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

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 188 232
Rank change year-on-year -24 +44 -62
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 215 287 472
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.93% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 2.04% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 133 134 382
10th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £29,775
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £73,000 £77,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £78,500 £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 15,830 14,077 30,138
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.08% 94.70% 89.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,320 8,261 23,558
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,000 £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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 5 June 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 (2.79%) Confluence
2 3 (1.40%) CMS
2 3 (1.40%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (6.05%) Adobe XD
2 5 (2.33%) Photoshop
2 5 (2.33%) Sketch
3 4 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.93%) InDesign
4 2 (0.93%) InVision
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.47%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (0.93%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 84 (39.07%) Figma
2 43 (20.00%) SaaS
3 36 (16.74%) AWS
4 33 (15.35%) Azure
5 19 (8.84%) GitHub
6 17 (7.91%) Adobe Analytics
7 16 (7.44%) GCP
8 12 (5.58%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (5.12%) Google Analytics
10 9 (4.19%) Serverless
11 8 (3.72%) Power Platform
12 6 (2.79%) PaaS
13 5 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
14 4 (1.86%) ChatGPT
14 4 (1.86%) n8n
14 4 (1.86%) Zapier
15 3 (1.40%) Microsoft 365
15 3 (1.40%) Power Automate
15 3 (1.40%) PowerApps
16 2 (0.93%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.67%) Broadband
2 3 (1.40%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.72%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.33%) Metadata
2 5 (2.33%) MongoDB
2 5 (2.33%) Power BI
3 4 (1.86%) MySQL
4 2 (0.93%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.93%) GIS
4 2 (0.93%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Redis
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.37%) Git
2 9 (4.19%) Axure RP
3 8 (3.72%) Balsamiq
4 7 (3.26%) Visual Studio
5 6 (2.79%) JIRA
6 5 (2.33%) Claude Code
6 5 (2.33%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.40%) Vite
7 3 (1.40%) webpack
8 2 (0.93%) Vagrant
8 2 (0.93%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.47%) Maven
General
1 44 (20.47%) Social Skills
2 25 (11.63%) Law
3 23 (10.70%) Finance
3 23 (10.70%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (9.77%) Games
5 19 (8.84%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 16 (7.44%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (6.51%) Marketing
9 12 (5.58%) Retail
10 9 (4.19%) Legal
11 7 (3.26%) Back Office
11 7 (3.26%) Banking
11 7 (3.26%) Financial Institution
11 7 (3.26%) Polish Language
12 5 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 3 (1.40%) Multimedia
14 3 (1.40%) Social Science
15 2 (0.93%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 82 (38.14%) Designer
2 57 (26.51%) UX Designer
3 55 (25.58%) Lead
4 36 (16.74%) Developer
4 36 (16.74%) Senior
5 23 (10.70%) Software Engineer
6 18 (8.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 17 (7.91%) Lead Designer
8 15 (6.98%) UI Designer
8 15 (6.98%) UI/UX Designer
9 14 (6.51%) Lead Software Engineer
9 14 (6.51%) Lead UX Designer
9 14 (6.51%) Senior Designer
10 13 (6.05%) Product Designer
11 10 (4.65%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (4.19%) User Experience Manager
13 8 (3.72%) Architect
13 8 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (3.26%) Digital Designer
14 7 (3.26%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (20.47%) React
2 28 (13.02%) HTML
3 26 (12.09%) CSS
4 18 (8.37%) Web Services
5 14 (6.51%) .NET
5 14 (6.51%) AngularJS
6 10 (4.65%) Material Design
6 10 (4.65%) RESTful
7 9 (4.19%) Spring
7 9 (4.19%) WebSockets
8 8 (3.72%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.72%) Vue
9 7 (3.26%) Blazor
9 7 (3.26%) HTML5
9 7 (3.26%) NestJS
9 7 (3.26%) REST
9 7 (3.26%) WebAssembly
10 6 (2.79%) Django
11 5 (2.33%) jQuery
11 5 (2.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.12%) Product Ownership
2 26 (12.09%) Mobile App
3 21 (9.77%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.37%) Social Media
5 13 (6.05%) e-Learning
6 10 (4.65%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.19%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (3.26%) AI Agents
9 5 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.86%) Greenfield Project
10 4 (1.86%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.93%) Animation
12 2 (0.93%) Blog
12 2 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
12 2 (0.93%) Life Science
12 2 (0.93%) NHS
12 2 (0.93%) PropTech
12 2 (0.93%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.33%) Linux
2 4 (1.86%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (100.00%) User Experience
2 91 (42.33%) Agile
3 66 (30.70%) User Research
4 63 (29.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (27.44%) AI
6 57 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
7 55 (25.58%) Mentoring
8 52 (24.19%) Software Engineering
8 52 (24.19%) Wireframes
9 49 (22.79%) Prototyping
10 47 (21.86%) Customer Experience
11 40 (18.60%) Analytics
12 38 (17.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 35 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
14 34 (15.81%) Collaborative Culture
14 34 (15.81%) Inclusive Design
15 33 (15.35%) Scrum
16 32 (14.88%) Roadmaps
17 28 (13.02%) Front End Development
18 27 (12.56%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.19%) JavaScript
2 46 (21.40%) TypeScript
3 23 (10.70%) Python
4 21 (9.77%) Java
5 15 (6.98%) C#
6 3 (1.40%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.93%) C++
7 2 (0.93%) Go
7 2 (0.93%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.93%) SQL
8 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.47%) PHP
Qualifications
1 28 (13.02%) Degree
1 28 (13.02%) Security Cleared
2 19 (8.84%) SC Cleared
3 13 (6.05%) DBS Check
4 9 (4.19%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.40%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.47%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (29.30%) Accessibility
2 31 (14.42%) WCAG
3 23 (10.70%) QA
4 9 (4.19%) GDPR
5 5 (2.33%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.40%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.40%) PERC
7 2 (0.93%) GxP
7 2 (0.93%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.93%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (8.37%) Docker
2 5 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (3.72%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.93%) Packer
2 2 (0.93%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.93%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Kibana
3 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 56 (26.05%) Adobe
2 15 (6.98%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.12%) Google
4 3 (1.40%) dotdigital
4 3 (1.40%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (0.93%) Databricks
5 2 (0.93%) SAP
6 1 (0.47%) Hotjar