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 3 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 182 283
Rank change year-on-year -75 +101 -82
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 210 287 250
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.90% 1.76% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.10% 1.89% 1.18%
Number of salaries quoted 140 126 165
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £30,350
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,688 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £75,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -12.70%

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 19,144 15,200 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.93% 92.99% 87.55%
Number of salaries quoted 13,801 8,843 14,057
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £44,738
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £59,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.69% -1.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £79,077
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,341
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.38% -6.10%

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 3 September 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 9 (4.29%) CMS
2 8 (3.81%) Confluence
2 8 (3.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.81%) WordPress
3 1 (0.48%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (6.67%) Adobe XD
2 10 (4.76%) Photoshop
3 9 (4.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (4.29%) InDesign
4 4 (1.90%) Chatbot
5 3 (1.43%) Sketch
6 2 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.48%) InVision
7 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.48%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.48%) Magento
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 58 (27.62%) Figma
2 47 (22.38%) Azure
3 38 (18.10%) AWS
4 22 (10.48%) SaaS
5 15 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.67%) GitHub
7 13 (6.19%) GCP
7 13 (6.19%) Google Analytics
8 12 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.76%) Serverless
10 9 (4.29%) Adobe Analytics
11 8 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.81%) Power Automate
11 8 (3.81%) PowerApps
12 7 (3.33%) GitHub Copilot
13 6 (2.86%) PaaS
14 5 (2.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 4 (1.90%) Anthropic Claude
15 4 (1.90%) n8n
15 4 (1.90%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.29%) Broadband
2 4 (1.90%) SMS
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.33%) Metadata
1 7 (3.33%) NoSQL
1 7 (3.33%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (3.33%) Power BI
2 6 (2.86%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.86%) MySQL
2 6 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.95%) GIS
3 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.00%) Git
2 9 (4.29%) Balsamiq
2 9 (4.29%) JIRA
3 7 (3.33%) Axure RP
3 7 (3.33%) Claude Code
4 5 (2.38%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.90%) Selenium
6 3 (1.43%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.95%) NUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (24.29%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.62%) Public Sector
3 30 (14.29%) Finance
4 28 (13.33%) Marketing
5 23 (10.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (10.95%) Law
6 16 (7.62%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.19%) Games
8 12 (5.71%) Retail
9 9 (4.29%) Legal
9 9 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.86%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.86%) Publishing
11 5 (2.38%) Advertising
12 4 (1.90%) Banking
12 4 (1.90%) Local Government
13 3 (1.43%) Back Office
13 3 (1.43%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.43%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 73 (34.76%) Designer
2 52 (24.76%) UX Designer
3 50 (23.81%) Developer
4 47 (22.38%) Senior
5 31 (14.76%) Lead
6 30 (14.29%) UI Designer
7 28 (13.33%) UI/UX Designer
8 19 (9.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 16 (7.62%) Senior Designer
10 14 (6.67%) Senior Developer
11 13 (6.19%) Architect
11 13 (6.19%) Software Engineer
12 12 (5.71%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (4.29%) Product Manager
13 9 (4.29%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.81%) Content Designer
14 8 (3.81%) Lead Designer
14 8 (3.81%) Lead UX Designer
14 8 (3.81%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 8 (3.81%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (19.05%) React
2 35 (16.67%) CSS
2 35 (16.67%) HTML
3 19 (9.05%) Node.js
4 18 (8.57%) .NET
5 15 (7.14%) REST
6 12 (5.71%) Web Services
7 9 (4.29%) Framer.js
7 9 (4.29%) NestJS
7 9 (4.29%) RESTful
8 7 (3.33%) Vue
9 6 (2.86%) AngularJS
9 6 (2.86%) Sass
9 6 (2.86%) Spring
10 5 (2.38%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.38%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.38%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (2.38%) Django
10 5 (2.38%) Spring Boot
10 5 (2.38%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.71%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.10%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (4.76%) Social Media
5 8 (3.81%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.33%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.33%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.33%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.86%) Graphic Design
8 4 (1.90%) Blog
8 4 (1.90%) IoT
8 4 (1.90%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.90%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.95%) Animation
9 2 (0.95%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.95%) Life Science
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.38%) Apple iOS
1 5 (2.38%) Linux
2 1 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 210 (100.00%) User Experience
2 102 (48.57%) Agile
3 54 (25.71%) AI
3 54 (25.71%) Mentoring
4 53 (25.24%) User Research
5 49 (23.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 41 (19.52%) Analytics
7 41 (19.52%) Prototyping
8 40 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
9 39 (18.57%) Full-Stack Development
10 36 (17.14%) Scrum
11 31 (14.76%) Coaching
11 31 (14.76%) Wireframes
12 29 (13.81%) DevOps
13 28 (13.33%) CI/CD
14 26 (12.38%) Decision-Making
14 26 (12.38%) Usability Testing
15 25 (11.90%) Front End Development
15 25 (11.90%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 55 (26.19%) JavaScript
2 45 (21.43%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.05%) C#
4 14 (6.67%) Python
5 11 (5.24%) SQL
6 10 (4.76%) Java
7 7 (3.33%) PHP
8 5 (2.38%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.90%) C
9 4 (1.90%) Swift
10 2 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.43%) Degree
3 22 (10.48%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.29%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.86%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.86%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.43%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMP
8 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (30.48%) Accessibility
2 38 (18.10%) WCAG
3 28 (13.33%) QA
4 7 (3.33%) GDPR
5 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.90%) PERC
6 3 (1.43%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.95%) GxP
7 2 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.95%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (8.57%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 36 (17.14%) Adobe
2 22 (10.48%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.19%) Google
4 6 (2.86%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.38%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.90%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.95%) SAP
8 1 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.48%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.48%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.48%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.48%) Oracle
8 1 (0.48%) RedGate
8 1 (0.48%) TIBCO