accessibility jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, accessibility appears in 1,587 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Designer has the most postings mentioning accessibility, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+Is accessibility in demand in 2026?
Yes. accessibility appears in 1,587 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 50% vs the prior 4 weeks. Product Designer accounts for the most postings mentioning accessibility (25.3% of all postings mentioning accessibility).
+What jobs require accessibility?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning accessibility are Instructional Designer (88.0% of that role’s postings mention accessibility), UI Designer (35.6% of that role’s postings mention accessibility), Product Design Manager (31.8% of that role’s postings mention accessibility).
+What skills are commonly paired with accessibility?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), accessibility most often appears alongside design systems, Figma, React, TypeScript, prototyping.
+Where is accessibility most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring accessibility are New York City, San Francisco, London, Berlin, Bengaluru, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring accessibility — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Roles most likely to require accessibility
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Instructional Designer | 88 | 88.0% |
| UI Designer | 31 | 35.6% |
| Product Design Manager | 7 | 31.8% |
| Design Engineer | 47 | 29.4% |
| UX Engineer | 7 | 25.9% |
| UI Developer | 5 | 18.5% |
| UX Designer | 94 | 18.2% |
| AI Product Designer | 4 | 16.7% |
| Front End Software Engineer | 6 | 16.2% |
| UX/UI Designer | 27 | 15.9% |
Roles with the most accessibility postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Designer | 401 | 25.3% |
| Software Engineer | 155 | 9.8% |
| Frontend Engineer | 134 | 8.4% |
| UX Designer | 94 | 5.9% |
| Instructional Designer | 88 | 5.5% |
| Design Engineer | 47 | 3.0% |
| UI/UX Designer | 33 | 2.1% |
| UI Designer | 31 | 2.0% |
| Product Manager | 27 | 1.7% |
| UX/UI Designer | 27 | 1.7% |
Top metros hiring for accessibility
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 99 | 6.2% |
| San Francisco | 89 | 5.6% |
| London | 63 | 4.0% |
| Berlin | 32 | 2.0% |
| Bengaluru | 28 | 1.8% |
| Sydney | 22 | 1.4% |
| Toronto | 22 | 1.4% |
| Austin | 20 | 1.3% |
| Hyderabad | 18 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with accessibility
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning accessibility by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s accessibility postings by all accessibility postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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