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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 205 206
Rank change year-on-year -2 +1 -52
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 201 202 503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 1.53% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.38% 1.62% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 129 126 412
10th Percentile £44,750 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £56,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +2.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,688 £71,250
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,125 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -14.69%

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 14,599 12,506 29,639
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.18% 94.79% 91.57%
Number of salaries quoted 10,195 8,884 23,673
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £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 £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% -10.54%

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 16 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 (1.99%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.49%) CMS
3 2 (1.00%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (8.46%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.48%) Sketch
3 3 (1.49%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.49%) Chatbot
3 3 (1.49%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.00%) InVision
4 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.50%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 82 (40.80%) Figma
2 44 (21.89%) AWS
3 35 (17.41%) Azure
4 34 (16.92%) SaaS
5 18 (8.96%) GCP
5 18 (8.96%) GitHub
6 16 (7.96%) Adobe Analytics
6 16 (7.96%) Google Analytics
7 13 (6.47%) GitHub Copilot
8 4 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.99%) Power Platform
8 4 (1.99%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (1.49%) ChatGPT
9 3 (1.49%) n8n
9 3 (1.49%) Serverless
9 3 (1.49%) Zapier
10 2 (1.00%) Heroku
10 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (18.41%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.49%) Metadata
1 5 (2.49%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.00%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.00%) Power BI
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Redis
4 1 (0.50%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (8.46%) Balsamiq
2 15 (7.46%) Axure RP
2 15 (7.46%) Git
3 8 (3.98%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.49%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.49%) Vite
4 3 (1.49%) webpack
5 2 (1.00%) JIRA
5 2 (1.00%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.50%) Maven
6 1 (0.50%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 41 (20.40%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.44%) Law
2 23 (11.44%) Presentation Skills
3 21 (10.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 21 (10.45%) Public Sector
4 20 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (9.45%) Finance
5 19 (9.45%) Games
6 16 (7.96%) Telecoms
7 9 (4.48%) Legal
7 9 (4.48%) Retail
8 8 (3.98%) Marketing
9 5 (2.49%) Back Office
9 5 (2.49%) Banking
9 5 (2.49%) Financial Institution
9 5 (2.49%) Polish Language
10 4 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.49%) Military
12 2 (1.00%) iGaming
13 1 (0.50%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 67 (33.33%) Designer
2 57 (28.36%) Lead
3 50 (24.88%) UX Designer
4 47 (23.38%) Senior
5 31 (15.42%) Developer
6 24 (11.94%) Software Engineer
7 16 (7.96%) Lead Designer
8 14 (6.97%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 14 (6.97%) Lead Software Engineer
9 13 (6.47%) Product Designer
10 12 (5.97%) Lead UX Designer
11 11 (5.47%) User Experience Manager
12 10 (4.98%) Lead Developer
12 10 (4.98%) Senior Designer
13 9 (4.48%) Applications Engineer
13 9 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
13 9 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 8 (3.98%) Product Manager
15 7 (3.48%) UI Designer
15 7 (3.48%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (21.89%) React
2 28 (13.93%) CSS
2 28 (13.93%) HTML
3 21 (10.45%) WebSockets
4 18 (8.96%) .NET
4 18 (8.96%) Web Services
5 15 (7.46%) AngularJS
5 15 (7.46%) RESTful
6 12 (5.97%) gRPC
7 11 (5.47%) REST
7 11 (5.47%) Vue
8 9 (4.48%) Kafka
9 8 (3.98%) Blazor
9 8 (3.98%) HTML5
9 8 (3.98%) Material Design
9 8 (3.98%) Node.js
9 8 (3.98%) WebAssembly
10 5 (2.49%) Django
10 5 (2.49%) jQuery
10 5 (2.49%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 57 (28.36%) Product Ownership
2 34 (16.92%) Mobile App
3 16 (7.96%) Social Media
4 15 (7.46%) AI Agents
5 14 (6.97%) Cloud Native
6 13 (6.47%) e-Learning
7 9 (4.48%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.48%) Onboarding
8 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.49%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.49%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (1.49%) Low-Code
11 2 (1.00%) Animation
11 2 (1.00%) Educational Technology
11 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (1.00%) NHS
11 2 (1.00%) PropTech
11 2 (1.00%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.46%) Android
2 5 (2.49%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (100.00%) User Experience
2 81 (40.30%) Agile
3 64 (31.84%) User Research
4 61 (30.35%) AI
4 61 (30.35%) Full-Stack Development
5 57 (28.36%) Wireframes
6 53 (26.37%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (25.37%) Software Engineering
8 50 (24.88%) Prototyping
9 48 (23.88%) Customer Experience
9 48 (23.88%) Mentoring
10 45 (22.39%) Analytics
11 41 (20.40%) Inclusive Design
12 39 (19.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 32 (15.92%) Roadmaps
14 30 (14.93%) Workshop Facilitation
15 29 (14.43%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 27 (13.43%) Collaborative Culture
16 27 (13.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (13.43%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 55 (27.36%) JavaScript
2 36 (17.91%) TypeScript
3 32 (15.92%) Python
4 25 (12.44%) Java
5 17 (8.46%) C#
6 13 (6.47%) Go
7 9 (4.48%) C++
8 8 (3.98%) Kotlin
8 8 (3.98%) SQL
9 5 (2.49%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.49%) Bash
10 3 (1.49%) VBScript
11 2 (1.00%) VBA
12 1 (0.50%) PHP
12 1 (0.50%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (21.89%) Degree
2 32 (15.92%) Security Cleared
3 29 (14.43%) SC Cleared
4 16 (7.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (7.46%) DBS Check
6 8 (3.98%) DV Cleared
7 6 (2.99%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.49%) CITP
8 3 (1.49%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.50%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (26.87%) Accessibility
2 32 (15.92%) WCAG
3 25 (12.44%) QA
4 5 (2.49%) GDPR
5 4 (1.99%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.99%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.50%) GxP
6 1 (0.50%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.50%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (12.44%) Docker
2 5 (2.49%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (6.97%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.00%) Packer
2 2 (1.00%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.00%) Terraform
3 1 (0.50%) Grafana
3 1 (0.50%) Kibana
3 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 58 (28.86%) Adobe
2 16 (7.96%) Google
2 16 (7.96%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.00%) Databricks