 (0.56%) Tableau
9 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 3 (0.42%) Metadata
10 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.28%) KNIME
10 2 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 37 (5.22%) Git
2 31 (4.37%) JIRA
3 18 (2.54%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.12%) Cypress.io
4 15 (2.12%) Selenium
5 14 (1.97%) GitLab
6 13 (1.83%) Cucumber
6 13 (1.83%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.55%) JUnit
8 10 (1.41%) JMeter
9 9 (1.27%) Axure RP
9 9 (1.27%) Balsamiq
9 9 (1.27%) Gatling
10 7 (0.99%) Postman
11 6 (0.85%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.85%) Storybook
12 5 (0.71%) Locust
12 5 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.56%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.42%) XCUITest
General
1 206 (29.06%) Social Skills
2 186 (26.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 176 (24.82%) Finance
4 161 (22.71%) Games
5 136 (19.18%) Public Sector
6 113 (15.94%) Aerospace
7 80 (11.28%) Law
8 74 (10.44%) Analytical Skills
9 44 (6.21%) Legal
10 36 (5.08%) Marketing
11 35 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (3.95%) Electronics
12 28 (3.95%) Military
13 27 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
14 22 (3.10%) Retail
15 17 (2.40%) Multimedia
16 16 (2.26%) Banking
17 14 (1.97%) Manufacturing
17 14 (1.97%) Publishing
18 9 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 158 (22.28%) Lead
2 111 (15.66%) Senior
3 72 (10.16%) Designer
4 69 (9.73%) Developer
5 49 (6.91%) Software Engineer
6 27 (3.81%) UX Designer
7 25 (3.53%) Senior Developer
8 24 (3.39%) Lead Designer
9 23 (3.24%) Product Manager
9 23 (3.24%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (3.24%) User Researcher
10 22 (3.10%) Architect
10 22 (3.10%) Digital Designer
11 20 (2.82%) Analyst
11 20 (2.82%) Principal Engineer
12 19 (2.68%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.54%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 17 (2.40%) Test Engineer
15 16 (2.26%) Lead Architect
15 16 (2.26%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (9.45%) HTML
2 66 (9.31%) CSS
3 52 (7.33%) React
4 29 (4.09%) Playwright
5 19 (2.68%) Next.js
6 18 (2.54%) REST
7 17 (2.40%) Node.js
8 16 (2.26%) HTML5
9 14 (1.97%) CSS3
10 13 (1.83%) AngularJS
11 12 (1.69%) RESTful
11 12 (1.69%) Terraform
11 12 (1.69%) Vue
12 9 (1.27%) Gherkin
12 9 (1.27%) Jest
13 8 (1.13%) .NET
13 8 (1.13%) Tailwind CSS
14 7 (0.99%) HEVC
15 6 (0.85%) jQuery
15 6 (0.85%) Vitest
Miscellaneous
1 127 (17.91%) Social Media
2 46 (6.49%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (6.06%) e-Learning
4 42 (5.92%) Onboarding
5 37 (5.22%) Management Information System
6 34 (4.80%) Product Ownership
7 29 (4.09%) Mobile App
8 28 (3.95%) Cloud Native
9 19 (2.68%) Blog
10 18 (2.54%) FPGA
11 14 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
11 14 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
12 13 (1.83%) Algorithms
13 12 (1.69%) Podcast
14 11 (1.55%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 11 (1.55%) IVR
15 7 (0.99%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.99%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.99%) Learning Management System
16 6 (0.85%) Mobile Banking
Operating Systems
1 17 (2.40%) Android
1 17 (2.40%) Apple iOS
2 13 (1.83%) Linux
2 13 (1.83%) Windows
3 3 (0.42%) Unix
3 3 (0.42%) VxWorks
4 2 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (53.60%) Agile
2 263 (37.09%) AI
3 240 (33.85%) Analytics
4 212 (29.90%) Roadmaps
5 196 (27.64%) Storytelling
6 190 (26.80%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 164 (23.13%) User Experience
8 162 (22.85%) Customer Experience
8 162 (22.85%) Mentoring
9 161 (22.71%) Continuous Improvement
9 161 (22.71%) Product Roadmap
10 160 (22.57%) User Research
11 142 (20.03%) Digital Customer Experience
12 140 (19.75%) Problem-Solving
13 126 (17.77%) Decision-Making
14 106 (14.95%) CI/CD
15 91 (12.83%) Coaching
16 87 (12.27%) Prototyping
17 81 (11.42%) Software Engineering
18 76 (10.72%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 95 (13.40%) JavaScript
2 45 (6.35%) Python
3 43 (6.06%) TypeScript
4 41 (5.78%) Java
5 36 (5.08%) SQL
6 22 (3.10%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.40%) C#
8 14 (1.97%) PHP
9 13 (1.83%) C++
10 8 (1.13%) Ada
11 5 (0.71%) R
11 5 (0.71%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.56%) C
12 4 (0.56%) Scala
12 4 (0.56%) VBA
13 3 (0.42%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.42%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.42%) Ruby
13 3 (0.42%) Rust
14 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 157 (22.14%) Security Cleared
2 151 (21.30%) SC Cleared
3 126 (17.77%) Degree
4 113 (15.94%) DV Cleared
5 108 (15.23%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.83%) Chartered Engineer
7 13 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.83%) PhD
8 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.41%) Master's Degree
9 9 (1.27%) ACCA
9 9 (1.27%) CIMA
10 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.56%) CISSP
11 2 (0.28%) CCNA
11 2 (0.28%) CCSP
11 2 (0.28%) CISM
11 2 (0.28%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (16.93%) WCAG
2 52 (7.33%) QA
3 29 (4.09%) GDPR
4 28 (3.95%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.27%) GRC
7 7 (0.99%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.85%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.56%) PERC
9 4 (0.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (0.42%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.28%) SLA
12 1 (0.14%) Def Stans
12 1 (0.14%) DO-160
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (5.36%) Docker
2 28 (3.95%) Firmware
3 9 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.13%) Grafana
3 6 (0.85%) Ansible
4 3 (0.42%) Plesk
5 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 170 (23.98%) Adobe
2 78 (11.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.39%) Google
4 23 (3.24%) SAP
5 13 (1.83%) Cisco
6 11 (1.55%) Avaya
6 11 (1.55%) Genesys
6 11 (1.55%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.55%) Siemens
7 8 (1.13%) Splunk
8 7 (0.99%) HubSpot
8 7 (0.99%) SolarWinds
9 6 (0.85%) Atlassian
9 6 (0.85%) dotdigital
9 6 (0.85%) ServiceNow
10 5 (0.71%) Avid
10 5 (0.71%) Oracle
11 4 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
11 4 (0.56%) Workday
11 4 (0.56%) Xilinx