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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 259 179 280
Rank change year-on-year -80 +101 -67
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 208 281 236
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 1.75% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.88% 1.17%
Number of salaries quoted 141 117 147
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,035
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.39% -10.72%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -11.18%

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 19,307 14,959 20,242
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.85% 92.97% 87.30%
Number of salaries quoted 13,920 8,587 13,044
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 8 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 (4.33%) CMS
2 8 (3.85%) Confluence
2 8 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.85%) WordPress
3 1 (0.48%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (6.73%) Adobe XD
2 10 (4.81%) Photoshop
3 9 (4.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (4.33%) InDesign
4 4 (1.92%) Chatbot
5 3 (1.44%) Sketch
6 2 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.96%) 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 (0.96%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.48%) Magento
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 55 (26.44%) Figma
2 47 (22.60%) Azure
3 38 (18.27%) AWS
4 22 (10.58%) SaaS
5 15 (7.21%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.73%) Google Analytics
7 13 (6.25%) GitHub
8 12 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.77%) GCP
9 10 (4.81%) Serverless
10 8 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.85%) Power Automate
10 8 (3.85%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.37%) Adobe Analytics
11 7 (3.37%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (2.88%) PaaS
13 5 (2.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (1.92%) ChatGPT
14 4 (1.92%) n8n
14 4 (1.92%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.37%) Broadband
2 4 (1.92%) SMS
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Intranet
3 1 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.37%) Metadata
1 7 (3.37%) NoSQL
1 7 (3.37%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (3.37%) Power BI
2 6 (2.88%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.88%) MySQL
2 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.96%) GIS
3 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 21 (10.10%) Git
2 9 (4.33%) Balsamiq
2 9 (4.33%) JIRA
3 7 (3.37%) Axure RP
3 7 (3.37%) Claude Code
4 5 (2.40%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.92%) Selenium
6 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.96%) NUnit
8 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.48%) ESLint
8 1 (0.48%) GitLab
8 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.48%) Storybook
8 1 (0.48%) Vite
General
1 50 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.79%) Public Sector
3 31 (14.90%) Finance
4 29 (13.94%) Marketing
5 23 (11.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (11.06%) Law
6 16 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.77%) Retail
8 11 (5.29%) Games
9 9 (4.33%) Legal
9 9 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.88%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.88%) Publishing
11 5 (2.40%) Advertising
12 4 (1.92%) Banking
12 4 (1.92%) Local Government
13 3 (1.44%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.44%) Polish Language
13 3 (1.44%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 71 (34.13%) Designer
2 50 (24.04%) Developer
2 50 (24.04%) UX Designer
3 47 (22.60%) Senior
4 30 (14.42%) UI Designer
5 29 (13.94%) Lead
6 28 (13.46%) UI/UX Designer
7 19 (9.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 16 (7.69%) Senior Designer
9 14 (6.73%) Senior Developer
10 13 (6.25%) Architect
10 13 (6.25%) Software Engineer
11 12 (5.77%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.33%) Product Manager
12 9 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (3.85%) Content Designer
13 8 (3.85%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 8 (3.85%) Senior UX Designer
14 7 (3.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 7 (3.37%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.75%) React
2 36 (17.31%) CSS
3 35 (16.83%) HTML
4 20 (9.62%) Node.js
5 18 (8.65%) .NET
6 14 (6.73%) REST
7 11 (5.29%) Web Services
8 9 (4.33%) Framer.js
8 9 (4.33%) NestJS
8 9 (4.33%) RESTful
9 8 (3.85%) Vue
10 6 (2.88%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.88%) Sass
10 6 (2.88%) Spring
11 5 (2.40%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.40%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.40%) Jest
11 5 (2.40%) Material Design
11 5 (2.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.48%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.17%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.73%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.33%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.85%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.85%) Social Media
6 7 (3.37%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.37%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.37%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.88%) Graphic Design
8 4 (1.92%) Blog
8 4 (1.92%) IoT
8 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.44%) Video Conferencing
10 2 (0.96%) Animation
10 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.96%) Life Science
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
10 2 (0.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.40%) Apple iOS
2 4 (1.92%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) User Experience
2 100 (48.08%) Agile
3 54 (25.96%) Mentoring
4 53 (25.48%) AI
5 51 (24.52%) User Research
6 49 (23.56%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (19.23%) Analytics
7 40 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (19.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 39 (18.75%) Prototyping
9 38 (18.27%) Full-Stack Development
10 36 (17.31%) Scrum
11 31 (14.90%) Coaching
11 31 (14.90%) Wireframes
12 30 (14.42%) DevOps
13 29 (13.94%) CI/CD
14 26 (12.50%) Decision-Making
14 26 (12.50%) Front End Development
14 26 (12.50%) Usability Testing
15 25 (12.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.96%) JavaScript
2 45 (21.63%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.13%) C#
4 13 (6.25%) Python
5 11 (5.29%) SQL
6 10 (4.81%) Java
7 8 (3.85%) PHP
8 5 (2.40%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.92%) C
9 4 (1.92%) Swift
10 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (14.42%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.54%) Degree
3 22 (10.58%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.33%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.88%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMP
8 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (29.81%) Accessibility
2 38 (18.27%) WCAG
3 28 (13.46%) QA
4 7 (3.37%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.92%) PERC
6 3 (1.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.96%) GxP
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (8.65%) Docker
2 3 (1.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.37%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 34 (16.35%) Adobe
2 22 (10.58%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.73%) Google
4 6 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.40%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.92%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.96%) Databricks
7 2 (0.96%) 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