WCAG Contracts in the North East

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North East 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 36 44 54
Rank change year-on-year +8 +10 -2
Contract jobs citing WCAG 2 3 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North East 0.62% 0.86% 0.20%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 4.08% 5.88% 1.54%
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 -
England median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +17.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 49 51 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 15.17% 14.57% 12.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 36 50
10th Percentile £375 £270 £180
25th Percentile £415 £400 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +31.93%
75th Percentile £569 £509 £638
90th Percentile £600 £578 £656
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £14.63 £18.23 £14.05
25th Percentile £19.44 £18.56 £14.88
Median hourly rate £35.25 £25.75 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.89% +47.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £48.75 £32.44 £18.75
90th Percentile - £33.23 -
England median hourly rate £24.18 £42.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -43.11% +54.55% +33.92%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Job postings citing WCAG as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the North East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the North East.

Daily rate trend for WCAG in the North East

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Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WCAG within the North East region over the 6 months to 12 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
Tyne and Wear +12 2 £453 -9.45% 3
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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