Accessibility Contracts in England

Accessibility (a11y)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Accessibility skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Accessibility over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 278 249
Rank change year-on-year +49 -29 -29
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 382 455 812
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.05% 0.94% 1.16%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.45% 7.09% 8.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 238 322 575
10th Percentile £350 £313 £360
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £504 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.18% -4.08% +11.11%
75th Percentile £589 £622 £600
90th Percentile £650 £680 £675
UK median daily rate £468 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -6.50% -3.85% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 4 16
10th Percentile £14.00 - £25.01
25th Percentile £14.39 £16.77 £56.03
Median hourly rate £18.13 £20.07 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.64% -73.25% +194.12%
75th Percentile £26.28 £24.46 £77.50
90th Percentile £52.00 £26.43 £81.00
UK median hourly rate £18.13 £23.36 £75.00
% change year-on-year -22.39% -68.85% +194.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
England

Accessibility is in the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,125 6,421 9,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.09% 13.33% 13.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,289 4,357 6,302
10th Percentile £300 £290 £290
25th Percentile £408 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £510 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -2.86% +2.31% +8.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 347 215 265
10th Percentile £10.95 £15.63 £12.02
25th Percentile £13.18 £20.00 £16.50
Median hourly rate £22.50 £37.50 £29.50
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +27.12% +40.48%
75th Percentile £45.00 £63.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £79.90 £69.52
UK median hourly rate £21.06 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -39.84% +7.69% +54.76%

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Accessibility as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in England.

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Accessibility in England.

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in England

Accessibility
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +63 223 £500 -9.09% 106
North of England +24 71 £463 -9.76% 49
North West +21 41 £480 -8.57% 32
South East +8 36 £450 +14.29% 43
South West +14 23 £585 -2.50% 20
Yorkshire +9 23 £425 -19.05% 12
Midlands +13 10 £410 -13.68% 33
West Midlands +21 9 £410 -13.68% 26
North East +10 7 £453 -13.76% 5
East of England +9 2 £700 +69.70% 18
East Midlands +4 1 £400 -9.60% 7
Accessibility
UK

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 44 (11.52%) CMS
2 11 (2.88%) Drupal
2 11 (2.88%) nginx
2 11 (2.88%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.36%) WordPress
4 8 (2.09%) govService
5 7 (1.83%) Confluence
6 6 (1.57%) ArcGIS
7 5 (1.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.52%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Spark
9 1 (0.26%) CoreMedia CMS
9 1 (0.26%) Jadu
9 1 (0.26%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.26%) Oracle Coherence
9 1 (0.26%) SAS
9 1 (0.26%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.26%) WebSphere
Applications
1 23 (6.02%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (3.93%) Sketch
4 14 (3.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 13 (3.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 12 (3.14%) Adobe XD
7 7 (1.83%) InVision
8 3 (0.79%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.52%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.26%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.26%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.26%) InDesign
10 1 (0.26%) SPSS
10 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.79%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.79%) Shopify
3 2 (0.52%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.26%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.26%) Markit EDM
4 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.26%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.26%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.83%) Azure
2 45 (11.78%) AWS
3 33 (8.64%) Azure DevOps
4 28 (7.33%) Figma
5 22 (5.76%) GitHub
6 17 (4.45%) Azure Monitor
6 17 (4.45%) Azure Pipelines
7 15 (3.93%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 15 (3.93%) Power Platform
8 14 (3.66%) Azure Service Bus
8 14 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (2.88%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
10 10 (2.62%) Serverless
11 8 (2.09%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (1.83%) PaaS
13 5 (1.31%) AWS Lambda
13 5 (1.31%) BrowserStack
13 5 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
14 4 (1.05%) IaaS
14 4 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.62%) Intranet
2 4 (1.05%) HTTP
3 2 (0.52%) FTP
4 1 (0.26%) Firewall
4 1 (0.26%) SMS
4 1 (0.26%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (7.85%) SQL Server
2 12 (3.14%) Data Warehouse
2 12 (3.14%) Power BI
3 8 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.31%) Big Data
5 5 (1.31%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (1.05%) Data Lake
6 4 (1.05%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (1.05%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.05%) Tableau
7 3 (0.79%) GIS
7 3 (0.79%) Metadata
7 3 (0.79%) MySQL
8 2 (0.52%) Amazon Redshift
8 2 (0.52%) OLAP
8 2 (0.52%) OLTP
8 2 (0.52%) Qlik Sense
9 1 (0.26%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 47 (12.30%) Git
2 26 (6.81%) Selenium
3 23 (6.02%) JIRA
4 17 (4.45%) Cypress.io
5 16 (4.19%) Postman
6 12 (3.14%) JMeter
7 9 (2.36%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.83%) Jenkins
8 7 (1.83%) NUnit
9 6 (1.57%) WebDriver
9 6 (1.57%) webpack
10 5 (1.31%) Appium
11 4 (1.05%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.05%) SpecFlow
12 3 (0.79%) Axure RP
12 3 (0.79%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.79%) Jasmine
12 3 (0.79%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.79%) TestNG
13 2 (0.52%) TestCafe
General
1 110 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 70 (18.32%) Public Sector
3 57 (14.92%) Finance
4 35 (9.16%) Marketing
5 29 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (5.24%) Legal
7 16 (4.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (4.19%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (3.93%) Local Government
9 14 (3.66%) Publishing
10 12 (3.14%) Back Office
11 8 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.57%) Multimedia
12 6 (1.57%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.31%) Advertising
13 5 (1.31%) Games
13 5 (1.31%) Law
13 5 (1.31%) Retail
14 4 (1.05%) Banking
14 4 (1.05%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 90 (23.56%) Developer
2 64 (16.75%) Senior
3 63 (16.49%) Designer
4 27 (7.07%) Test Engineer
5 24 (6.28%) Architect
6 23 (6.02%) Senior Developer
7 22 (5.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 18 (4.71%) Full Stack Developer
8 18 (4.71%) Project Manager
8 18 (4.71%) UX Designer
9 17 (4.45%) Lead
9 17 (4.45%) Senior Test Engineer
10 15 (3.93%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (3.93%) Tester
11 13 (3.40%) Analyst
12 12 (3.14%) Content Designer
13 11 (2.88%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 11 (2.88%) Test Automation Engineer
14 9 (2.36%) Head of Digital
14 9 (2.36%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (16.49%) CSS
1 63 (16.49%) HTML
2 46 (12.04%) React
3 40 (10.47%) .NET
4 24 (6.28%) .NET Core
5 18 (4.71%) AngularJS
5 18 (4.71%) Playwright
6 16 (4.19%) jQuery
7 15 (3.93%) ASP.NET
7 15 (3.93%) Sass
8 14 (3.66%) Node.js
8 14 (3.66%) REST
9 12 (3.14%) ASP.NET MVC
9 12 (3.14%) Laravel
9 12 (3.14%) RESTful
9 12 (3.14%) WebSockets
10 10 (2.62%) GraphQL
10 10 (2.62%) Next.js
11 9 (2.36%) Jest
12 7 (1.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.07%) Product Ownership
2 23 (6.02%) Management Information System
3 19 (4.97%) Mobile App
4 9 (2.36%) NHS
4 9 (2.36%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (1.83%) Photography
6 6 (1.57%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.31%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.31%) Graphic Design
7 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.31%) Podcast
8 4 (1.05%) Animation
8 4 (1.05%) e-Learning
8 4 (1.05%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.79%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
9 3 (0.79%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.52%) Distributed Systems
10 2 (0.52%) Solar Panel
10 2 (0.52%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.97%) Linux
2 15 (3.93%) Windows
3 12 (3.14%) Unix
4 5 (1.31%) Android
4 5 (1.31%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.05%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.26%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (35.86%) Agile
2 87 (22.77%) User Experience
3 63 (16.49%) Test Automation
4 50 (13.09%) UX Design
5 49 (12.83%) TDD
6 47 (12.30%) DevOps
7 46 (12.04%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (12.04%) Problem-Solving
8 43 (11.26%) Front End Development
9 39 (10.21%) CI/CD
10 38 (9.95%) Project Management
10 38 (9.95%) User Research
11 37 (9.69%) Migration
11 37 (9.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 35 (9.16%) Scrum
13 32 (8.38%) Stakeholder Management
14 31 (8.12%) Analytics
15 29 (7.59%) Full Stack Development
15 29 (7.59%) Security Testing
16 28 (7.33%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 84 (21.99%) JavaScript
2 42 (10.99%) TypeScript
3 39 (10.21%) Java
4 35 (9.16%) SQL
5 34 (8.90%) C#
6 20 (5.24%) Python
7 16 (4.19%) Bicep
8 14 (3.66%) PHP
9 6 (1.57%) Ruby
10 4 (1.05%) Kotlin
10 4 (1.05%) Swift
11 2 (0.52%) C
11 2 (0.52%) C++
12 1 (0.26%) Ada
12 1 (0.26%) Bash
12 1 (0.26%) Groovy
12 1 (0.26%) R
12 1 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 60 (15.71%) Security Cleared
2 47 (12.30%) SC Cleared
3 39 (10.21%) Degree
4 11 (2.88%) DBS Check
5 9 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (1.83%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.31%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.79%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.52%) CTC Cleared
9 2 (0.52%) ISEB
9 2 (0.52%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.26%) CITP
10 1 (0.26%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.26%) PMP
10 1 (0.26%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (14.92%) WCAG
2 33 (8.64%) QA
3 12 (3.14%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.05%) GDPR
5 3 (0.79%) SLA
6 2 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 2 (0.52%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.26%) GMP
7 1 (0.26%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 14 (3.66%) Active Directory
1 14 (3.66%) Docker
2 2 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Grafana
1 6 (1.57%) Kubernetes
1 6 (1.57%) Terraform
2 3 (0.79%) Kibana
3 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 61 (15.97%) Microsoft
2 36 (9.42%) Adobe
3 11 (2.88%) SAP
4 10 (2.62%) ServiceNow
5 6 (1.57%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.31%) Databricks
6 5 (1.31%) Oracle
6 5 (1.31%) Reuters
7 4 (1.05%) Brio
7 4 (1.05%) Dell
7 4 (1.05%) Google
7 4 (1.05%) Hotjar
7 4 (1.05%) HP
7 4 (1.05%) Remedy
7 4 (1.05%) Screaming Frog
7 4 (1.05%) Sitecore
8 3 (0.79%) Aareon
8 3 (0.79%) ESRI
9 2 (0.52%) Sparx
9 2 (0.52%) VMware