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

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 216 211
Rank change year-on-year +19 -5 -48
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 208 202 489
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 1.50% 1.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.58% 1.65%
Number of salaries quoted 131 127 398
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £75,625 £69,688
90th Percentile £132,500 £89,250 £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 15,017 12,797 29,707
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.92% 94.76% 91.35%
Number of salaries quoted 10,508 8,900 23,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,599 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +6.09% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 27 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 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.44%) Confluence
3 2 (0.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.17%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.37%) Sketch
3 3 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.44%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.44%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.96%) InVision
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.48%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 84 (40.38%) Figma
2 44 (21.15%) AWS
3 36 (17.31%) SaaS
4 33 (15.87%) Azure
5 18 (8.65%) Adobe Analytics
5 18 (8.65%) GCP
5 18 (8.65%) GitHub
6 15 (7.21%) Google Analytics
7 13 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (1.92%) ChatGPT
8 4 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.92%) n8n
8 4 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.92%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.92%) Serverless
8 4 (1.92%) Zapier
9 2 (0.96%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.96%) Heroku
9 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.96%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (18.75%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.40%) Metadata
1 5 (2.40%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.96%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) MySQL
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.21%) Balsamiq
2 14 (6.73%) Axure RP
2 14 (6.73%) Git
3 8 (3.85%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.44%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.44%) JIRA
4 3 (1.44%) Vite
4 3 (1.44%) webpack
5 2 (0.96%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.48%) Maven
6 1 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 42 (20.19%) Social Skills
2 24 (11.54%) Law
2 24 (11.54%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (10.10%) Games
3 21 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (10.10%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.62%) Finance
5 19 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 10 (4.81%) Legal
7 10 (4.81%) Retail
8 8 (3.85%) Marketing
9 6 (2.88%) Back Office
9 6 (2.88%) Banking
9 6 (2.88%) Financial Institution
9 6 (2.88%) Polish Language
10 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.96%) iGaming
11 2 (0.96%) Military
12 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 73 (35.10%) Designer
2 60 (28.85%) Lead
3 52 (25.00%) UX Designer
4 47 (22.60%) Senior
5 30 (14.42%) Developer
6 25 (12.02%) Software Engineer
7 18 (8.65%) Lead Designer
8 15 (7.21%) Lead Software Engineer
9 14 (6.73%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 14 (6.73%) Lead UX Designer
9 14 (6.73%) Product Designer
10 12 (5.77%) Senior Designer
11 11 (5.29%) User Experience Manager
12 10 (4.81%) Lead Developer
13 9 (4.33%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (4.33%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (3.85%) Product Manager
15 7 (3.37%) Digital Designer
15 7 (3.37%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (20.67%) React
2 26 (12.50%) CSS
2 26 (12.50%) HTML
3 21 (10.10%) WebSockets
4 19 (9.13%) Web Services
5 17 (8.17%) .NET
6 15 (7.21%) RESTful
7 14 (6.73%) AngularJS
8 12 (5.77%) gRPC
9 11 (5.29%) REST
10 10 (4.81%) Vue
11 9 (4.33%) Kafka
11 9 (4.33%) Material Design
12 8 (3.85%) Blazor
12 8 (3.85%) HTML5
12 8 (3.85%) Node.js
12 8 (3.85%) WebAssembly
13 5 (2.40%) Django
13 5 (2.40%) jQuery
13 5 (2.40%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 57 (27.40%) Product Ownership
2 33 (15.87%) Mobile App
3 18 (8.65%) Social Media
4 16 (7.69%) AI Agents
5 15 (7.21%) Cloud Native
6 14 (6.73%) e-Learning
7 9 (4.33%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (3.85%) Onboarding
9 7 (3.37%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
11 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
12 3 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
12 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.96%) Animation
13 2 (0.96%) Blog
13 2 (0.96%) Life Science
13 2 (0.96%) NHS
13 2 (0.96%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.17%) Android
2 5 (2.40%) Linux
3 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) User Experience
2 85 (40.87%) Agile
3 66 (31.73%) AI
4 65 (31.25%) User Research
5 61 (29.33%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (25.96%) Wireframes
7 53 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
8 52 (25.00%) Prototyping
9 51 (24.52%) Customer Experience
9 51 (24.52%) Software Engineering
10 49 (23.56%) Mentoring
11 45 (21.63%) Analytics
12 41 (19.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 40 (19.23%) Inclusive Design
14 35 (16.83%) Roadmaps
15 31 (14.90%) Workshop Facilitation
16 29 (13.94%) Collaborative Culture
16 29 (13.94%) Product Roadmap
17 28 (13.46%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
18 27 (12.98%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 53 (25.48%) JavaScript
2 36 (17.31%) TypeScript
3 32 (15.38%) Python
4 26 (12.50%) Java
5 15 (7.21%) C#
6 12 (5.77%) Go
7 9 (4.33%) C++
8 8 (3.85%) Kotlin
8 8 (3.85%) SQL
9 4 (1.92%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.96%) Bash
10 2 (0.96%) VBA
10 2 (0.96%) VBScript
11 1 (0.48%) PHP
11 1 (0.48%) Swift
Qualifications
1 42 (20.19%) Degree
2 32 (15.38%) Security Cleared
3 28 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.69%) Computer Science Degree
4 16 (7.69%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.33%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.88%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.96%) CITP
7 2 (0.96%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (27.40%) Accessibility
2 31 (14.90%) WCAG
3 26 (12.50%) QA
4 6 (2.88%) GDPR
5 5 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) GxP
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 25 (12.02%) Docker
2 5 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.96%) Packer
2 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) Kibana
3 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 60 (28.85%) Adobe
2 15 (7.21%) Google
2 15 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 2 (0.96%) Databricks
4 1 (0.48%) SAP