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

6 months to
18 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 198 203 223
Rank change year-on-year +5 +20 -60
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 208 272 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.80% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.89% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 133 128 387
10th Percentile £42,750 £41,250 £29,900
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -17.36%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,563 £68,125
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 15,436 14,396 29,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.67% 95.08% 90.90%
Number of salaries quoted 10,985 8,732 23,377
10th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +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 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.69% +7.27% -9.84%

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 18 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 5 (2.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) CMS
2 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Moodle
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.73%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.88%) Sketch
3 3 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.44%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.96%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.96%) InVision
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.48%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.38%) Figma
2 41 (19.71%) SaaS
3 36 (17.31%) AWS
4 31 (14.90%) Azure
5 18 (8.65%) Adobe Analytics
5 18 (8.65%) GitHub
6 17 (8.17%) GCP
7 12 (5.77%) GitHub Copilot
7 12 (5.77%) Google Analytics
8 9 (4.33%) Serverless
9 6 (2.88%) PaaS
10 5 (2.40%) Power Platform
11 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (1.92%) ChatGPT
11 4 (1.92%) n8n
11 4 (1.92%) Zapier
12 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (1.44%) Power Automate
12 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.96%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 38 (18.27%) Broadband
2 2 (0.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.40%) Metadata
1 5 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.96%) MySQL
3 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) GIS
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (7.69%) Git
2 11 (5.29%) Axure RP
3 10 (4.81%) Balsamiq
4 8 (3.85%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.40%) JIRA
6 4 (1.92%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.44%) Vite
7 3 (1.44%) webpack
8 2 (0.96%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.96%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.48%) Maven
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 38 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.98%) Law
3 23 (11.06%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (10.58%) Finance
5 21 (10.10%) Games
6 19 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (9.13%) Public Sector
7 17 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.77%) Marketing
9 11 (5.29%) Retail
10 9 (4.33%) Legal
10 9 (4.33%) Telecoms
11 7 (3.37%) Back Office
11 7 (3.37%) Banking
11 7 (3.37%) Financial Institution
11 7 (3.37%) Polish Language
12 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.96%) iGaming
13 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.96%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 78 (37.50%) Designer
2 56 (26.92%) Lead
3 54 (25.96%) UX Designer
4 37 (17.79%) Senior
5 34 (16.35%) Developer
6 24 (11.54%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 17 (8.17%) Lead Designer
9 14 (6.73%) Lead Software Engineer
9 14 (6.73%) Lead UX Designer
10 13 (6.25%) Product Designer
11 12 (5.77%) Senior Designer
12 10 (4.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 10 (4.81%) UI Designer
12 10 (4.81%) UI/UX Designer
12 10 (4.81%) User Experience Manager
13 8 (3.85%) Architect
13 8 (3.85%) Lead Developer
13 8 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.37%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (20.19%) React
2 26 (12.50%) HTML
3 25 (12.02%) CSS
4 18 (8.65%) Web Services
5 16 (7.69%) .NET
6 14 (6.73%) AngularJS
6 14 (6.73%) WebSockets
7 11 (5.29%) RESTful
8 10 (4.81%) Material Design
9 9 (4.33%) REST
10 8 (3.85%) Blazor
10 8 (3.85%) HTML5
10 8 (3.85%) Vue
10 8 (3.85%) WebAssembly
11 7 (3.37%) Spring
12 6 (2.88%) gRPC
12 6 (2.88%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.40%) Django
13 5 (2.40%) Node.js
13 5 (2.40%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.96%) Product Ownership
2 29 (13.94%) Mobile App
3 18 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 18 (8.65%) Social Media
4 13 (6.25%) e-Learning
5 10 (4.81%) AI Agents
6 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
6 9 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.92%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.96%) Animation
10 2 (0.96%) Blog
10 2 (0.96%) Life Science
10 2 (0.96%) NHS
10 2 (0.96%) PropTech
10 2 (0.96%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.33%) Android
2 5 (2.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) User Experience
2 87 (41.83%) Agile
3 65 (31.25%) User Research
4 60 (28.85%) AI
4 60 (28.85%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (26.44%) Mentoring
6 51 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (24.52%) Software Engineering
6 51 (24.52%) Wireframes
7 50 (24.04%) Prototyping
8 47 (22.60%) Customer Experience
9 42 (20.19%) Analytics
10 39 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 37 (17.79%) Inclusive Design
12 33 (15.87%) Collaborative Culture
13 31 (14.90%) Roadmaps
14 29 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (13.94%) Scrum
14 29 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
15 28 (13.46%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 50 (24.04%) JavaScript
2 40 (19.23%) TypeScript
3 24 (11.54%) Python
4 23 (11.06%) Java
5 15 (7.21%) C#
6 6 (2.88%) C++
7 5 (2.40%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.92%) Go
8 4 (1.92%) SQL
9 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (15.87%) Degree
2 30 (14.42%) Security Cleared
3 21 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 11 (5.29%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.96%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (29.33%) Accessibility
2 32 (15.38%) WCAG
3 25 (12.02%) QA
4 8 (3.85%) GDPR
5 5 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) GxP
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) PERC
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (8.65%) Docker
2 5 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.96%) Packer
2 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) Kibana
3 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (27.40%) Adobe
2 15 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.77%) Google
4 2 (0.96%) Databricks
4 2 (0.96%) dotdigital
4 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.48%) SAP