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 14 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 192 233
Rank change year-on-year -26 +41 -59
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 218 288 474
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 1.88% 1.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.34% 1.99% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 133 131 379
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 16,218 14,474 30,737
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.95% 94.61% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 11,673 8,396 23,766
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -8.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.69%

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 14 June 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 6 (2.75%) Confluence
2 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Moodle
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.21%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.75%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.83%) InDesign
4 4 (1.83%) Sketch
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.46%) InVision
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (39.45%) Figma
2 39 (17.89%) SaaS
3 35 (16.06%) AWS
4 34 (15.60%) Azure
5 19 (8.72%) GitHub
6 17 (7.80%) Adobe Analytics
7 14 (6.42%) GCP
8 12 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (5.05%) Google Analytics
10 10 (4.59%) Power Platform
11 9 (4.13%) Serverless
12 7 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.75%) PaaS
14 4 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (1.83%) ChatGPT
14 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.83%) n8n
14 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.83%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.43%) Broadband
2 3 (1.38%) SMS
3 1 (0.46%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.67%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.75%) Metadata
2 6 (2.75%) Power BI
3 5 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.83%) MySQL
5 2 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.92%) GIS
5 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.46%) Redis
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) Git
2 8 (3.67%) Axure RP
2 8 (3.67%) Balsamiq
3 6 (2.75%) Claude Code
3 6 (2.75%) JIRA
3 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.29%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.38%) Vite
5 3 (1.38%) webpack
6 2 (0.92%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.46%) Maven
7 1 (0.46%) NUnit
General
1 46 (21.10%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.93%) Law
3 23 (10.55%) Finance
3 23 (10.55%) Games
3 23 (10.55%) Presentation Skills
4 20 (9.17%) Public Sector
5 19 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (7.80%) Marketing
7 16 (7.34%) Analytical Skills
8 13 (5.96%) Retail
9 8 (3.67%) Back Office
9 8 (3.67%) Banking
9 8 (3.67%) Financial Institution
9 8 (3.67%) Legal
9 8 (3.67%) Polish Language
10 5 (2.29%) Multimedia
10 5 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
11 4 (1.83%) Advertising
12 3 (1.38%) Social Science
13 2 (0.92%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 85 (38.99%) Designer
2 60 (27.52%) UX Designer
3 57 (26.15%) Lead
4 37 (16.97%) Senior
5 35 (16.06%) Developer
6 23 (10.55%) Software Engineer
7 19 (8.72%) UI Designer
7 19 (8.72%) UI/UX Designer
8 17 (7.80%) Lead Designer
9 16 (7.34%) Senior Designer
10 14 (6.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 14 (6.42%) Lead Software Engineer
10 14 (6.42%) Lead UX Designer
11 13 (5.96%) Product Designer
12 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) User Experience Manager
14 8 (3.67%) Architect
14 8 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (3.21%) Digital UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (21.10%) React
2 27 (12.39%) HTML
3 25 (11.47%) CSS
4 18 (8.26%) Web Services
5 15 (6.88%) .NET
6 14 (6.42%) AngularJS
7 9 (4.13%) Material Design
7 9 (4.13%) Spring
8 8 (3.67%) NestJS
8 8 (3.67%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.67%) Vue
9 7 (3.21%) HTML5
9 7 (3.21%) RESTful
10 6 (2.75%) Blazor
10 6 (2.75%) Django
10 6 (2.75%) REST
10 6 (2.75%) WebAssembly
11 5 (2.29%) Jest
11 5 (2.29%) Node.js
11 5 (2.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 55 (25.23%) Product Ownership
2 24 (11.01%) Mobile App
3 20 (9.17%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.26%) Social Media
5 13 (5.96%) e-Learning
6 11 (5.05%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.29%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.92%) Animation
11 2 (0.92%) Blog
11 2 (0.92%) Life Science
11 2 (0.92%) NHS
11 2 (0.92%) PropTech
11 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
12 1 (0.46%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (100.00%) User Experience
2 94 (43.12%) Agile
3 69 (31.65%) User Research
4 64 (29.36%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (27.06%) Mentoring
5 59 (27.06%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (25.23%) AI
7 52 (23.85%) Software Engineering
7 52 (23.85%) Wireframes
8 49 (22.48%) Prototyping
9 48 (22.02%) Customer Experience
10 41 (18.81%) Analytics
11 39 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 39 (17.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 35 (16.06%) Scrum
13 34 (15.60%) Collaborative Culture
14 33 (15.14%) Inclusive Design
15 31 (14.22%) Roadmaps
16 26 (11.93%) Workshop Facilitation
17 25 (11.47%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 53 (24.31%) JavaScript
2 48 (22.02%) TypeScript
3 23 (10.55%) Python
4 21 (9.63%) Java
5 16 (7.34%) C#
6 4 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.38%) SQL
8 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.93%) Degree
3 18 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.96%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.13%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (1.38%) ICAEW
7 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.46%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (28.90%) Accessibility
2 30 (13.76%) WCAG
3 24 (11.01%) QA
4 9 (4.13%) GDPR
5 5 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.38%) PERC
7 2 (0.92%) GxP
7 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.92%) PMO
8 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.46%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) Docker
2 5 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Packer
2 2 (0.92%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (27.06%) Adobe
2 16 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.05%) Google
4 3 (1.38%) dotdigital
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (0.92%) Databricks
5 2 (0.92%) SAP
6 1 (0.46%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.46%) OpenAI