Accessibility (a11y)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Accessibility skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Accessibility over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 279 266 242
Rank change year-on-year -13 -24 +127
Permanent jobs citing Accessibility 1,032 1,388 2,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.05% 1.34% 1.68%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 7.63% 7.05% 10.01%
Number of salaries quoted 634 546 886
10th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £41,573
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +8.26% -3.43%
75th Percentile £67,314 £72,500 £69,875
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £46,200
% change year-on-year -8.90% +18.79% -7.60%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 13,528 19,692 26,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.72% 18.97% 16.76%
Number of salaries quoted 9,247 9,122 13,236
10th Percentile £27,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £76,438 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% -

Accessibility
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Accessibility.

Salary trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the UK over the 6 months to 3 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -29 789 £55,000 -4.35% 280
UK excluding London -5 711 £50,000 -8.90% 179
Work from Home +12 399 £57,500 -2.58% 137
North of England +136 225 £57,965 +5.62% 49
London -39 223 £64,750 -0.38% 113
Midlands -72 131 £50,000 -17.68% 42
North West +64 123 £57,500 - 29
Scotland +11 122 £58,800 +27.39% 9
South East -70 114 £40,000 -20.00% 39
West Midlands -44 91 £58,800 -9.17% 36
Yorkshire +100 66 £52,500 -4.34% 15
South West -41 52 £50,250 -8.64% 26
East of England +17 37 £34,500 -31.00% 15
North East +18 36 £57,965 +2.59% 6
East Midlands -77 36 £40,000 -20.00% 6
Wales +16 16 £55,900 +5.49% 7
Northern Ireland +34 14 £58,800 - 5

Accessibility
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 37 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 34 (3.29%) CMS
3 20 (1.94%) Confluence
4 18 (1.74%) IIS
4 18 (1.74%) Umbraco
4 18 (1.74%) WordPress
5 17 (1.65%) Apache
6 14 (1.36%) Tomcat
7 8 (0.78%) Sitecore CMS
8 6 (0.58%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 6 (0.58%) Apache Solr
8 6 (0.58%) SAS
9 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.39%) Moodle
9 4 (0.39%) OpenZeppelin
10 3 (0.29%) Apache Spark
10 3 (0.29%) Orchard CMS
11 1 (0.097%) Drupal
11 1 (0.097%) Totara
Applications
1 69 (6.69%) Sketch
2 55 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
4 27 (2.62%) Adobe XD
5 23 (2.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (1.55%) InVision
7 12 (1.16%) Adobe Captivate
8 8 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (0.78%) Photoshop
9 7 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
10 5 (0.48%) AutoCAD
10 5 (0.48%) Revit
11 4 (0.39%) InDesign
12 3 (0.29%) Trello
12 3 (0.29%) UserZoom
13 2 (0.19%) Adobe After Effects
13 2 (0.19%) Final Cut Pro
14 1 (0.097%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 40 (3.88%) NEC Housing
2 20 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.07%) Shopify
4 3 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Payroll
5 1 (0.097%) PeopleSoft HCM
5 1 (0.097%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 167 (16.18%) Azure
2 142 (13.76%) AWS
3 84 (8.14%) Figma
4 62 (6.01%) Power Platform
5 49 (4.75%) Azure DevOps
6 47 (4.55%) Miro
7 46 (4.46%) Heroku
8 39 (3.78%) GCP
9 35 (3.39%) Microsoft 365
10 27 (2.62%) SaaS
11 23 (2.23%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.94%) Serverless
13 19 (1.84%) GitHub
14 14 (1.36%) IaaS
15 13 (1.26%) Google Analytics
16 12 (1.16%) AWS CloudFormation
17 11 (1.07%) SurveyMonkey
18 10 (0.97%) Google Tag Manager
19 8 (0.78%) Amazon S3
19 8 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.45%) Intranet
2 12 (1.16%) HTTP
2 12 (1.16%) Internet
3 10 (0.97%) LAN
3 10 (0.97%) WAN
4 9 (0.87%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.58%) DNS
6 5 (0.48%) Firewall
7 4 (0.39%) Broadband
7 4 (0.39%) IPFS
7 4 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.39%) WPA
8 2 (0.19%) DHCP
8 2 (0.19%) Network Security
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) SNA
9 1 (0.097%) FTP
9 1 (0.097%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.097%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.097%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.20%) SQL Server
2 43 (4.17%) Power BI
3 38 (3.68%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (2.91%) Oracle Database
5 27 (2.62%) Relational Database
6 25 (2.42%) Tableau
7 21 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
8 16 (1.55%) Big Data
8 16 (1.55%) MongoDB
9 13 (1.26%) Oracle Database 12c
10 11 (1.07%) NoSQL
11 10 (0.97%) GIS
12 7 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.68%) Spatial Data
13 6 (0.58%) Data Lake
13 6 (0.58%) EDMS
14 5 (0.48%) Looker
14 5 (0.48%) Metadata
14 5 (0.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 113 (10.95%) Git
2 50 (4.84%) JIRA
3 27 (2.62%) Jenkins
4 26 (2.52%) Visual Studio
5 25 (2.42%) Postman
6 20 (1.94%) Team Foundation Server
7 19 (1.84%) Cucumber
8 18 (1.74%) Selenium
9 17 (1.65%) Jasmine
9 17 (1.65%) JMeter
10 16 (1.55%) Karma Test Runner
10 16 (1.55%) Visual Studio Code
11 15 (1.45%) Axure RP
11 15 (1.45%) SpecFlow
12 14 (1.36%) Balsamiq
12 14 (1.36%) webpack
13 13 (1.26%) Cypress.io
14 12 (1.16%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.97%) Gatling
16 9 (0.87%) GitLab
General
1 325 (31.49%) Social Skills
2 244 (23.64%) Finance
3 198 (19.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 169 (16.38%) Marketing
5 167 (16.18%) Public Sector
6 123 (11.92%) Analytical Skills
7 109 (10.56%) Law
8 74 (7.17%) Banking
9 48 (4.65%) Investment Banking
10 45 (4.36%) Police
11 44 (4.26%) Local Government
12 39 (3.78%) Financial Institution
13 36 (3.49%) Retail
14 32 (3.10%) Legal
14 32 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (2.23%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.94%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.94%) Telecoms
17 19 (1.84%) French Language
18 17 (1.65%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 251 (24.32%) Senior
2 195 (18.90%) Designer
3 154 (14.92%) Developer
4 113 (10.95%) Lead
5 88 (8.53%) UX Designer
6 84 (8.14%) Senior Designer
7 69 (6.69%) UI Designer
8 66 (6.40%) Software Engineer
9 64 (6.20%) Senior UX Designer
9 64 (6.20%) UI/UX Designer
10 50 (4.84%) Interaction Designer
10 50 (4.84%) Senior UI Designer
11 48 (4.65%) Senior UI/UX Designer
12 47 (4.55%) User Researcher
13 39 (3.78%) Lead Software Engineer
14 36 (3.49%) Architect
15 35 (3.39%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
15 35 (3.39%) Senior User Researcher
16 33 (3.20%) Full Stack Developer
16 33 (3.20%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 287 (27.81%) HTML
2 221 (21.41%) CSS
3 101 (9.79%) React
4 90 (8.72%) .NET
5 83 (8.04%) AngularJS
6 81 (7.85%) Node.js
7 80 (7.75%) RESTful
8 60 (5.81%) REST
9 53 (5.14%) Web Services
10 49 (4.75%) Vue
11 42 (4.07%) jQuery
12 41 (3.97%) Sass
13 40 (3.88%) ASP.NET
14 33 (3.20%) Spring
15 32 (3.10%) Spring Boot
16 30 (2.91%) HTML5
17 29 (2.81%) OAuth
18 28 (2.71%) ASP.NET Web API
19 25 (2.42%) .NET Framework
19 25 (2.42%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 80 (7.75%) Product Ownership
2 58 (5.62%) Cloud Native
3 35 (3.39%) Management Information System
3 35 (3.39%) Onboarding
3 35 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
4 34 (3.29%) Public Cloud
5 28 (2.71%) Mobile App
6 25 (2.42%) Social Media
7 21 (2.03%) NHS
8 19 (1.84%) Algorithms
8 19 (1.84%) e-Learning
8 19 (1.84%) FMCG
9 18 (1.74%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.45%) Driving Licence
11 14 (1.36%) Animation
12 13 (1.26%) Data Structures
12 13 (1.26%) Graphic Design
13 12 (1.16%) Taxonomies
13 12 (1.16%) Virtual Team
14 11 (1.07%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 52 (5.04%) Windows
2 34 (3.29%) Unix
3 30 (2.91%) Linux
4 20 (1.94%) Windows Server
5 15 (1.45%) Apple iOS
6 14 (1.36%) Android
6 14 (1.36%) Solaris
7 4 (0.39%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.19%) VMS
9 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.097%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (38.08%) Agile
2 260 (25.19%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 257 (24.90%) User Experience
4 235 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (19.57%) Coaching
6 175 (16.96%) UX Design
7 161 (15.60%) CI/CD
8 158 (15.31%) Actionable Insight
9 155 (15.02%) Prototyping
10 151 (14.63%) Mentoring
11 148 (14.34%) Software Engineering
12 134 (12.98%) User Research
13 125 (12.11%) Customer Experience
13 125 (12.11%) Workshop Facilitation
14 113 (10.95%) Front End Development
15 110 (10.66%) DevOps
16 105 (10.17%) Analytics
16 105 (10.17%) Decision-Making
16 105 (10.17%) Digital Customer Experience
17 93 (9.01%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 257 (24.90%) JavaScript
2 137 (13.28%) SQL
3 116 (11.24%) C#
4 101 (9.79%) Python
5 97 (9.40%) TypeScript
6 54 (5.23%) Java
7 40 (3.88%) PHP
8 30 (2.91%) T-SQL
9 20 (1.94%) Go
10 15 (1.45%) R
11 14 (1.36%) Shell Script
12 13 (1.26%) Rust
13 10 (0.97%) PowerShell
14 6 (0.58%) Dart
15 5 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 5 (0.48%) Scala
16 4 (0.39%) Bash
16 4 (0.39%) Solidity
17 3 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 3 (0.29%) VB
Qualifications
1 228 (22.09%) Degree
2 197 (19.09%) Security Cleared
3 149 (14.44%) SC Cleared
4 35 (3.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 29 (2.81%) Master's Degree
6 28 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 14 (1.36%) Azure Certification
9 13 (1.26%) Oracle Certification
10 11 (1.07%) PhD
11 10 (0.97%) DV Cleared
12 9 (0.87%) CIPD
12 9 (0.87%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.87%) MBA
13 8 (0.78%) DBS Check
14 6 (0.58%) Numerate Degree
15 4 (0.39%) AWS Certification
15 4 (0.39%) GIAC
15 4 (0.39%) ISEB
15 4 (0.39%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (16.57%) WCAG
2 69 (6.69%) QA
3 39 (3.78%) Data Quality
4 31 (3.00%) GDPR
5 17 (1.65%) WAI
6 15 (1.45%) SLA
7 10 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.87%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 8 (0.78%) PMO
10 6 (0.58%) CDISC
10 6 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
11 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.097%) COBIT
12 1 (0.097%) Government Security Classifications
12 1 (0.097%) NIST
12 1 (0.097%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.23%) Docker
3 11 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.39%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 17 (1.65%) Terraform
2 11 (1.07%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.48%) Grafana
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.097%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.097%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.097%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.097%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.097%) Plesk
5 1 (0.097%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 152 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.81%) Adobe
3 41 (3.97%) Oracle
4 40 (3.88%) NEC
5 31 (3.00%) Google
6 17 (1.65%) VMware
7 12 (1.16%) Salesforce
8 11 (1.07%) Cisco
8 11 (1.07%) Sitecore
9 8 (0.78%) Atlassian
9 8 (0.78%) Databricks
10 7 (0.68%) Mapbox
10 7 (0.68%) OpenAI
11 6 (0.58%) Hotjar
11 6 (0.58%) iManage
11 6 (0.58%) Marketo
11 6 (0.58%) WooCommerce
12 5 (0.48%) ATG
12 5 (0.48%) DevExpress
12 5 (0.48%) Xamarin