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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 182 253
Rank change year-on-year -79 +71 -62
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 217 294 293
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 1.79% 1.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.92% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 139 130 207
10th Percentile £39,000 £41,185 £29,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,125 £78,438 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £78,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -15.38%

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 18,770 15,275 21,889
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.72% 92.90% 87.76%
Number of salaries quoted 13,576 8,969 15,635
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.09%

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 11 August 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 10 (4.61%) CMS
2 9 (4.15%) Confluence
3 8 (3.69%) SharePoint
4 5 (2.30%) WordPress
5 1 (0.46%) Moodle
Applications
1 15 (6.91%) Adobe XD
2 9 (4.15%) Photoshop
3 8 (3.69%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (3.69%) InDesign
4 5 (2.30%) Sketch
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.92%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.46%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.46%) InVision
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.46%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.46%) Magento
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 65 (29.95%) Figma
2 49 (22.58%) Azure
3 40 (18.43%) AWS
4 23 (10.60%) SaaS
5 15 (6.91%) Adobe Analytics
5 15 (6.91%) GitHub
5 15 (6.91%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.45%) GCP
7 13 (5.99%) Google Analytics
8 12 (5.53%) Azure DevOps
8 12 (5.53%) Serverless
9 8 (3.69%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.69%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.23%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.76%) PaaS
12 5 (2.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 4 (1.84%) Anthropic Claude
13 4 (1.84%) n8n
13 4 (1.84%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.91%) Broadband
2 4 (1.84%) SMS
3 1 (0.46%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.69%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.23%) Metadata
2 7 (3.23%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.23%) Power BI
3 6 (2.76%) MySQL
3 6 (2.76%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.84%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.92%) GIS
5 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.46%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.46%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (12.44%) Git
2 10 (4.61%) Balsamiq
2 10 (4.61%) JIRA
3 8 (3.69%) Axure RP
3 8 (3.69%) Cypress.io
4 7 (3.23%) Claude Code
5 4 (1.84%) Selenium
6 3 (1.38%) Visual Studio Code
6 3 (1.38%) Vite
6 3 (1.38%) webpack
7 2 (0.92%) NUnit
8 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.46%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.46%) Maven
8 1 (0.46%) Vagrant
General
1 57 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.75%) Public Sector
3 29 (13.36%) Finance
4 27 (12.44%) Law
4 27 (12.44%) Marketing
5 25 (11.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (9.68%) Games
7 18 (8.29%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.99%) Retail
9 10 (4.61%) Legal
10 9 (4.15%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.76%) Multimedia
11 6 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (2.76%) Publishing
12 5 (2.30%) Advertising
12 5 (2.30%) Banking
13 4 (1.84%) Back Office
13 4 (1.84%) Financial Institution
13 4 (1.84%) Local Government
13 4 (1.84%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 80 (36.87%) Designer
2 59 (27.19%) UX Designer
3 47 (21.66%) Developer
4 37 (17.05%) Lead
4 37 (17.05%) Senior
5 28 (12.90%) UI Designer
6 27 (12.44%) UI/UX Designer
7 17 (7.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 17 (7.83%) Senior Designer
8 15 (6.91%) Software Engineer
9 13 (5.99%) Architect
10 12 (5.53%) Lead Designer
10 12 (5.53%) Lead UX Designer
11 11 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (4.15%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (4.15%) Product Manager
12 9 (4.15%) Senior UX Designer
12 9 (4.15%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (3.69%) Content Designer
13 8 (3.69%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (22.12%) React
2 31 (14.29%) CSS
2 31 (14.29%) HTML
3 19 (8.76%) .NET
4 17 (7.83%) REST
5 13 (5.99%) Web Services
6 12 (5.53%) Node.js
7 10 (4.61%) AngularJS
7 10 (4.61%) RESTful
8 9 (4.15%) NestJS
8 9 (4.15%) Vue
9 8 (3.69%) HTML5
9 8 (3.69%) Jest
9 8 (3.69%) Spring
10 7 (3.23%) CSS3
10 7 (3.23%) Framer.js
11 6 (2.76%) Django
11 6 (2.76%) Spring Boot
11 6 (2.76%) WebSockets
12 5 (2.30%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 54 (24.88%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.76%) Cloud Native
3 16 (7.37%) Social Media
4 14 (6.45%) Enterprise Software
5 11 (5.07%) Onboarding
5 11 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.23%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.23%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.30%) Graphic Design
7 5 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.84%) Blog
8 4 (1.84%) IoT
8 4 (1.84%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.92%) Animation
9 2 (0.92%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (0.92%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.92%) PropTech
9 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.76%) Linux
2 2 (0.92%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.46%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (100.00%) User Experience
2 105 (48.39%) Agile
3 59 (27.19%) User Research
4 57 (26.27%) AI
5 51 (23.50%) Mentoring
6 48 (22.12%) Analytics
6 48 (22.12%) Prototyping
7 45 (20.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 44 (20.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 43 (19.82%) Problem-Solving
10 40 (18.43%) Full-Stack Development
11 37 (17.05%) Scrum
12 35 (16.13%) Wireframes
13 32 (14.75%) DevOps
14 30 (13.82%) CI/CD
14 30 (13.82%) Roadmaps
14 30 (13.82%) Workshop Facilitation
15 29 (13.36%) Customer Experience
16 27 (12.44%) Software Engineering
16 27 (12.44%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.42%) JavaScript
2 45 (20.74%) TypeScript
3 19 (8.76%) C#
4 16 (7.37%) Python
5 12 (5.53%) Java
6 8 (3.69%) SQL
7 5 (2.30%) PHP
7 5 (2.30%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.84%) C
9 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.46%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (15.67%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.44%) Degree
3 24 (11.06%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.15%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.69%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.76%) ICAEW
7 5 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.38%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (31.34%) Accessibility
2 35 (16.13%) WCAG
3 27 (12.44%) QA
4 7 (3.23%) GDPR
5 4 (1.84%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.84%) PERC
6 3 (1.38%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.92%) GxP
7 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.92%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 21 (9.68%) Docker
2 5 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.15%) Kubernetes
2 5 (2.30%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) Packer
3 1 (0.46%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 42 (19.35%) Adobe
2 23 (10.60%) Microsoft
3 13 (5.99%) Google
4 6 (2.76%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.30%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.84%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.84%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.92%) Databricks
7 2 (0.92%) SAP
8 1 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.46%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.46%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.46%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.46%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.46%) Oracle
8 1 (0.46%) RedGate
8 1 (0.46%) TIBCO