Accessibility Contracts

Accessibility (a11y)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Accessibility skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Accessibility 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 212 240 205
Rank change year-on-year +28 -35 -19
Contract jobs citing Accessibility 481 614 1,202
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.10% 1.11% 1.38%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 8.04% 8.16% 10.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 299 461 835
10th Percentile £311 £313 £380
25th Percentile £404 £413 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £520
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -3.85% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £588 £588
90th Percentile £638 £650 £660
UK excluding London median daily rate £463 £479 £502
% change year-on-year -3.44% -4.53% +14.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 5 20
10th Percentile £14.00 - £20.80
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.77 £28.22
Median hourly rate £18.55 £23.36 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.59% -66.63% +174.51%
75th Percentile £32.05 £27.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £49.00 £33.90 £81.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £14.50 £16.77 £75.00
% change year-on-year -13.54% -77.64% +194.12%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
UK

Accessibility 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 5,985 7,523 11,512
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 13.70% 13.55% 13.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,738 5,138 7,947
10th Percentile £281 £298 £300
25th Percentile £400 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +1.94% +8.42%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £486 £455
% change year-on-year -2.26% +6.81% +7.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 250 308
10th Percentile £11.00 £13.29 £12.31
25th Percentile £13.18 £19.07 £16.50
Median hourly rate £23.80 £37.75 £27.73
Median % change year-on-year -36.95% +36.13% +32.05%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.62 £50.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.73 £68.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £19.18 £37.50 £22.40
% change year-on-year -48.87% +67.45% +7.67%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Accessibility over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Accessibility in the UK

Accessibility
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Accessibility within the UK 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
England +25 360 £478 -4.50% 281
London +47 213 £475 -13.64% 100
Work from Home +32 205 £463 -7.50% 146
UK excluding London -20 203 £463 -3.44% 182
North of England +18 73 £480 -4.95% 42
Scotland +11 65 £463 -3.65% 12
North West +19 44 £550 +7.32% 22
South East +6 32 £425 +7.94% 45
South West -1 21 £585 +26.49% 25
Yorkshire +6 20 £438 -15.46% 7
North East +13 9 £453 -1.84% 13
Midlands -1 9 £400 -14.67% 31
West Midlands +8 6 £400 -15.79% 19
East Midlands -1 3 £356 -5.00% 12
Northern Ireland - 2 £563 - 4
East of England +3 1 - - 30

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 53 (11.02%) CMS
2 13 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 12 (2.49%) Drupal
4 10 (2.08%) WordPress
5 9 (1.87%) nginx
6 8 (1.66%) Confluence
6 8 (1.66%) govService
7 5 (1.04%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.83%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.83%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.62%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.42%) SAS
11 1 (0.21%) CoreMedia CMS
11 1 (0.21%) Jadu
11 1 (0.21%) Joomla!
11 1 (0.21%) Oracle Coherence
11 1 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 25 (5.20%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (4.78%) Sketch
3 21 (4.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (3.95%) Adobe XD
5 17 (3.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 14 (2.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 10 (2.08%) InVision
8 3 (0.62%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
9 2 (0.42%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.42%) Lectora
9 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.42%) OmniGraffle
9 2 (0.42%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.42%) SPSS
9 2 (0.42%) UXPin
10 1 (0.21%) Acrobat
10 1 (0.21%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 4 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
2 3 (0.62%) Aareon QL
2 3 (0.62%) Shopify
3 2 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (0.21%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.21%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 71 (14.76%) AWS
2 62 (12.89%) Azure
3 36 (7.48%) Azure DevOps
4 34 (7.07%) Figma
5 31 (6.44%) Serverless
6 27 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
7 26 (5.41%) GitHub
8 23 (4.78%) Amazon S3
9 20 (4.16%) AWS CloudFormation
10 18 (3.74%) Azure Monitor
10 18 (3.74%) Azure Pipelines
11 17 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
12 16 (3.33%) Power Platform
13 15 (3.12%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 14 (2.91%) Azure Service Bus
14 14 (2.91%) OpenShift
15 10 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (1.87%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
17 8 (1.66%) Dynamics 365
17 8 (1.66%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.46%) Intranet
2 5 (1.04%) HTTP
3 3 (0.62%) Internet
3 3 (0.62%) VoIP
4 2 (0.42%) FTP
5 1 (0.21%) Firewall
5 1 (0.21%) LAN
5 1 (0.21%) SSH
5 1 (0.21%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (7.90%) SQL Server
2 31 (6.44%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (4.37%) Amazon Aurora
4 16 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (2.49%) Power BI
6 11 (2.29%) MySQL
7 10 (2.08%) MongoDB
7 10 (2.08%) NoSQL
8 7 (1.46%) Big Data
8 7 (1.46%) Relational Database
9 6 (1.25%) Data Lake
9 6 (1.25%) Metadata
9 6 (1.25%) Oracle Database
10 4 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
11 3 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.62%) Hadoop
11 3 (0.62%) Tableau
12 2 (0.42%) Data Mining
12 2 (0.42%) OLTP
12 2 (0.42%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 53 (11.02%) Git
2 30 (6.24%) JIRA
3 26 (5.41%) Selenium
4 22 (4.57%) Cypress.io
5 19 (3.95%) Postman
6 15 (3.12%) Jenkins
7 14 (2.91%) JMeter
8 9 (1.87%) Visual Studio
9 8 (1.66%) WebDriver
10 7 (1.46%) NUnit
11 6 (1.25%) webpack
12 5 (1.04%) Appium
12 5 (1.04%) Axure RP
12 5 (1.04%) Balsamiq
12 5 (1.04%) Bitbucket
12 5 (1.04%) GitLab
12 5 (1.04%) SpecFlow
13 4 (0.83%) Jasmine
14 3 (0.62%) Cucumber
14 3 (0.62%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 148 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 112 (23.28%) Public Sector
3 64 (13.31%) Finance
4 46 (9.56%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (6.44%) Marketing
6 27 (5.61%) Presentation Skills
7 25 (5.20%) Publishing
8 19 (3.95%) Legal
9 17 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 17 (3.53%) Local Government
10 13 (2.70%) Back Office
11 9 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.46%) Banking
12 7 (1.46%) Retail
12 7 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.25%) Advertising
13 6 (1.25%) Games
13 6 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (1.25%) Multimedia
14 5 (1.04%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 122 (25.36%) Developer
2 96 (19.96%) Designer
3 74 (15.38%) Senior
4 28 (5.82%) Architect
4 28 (5.82%) UX Designer
5 26 (5.41%) Content Designer
5 26 (5.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 25 (5.20%) Senior Developer
7 24 (4.99%) Lead
8 22 (4.57%) Test Engineer
9 19 (3.95%) Full Stack Developer
10 18 (3.74%) Project Manager
11 17 (3.53%) Tester
12 16 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (2.91%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 14 (2.91%) Senior Test Engineer
14 13 (2.70%) Analyst
15 12 (2.49%) Senior Designer
15 12 (2.49%) Test Automation Engineer
16 11 (2.29%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (19.54%) HTML
2 91 (18.92%) CSS
3 76 (15.80%) React
4 44 (9.15%) .NET
5 32 (6.65%) AngularJS
6 31 (6.44%) Node.js
7 29 (6.03%) REST
8 25 (5.20%) .NET Core
8 25 (5.20%) Playwright
9 24 (4.99%) AWS CDK
10 21 (4.37%) RESTful
11 19 (3.95%) jQuery
12 15 (3.12%) ASP.NET
12 15 (3.12%) Vue
13 14 (2.91%) Next.js
14 13 (2.70%) Sass
15 12 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
16 11 (2.29%) GraphQL
16 11 (2.29%) Spring
16 11 (2.29%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 31 (6.44%) Product Ownership
2 23 (4.78%) Management Information System
2 23 (4.78%) Mobile App
3 11 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (1.87%) Graphic Design
5 9 (1.87%) NHS
6 6 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.25%) e-Learning
6 6 (1.25%) Onboarding
6 6 (1.25%) Photography
7 5 (1.04%) Distributed Architecture
7 5 (1.04%) Podcast
8 4 (0.83%) Animation
8 4 (0.83%) Smartphone
8 4 (0.83%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.62%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.62%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.62%) Video Editing
10 2 (0.42%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.70%) Linux
2 12 (2.49%) Unix
2 12 (2.49%) Windows
3 6 (1.25%) Android
3 6 (1.25%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.83%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 190 (39.50%) Agile
2 144 (29.94%) User Experience
3 79 (16.42%) UX Design
4 75 (15.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 74 (15.38%) Test Automation
6 70 (14.55%) User Research
7 68 (14.14%) DevOps
8 64 (13.31%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (13.10%) TDD
10 62 (12.89%) CI/CD
11 58 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
12 48 (9.98%) Front End Development
13 47 (9.77%) Analytics
14 44 (9.15%) Project Management
15 42 (8.73%) Migration
15 42 (8.73%) Scrum
16 40 (8.32%) Full Stack Development
16 40 (8.32%) Mentoring
16 40 (8.32%) Usability Testing
16 40 (8.32%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 118 (24.53%) JavaScript
2 73 (15.18%) TypeScript
3 51 (10.60%) Java
4 46 (9.56%) SQL
5 34 (7.07%) C#
6 31 (6.44%) Python
7 16 (3.33%) Bicep
8 13 (2.70%) PHP
9 9 (1.87%) Bash
10 6 (1.25%) Ruby
10 6 (1.25%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.83%) C++
11 4 (0.83%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.83%) Swift
12 3 (0.62%) C
13 2 (0.42%) Go
13 2 (0.42%) R
13 2 (0.42%) Scala
14 1 (0.21%) Ada
14 1 (0.21%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 56 (11.64%) Security Cleared
2 50 (10.40%) Degree
3 44 (9.15%) SC Cleared
4 11 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 10 (2.08%) DBS Check
6 9 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.46%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.04%) DV Cleared
9 2 (0.42%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.21%) CISA
10 1 (0.21%) CRISC
10 1 (0.21%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.21%) ISEB
10 1 (0.21%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.21%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.21%) PMP
10 1 (0.21%) SAP Certification
10 1 (0.21%) Tableau Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (16.01%) WCAG
2 39 (8.11%) QA
3 12 (2.49%) Data Quality
4 11 (2.29%) Disclosure Scotland
5 5 (1.04%) SLA
6 4 (0.83%) GDPR
7 2 (0.42%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.42%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.21%) GMP
8 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 27 (5.61%) Docker
2 14 (2.91%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 20 (4.16%) Grafana
2 11 (2.29%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.04%) Kibana
3 5 (1.04%) Terraform
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 72 (14.97%) Microsoft
2 45 (9.36%) Adobe
3 12 (2.49%) Oracle
4 11 (2.29%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.87%) SAP
6 6 (1.25%) Databricks
6 6 (1.25%) Google
7 5 (1.04%) Reuters
7 5 (1.04%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.83%) Brio
8 4 (0.83%) Dell
8 4 (0.83%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.83%) HP
8 4 (0.83%) Remedy
8 4 (0.83%) Screaming Frog
8 4 (0.83%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.62%) Aareon
9 3 (0.62%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.42%) Facebook
10 2 (0.42%) Splunk