WCAG Contracts in Tyne and Wear

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring WCAG skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WCAG over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 33 43 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing WCAG 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 0.84% 1.12% 0.25%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.26% 8.82% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £412 £420 -
25th Percentile £427 £450 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.45% -2.91% +27.16%
75th Percentile £477 £550 £523
90th Percentile £491 £580 -
North East median daily rate £453 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -9.45% -2.91% +27.16%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
Tyne and Wear

WCAG falls under the Quality Assurance and Compliance category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring quality assurance or compliance skills in Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 47 34 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 19.83% 12.73% 14.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 24 43
10th Percentile £373 £218 £196
25th Percentile £413 £393 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £515
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -5.34% +21.18%
75th Percentile £542 £556 £638
90th Percentile £594 £594 £700
North East median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +31.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 2
10th Percentile £14.63 - £13.78
25th Percentile £19.44 - £14.19
Median hourly rate £35.25 - £15.75
Median % change year-on-year - - +26.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 - £17.69
90th Percentile - - £18.33
North East median hourly rate £35.25 - £17.50
% change year-on-year - - +40.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in Tyne and Wear

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WCAG in Tyne and Wear.

Daily rate trend for WCAG in Tyne and Wear

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Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Newcastle upon Tyne +11 2 £453 -9.45% 2
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North East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Node.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
1 2 (100.00%) Product Backlog
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker