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 20 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 243 206
Rank change year-on-year +36 -37 -57
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 188 203 445
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 1.31% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.38% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 124 128 368
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,420 £33,600
25th Percentile £48,053 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £90,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%

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 14,111 14,711 25,659
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 86.01% 94.87% 92.73%
Number of salaries quoted 9,178 8,824 21,297
10th Percentile £30,500 £36,250 £34,904
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £43,000
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,675 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 20 February 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 7 (3.72%) Confluence
2 4 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.13%) WordPress
3 3 (1.60%) CMS
Applications
1 21 (11.17%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (3.19%) Sketch
4 5 (2.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (2.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.60%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.60%) InDesign
6 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (1.60%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.53%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (1.60%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.60%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (42.55%) Figma
2 40 (21.28%) SaaS
3 37 (19.68%) AWS
4 31 (16.49%) Azure
5 17 (9.04%) GitHub
6 15 (7.98%) GCP
6 15 (7.98%) Google Analytics
7 14 (7.45%) Microsoft 365
8 13 (6.91%) GitHub Copilot
9 9 (4.79%) Miro
10 5 (2.66%) Adobe Analytics
10 5 (2.66%) Power Platform
11 4 (2.13%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (2.13%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.60%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (1.60%) Serverless
13 1 (0.53%) Firebase
13 1 (0.53%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 27 (14.36%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.66%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.66%) Power BI
2 3 (1.60%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.06%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.06%) Metadata
3 2 (1.06%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.06%) MySQL
4 1 (0.53%) Redis
4 1 (0.53%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (7.98%) Balsamiq
2 13 (6.91%) Axure RP
3 12 (6.38%) Git
4 8 (4.26%) Visual Studio
5 7 (3.72%) JIRA
6 6 (3.19%) Cypress.io
7 4 (2.13%) Vite
7 4 (2.13%) webpack
8 3 (1.60%) CircleCI
8 3 (1.60%) Jenkins
9 2 (1.06%) Storybook
9 2 (1.06%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.53%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.53%) Maven
10 1 (0.53%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 40 (21.28%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
3 22 (11.70%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (11.17%) Finance
4 21 (11.17%) Law
5 20 (10.64%) Marketing
6 18 (9.57%) Public Sector
7 16 (8.51%) Telecoms
8 12 (6.38%) Legal
9 11 (5.85%) Retail
10 8 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.72%) Digital Health
12 5 (2.66%) Back Office
12 5 (2.66%) Banking
12 5 (2.66%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.66%) Games
12 5 (2.66%) Polish Language
13 3 (1.60%) Military
13 3 (1.60%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 50 (26.60%) Designer
2 45 (23.94%) Lead
3 41 (21.81%) Senior
4 37 (19.68%) Developer
5 31 (16.49%) UX Designer
6 18 (9.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 16 (8.51%) Product Designer
8 13 (6.91%) Software Engineer
9 12 (6.38%) Full-Stack Developer
10 11 (5.85%) User Experience Manager
11 10 (5.32%) Product Manager
12 9 (4.79%) Analyst
12 9 (4.79%) Applications Engineer
13 8 (4.26%) Lead Designer
13 8 (4.26%) Lead Developer
13 8 (4.26%) Lead Software Engineer
14 7 (3.72%) Android Engineer
14 7 (3.72%) React Developer
14 7 (3.72%) Senior Android Engineer
14 7 (3.72%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (21.28%) React
2 33 (17.55%) CSS
3 31 (16.49%) HTML
4 19 (10.11%) .NET
4 19 (10.11%) WebSockets
5 15 (7.98%) AngularJS
5 15 (7.98%) RESTful
6 13 (6.91%) Vue
7 12 (6.38%) gRPC
7 12 (6.38%) HTML5
7 12 (6.38%) REST
8 10 (5.32%) Node.js
9 9 (4.79%) Kafka
10 8 (4.26%) Blazor
10 8 (4.26%) GraphQL
10 8 (4.26%) Material Design
10 8 (4.26%) WebAssembly
11 7 (3.72%) CSS3
11 7 (3.72%) Jest
11 7 (3.72%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (23.40%) Product Ownership
2 35 (18.62%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.38%) AI Agents
3 12 (6.38%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.79%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (3.72%) e-Learning
5 7 (3.72%) Onboarding
5 7 (3.72%) Social Media
6 6 (3.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.13%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.60%) Animation
8 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.60%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (1.06%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.53%) NHS
10 1 (0.53%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.53%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.53%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 18 (9.57%) Android
2 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (100.00%) User Experience
2 82 (43.62%) Agile
3 61 (32.45%) Wireframes
4 59 (31.38%) User Research
5 54 (28.72%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (27.13%) Customer Experience
6 51 (27.13%) Full-Stack Development
7 46 (24.47%) AI
8 44 (23.40%) Mentoring
9 43 (22.87%) Software Engineering
10 39 (20.74%) Prototyping
11 37 (19.68%) Analytics
11 37 (19.68%) Inclusive Design
12 33 (17.55%) Design Thinking
13 32 (17.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (16.49%) DevOps
15 30 (15.96%) Front End Development
16 29 (15.43%) CI/CD
16 29 (15.43%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 27 (14.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 47 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 33 (17.55%) TypeScript
3 22 (11.70%) Python
4 19 (10.11%) Java
5 17 (9.04%) C#
6 13 (6.91%) Go
7 10 (5.32%) SQL
8 9 (4.79%) C++
9 8 (4.26%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.13%) VBA
11 3 (1.60%) Bash
11 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.60%) Ruby
11 3 (1.60%) VBScript
12 2 (1.06%) PHP
13 1 (0.53%) Swift
Qualifications
1 58 (30.85%) Degree
2 25 (13.30%) Security Cleared
3 24 (12.77%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.79%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.26%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.60%) CITP
7 3 (1.60%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.53%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (28.72%) Accessibility
2 30 (15.96%) WCAG
3 18 (9.57%) QA
4 4 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.13%) GDPR
4 4 (2.13%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.60%) ISO 9001
5 3 (1.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 21 (11.17%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (7.45%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.06%) Grafana
2 2 (1.06%) Packer
2 2 (1.06%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.06%) Terraform
3 1 (0.53%) Kibana
3 1 (0.53%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (29.26%) Adobe
2 16 (8.51%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.98%) Google
4 3 (1.60%) Cisco
5 1 (0.53%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.53%) Salesforce