Hybrid/Remote User Experience Job Trends

UX
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 63 43 77
Rank change year-on-year -20 +34 -12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 667 944 1,225
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 3.64% 6.57% 3.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.39% 6.91% 4.13%
Number of salaries quoted 427 451 971
10th Percentile £40,000 £39,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £47,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,446 £62,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.49% +22.55% -21.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £117,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +14.71% -18.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,177 13,659 29,626
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.05% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,750 8,839 23,447
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

User Experience job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

User Experience
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing User Experience over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

User Experience salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 56 (8.40%) CMS
2 39 (5.85%) Confluence
3 37 (5.55%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.35%) Drupal
5 6 (0.90%) nginx
5 6 (0.90%) Umbraco
5 6 (0.90%) WordPress
6 3 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.15%) Moodle
Applications
1 24 (3.60%) Adobe XD
2 10 (1.50%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (1.50%) Photoshop
3 9 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (1.35%) UserZoom
4 7 (1.05%) Sketch
5 6 (0.90%) Chatbot
5 6 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.30%) Avid Media Composer
7 2 (0.30%) InVision
7 2 (0.30%) Pro Tools
7 2 (0.30%) Trello
8 1 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.15%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.15%) InDesign
8 1 (0.15%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.15%) Productboard
Business Applications
1 23 (3.45%) Shopify
2 14 (2.10%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (1.65%) Magento
4 9 (1.35%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.60%) Dynamics GP
5 4 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.30%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.15%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.15%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.15%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 126 (18.89%) Figma
2 120 (17.99%) Azure
3 113 (16.94%) AWS
4 64 (9.60%) Adobe Analytics
5 59 (8.85%) Microsoft 365
6 57 (8.55%) SaaS
7 51 (7.65%) GitHub
8 49 (7.35%) Power Platform
9 45 (6.75%) GCP
10 37 (5.55%) Contentsquare
11 34 (5.10%) PowerApps
12 29 (4.35%) GitHub Copilot
12 29 (4.35%) Power Automate
12 29 (4.35%) Serverless
13 28 (4.20%) Google Analytics
14 25 (3.75%) OneDrive
15 23 (3.45%) Entra ID
16 21 (3.15%) Azure Logic Apps
17 20 (3.00%) Azure Data Factory
17 20 (3.00%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 77 (11.54%) Broadband
2 16 (2.40%) HTTP
3 7 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (0.60%) Internet
4 4 (0.60%) VoIP
5 3 (0.45%) DHCP
5 3 (0.45%) DNS
5 3 (0.45%) Kerberos
5 3 (0.45%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.30%) Intranet
6 2 (0.30%) SMS
6 2 (0.30%) VPN
7 1 (0.15%) Firewall
7 1 (0.15%) VLAN
7 1 (0.15%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (5.10%) Power BI
2 20 (3.00%) Azure SQL Database
3 18 (2.70%) SQL Server
4 14 (2.10%) Metadata
5 11 (1.65%) BigQuery
5 11 (1.65%) Looker
5 11 (1.65%) MySQL
6 10 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 10 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
7 8 (1.20%) MongoDB
8 6 (0.90%) Tableau
9 4 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.45%) Redis
10 3 (0.45%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.30%) GIS
11 2 (0.30%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.30%) PostHog
12 1 (0.15%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 33 (4.95%) Git
2 30 (4.50%) JIRA
3 19 (2.85%) Axure RP
4 18 (2.70%) Balsamiq
5 12 (1.80%) Crashlytics
5 12 (1.80%) XCTest
6 9 (1.35%) Vite
7 8 (1.20%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.05%) webpack
9 6 (0.90%) Claude Code
9 6 (0.90%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.90%) Selenium
10 5 (0.75%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.60%) Babel
12 3 (0.45%) NUnit
12 3 (0.45%) SpecFlow
13 2 (0.30%) Postman
13 2 (0.30%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.30%) Storybook
13 2 (0.30%) WebDriver
General
1 207 (31.03%) Social Skills
2 85 (12.74%) Finance
3 67 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (9.30%) Public Sector
5 60 (9.00%) Games
5 60 (9.00%) Law
6 56 (8.40%) Legal
7 55 (8.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 44 (6.60%) Marketing
9 36 (5.40%) Organisational Skills
10 32 (4.80%) Banking
11 29 (4.35%) Influencing Skills
12 25 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (3.30%) Retail
14 19 (2.85%) Back Office
15 13 (1.95%) Telecoms
16 12 (1.80%) Health Technology
17 9 (1.35%) Financial Institution
18 6 (0.90%) Local Government
18 6 (0.90%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 169 (25.34%) Senior
2 113 (16.94%) Lead
3 89 (13.34%) Designer
3 89 (13.34%) Developer
4 51 (7.65%) UX Designer
5 50 (7.50%) Software Engineer
6 46 (6.90%) Analyst
7 30 (4.50%) Senior Manager
8 29 (4.35%) Product Manager
9 26 (3.90%) Architect
9 26 (3.90%) Senior Developer
10 25 (3.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 25 (3.75%) Senior Software Engineer
10 25 (3.75%) Service Manager
11 24 (3.60%) IT Manager
12 20 (3.00%) IT Services Manager
12 20 (3.00%) Senior IT Manager
12 20 (3.00%) Senior Service Manager
12 20 (3.00%) User Researcher
13 19 (2.85%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (11.69%) React
2 77 (11.54%) CSS
2 77 (11.54%) HTML
3 57 (8.55%) .NET
4 48 (7.20%) REST
5 29 (4.35%) RESTful
6 27 (4.05%) JSON
7 25 (3.75%) AngularJS
8 24 (3.60%) Vue
8 24 (3.60%) Web Services
9 22 (3.30%) .NET Core
9 22 (3.30%) SPFx
10 20 (3.00%) HTML5 Canvas
10 20 (3.00%) Node.js
11 19 (2.85%) Microsoft Graph
12 17 (2.55%) WebSockets
13 15 (2.25%) SwiftUI
14 13 (1.95%) SOAP
15 12 (1.80%) HTML5
15 12 (1.80%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 104 (15.59%) Product Ownership
2 65 (9.75%) Mobile App
3 32 (4.80%) Social Media
4 26 (3.90%) Cloud Native
5 22 (3.30%) Onboarding
6 21 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (3.00%) Greenfield Project
8 18 (2.70%) AI Agents
9 16 (2.40%) Public Cloud
10 14 (2.10%) e-Learning
11 12 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
13 9 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
13 9 (1.35%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.20%) Animation
14 8 (1.20%) Video Conferencing
15 6 (0.90%) Analytical Mindset
15 6 (0.90%) Learning Management System
16 5 (0.75%) Management Information System
17 4 (0.60%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 34 (5.10%) Apple iOS
2 26 (3.90%) Android
3 19 (2.85%) Windows
4 16 (2.40%) Linux
5 9 (1.35%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.75%) Windows Server
7 4 (0.60%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.45%) Unix
9 2 (0.30%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 230 (34.48%) Agile
2 204 (30.58%) UX Design
3 170 (25.49%) AI
4 163 (24.44%) Mentoring
5 155 (23.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 154 (23.09%) Roadmaps
7 151 (22.64%) Analytics
8 117 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
9 108 (16.19%) User Research
10 101 (15.14%) Product Roadmap
11 98 (14.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 96 (14.39%) Customer Experience
13 94 (14.09%) Software Engineering
14 80 (11.99%) Full-Stack Development
15 67 (10.04%) Decision-Making
16 62 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
17 61 (9.15%) SEO
18 60 (9.00%) CI/CD
19 59 (8.85%) Prototyping
20 57 (8.55%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 111 (16.64%) JavaScript
2 92 (13.79%) TypeScript
3 76 (11.39%) SQL
4 55 (8.25%) Java
5 46 (6.90%) C#
5 46 (6.90%) Python
6 31 (4.65%) PowerShell
7 18 (2.70%) PHP
8 17 (2.55%) Kotlin
9 15 (2.25%) Go
10 13 (1.95%) Swift
11 10 (1.50%) C++
12 9 (1.35%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.90%) Rust
14 4 (0.60%) Bash
15 3 (0.45%) Bicep
16 1 (0.15%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 1 (0.15%) Scala
16 1 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 84 (12.59%) Degree
2 79 (11.84%) Security Cleared
3 63 (9.45%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.20%) DBS Check
5 21 (3.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (2.70%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.20%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (0.75%) Master's Degree
8 5 (0.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (0.45%) CISSP
10 3 (0.45%) PhD
11 2 (0.30%) CCNA
11 2 (0.30%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.30%) ICAEW
12 1 (0.15%) APMG
12 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.15%) IIBA
12 1 (0.15%) ISTQB
12 1 (0.15%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (22.19%) Accessibility
2 70 (10.49%) WCAG
3 58 (8.70%) QA
4 21 (3.15%) GDPR
5 8 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
5 8 (1.20%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.20%) SLA
6 5 (0.75%) HIPAA
6 5 (0.75%) NEBOSH
6 5 (0.75%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.30%) GxP
7 2 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.30%) PMO
8 1 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.15%) HL7
8 1 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 1 (0.15%) PERC
8 1 (0.15%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 37 (5.55%) Docker
2 15 (2.25%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 21 (3.15%) Kubernetes
2 12 (1.80%) Terraform
3 8 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.90%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.75%) Grafana
6 3 (0.45%) Ansible
6 3 (0.45%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.30%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.30%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.30%) Packer
7 2 (0.30%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.30%) SCCM
8 1 (0.15%) Kibana
Vendors
1 143 (21.44%) Adobe
2 112 (16.79%) Microsoft
3 37 (5.55%) Google
4 25 (3.75%) ServiceNow
5 12 (1.80%) Amplitude
5 12 (1.80%) Braze
6 11 (1.65%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.50%) WooCommerce
8 9 (1.35%) ConnectWise
8 9 (1.35%) SAP
9 8 (1.20%) iManage
10 7 (1.05%) Hotjar
10 7 (1.05%) Oracle
11 6 (0.90%) Apple
12 4 (0.60%) Okta
12 4 (0.60%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
13 3 (0.45%) DevExpress
14 2 (0.30%) Avid
14 2 (0.30%) Databricks
14 2 (0.30%) Intapp