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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 109 206
Rank change year-on-year +19 +97 +66
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 668 497 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.86% 3.10% 1.62%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 17.17% 16.96% 12.04%
Number of salaries quoted 263 175 196
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,370
25th Percentile £38,636 £49,375 £45,750
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 £78,750 £63,112
90th Percentile £74,997 £86,600 £74,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.63%

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 3,891 2,930 3,199
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 16.64% 18.26% 13.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,487 1,658 2,045
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £46,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,591 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.36% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £76,101 £76,625 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £92,500 £100,000
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 4 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 45 (6.74%) CMS
2 33 (4.94%) Confluence
3 23 (3.44%) SharePoint
4 17 (2.54%) WordPress
5 6 (0.90%) Moodle
6 4 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.30%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.15%) Apache
8 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
8 1 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.15%) Drupal
8 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 34 (5.09%) UserZoom
2 17 (2.54%) Simulink
3 15 (2.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 14 (2.10%) Microsoft Office
5 12 (1.80%) Adobe XD
6 11 (1.65%) Chatbot
7 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
8 5 (0.75%) AutoCAD
8 5 (0.75%) DaVinci Resolve
8 5 (0.75%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.60%) Mathcad
9 4 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.45%) Blender
10 3 (0.45%) Elementor
10 3 (0.45%) Maya
11 2 (0.30%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.15%) Sketch
12 1 (0.15%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (1.50%) Primavera
2 7 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.75%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.60%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.60%) Shopify
5 2 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.15%) Magento
6 1 (0.15%) NEC Housing
6 1 (0.15%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 112 (16.77%) Adobe Analytics
2 88 (13.17%) Figma
3 86 (12.87%) AWS
4 85 (12.72%) Azure
5 54 (8.08%) Contentsquare
5 54 (8.08%) Power Platform
6 31 (4.64%) GCP
7 28 (4.19%) SaaS
8 24 (3.59%) Microsoft 365
9 22 (3.29%) PowerApps
10 18 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (2.54%) Power Automate
12 16 (2.40%) Google Analytics
13 12 (1.80%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (1.65%) GitHub
15 10 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
15 10 (1.50%) Entra ID
16 7 (1.05%) Copilot Studio
16 7 (1.05%) OneDrive
17 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 111 (16.62%) Broadband
2 11 (1.65%) CTI
2 11 (1.65%) VoIP
3 9 (1.35%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.75%) DHCP
4 5 (0.75%) DNS
4 5 (0.75%) Internet
4 5 (0.75%) SNMP
5 4 (0.60%) HTTP
5 4 (0.60%) LTE
5 4 (0.60%) SMS
6 3 (0.45%) 3GPP
6 3 (0.45%) Firewall
6 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.45%) TETRA
7 2 (0.30%) Intranet
7 2 (0.30%) OSPF
7 2 (0.30%) VLAN
7 2 (0.30%) VPN
7 2 (0.30%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (5.84%) Power BI
2 14 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.95%) Metadata
4 10 (1.50%) SQL Server
5 8 (1.20%) MySQL
6 7 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
6 7 (1.05%) Metadata Repository
6 7 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 6 (0.90%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.75%) GIS
8 5 (0.75%) Power Query
8 5 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 4 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
9 4 (0.60%) Big Data
9 4 (0.60%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.60%) MariaDB
9 4 (0.60%) Tableau
10 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.45%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.30%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 36 (5.39%) Git
2 31 (4.64%) JIRA
3 18 (2.69%) Rational DOORS
4 15 (2.25%) Selenium
5 14 (2.10%) Cypress.io
5 14 (2.10%) GitLab
6 12 (1.80%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.65%) JUnit
8 10 (1.50%) Cucumber
9 9 (1.35%) Gatling
10 7 (1.05%) Axure RP
10 7 (1.05%) Balsamiq
10 7 (1.05%) JMeter
10 7 (1.05%) Postman
11 6 (0.90%) LabVIEW
11 6 (0.90%) Storybook
12 5 (0.75%) Visual Studio Code
13 4 (0.60%) REST Assured
14 3 (0.45%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.45%) CMake
General
1 197 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 179 (26.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 174 (26.05%) Finance
4 145 (21.71%) Public Sector
5 122 (18.26%) Games
6 113 (16.92%) Aerospace
7 78 (11.68%) Law
8 77 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
9 40 (5.99%) Legal
10 37 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
11 34 (5.09%) Marketing
12 28 (4.19%) Electronics
12 28 (4.19%) Military
13 26 (3.89%) Influencing Skills
14 19 (2.84%) Retail
15 18 (2.69%) Multimedia
16 16 (2.40%) Banking
16 16 (2.40%) Publishing
17 12 (1.80%) Manufacturing
18 9 (1.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 137 (20.51%) Lead
2 119 (17.81%) Senior
3 73 (10.93%) Developer
4 67 (10.03%) Designer
5 48 (7.19%) Software Engineer
6 29 (4.34%) Architect
6 29 (4.34%) Senior Developer
7 26 (3.89%) UX Designer
8 24 (3.59%) Lead Designer
9 23 (3.44%) Systems Engineer
10 22 (3.29%) Digital Designer
11 21 (3.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 20 (2.99%) Principal Engineer
12 20 (2.99%) Product Manager
13 19 (2.84%) Analyst
14 18 (2.69%) User Researcher
15 17 (2.54%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 17 (2.54%) Test Engineer
16 16 (2.40%) Senior Software Engineer
17 15 (2.25%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (10.33%) HTML
2 67 (10.03%) CSS
3 50 (7.49%) React
4 29 (4.34%) Playwright
5 22 (3.29%) Node.js
6 20 (2.99%) Next.js
7 19 (2.84%) REST
8 14 (2.10%) HTML5
9 12 (1.80%) AngularJS
9 12 (1.80%) CSS3
9 12 (1.80%) RESTful
9 12 (1.80%) Vue
10 9 (1.35%) Terraform
11 8 (1.20%) .NET
11 8 (1.20%) Jest
11 8 (1.20%) Tailwind CSS
12 6 (0.90%) Gherkin
12 6 (0.90%) jQuery
12 6 (0.90%) Vitest
13 5 (0.75%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 98 (14.67%) Social Media
2 44 (6.59%) e-Learning
2 44 (6.59%) Self-Motivation
3 36 (5.39%) Management Information System
4 31 (4.64%) Product Ownership
5 30 (4.49%) Onboarding
6 25 (3.74%) Cloud Native
7 20 (2.99%) Mobile App
8 18 (2.69%) Blog
8 18 (2.69%) FPGA
9 15 (2.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 13 (1.95%) Algorithms
10 13 (1.95%) Legacy Systems
11 11 (1.65%) Enterprise Software
11 11 (1.65%) IVR
12 10 (1.50%) Podcast
13 8 (1.20%) Learning Management System
13 8 (1.20%) Low-Code
14 7 (1.05%) AI Agents
15 6 (0.90%) Culture of Ownership
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.95%) Linux
2 12 (1.80%) Windows
3 8 (1.20%) Android
3 8 (1.20%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.45%) Unix
4 3 (0.45%) VxWorks
5 2 (0.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (51.65%) Agile
2 223 (33.38%) AI
3 206 (30.84%) Analytics
4 169 (25.30%) Roadmaps
5 163 (24.40%) Storytelling
6 160 (23.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 159 (23.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 159 (23.80%) Mentoring
8 155 (23.20%) User Experience
9 141 (21.11%) Problem-Solving
10 132 (19.76%) Customer Experience
10 132 (19.76%) User Research
11 128 (19.16%) Product Roadmap
12 115 (17.22%) Decision-Making
13 111 (16.62%) Digital Customer Experience
14 107 (16.02%) Coaching
15 101 (15.12%) CI/CD
16 82 (12.28%) Software Engineering
17 71 (10.63%) Test Automation
18 70 (10.48%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 98 (14.67%) JavaScript
2 47 (7.04%) TypeScript
3 42 (6.29%) Python
4 38 (5.69%) Java
5 36 (5.39%) SQL
6 22 (3.29%) MATLAB
7 17 (2.54%) C#
8 15 (2.25%) PHP
9 13 (1.95%) C++
10 8 (1.20%) Ada
11 5 (0.75%) R
11 5 (0.75%) SystemVerilog
12 4 (0.60%) C
12 4 (0.60%) Scala
12 4 (0.60%) VBA
13 3 (0.45%) Ada 95
13 3 (0.45%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.45%) Ruby
13 3 (0.45%) Rust
14 2 (0.30%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 151 (22.60%) Security Cleared
2 145 (21.71%) SC Cleared
3 120 (17.96%) Degree
4 113 (16.92%) DV Cleared
5 108 (16.17%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (2.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.95%) Chartered Engineer
7 13 (1.95%) PhD
8 10 (1.50%) AWS Certification
8 10 (1.50%) DBS Check
9 9 (1.35%) ACCA
9 9 (1.35%) CIMA
9 9 (1.35%) Master's Degree
10 4 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
10 4 (0.60%) CISSP
11 2 (0.30%) CCNA
11 2 (0.30%) CCSP
11 2 (0.30%) HNC
11 2 (0.30%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (14.37%) WCAG
2 51 (7.63%) QA
3 37 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 29 (4.34%) GDPR
5 10 (1.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 8 (1.20%) GRC
7 7 (1.05%) ISO 9001
8 6 (0.90%) SOC 2
9 4 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 4 (0.60%) PERC
9 4 (0.60%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 3 (0.45%) MIL-STD-1553
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 2 (0.30%) 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 (5.24%) Docker
2 28 (4.19%) Firmware
3 9 (1.35%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.15%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 24 (3.59%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.75%) Ansible
2 5 (0.75%) Grafana
3 3 (0.45%) Plesk
4 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 137 (20.51%) Adobe
2 76 (11.38%) Microsoft
3 24 (3.59%) SAP
4 22 (3.29%) Google
5 13 (1.95%) Cisco
6 12 (1.80%) Salesforce
7 11 (1.65%) Avaya
7 11 (1.65%) Genesys
7 11 (1.65%) Siemens
8 8 (1.20%) Splunk
9 7 (1.05%) HubSpot
9 7 (1.05%) SolarWinds
9 7 (1.05%) YouTube
10 6 (0.90%) Atlassian
10 6 (0.90%) dotdigital
10 6 (0.90%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.75%) Avid
11 5 (0.75%) Oracle
12 4 (0.60%) OneTrust
12 4 (0.60%) Workday