Hybrid/Remote WCAG Job Trends

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring WCAG skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 382 446
Rank change year-on-year +104 +64 +228
Permanent jobs citing WCAG 104 32 96
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.62% 0.23% 0.32%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 3.55% 1.28% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 54 10 86
10th Percentile £45,375 £41,594 £40,988
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,608 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,825 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +7.53% -15.77% -20.05%
75th Percentile £54,688 £51,998 £60,741
90th Percentile £74,066 £75,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £42,172 £57,965
% change year-on-year +24.49% -27.25% +10.32%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Work from Home

WCAG 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 2,927 2,506 4,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 17.41% 18.11% 13.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,698 1,545 3,205
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,132 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.82% -3.39%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%

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Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

WCAG 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 WCAG.

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

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Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing WCAG over the 6 months to 14 March 2026.

WCAG salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

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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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (18.27%) CMS
2 13 (12.50%) Confluence
3 5 (4.81%) Drupal
4 3 (2.88%) Umbraco
5 2 (1.92%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.96%) WordPress
Applications
1 27 (25.96%) Adobe XD
2 4 (3.85%) Sketch
3 1 (0.96%) InVision
Business Applications
1 5 (4.81%) Dynamics GP
2 1 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 54 (51.92%) Figma
2 32 (30.77%) Adobe Analytics
3 16 (15.38%) Google Analytics
4 13 (12.50%) SaaS
5 11 (10.58%) GitHub
5 11 (10.58%) Miro
6 10 (9.62%) Contentsquare
7 8 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (7.69%) GitHub Copilot
7 8 (7.69%) Serverless
8 7 (6.73%) Azure
9 5 (4.81%) AWS
10 4 (3.85%) Datadog
10 4 (3.85%) dbt
10 4 (3.85%) PaaS
11 2 (1.92%) Cloud Functions
11 2 (1.92%) Firebase
11 2 (1.92%) GCP
11 2 (1.92%) Sentry
11 2 (1.92%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 32 (30.77%) Broadband
2 2 (1.92%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.92%) BigQuery
1 2 (1.92%) NoSQL
1 2 (1.92%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (25.00%) Axure RP
2 25 (24.04%) Balsamiq
3 8 (7.69%) Storybook
3 8 (7.69%) Visual Studio
4 4 (3.85%) Cucumber
4 4 (3.85%) Git
4 4 (3.85%) JMeter
4 4 (3.85%) Locust
5 3 (2.88%) JIRA
6 2 (1.92%) Cypress.io
6 2 (1.92%) Vite
6 2 (1.92%) webpack
7 1 (0.96%) Babel
General
1 33 (31.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (30.77%) Games
3 29 (27.88%) Public Sector
4 27 (25.96%) Law
5 24 (23.08%) Social Skills
6 20 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (11.54%) Legal
8 9 (8.65%) Finance
9 7 (6.73%) Marketing
10 3 (2.88%) Publishing
11 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (43.27%) Designer
2 23 (22.12%) UX Designer
3 21 (20.19%) Lead
4 11 (10.58%) Service Designer
5 9 (8.65%) Developer
6 8 (7.69%) Systems Manager
7 7 (6.73%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 6 (5.77%) Senior
8 6 (5.77%) Technical Leader
9 5 (4.81%) Content Designer
9 5 (4.81%) Product Designer
9 5 (4.81%) Senior Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Content Manager
10 4 (3.85%) Digital Content Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Digital Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Lead Product Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Senior Content Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Senior Digital Content Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Senior Digital Designer
10 4 (3.85%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (24.04%) HTML
2 24 (23.08%) CSS
3 10 (9.62%) .NET
3 10 (9.62%) React
4 8 (7.69%) Blazor
4 8 (7.69%) Material Design
4 8 (7.69%) WebAssembly
5 7 (6.73%) Next.js
6 6 (5.77%) JSON
6 6 (5.77%) JSON-LD
7 4 (3.85%) Gherkin
7 4 (3.85%) Jest
7 4 (3.85%) Sass
8 3 (2.88%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.88%) CSS3
8 3 (2.88%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.88%) HTML5
8 3 (2.88%) RESTful
9 2 (1.92%) .NET Framework
9 2 (1.92%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 38 (36.54%) Product Ownership
2 22 (21.15%) Social Media
3 6 (5.77%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.92%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.92%) NHS
6 1 (0.96%) Graphic Design
6 1 (0.96%) Legacy Code
6 1 (0.96%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.96%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (73.08%) Agile
2 69 (66.35%) Analytics
3 67 (64.42%) User Experience
3 67 (64.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 53 (50.96%) User Research
5 49 (47.12%) Prototyping
6 45 (43.27%) AI
7 37 (35.58%) Inclusive Design
8 34 (32.69%) UX Design
9 33 (31.73%) Customer Experience
9 33 (31.73%) Roadmaps
10 32 (30.77%) Digital Customer Experience
10 32 (30.77%) Product Roadmap
10 32 (30.77%) Storytelling
11 31 (29.81%) Mentoring
12 30 (28.85%) Usability Testing
13 29 (27.88%) Wireframes
14 27 (25.96%) Community of Practice
14 27 (25.96%) Continuous Improvement
15 20 (19.23%) DesignOps
Programming Languages
1 22 (21.15%) JavaScript
2 11 (10.58%) TypeScript
3 10 (9.62%) C#
4 4 (3.85%) Java
4 4 (3.85%) Python
5 2 (1.92%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.92%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (30.77%) Degree
2 28 (26.92%) Security Cleared
3 27 (25.96%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.92%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.96%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (96.15%) Accessibility
2 12 (11.54%) QA
3 1 (0.96%) Section 508
System Software
1 4 (3.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.85%) Grafana
1 4 (3.85%) Kubernetes
1 4 (3.85%) Terraform
Vendors
1 59 (56.73%) Adobe
2 23 (22.12%) Microsoft
3 18 (17.31%) Google
4 2 (1.92%) Freshdesk
4 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.92%) SendGrid
5 1 (0.96%) Oracle
5 1 (0.96%) SAP
5 1 (0.96%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.96%) Siebel