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 13 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
13 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 302 293 312
Rank change year-on-year -9 +19 -136
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 168 340 431
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.93% 1.01% 1.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.05% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 55 280 343
10th Percentile £31,450 £27,750 £39,800
25th Percentile £42,125 £37,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -16.67% -
75th Percentile £61,250 £60,741 £76,125
90th Percentile £67,007 £70,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £46,855 £57,500
% change year-on-year +17.38% -18.51% -

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 16,480 32,444 39,722
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 95.98% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,871 24,899 28,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,010 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,318 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -9.89% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

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 13 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 13 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.

1 124 (73.81%) User Experience
2 117 (69.64%) UX Design
3 109 (64.88%) Accessibility
4 107 (63.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 98 (58.33%) Prototyping
6 96 (57.14%) User Research
6 96 (57.14%) Agile
7 94 (55.95%) Wireframes
8 92 (54.76%) Usability Testing
9 91 (54.17%) Finance
10 86 (51.19%) Journey Map
11 83 (49.40%) UX Research
11 83 (49.40%) Project Management
12 82 (48.81%) Stakeholder Management
13 81 (48.21%) Banking
13 81 (48.21%) Design Thinking
14 38 (22.62%) Adobe
15 36 (21.43%) Social Skills
16 29 (17.26%) Figma
17 22 (13.10%) Analytics
18 21 (12.50%) Photoshop
19 20 (11.90%) Marketing
20 19 (11.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
21 18 (10.71%) HTML
21 18 (10.71%) Adobe Illustrator
22 16 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
23 15 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
23 15 (8.93%) CSS
23 15 (8.93%) Social Media
24 14 (8.33%) InDesign

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 (8.33%) CMS
2 4 (2.38%) WordPress
3 3 (1.79%) Drupal
4 2 (1.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.60%) Moodle
5 1 (0.60%) Umbraco
Applications
1 21 (12.50%) Photoshop
2 19 (11.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 18 (10.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (8.33%) InDesign
5 12 (7.14%) Adobe XD
6 7 (4.17%) Sketch
7 5 (2.98%) Adobe After Effects
8 3 (1.79%) Adobe Premiere
8 3 (1.79%) Chatbot
8 3 (1.79%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (1.19%) InVision
9 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
10 1 (0.60%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 29 (17.26%) Figma
2 7 (4.17%) SaaS
3 4 (2.38%) Google Analytics
4 3 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (1.79%) Miro
5 2 (1.19%) AWS
6 1 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.60%) Azure
6 1 (0.60%) Canva
6 1 (0.60%) GCP
6 1 (0.60%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.19%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (1.19%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 5 (2.98%) Axure RP
1 5 (2.98%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio
General
1 91 (54.17%) Finance
2 81 (48.21%) Banking
3 36 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 20 (11.90%) Marketing
5 15 (8.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (7.14%) Public Sector
7 10 (5.95%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (5.36%) Law
9 8 (4.76%) Publishing
10 7 (4.17%) Legal
11 5 (2.98%) Games
12 4 (2.38%) Retail
13 3 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
13 3 (1.79%) Multimedia
14 2 (1.19%) Advertising
14 2 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
15 1 (0.60%) Electronics
15 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.60%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (10.71%) HTML
2 15 (8.93%) CSS
3 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.60%) CSS3
3 1 (0.60%) Framer.js
3 1 (0.60%) jQuery
3 1 (0.60%) React
3 1 (0.60%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 1 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 15 (8.93%) Social Media
2 9 (5.36%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.17%) Graphic Design
4 6 (3.57%) Animation
5 4 (2.38%) Motion Graphics
6 3 (1.79%) Video Editing
7 2 (1.19%) e-Learning
7 2 (1.19%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.19%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.19%) PropTech
8 1 (0.60%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.60%) EPoS
8 1 (0.60%) FMCG
8 1 (0.60%) FPGA
8 1 (0.60%) Learning Management System
8 1 (0.60%) Online Games
8 1 (0.60%) Photography
8 1 (0.60%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.60%) Verilog
8 1 (0.60%) VHDL
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (73.81%) User Experience
2 117 (69.64%) UX Design
3 107 (63.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 98 (58.33%) Prototyping
5 96 (57.14%) Agile
5 96 (57.14%) User Research
6 94 (55.95%) Wireframes
7 92 (54.76%) Usability Testing
8 86 (51.19%) Journey Map
9 83 (49.40%) Project Management
9 83 (49.40%) UX Research
10 82 (48.81%) Stakeholder Management
11 81 (48.21%) Design Thinking
12 22 (13.10%) Analytics
13 16 (9.52%) Problem-Solving
14 13 (7.74%) Interaction Design
15 12 (7.14%) Service Design
16 11 (6.55%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 11 (6.55%) SEO
17 9 (5.36%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.74%) JavaScript
2 4 (2.38%) C#
2 4 (2.38%) SQL
3 3 (1.79%) C++
3 3 (1.79%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (7.74%) Degree
2 10 (5.95%) Security Cleared
3 9 (5.36%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (1.19%) CCNA
5 2 (1.19%) CCNP
5 2 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (1.19%) DBS Check
5 2 (1.19%) JNCIS
6 1 (0.60%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.60%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.60%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (64.88%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.76%) WCAG
3 2 (1.19%) ISO 9001
3 2 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.19%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.19%) Ansible
Vendors
1 38 (22.62%) Adobe
2 7 (4.17%) Microsoft
3 5 (2.98%) Google
4 4 (2.38%) Cisco
5 3 (1.79%) Apple
5 3 (1.79%) PayPal
6 2 (1.19%) F5
6 2 (1.19%) Juniper
6 2 (1.19%) Mercator
7 1 (0.60%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.60%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.60%) SAP
292 Designer jobs with Hybrid/WFH options