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

6 months to
30 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 218 208
Rank change year-on-year +18 -10 -48
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 203 197 489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 1.46% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.54% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 128 124 398
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% +2.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,563 £69,688
90th Percentile £132,500 £89,625 £82,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 14,989 12,756 29,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.76% 94.75% 91.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,524 8,871 23,569
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £33,930
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £57,946 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.42% +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 30 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 4 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.99%) CMS
4 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.37%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.45%) Sketch
3 3 (1.48%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.48%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.48%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.99%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.99%) InVision
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.49%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 84 (41.38%) Figma
2 41 (20.20%) AWS
3 37 (18.23%) SaaS
4 30 (14.78%) Azure
5 18 (8.87%) Adobe Analytics
5 18 (8.87%) GCP
6 17 (8.37%) GitHub
7 15 (7.39%) Google Analytics
8 12 (5.91%) GitHub Copilot
9 5 (2.46%) Serverless
10 4 (1.97%) ChatGPT
10 4 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
10 4 (1.97%) n8n
10 4 (1.97%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.97%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.97%) Zapier
11 2 (0.99%) Heroku
11 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (0.99%) PaaS
11 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (19.21%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.46%) Metadata
2 4 (1.97%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.99%) Power BI
5 1 (0.49%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.49%) MySQL
5 1 (0.49%) Redis
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 14 (6.90%) Axure RP
1 14 (6.90%) Balsamiq
2 13 (6.40%) Git
3 8 (3.94%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.48%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.48%) JIRA
4 3 (1.48%) Vite
4 3 (1.48%) webpack
5 2 (0.99%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.49%) Maven
General
1 39 (19.21%) Social Skills
2 25 (12.32%) Law
3 24 (11.82%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (10.34%) Games
4 21 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (10.34%) Public Sector
5 20 (9.85%) Finance
6 19 (9.36%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (7.88%) Telecoms
8 10 (4.93%) Legal
8 10 (4.93%) Retail
9 7 (3.45%) Marketing
10 6 (2.96%) Back Office
10 6 (2.96%) Banking
10 6 (2.96%) Financial Institution
10 6 (2.96%) Polish Language
11 3 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.99%) iGaming
13 1 (0.49%) Advertising
13 1 (0.49%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 73 (35.96%) Designer
2 59 (29.06%) Lead
3 52 (25.62%) UX Designer
4 45 (22.17%) Senior
5 27 (13.30%) Developer
6 25 (12.32%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.87%) Lead Designer
8 15 (7.39%) Lead Software Engineer
9 14 (6.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 14 (6.90%) Lead UX Designer
9 14 (6.90%) Product Designer
10 12 (5.91%) Senior Designer
11 11 (5.42%) User Experience Manager
12 9 (4.43%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (4.43%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (4.43%) Lead Developer
13 8 (3.94%) Product Manager
14 7 (3.45%) Digital Designer
14 7 (3.45%) UI Designer
14 7 (3.45%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (20.20%) React
2 26 (12.81%) CSS
2 26 (12.81%) HTML
3 21 (10.34%) WebSockets
4 19 (9.36%) Web Services
5 15 (7.39%) .NET
5 15 (7.39%) RESTful
6 13 (6.40%) AngularJS
7 12 (5.91%) gRPC
8 11 (5.42%) REST
9 9 (4.43%) Kafka
9 9 (4.43%) Material Design
9 9 (4.43%) Vue
10 8 (3.94%) Blazor
10 8 (3.94%) HTML5
10 8 (3.94%) WebAssembly
11 7 (3.45%) Node.js
12 5 (2.46%) Django
12 5 (2.46%) jQuery
12 5 (2.46%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 56 (27.59%) Product Ownership
2 32 (15.76%) Mobile App
3 18 (8.87%) Social Media
4 16 (7.88%) AI Agents
4 16 (7.88%) Cloud Native
5 14 (6.90%) e-Learning
6 9 (4.43%) Distributed Systems
7 8 (3.94%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.46%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.97%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.48%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.99%) Animation
12 2 (0.99%) Blog
12 2 (0.99%) Life Science
12 2 (0.99%) NHS
12 2 (0.99%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.88%) Android
2 5 (2.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (100.00%) User Experience
2 83 (40.89%) Agile
3 65 (32.02%) User Research
4 64 (31.53%) AI
5 59 (29.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 53 (26.11%) Wireframes
7 52 (25.62%) Prototyping
8 51 (25.12%) Customer Experience
8 51 (25.12%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (24.63%) Mentoring
9 50 (24.63%) Software Engineering
10 45 (22.17%) Analytics
11 41 (20.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 40 (19.70%) Inclusive Design
13 33 (16.26%) Roadmaps
14 31 (15.27%) Workshop Facilitation
15 30 (14.78%) Collaborative Culture
16 28 (13.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 27 (13.30%) Product Roadmap
18 25 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 52 (25.62%) JavaScript
2 35 (17.24%) TypeScript
3 30 (14.78%) Python
4 25 (12.32%) Java
5 13 (6.40%) C#
6 11 (5.42%) Go
7 9 (4.43%) C++
8 7 (3.45%) Kotlin
8 7 (3.45%) SQL
9 3 (1.48%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.99%) VBA
11 1 (0.49%) Bash
11 1 (0.49%) PHP
11 1 (0.49%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 40 (19.70%) Degree
2 32 (15.76%) Security Cleared
3 27 (13.30%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.88%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (7.39%) DBS Check
6 9 (4.43%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.96%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.49%) CITP
8 1 (0.49%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (28.08%) Accessibility
2 31 (15.27%) WCAG
3 25 (12.32%) QA
4 6 (2.96%) GDPR
5 5 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.97%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.99%) GxP
7 2 (0.99%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.99%) PMO
8 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 24 (11.82%) Docker
2 5 (2.46%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.90%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.99%) Packer
2 2 (0.99%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.99%) Terraform
3 1 (0.49%) Grafana
3 1 (0.49%) Kibana
3 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (29.56%) Adobe
2 15 (7.39%) Google
2 15 (7.39%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.99%) Databricks
4 1 (0.49%) SAP