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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 219 218 189
Rank change year-on-year -1 -29 -35
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 182 193 500
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.48% 1.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.56% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 114 134 414
10th Percentile £44,125 £40,795 £31,400
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,563 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.43% +5.00% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £77,188 £73,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,375 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 14,370 12,407 28,124
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.57% 95.09% 91.94%
Number of salaries quoted 9,532 8,764 23,078
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,763
25th Percentile £42,500 £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 £75,772
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% -11.29%

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 24 March 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 (1.65%) CMS
1 3 (1.65%) Confluence
2 2 (1.10%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (12.09%) Adobe XD
2 6 (3.30%) Sketch
3 3 (1.65%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.55%) InVision
5 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 86 (47.25%) Figma
2 40 (21.98%) AWS
3 33 (18.13%) SaaS
4 31 (17.03%) Azure
5 19 (10.44%) GCP
5 19 (10.44%) GitHub
6 16 (8.79%) Google Analytics
7 14 (7.69%) Adobe Analytics
8 13 (7.14%) GitHub Copilot
9 9 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.95%) Miro
10 3 (1.65%) Serverless
11 2 (1.10%) Heroku
11 2 (1.10%) Power Platform
11 2 (1.10%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.55%) Firebase
12 1 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.23%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.75%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.65%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.10%) Metadata
3 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.10%) MySQL
3 2 (1.10%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Redis
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (9.34%) Balsamiq
2 15 (8.24%) Axure RP
3 14 (7.69%) Git
4 8 (4.40%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.65%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.65%) JIRA
5 3 (1.65%) Vite
5 3 (1.65%) webpack
6 2 (1.10%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.55%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.55%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.55%) Maven
7 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (17.03%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.64%) Law
4 22 (12.09%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (10.99%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.99%) Public Sector
6 17 (9.34%) Games
7 16 (8.79%) Telecoms
8 15 (8.24%) Finance
9 8 (4.40%) Legal
9 8 (4.40%) Retail
10 7 (3.85%) Digital Health
11 6 (3.30%) Marketing
12 5 (2.75%) Back Office
12 5 (2.75%) Banking
12 5 (2.75%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.75%) Polish Language
13 3 (1.65%) Military
13 3 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 57 (31.32%) Designer
2 51 (28.02%) Lead
3 43 (23.63%) Senior
4 41 (22.53%) UX Designer
5 30 (16.48%) Developer
6 18 (9.89%) Software Engineer
7 14 (7.69%) Lead Designer
8 13 (7.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 13 (7.14%) Product Designer
9 11 (6.04%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.49%) Lead UX Designer
10 10 (5.49%) User Experience Manager
11 9 (4.95%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (4.95%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (4.95%) Lead Developer
12 8 (4.40%) Lead Software Engineer
13 7 (3.85%) Android Engineer
13 7 (3.85%) Product Manager
13 7 (3.85%) Senior Designer
13 7 (3.85%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (19.78%) React
2 30 (16.48%) CSS
2 30 (16.48%) HTML
3 21 (11.54%) WebSockets
4 17 (9.34%) .NET
5 16 (8.79%) AngularJS
6 15 (8.24%) RESTful
7 12 (6.59%) gRPC
7 12 (6.59%) REST
7 12 (6.59%) Vue
7 12 (6.59%) Web Services
8 9 (4.95%) HTML5
8 9 (4.95%) Kafka
9 8 (4.40%) Blazor
9 8 (4.40%) Material Design
9 8 (4.40%) Node.js
9 8 (4.40%) WebAssembly
10 5 (2.75%) Django
10 5 (2.75%) Spring
10 5 (2.75%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 48 (26.37%) Product Ownership
2 34 (18.68%) Mobile App
3 13 (7.14%) Social Media
4 12 (6.59%) AI Agents
4 12 (6.59%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.95%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.85%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.85%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.75%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.65%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.10%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.10%) NHS
10 2 (1.10%) PropTech
11 1 (0.55%) Animation
11 1 (0.55%) Life Science
11 1 (0.55%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.34%) Android
2 5 (2.75%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 182 (100.00%) User Experience
2 78 (42.86%) Agile
3 62 (34.07%) User Research
4 56 (30.77%) Wireframes
5 55 (30.22%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (29.67%) AI
6 54 (29.67%) Customer Experience
7 46 (25.27%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (24.73%) Software Engineering
9 44 (24.18%) Prototyping
10 43 (23.63%) Analytics
10 43 (23.63%) Mentoring
11 41 (22.53%) Inclusive Design
12 36 (19.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 29 (15.93%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 28 (15.38%) Workshop Facilitation
15 26 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
15 26 (14.29%) DevOps
15 26 (14.29%) Roadmaps
16 25 (13.74%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 48 (26.37%) JavaScript
2 29 (15.93%) TypeScript
3 25 (13.74%) Python
4 19 (10.44%) Java
5 16 (8.79%) C#
6 13 (7.14%) Go
7 9 (4.95%) C++
7 9 (4.95%) SQL
8 8 (4.40%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.65%) Bash
9 3 (1.65%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.65%) VBScript
10 2 (1.10%) PHP
10 2 (1.10%) VBA
11 1 (0.55%) Ruby
11 1 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (28.57%) Degree
2 29 (15.93%) Security Cleared
3 26 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.95%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.30%) Master's Degree
7 5 (2.75%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.65%) CITP
8 3 (1.65%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (31.87%) Accessibility
2 33 (18.13%) WCAG
3 20 (10.99%) QA
4 5 (2.75%) GDPR
5 4 (2.20%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.20%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.55%) GxP
6 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (14.29%) Docker
2 5 (2.75%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.10%) Packer
2 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.10%) Terraform
3 1 (0.55%) Grafana
3 1 (0.55%) Kibana
3 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (32.42%) Adobe
2 16 (8.79%) Google
3 14 (7.69%) Microsoft