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

6 months to
3 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 200 195
Rank change year-on-year -14 -5 -44
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 186 209 501
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 1.63% 1.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.72% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 122 131 412
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £77,500 £73,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -13.39%

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 14,103 12,168 28,555
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.60% 94.83% 91.63%
Number of salaries quoted 9,832 8,797 23,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £43,738 £46,250 £42,500
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 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 April 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 3 (1.61%) CMS
2 2 (1.08%) Confluence
2 2 (1.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.54%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (11.83%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.76%) Sketch
3 3 (1.61%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.08%) InVision
4 2 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.54%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.54%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 84 (45.16%) Figma
2 42 (22.58%) AWS
3 34 (18.28%) SaaS
4 33 (17.74%) Azure
5 19 (10.22%) GCP
6 18 (9.68%) GitHub
7 16 (8.60%) Google Analytics
8 14 (7.53%) Adobe Analytics
9 13 (6.99%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (4.30%) Miro
11 3 (1.61%) Serverless
12 2 (1.08%) Heroku
12 2 (1.08%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.08%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.54%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.54%) Firebase
13 1 (0.54%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 35 (18.82%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.69%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.08%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.08%) Metadata
3 2 (1.08%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.08%) MySQL
3 2 (1.08%) Power BI
4 1 (0.54%) Redis
4 1 (0.54%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (9.14%) Balsamiq
2 15 (8.06%) Axure RP
3 14 (7.53%) Git
4 8 (4.30%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.61%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.61%) Vite
5 3 (1.61%) webpack
6 2 (1.08%) JIRA
6 2 (1.08%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.54%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.54%) Maven
7 1 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 33 (17.74%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.37%) Law
4 22 (11.83%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.75%) Public Sector
6 18 (9.68%) Finance
7 16 (8.60%) Games
7 16 (8.60%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.30%) Legal
8 8 (4.30%) Retail
9 6 (3.23%) Digital Health
9 6 (3.23%) Marketing
10 5 (2.69%) Back Office
10 5 (2.69%) Banking
10 5 (2.69%) Financial Institution
10 5 (2.69%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.61%) Military
11 3 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.54%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 59 (31.72%) Designer
2 53 (28.49%) Lead
3 44 (23.66%) Senior
4 43 (23.12%) UX Designer
5 31 (16.67%) Developer
6 20 (10.75%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.53%) Lead Designer
8 13 (6.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 13 (6.99%) Product Designer
9 11 (5.91%) Full-Stack Developer
9 11 (5.91%) User Experience Manager
10 10 (5.38%) Lead Software Engineer
10 10 (5.38%) Lead UX Designer
11 9 (4.84%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (4.84%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (4.84%) Lead Developer
12 8 (4.30%) Senior Designer
13 7 (3.76%) Android Engineer
13 7 (3.76%) Product Manager
13 7 (3.76%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (20.43%) React
2 29 (15.59%) CSS
2 29 (15.59%) HTML
3 21 (11.29%) WebSockets
4 17 (9.14%) .NET
5 15 (8.06%) AngularJS
5 15 (8.06%) RESTful
6 14 (7.53%) Web Services
7 12 (6.45%) gRPC
8 11 (5.91%) REST
8 11 (5.91%) Vue
9 9 (4.84%) Kafka
10 8 (4.30%) Blazor
10 8 (4.30%) HTML5
10 8 (4.30%) Material Design
10 8 (4.30%) Node.js
10 8 (4.30%) WebAssembly
11 5 (2.69%) Django
11 5 (2.69%) Spring
11 5 (2.69%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 50 (26.88%) Product Ownership
2 34 (18.28%) Mobile App
3 13 (6.99%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.99%) Social Media
4 12 (6.45%) AI Agents
5 9 (4.84%) Distributed Systems
5 9 (4.84%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.76%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.69%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.61%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.61%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.08%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.08%) NHS
10 2 (1.08%) PropTech
10 2 (1.08%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.54%) Animation
11 1 (0.54%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.14%) Android
2 5 (2.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (100.00%) User Experience
2 78 (41.94%) Agile
3 60 (32.26%) User Research
4 58 (31.18%) Wireframes
5 57 (30.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 55 (29.57%) AI
7 52 (27.96%) Customer Experience
8 47 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
8 47 (25.27%) Software Engineering
9 46 (24.73%) Prototyping
10 44 (23.66%) Mentoring
11 42 (22.58%) Analytics
12 41 (22.04%) Inclusive Design
13 36 (19.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 29 (15.59%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.05%) Workshop Facilitation
16 27 (14.52%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (14.52%) Roadmaps
17 25 (13.44%) DevOps
17 25 (13.44%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 50 (26.88%) JavaScript
2 30 (16.13%) TypeScript
3 28 (15.05%) Python
4 21 (11.29%) Java
5 16 (8.60%) C#
6 13 (6.99%) Go
7 9 (4.84%) C++
7 9 (4.84%) SQL
8 8 (4.30%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.61%) Bash
9 3 (1.61%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.61%) VBScript
10 2 (1.08%) PHP
10 2 (1.08%) VBA
11 1 (0.54%) Swift
Qualifications
1 50 (26.88%) Degree
2 30 (16.13%) Security Cleared
3 27 (14.52%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (5.91%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 6 (3.23%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.61%) CITP
7 3 (1.61%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.54%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (30.11%) Accessibility
2 32 (17.20%) WCAG
3 21 (11.29%) QA
4 5 (2.69%) GDPR
5 4 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.15%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.54%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.54%) GxP
6 1 (0.54%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.54%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (13.98%) Docker
2 5 (2.69%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.08%) Packer
2 2 (1.08%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.08%) Terraform
3 1 (0.54%) Grafana
3 1 (0.54%) Kibana
3 1 (0.54%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (31.72%) Adobe
2 16 (8.60%) Google
3 14 (7.53%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.54%) Databricks