Hybrid/Remote UX Design Job Trends

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring UX Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 211 196
Rank change year-on-year -4 -15 -45
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 191 205 501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 1.58% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.67% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 122 128 412
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,063 £73,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £87,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -14.06%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

UX Design 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 14,438 12,307 28,972
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.43% 94.78% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 10,082 8,885 23,509
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £33,800
25th Percentile £44,447 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

UX Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

UX Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing UX Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing UX Design

UX Design
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing UX Design over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

UX Design salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

UX Design
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 4 (2.09%) CMS
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.90%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.66%) Sketch
3 3 (1.57%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.05%) InVision
4 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.88%) Figma
2 44 (23.04%) AWS
3 34 (17.80%) SaaS
4 33 (17.28%) Azure
5 18 (9.42%) GCP
5 18 (9.42%) GitHub
6 16 (8.38%) Google Analytics
7 15 (7.85%) Adobe Analytics
8 13 (6.81%) GitHub Copilot
9 4 (2.09%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (1.57%) Miro
10 3 (1.57%) Power Platform
10 3 (1.57%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.57%) Serverless
11 2 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (1.05%) ChatGPT
11 2 (1.05%) Heroku
11 2 (1.05%) n8n
11 2 (1.05%) Zapier
12 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.62%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.57%) Metadata
2 3 (1.57%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.05%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.05%) MySQL
3 2 (1.05%) Power BI
4 1 (0.52%) Redis
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (8.90%) Balsamiq
2 15 (7.85%) Axure RP
3 14 (7.33%) Git
4 8 (4.19%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.57%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.57%) Vite
5 3 (1.57%) webpack
6 2 (1.05%) JIRA
6 2 (1.05%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.52%) Maven
7 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (19.90%) Social Skills
2 23 (12.04%) Law
3 22 (11.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (11.52%) Presentation Skills
4 20 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (10.47%) Public Sector
5 18 (9.42%) Finance
6 17 (8.90%) Games
7 16 (8.38%) Telecoms
8 9 (4.71%) Retail
9 8 (4.19%) Legal
10 6 (3.14%) Marketing
11 5 (2.62%) Back Office
11 5 (2.62%) Banking
11 5 (2.62%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.62%) Polish Language
12 4 (2.09%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.57%) Military
14 1 (0.52%) Local Government
14 1 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 62 (32.46%) Designer
2 54 (28.27%) Lead
3 46 (24.08%) UX Designer
4 44 (23.04%) Senior
5 31 (16.23%) Developer
6 23 (12.04%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.85%) Lead Designer
8 13 (6.81%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 13 (6.81%) Lead Software Engineer
8 13 (6.81%) Product Designer
9 11 (5.76%) Lead UX Designer
9 11 (5.76%) User Experience Manager
10 10 (5.24%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.24%) Lead Developer
11 9 (4.71%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (4.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 8 (4.19%) Senior Designer
13 7 (3.66%) Product Manager
13 7 (3.66%) Senior Android Engineer
13 7 (3.66%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.99%) React
2 29 (15.18%) CSS
2 29 (15.18%) HTML
3 21 (10.99%) WebSockets
4 17 (8.90%) .NET
4 17 (8.90%) Web Services
5 15 (7.85%) AngularJS
5 15 (7.85%) RESTful
6 12 (6.28%) gRPC
7 11 (5.76%) REST
7 11 (5.76%) Vue
8 9 (4.71%) Kafka
9 8 (4.19%) Blazor
9 8 (4.19%) HTML5
9 8 (4.19%) Material Design
9 8 (4.19%) Node.js
9 8 (4.19%) WebAssembly
10 5 (2.62%) Django
10 5 (2.62%) jQuery
10 5 (2.62%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 54 (28.27%) Product Ownership
2 34 (17.80%) Mobile App
3 15 (7.85%) Social Media
4 14 (7.33%) AI Agents
5 13 (6.81%) Cloud Native
6 12 (6.28%) e-Learning
7 9 (4.71%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.66%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.62%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.57%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.05%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.05%) Low-Code
12 2 (1.05%) NHS
12 2 (1.05%) PropTech
12 2 (1.05%) Reinsurance
13 1 (0.52%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.90%) Android
2 5 (2.62%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (100.00%) User Experience
2 78 (40.84%) Agile
3 62 (32.46%) User Research
4 59 (30.89%) Full-Stack Development
5 58 (30.37%) AI
5 58 (30.37%) Wireframes
6 52 (27.23%) Problem-Solving
7 50 (26.18%) Software Engineering
8 48 (25.13%) Customer Experience
9 47 (24.61%) Prototyping
10 45 (23.56%) Mentoring
11 43 (22.51%) Analytics
12 41 (21.47%) Inclusive Design
13 37 (19.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 29 (15.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 29 (15.18%) Roadmaps
14 29 (15.18%) Workshop Facilitation
15 26 (13.61%) Collaborative Culture
15 26 (13.61%) Design Thinking
15 26 (13.61%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.75%) JavaScript
2 33 (17.28%) TypeScript
3 31 (16.23%) Python
4 24 (12.57%) Java
5 16 (8.38%) C#
6 13 (6.81%) Go
7 9 (4.71%) C++
7 9 (4.71%) SQL
8 8 (4.19%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.09%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.57%) Bash
10 3 (1.57%) VBScript
11 2 (1.05%) PHP
11 2 (1.05%) VBA
12 1 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 45 (23.56%) Degree
2 30 (15.71%) Security Cleared
3 27 (14.14%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.38%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (7.33%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.14%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.14%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.57%) CITP
7 3 (1.57%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (28.27%) Accessibility
2 32 (16.75%) WCAG
3 24 (12.57%) QA
4 5 (2.62%) GDPR
5 4 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.09%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.52%) GxP
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (13.61%) Docker
2 5 (2.62%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.05%) Packer
2 2 (1.05%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.05%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) Kibana
3 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (28.80%) Adobe
2 16 (8.38%) Google
3 15 (7.85%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.52%) Databricks