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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 265 182 288
Rank change year-on-year -83 +106 -49
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 212 280 224
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.85% 1.66% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 1.77% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 144 114 122
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £39,425
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,375 £59,350
Median % change year-on-year -10.39% +3.41% -8.32%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,688 £68,438
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £76,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +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 20,176 15,827 19,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.92% 93.82% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 14,403 8,473 11,816
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,225
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.93% -2.56%

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 2 October 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 12 (5.66%) WordPress
2 9 (4.25%) CMS
3 8 (3.77%) Confluence
3 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 12 (5.66%) Adobe XD
2 11 (5.19%) Photoshop
3 10 (4.72%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (4.25%) InDesign
5 4 (1.89%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.94%) Sketch
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.47%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (23.58%) Figma
2 45 (21.23%) Azure
3 41 (19.34%) AWS
4 21 (9.91%) SaaS
5 15 (7.08%) Google Analytics
5 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.60%) Serverless
7 13 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (6.13%) GitHub
8 9 (4.25%) GCP
8 9 (4.25%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.77%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 6 (2.83%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (2.83%) PaaS
12 4 (1.89%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.89%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.89%) Broadband
1 4 (1.89%) SMS
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
2 1 (0.47%) Intranet
2 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.77%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.77%) MySQL
3 7 (3.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.30%) Power BI
4 6 (2.83%) Metadata
4 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.94%) GIS
5 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
6 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.02%) Git
2 9 (4.25%) Claude Code
2 9 (4.25%) JIRA
3 8 (3.77%) Balsamiq
4 6 (2.83%) Axure RP
5 5 (2.36%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.89%) Selenium
6 4 (1.89%) Vagrant
7 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.94%) NUnit
9 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.47%) ESLint
9 1 (0.47%) GitLab
9 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.47%) Storybook
9 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 58 (27.36%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.40%) Public Sector
3 34 (16.04%) Marketing
4 29 (13.68%) Finance
5 25 (11.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (9.91%) Law
7 15 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.66%) Retail
9 9 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.77%) Multimedia
10 8 (3.77%) Publishing
11 7 (3.30%) Games
11 7 (3.30%) Legal
11 7 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.36%) Advertising
13 4 (1.89%) Banking
13 4 (1.89%) Local Government
14 3 (1.42%) Back Office
14 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.42%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (32.55%) Designer
2 58 (27.36%) Developer
3 47 (22.17%) Senior
3 47 (22.17%) UX Designer
4 30 (14.15%) UI Designer
5 28 (13.21%) UI/UX Designer
6 26 (12.26%) Lead
7 18 (8.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 16 (7.55%) Full-Stack Developer
8 16 (7.55%) Senior Developer
9 15 (7.08%) Senior Designer
10 13 (6.13%) Architect
11 12 (5.66%) Software Engineer
12 9 (4.25%) Junior
12 9 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (3.77%) Content Designer
13 8 (3.77%) Senior Front-End Developer
13 8 (3.77%) Senior UX Designer
13 8 (3.77%) User Researcher
14 7 (3.30%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.87%) React
2 38 (17.92%) CSS
2 38 (17.92%) HTML
3 22 (10.38%) Node.js
4 18 (8.49%) .NET
5 12 (5.66%) Spring
6 11 (5.19%) NestJS
6 11 (5.19%) REST
6 11 (5.19%) RESTful
6 11 (5.19%) Spring Boot
7 10 (4.72%) Vue
8 9 (4.25%) Framer.js
8 9 (4.25%) Terraform
9 8 (3.77%) Sass
9 8 (3.77%) Web Services
10 7 (3.30%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.36%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET
11 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.36%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.49%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.13%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.66%) Mobile App
5 9 (4.25%) e-Learning
6 8 (3.77%) Graphic Design
6 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
7 7 (3.30%) AI Agents
8 6 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.36%) Social Media
10 4 (1.89%) Blog
10 4 (1.89%) IoT
10 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.42%) Animation
11 3 (1.42%) Digital Media
11 3 (1.42%) Learning Management System
12 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.94%) SCORM
12 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) User Experience
2 107 (50.47%) Agile
3 56 (26.42%) Mentoring
4 53 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 52 (24.53%) User Research
6 49 (23.11%) AI
7 46 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (19.81%) Scrum
9 40 (18.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 39 (18.40%) Full-Stack Development
11 38 (17.92%) Analytics
12 35 (16.51%) DevOps
13 34 (16.04%) CI/CD
14 32 (15.09%) Decision-Making
14 32 (15.09%) Prototyping
15 31 (14.62%) Coaching
15 31 (14.62%) Wireframes
16 29 (13.68%) Software Engineering
16 29 (13.68%) Usability Testing
17 27 (12.74%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 50 (23.58%) JavaScript
2 48 (22.64%) TypeScript
3 19 (8.96%) C#
4 14 (6.60%) Java
5 11 (5.19%) SQL
6 10 (4.72%) PHP
7 9 (4.25%) Python
8 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.89%) C
9 4 (1.89%) Swift
10 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (12.74%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.85%) Degree
3 19 (8.96%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.72%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.83%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.42%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (31.13%) Accessibility
2 36 (16.98%) WCAG
3 28 (13.21%) QA
4 6 (2.83%) GDPR
5 4 (1.89%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.47%) GxP
8 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (9.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.89%) Packer
2 4 (1.89%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (15.57%) Adobe
2 24 (11.32%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.08%) Google
4 6 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.89%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) SAP
8 1 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.47%) Databricks
8 1 (0.47%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.47%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.47%) Guidewire
8 1 (0.47%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.47%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.47%) OneLogin
8 1 (0.47%) Oracle
8 1 (0.47%) RedGate
8 1 (0.47%) TIBCO