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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 214 192
Rank change year-on-year -2 -22 -41
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 178 201 498
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.06% 1.50% 1.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 1.57% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 113 138 412
10th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £31,825
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £44,000
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £87,875 £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 14,314 12,772 27,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.91% 95.24% 92.04%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 8,783 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
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 £103,750 £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 19 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 (1.69%) CMS
1 3 (1.69%) Confluence
2 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (12.36%) Adobe XD
2 6 (3.37%) Sketch
3 3 (1.69%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.56%) InVision
5 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.12%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (1.12%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 84 (47.19%) Figma
2 40 (22.47%) AWS
3 32 (17.98%) SaaS
4 30 (16.85%) Azure
5 19 (10.67%) GitHub
6 18 (10.11%) GCP
7 16 (8.99%) Google Analytics
8 13 (7.30%) GitHub Copilot
9 12 (6.74%) Adobe Analytics
10 9 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (5.06%) Miro
11 3 (1.69%) Serverless
12 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.12%) Heroku
12 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.12%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.56%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.56%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 33 (18.54%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.81%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.12%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.12%) Metadata
3 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.12%) MySQL
3 2 (1.12%) Power BI
4 1 (0.56%) Redis
4 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (9.55%) Balsamiq
2 15 (8.43%) Axure RP
3 14 (7.87%) Git
4 8 (4.49%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.25%) Cypress.io
6 3 (1.69%) JIRA
6 3 (1.69%) Vite
6 3 (1.69%) webpack
7 2 (1.12%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
7 2 (1.12%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.56%) Maven
8 1 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 31 (17.42%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.92%) Law
4 22 (12.36%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (11.24%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (11.24%) Public Sector
6 16 (8.99%) Finance
6 16 (8.99%) Telecoms
7 15 (8.43%) Games
8 8 (4.49%) Legal
8 8 (4.49%) Retail
9 7 (3.93%) Digital Health
10 6 (3.37%) Marketing
11 5 (2.81%) Back Office
11 5 (2.81%) Banking
11 5 (2.81%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.81%) Polish Language
12 3 (1.69%) Military
12 3 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 53 (29.78%) Designer
2 49 (27.53%) Lead
3 43 (24.16%) Senior
4 37 (20.79%) UX Designer
5 32 (17.98%) Developer
6 17 (9.55%) Software Engineer
7 15 (8.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 13 (7.30%) Product Designer
9 12 (6.74%) Lead Designer
10 11 (6.18%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (5.62%) User Experience Manager
12 9 (5.06%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (5.06%) Lead Developer
13 8 (4.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 8 (4.49%) Lead Software Engineer
13 8 (4.49%) Lead UX Designer
14 7 (3.93%) Android Engineer
14 7 (3.93%) Blazor Developer
14 7 (3.93%) React Developer
14 7 (3.93%) Senior Android Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (21.35%) React
2 32 (17.98%) CSS
3 31 (17.42%) HTML
4 22 (12.36%) WebSockets
5 17 (9.55%) .NET
6 16 (8.99%) AngularJS
7 15 (8.43%) RESTful
8 14 (7.87%) REST
9 13 (7.30%) Vue
10 12 (6.74%) gRPC
11 11 (6.18%) Web Services
12 10 (5.62%) HTML5
13 9 (5.06%) Kafka
13 9 (5.06%) Node.js
14 8 (4.49%) Blazor
14 8 (4.49%) Material Design
14 8 (4.49%) WebAssembly
15 6 (3.37%) GraphQL
16 5 (2.81%) CSS3
16 5 (2.81%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 47 (26.40%) Product Ownership
2 34 (19.10%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.74%) AI Agents
3 12 (6.74%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.18%) Social Media
5 9 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.93%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.93%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (2.25%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.69%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.12%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.12%) NHS
10 2 (1.12%) PropTech
11 1 (0.56%) Animation
11 1 (0.56%) Reinsurance
11 1 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.55%) Android
2 4 (2.25%) Linux
3 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (100.00%) User Experience
2 77 (43.26%) Agile
3 61 (34.27%) User Research
4 57 (32.02%) Wireframes
5 54 (30.34%) Full-Stack Development
6 51 (28.65%) AI
6 51 (28.65%) Customer Experience
7 46 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (25.28%) Mentoring
9 44 (24.72%) Software Engineering
10 43 (24.16%) Prototyping
11 41 (23.03%) Analytics
11 41 (23.03%) Inclusive Design
12 34 (19.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 29 (16.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 26 (14.61%) CI/CD
14 26 (14.61%) DevOps
14 26 (14.61%) Front End Development
14 26 (14.61%) Workshop Facilitation
15 25 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 49 (27.53%) JavaScript
2 31 (17.42%) TypeScript
3 24 (13.48%) Python
4 19 (10.67%) Java
5 16 (8.99%) C#
6 13 (7.30%) Go
7 9 (5.06%) C++
7 9 (5.06%) SQL
8 8 (4.49%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.69%) Bash
9 3 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.69%) VBScript
10 2 (1.12%) PHP
10 2 (1.12%) Ruby
10 2 (1.12%) VBA
11 1 (0.56%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (29.21%) Degree
2 28 (15.73%) Security Cleared
3 25 (14.04%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (5.06%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.37%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.25%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.69%) CITP
8 3 (1.69%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 57 (32.02%) Accessibility
2 34 (19.10%) WCAG
3 20 (11.24%) QA
4 4 (2.25%) GDPR
4 4 (2.25%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 25 (14.04%) Docker
2 4 (2.25%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.87%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.12%) Packer
2 2 (1.12%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.12%) Terraform
3 1 (0.56%) Grafana
3 1 (0.56%) Kibana
3 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (32.02%) Adobe
2 16 (8.99%) Google
3 14 (7.87%) Microsoft