Hybrid/Remote WAI Job Trends

Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WAI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 466 - 490
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing WAI 1 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.004% - 0.041%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 0.025% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
UK median annual salary - - £72,500

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

WAI 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 3,968 2,993 3,153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 15.97% 17.81% 14.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,463 1,636 1,765
10th Percentile £33,500 £34,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,447 £47,500 £45,977
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.29% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £96,250 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WAI and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

WAI job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

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Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WAI

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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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WAI-ARIA
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG