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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 107 195
Rank change year-on-year +22 +88 +72
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 711 513 407
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.12% 3.09% 1.65%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 18.44% 17.13% 12.43%
Number of salaries quoted 260 181 246
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,395
25th Percentile £38,931 £48,750 £45,000
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 £81,325 £87,500 £79,375
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +4.50%

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 3,855 2,994 3,274
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.89% 18.03% 13.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,415 1,700 2,248
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £35,698
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £60,000 £58,600
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% +2.39% -2.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,900 £92,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -7.65%

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 17 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 (7.31%) CMS
2 39 (5.49%) Confluence
3 21 (2.95%) SharePoint
4 15 (2.11%) WordPress
5 5 (0.70%) Drupal
5 5 (0.70%) 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 (6.05%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.39%) Simulink
3 15 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (1.83%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.55%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.70%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.70%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.70%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.56%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 3 (0.42%) Blender
10 3 (0.42%) Elementor
10 3 (0.42%) Maya
10 3 (0.42%) Sketch
11 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.14%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.41%) Primavera
2 7 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.70%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.56%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.56%) Shopify
5 3 (0.42%) Dynamics AX
5 3 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
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
1 151 (21.24%) Adobe Analytics
2 105 (14.77%) Figma
3 83 (11.67%) AWS
3 83 (11.67%) Azure
4 68 (9.56%) Contentsquare
5 51 (7.17%) Power Platform
6 31 (4.36%) SaaS
7 30 (4.22%) GCP
8 21 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
9 20 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
10 17 (2.39%) Google Analytics
10 17 (2.39%) PowerApps
11 16 (2.25%) Power Automate
12 14 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
13 13 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.55%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.41%) Asana
15 10 (1.41%) GitHub
16 9 (1.27%) dbt
17 7 (0.98%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 158 (22.22%) Broadband
2 11 (1.55%) CTI
2 11 (1.55%) VoIP
3 9 (1.27%) Ethernet
3 9 (1.27%) Internet
4 7 (0.98%) LTE
5 5 (0.70%) SNMP
6 4 (0.56%) DHCP
6 4 (0.56%) DNS
6 4 (0.56%) HTTP
6 4 (0.56%) SMS
7 3 (0.42%) 3GPP
7 3 (0.42%) TETRA
8 2 (0.28%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.28%) Firewall
8 2 (0.28%) Intranet
8 2 (0.28%) Network Security
8 2 (0.28%) OSPF
8 2 (0.28%) VLAN
8 2 (0.28%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (4.92%) Power BI
2 14 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.41%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.13%) MySQL
5 7 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.98%) NoSQL
6 5 (0.70%) GIS
6 5 (0.70%) MongoDB
6 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.56%) Big Data
7 4 (0.56%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.56%) MariaDB
7 4 (0.56%) Tableau
8 3 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 2 (0.28%) Data Lake
9 2 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (0.28%) KNIME
9 2 (0.28%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 38 (5.34%) Git
2 32 (4.50%) JIRA
3 18 (2.53%) Rational DOORS
4 16 (2.25%) Cypress.io
5 15 (2.11%) Selenium
6 14 (1.97%) GitLab
6 14 (1.97%) Jenkins
7 13 (1.83%) Cucumber
8 11 (1.55%) JUnit
9 10 (1.41%) JMeter
10 9 (1.27%) Gatling
11 8 (1.13%) Axure RP
11 8 (1.13%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.98%) Postman
13 6 (0.84%) LabVIEW
13 6 (0.84%) Storybook
14 5 (0.70%) Locust
14 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio Code
15 4 (0.56%) REST Assured
15 4 (0.56%) XCUITest
General
1 204 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 184 (25.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 174 (24.47%) Finance
4 168 (23.63%) Games
5 128 (18.00%) Public Sector
6 111 (15.61%) Aerospace
7 80 (11.25%) Law
8 70 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
9 43 (6.05%) Legal
10 37 (5.20%) Marketing
11 34 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (3.94%) Electronics
13 27 (3.80%) Military
14 25 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (3.09%) Retail
16 17 (2.39%) Multimedia
17 15 (2.11%) Banking
17 15 (2.11%) Manufacturing
18 14 (1.97%) Publishing
19 9 (1.27%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 163 (22.93%) Lead
2 110 (15.47%) Senior
3 75 (10.55%) Designer
4 67 (9.42%) Developer
5 48 (6.75%) Software Engineer
6 28 (3.94%) UX Designer
7 27 (3.80%) Lead Designer
8 24 (3.38%) Digital Designer
9 23 (3.23%) Architect
9 23 (3.23%) Senior Developer
9 23 (3.23%) Systems Engineer
9 23 (3.23%) User Researcher
10 22 (3.09%) Product Manager
11 20 (2.81%) Analyst
12 19 (2.67%) Principal Engineer
12 19 (2.67%) Systems Manager
13 18 (2.53%) Test Engineer
14 17 (2.39%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 16 (2.25%) Lead Architect
15 16 (2.25%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (9.00%) HTML
2 63 (8.86%) CSS
3 53 (7.45%) React
4 29 (4.08%) Playwright
5 19 (2.67%) Next.js
6 18 (2.53%) REST
7 17 (2.39%) HTML5
8 15 (2.11%) CSS3
8 15 (2.11%) Node.js
9 14 (1.97%) AngularJS
10 12 (1.69%) RESTful
10 12 (1.69%) Vue
11 10 (1.41%) Jest
12 9 (1.27%) Gherkin
13 8 (1.13%) .NET
13 8 (1.13%) Tailwind CSS
14 7 (0.98%) HEVC
15 6 (0.84%) jQuery
15 6 (0.84%) Vitest
16 5 (0.70%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 134 (18.85%) Social Media
2 44 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
3 43 (6.05%) e-Learning
4 41 (5.77%) Onboarding
5 36 (5.06%) Management Information System
6 33 (4.64%) Product Ownership
7 29 (4.08%) Mobile App
8 28 (3.94%) Cloud Native
9 18 (2.53%) Blog
9 18 (2.53%) FPGA
10 15 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
11 13 (1.83%) Algorithms
12 12 (1.69%) Podcast
13 11 (1.55%) IVR
14 10 (1.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 7 (0.98%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.98%) Culture of Ownership
15 7 (0.98%) Learning Management System
16 6 (0.84%) Marketing Technology
Operating Systems
1 18 (2.53%) Android
1 18 (2.53%) 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
1 383 (53.87%) Agile
2 269 (37.83%) AI
3 245 (34.46%) Analytics
4 218 (30.66%) Roadmaps
5 205 (28.83%) Storytelling
6 193 (27.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 169 (23.77%) Customer Experience
8 166 (23.35%) Product Roadmap
9 165 (23.21%) User Research
10 162 (22.78%) User Experience
11 160 (22.50%) Continuous Improvement
12 155 (21.80%) Mentoring
13 149 (20.96%) Digital Customer Experience
14 139 (19.55%) Problem-Solving
15 124 (17.44%) Decision-Making
16 105 (14.77%) CI/CD
17 92 (12.94%) Prototyping
18 86 (12.10%) Coaching
19 79 (11.11%) Software Engineering
19 79 (11.11%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 92 (12.94%) JavaScript
2 45 (6.33%) Python
3 42 (5.91%) TypeScript
4 41 (5.77%) Java
5 36 (5.06%) SQL
6 22 (3.09%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.39%) C#
8 13 (1.83%) C++
8 13 (1.83%) PHP
9 8 (1.13%) Ada
10 5 (0.70%) R
10 5 (0.70%) SystemVerilog
11 4 (0.56%) C
11 4 (0.56%) VBA
12 3 (0.42%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.42%) Ruby
12 3 (0.42%) Rust
12 3 (0.42%) Scala
13 2 (0.28%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.28%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 155 (21.80%) Security Cleared
2 150 (21.10%) SC Cleared
3 124 (17.44%) Degree
4 111 (15.61%) DV Cleared
5 106 (14.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.83%) DBS Check
7 13 (1.83%) PhD
8 12 (1.69%) Chartered Engineer
9 10 (1.41%) AWS Certification
9 10 (1.41%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.27%) ACCA
10 9 (1.27%) CIMA
11 4 (0.56%) Azure Certification
11 4 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
11 4 (0.56%) CISSP
12 2 (0.28%) CCSP
12 2 (0.28%) CSPO
12 2 (0.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 2 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (16.74%) WCAG
2 53 (7.45%) QA
3 30 (4.22%) GDPR
4 28 (3.94%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.27%) GRC
7 7 (0.98%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.84%) 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%) DO-160
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 1 (0.14%) NIST
12 1 (0.14%) PMO
System Software
1 37 (5.20%) Docker
2 28 (3.94%) Firmware
3 9 (1.27%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (3.66%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.41%) Terraform
3 7 (0.98%) Grafana
4 6 (0.84%) Ansible
5 3 (0.42%) Plesk
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 176 (24.75%) Adobe
2 78 (10.97%) Microsoft
3 23 (3.23%) Google
4 22 (3.09%) 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 7 (0.98%) ServiceNow
7 7 (0.98%) SolarWinds
7 7 (0.98%) Splunk
8 6 (0.84%) Atlassian
8 6 (0.84%) dotdigital
8 6 (0.84%) HubSpot
9 5 (0.70%) Avid
9 5 (0.70%) Oracle
10 4 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
10 4 (0.56%) Workday
10 4 (0.56%) Xilinx