WCAG Contracts in the North of England

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 174 184 226
Rank change year-on-year +10 +42 -47
Contract jobs citing WCAG 11 18 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.23% 0.33% 0.35%
As % of the Quality Assurance & Compliance category 1.59% 2.35% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 22
10th Percentile £400 £391 £200
25th Percentile £413 £409 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £505 £413
Median % change year-on-year -10.89% +22.42% +58.65%
75th Percentile £519 £543 £500
90th Percentile £575 £580 £523
England median daily rate £450 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +17.65%

All Quality Assurance and Compliance Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for quality assurance or compliance skills 693 767 968
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 14.30% 14.09% 13.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 467 703
10th Percentile £313 £295 £197
25th Percentile £413 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £593 £578 £575
90th Percentile £670 £650 £639
England median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 89 48 55
10th Percentile - £17.24 £11.36
25th Percentile £10.95 £26.84 £15.93
Median hourly rate £12.00 £35.00 £22.29
Median % change year-on-year -65.71% +57.02% +28.47%
75th Percentile £26.66 £47.25 £61.88
90th Percentile £48.75 £56.59 £77.50
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 of England

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

Job vacancy trend for WCAG in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for WCAG in the North of England

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing WCAG in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for WCAG in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WCAG in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for WCAG in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England 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
Yorkshire +10 6 £438 -16.67%
North West +12 3 £550 +36.65%
North East +8 2 £453 -9.45% 3
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Azure
Development Applications
1 5 (45.45%) JMeter
1 5 (45.45%) Selenium
General
1 1 (9.09%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Java Developer
2 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 2 (18.18%) Designer
3 2 (18.18%) Java Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Java Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Senior Test Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Software Tester
3 2 (18.18%) Test Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) Tester
4 1 (9.09%) Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) AWS Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Content Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Developer in Test
4 1 (9.09%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Java Developer in Test
4 1 (9.09%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Java Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Designer
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) CSS
1 4 (36.36%) HTML
2 2 (18.18%) jQuery
2 2 (18.18%) XML
3 1 (9.09%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Acceptance Criteria
1 5 (45.45%) Test Scripting
1 5 (45.45%) User Stories
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) SDET
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Case Management
4 2 (18.18%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) CRM
4 2 (18.18%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
4 2 (18.18%) DevOps
4 2 (18.18%) Product Backlog
4 2 (18.18%) Scrum
4 2 (18.18%) Test Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Inclusive Design
5 1 (9.09%) Interaction Design
5 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Debt
5 1 (9.09%) User Research
5 1 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) Java
2 4 (36.36%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (90.91%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) MuleSoft
1 2 (18.18%) Verint