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 30 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 195 222
Rank change year-on-year -16 +27 -52
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 218 275 467
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.14% 1.86% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.37% 1.96% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 137 126 379
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,740 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 15,885 14,034 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.81% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 8,239 23,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,450 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 May 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 6 (2.75%) Confluence
2 3 (1.38%) CMS
2 3 (1.38%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.46%) Moodle
3 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.42%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.75%) Sketch
3 4 (1.83%) Photoshop
4 3 (1.38%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.92%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.92%) InVision
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.46%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (39.45%) Figma
2 44 (20.18%) SaaS
3 36 (16.51%) AWS
4 33 (15.14%) Azure
5 19 (8.72%) GitHub
6 17 (7.80%) Adobe Analytics
6 17 (7.80%) GCP
7 12 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
7 12 (5.50%) Google Analytics
8 9 (4.13%) Serverless
9 8 (3.67%) Power Platform
10 6 (2.75%) PaaS
11 5 (2.29%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.83%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.83%) n8n
12 4 (1.83%) Zapier
13 3 (1.38%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.38%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.38%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.92%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.43%) Broadband
2 3 (1.38%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.29%) Metadata
2 5 (2.29%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.29%) Power BI
3 4 (1.83%) MySQL
4 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.92%) GIS
4 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.46%) Redis
5 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) Git
2 10 (4.59%) Axure RP
3 9 (4.13%) Balsamiq
4 8 (3.67%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.75%) JIRA
6 5 (2.29%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.83%) Claude Code
8 3 (1.38%) Vite
8 3 (1.38%) webpack
9 2 (0.92%) Vagrant
9 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.46%) Maven
General
1 44 (20.18%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.93%) Law
3 24 (11.01%) Finance
4 23 (10.55%) Presentation Skills
5 21 (9.63%) Games
6 20 (9.17%) Public Sector
7 19 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 17 (7.80%) Analytical Skills
9 14 (6.42%) Marketing
10 12 (5.50%) Retail
11 9 (4.13%) Legal
12 7 (3.21%) Back Office
12 7 (3.21%) Banking
12 7 (3.21%) Financial Institution
12 7 (3.21%) Polish Language
12 7 (3.21%) Telecoms
13 5 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.38%) Social Science
15 2 (0.92%) iGaming
15 2 (0.92%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 80 (36.70%) Designer
2 55 (25.23%) Lead
2 55 (25.23%) UX Designer
3 38 (17.43%) Developer
3 38 (17.43%) Senior
4 23 (10.55%) Software Engineer
5 20 (9.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 17 (7.80%) Lead Designer
7 14 (6.42%) Lead Software Engineer
7 14 (6.42%) Lead UX Designer
8 13 (5.96%) Product Designer
8 13 (5.96%) Senior Designer
9 12 (5.50%) UI Designer
9 12 (5.50%) UI/UX Designer
10 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
10 10 (4.59%) User Experience Manager
11 8 (3.67%) Architect
11 8 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
12 7 (3.21%) Digital Designer
12 7 (3.21%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (19.72%) React
2 29 (13.30%) HTML
3 27 (12.39%) CSS
4 18 (8.26%) Web Services
5 15 (6.88%) .NET
6 14 (6.42%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.50%) RESTful
7 12 (5.50%) WebSockets
8 11 (5.05%) Material Design
9 9 (4.13%) Spring
10 8 (3.67%) Blazor
10 8 (3.67%) REST
10 8 (3.67%) Spring Boot
10 8 (3.67%) Vue
10 8 (3.67%) WebAssembly
11 7 (3.21%) HTML5
12 6 (2.75%) Django
12 6 (2.75%) NestJS
13 5 (2.29%) Jest
13 5 (2.29%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 55 (25.23%) Product Ownership
2 28 (12.84%) Mobile App
3 21 (9.63%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.26%) Social Media
5 13 (5.96%) e-Learning
6 10 (4.59%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.13%) AI Agents
7 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.38%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.38%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.92%) Animation
11 2 (0.92%) Blog
11 2 (0.92%) Life Science
11 2 (0.92%) NHS
11 2 (0.92%) PropTech
11 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.21%) Android
2 5 (2.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (100.00%) User Experience
2 93 (42.66%) Agile
3 67 (30.73%) User Research
4 62 (28.44%) Full-Stack Development
5 61 (27.98%) AI
6 56 (25.69%) Mentoring
6 56 (25.69%) Problem-Solving
7 53 (24.31%) Wireframes
8 52 (23.85%) Software Engineering
9 49 (22.48%) Prototyping
10 47 (21.56%) Customer Experience
11 41 (18.81%) Analytics
12 39 (17.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 36 (16.51%) Inclusive Design
14 34 (15.60%) Collaborative Culture
14 34 (15.60%) Continuous Improvement
15 33 (15.14%) Scrum
16 32 (14.68%) Roadmaps
17 30 (13.76%) Front End Development
18 28 (12.84%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.85%) JavaScript
2 45 (20.64%) TypeScript
3 23 (10.55%) Python
4 21 (9.63%) Java
5 16 (7.34%) C#
6 4 (1.83%) C++
6 4 (1.83%) Kotlin
7 3 (1.38%) Go
7 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.92%) SQL
9 1 (0.46%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (14.68%) Degree
2 29 (13.30%) Security Cleared
3 20 (9.17%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.96%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.38%) ICAEW
7 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (29.82%) Accessibility
2 34 (15.60%) WCAG
3 24 (11.01%) QA
4 9 (4.13%) GDPR
5 5 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.38%) PERC
7 2 (0.92%) GxP
7 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.92%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (8.26%) Docker
2 5 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.13%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Packer
2 2 (0.92%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 56 (25.69%) Adobe
2 16 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.50%) Google
4 3 (1.38%) dotdigital
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (0.92%) Databricks
5 2 (0.92%) SAP