Designer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Designer salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
4 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 294 309
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -129
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 109 346 446
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.71% 1.02% 1.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 1.07% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 54 286 356
10th Percentile £31,400 £27,875 £39,875
25th Percentile £41,938 £38,125 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £61,875 £60,741 £76,250
90th Percentile £67,130 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -17.39% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Designer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Designer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Designer.

Designer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Designer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Designer over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Designer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Designer in the job title.

1 67 (61.47%) User Experience
2 60 (55.05%) UX Design
3 52 (47.71%) Accessibility
4 46 (42.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 40 (36.70%) Prototyping
6 39 (35.78%) User Research
7 38 (34.86%) Adobe
7 38 (34.86%) Agile
8 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
9 36 (33.03%) Wireframes
10 34 (31.19%) Usability Testing
11 31 (28.44%) Finance
12 29 (26.61%) Figma
13 28 (25.69%) Journey Map
14 26 (23.85%) UX Research
15 25 (22.94%) Project Management
16 24 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
16 24 (22.02%) Design Thinking
17 23 (21.10%) Banking
18 21 (19.27%) Photoshop
18 21 (19.27%) Analytics
19 20 (18.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
19 20 (18.35%) Marketing
20 18 (16.51%) Adobe Illustrator
21 17 (15.60%) HTML
21 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
22 14 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
22 14 (12.84%) CSS
22 14 (12.84%) InDesign
22 14 (12.84%) CMS

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (12.84%) CMS
2 4 (3.67%) WordPress
3 3 (2.75%) Drupal
4 2 (1.83%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.92%) Moodle
5 1 (0.92%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (19.27%) Photoshop
2 20 (18.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 18 (16.51%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (12.84%) InDesign
5 11 (10.09%) Adobe XD
6 7 (6.42%) Sketch
7 5 (4.59%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (2.75%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (2.75%) Chatbot
8 3 (2.75%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (2.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (1.83%) InVision
9 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
10 1 (0.92%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 29 (26.61%) Figma
2 7 (6.42%) SaaS
3 3 (2.75%) Google Analytics
3 3 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.75%) Miro
4 2 (1.83%) AWS
5 1 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.92%) Azure
5 1 (0.92%) Canva
5 1 (0.92%) GCP
5 1 (0.92%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.83%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (1.83%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Axure RP
1 4 (3.67%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.92%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.92%) Visual Studio
General
1 37 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 31 (28.44%) Finance
3 23 (21.10%) Banking
4 20 (18.35%) Marketing
5 14 (12.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
7 8 (7.34%) Law
7 8 (7.34%) Legal
7 8 (7.34%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (7.34%) Publishing
8 5 (4.59%) Games
9 4 (3.67%) Retail
10 3 (2.75%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.83%) Advertising
11 2 (1.83%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.92%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.92%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.92%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (15.60%) HTML
2 14 (12.84%) CSS
3 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.92%) CSS3
3 1 (0.92%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.92%) jQuery
3 1 (0.92%) React
3 1 (0.92%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.92%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.93%) Social Media
2 8 (7.34%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.42%) Graphic Design
4 6 (5.50%) Animation
5 4 (3.67%) Motion Graphics
6 3 (2.75%) Video Editing
7 2 (1.83%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.83%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.83%) PropTech
8 1 (0.92%) EPoS
8 1 (0.92%) FMCG
8 1 (0.92%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.92%) Online Games
8 1 (0.92%) Photography
8 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (61.47%) User Experience
2 60 (55.05%) UX Design
3 46 (42.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 40 (36.70%) Prototyping
5 39 (35.78%) User Research
6 38 (34.86%) Agile
7 36 (33.03%) Wireframes
8 34 (31.19%) Usability Testing
9 28 (25.69%) Journey Map
10 26 (23.85%) UX Research
11 25 (22.94%) Project Management
12 24 (22.02%) Design Thinking
12 24 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
13 21 (19.27%) Analytics
14 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (11.93%) Interaction Design
16 12 (11.01%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 12 (11.01%) Service Design
17 11 (10.09%) SEO
18 9 (8.26%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (11.01%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.67%) C#
2 4 (3.67%) SQL
3 3 (2.75%) C++
3 3 (2.75%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (11.01%) Degree
2 9 (8.26%) Security Cleared
3 8 (7.34%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.83%) CCNA
5 2 (1.83%) CCNP
5 2 (1.83%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.83%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.83%) JNCIS
6 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (47.71%) Accessibility
2 7 (6.42%) WCAG
3 2 (1.83%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.83%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.83%) Ansible
Vendors
1 38 (34.86%) Adobe
2 6 (5.50%) Microsoft
3 4 (3.67%) Cisco
3 4 (3.67%) Google
4 3 (2.75%) Apple
4 3 (2.75%) PayPal
5 2 (1.83%) F5
5 2 (1.83%) Juniper
5 2 (1.83%) Mercator
6 1 (0.92%) Guidewire
6 1 (0.92%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.92%) SAP
413 Designer jobs with Hybrid/WFH options