ICT accessibility tester
ICT accessibility testers evaluate websites, software applications, systems or user interface components with regards to friendliness, operability of the navigation and visibility to all types of users, especially including those with special needs or disabilities.
ICT accessibility tester iCT accessibility testers evaluate websites, software applications, systems or user interface components with regards to friendliness, operability of the navigation and visibility to all types of users, especially including those with special needs or disabili. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include screen reader, behavioural science, ICT accessibility standards, levels of software testing, World Wide Web Consortium standards.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £56,438 a year for IT managers (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £44,372 to £73,901 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2132). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only ICT accessibility tester, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Computers and Electronics
- English Language
- Mathematics
- Engineering and Technology
- Design
- Education and Training
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
What you'd actually do
- Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
- Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
- Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
- Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
- Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
- Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does ICT accessibility tester do?
ICT accessibility testers evaluate websites, software applications, systems or user interface components with regards to friendliness, operability of the navigation and visibility to all types of users, especially including those with special needs or disabilities.
What skills does ICT accessibility tester need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include screen reader, behavioural science, ICT accessibility standards, levels of software testing, World Wide Web Consortium standards, human-computer interaction. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace ICT accessibility tester?
Our AI-durability model gives ICT accessibility tester a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.