The crisis is real: Where are the web accessibility professionals?

ByDavid Best

WebAIM, January 2022
The need is here now, and it will continue. The Wall Street Journal indicated that many companies are looking for personnel with accessibility skills and that they can’t find them easily. A quick scan of job postings bears this out today. As of January 27, 2022, ZipRecruiter had nearly 45,000 positions referencing web accessibility. LinkedIn had over 3,100 jobs for web accessibility personnel. The need for jobs in digital accessibility will continue to increase. This is happening because real people are facing real issues with respect to equitable access. When Covid-19 hit, this need only grew.