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 11 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 186 286
Rank change year-on-year -77 +100 -80
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 212 284 238
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.88% 1.75% 1.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.08% 1.88% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 145 117 146
10th Percentile £36,750 £40,750 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,950 £87,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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 19,633 15,114 20,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.88% 93.04% 87.64%
Number of salaries quoted 14,127 8,686 12,990
10th Percentile £34,000 £29,750 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,750 £40,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 11 September 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 11 (5.19%) WordPress
2 9 (4.25%) CMS
3 8 (3.77%) Confluence
3 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (6.60%) 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
6 3 (1.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.47%) InVision
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 54 (25.47%) Figma
2 46 (21.70%) Azure
3 39 (18.40%) AWS
4 22 (10.38%) SaaS
5 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.60%) Google Analytics
7 12 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.66%) GitHub
7 12 (5.66%) Serverless
8 11 (5.19%) GCP
9 8 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.77%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.30%) Adobe Analytics
10 7 (3.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 7 (3.30%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (2.83%) PaaS
12 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.89%) n8n
12 4 (1.89%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.30%) Broadband
2 4 (1.89%) SMS
3 1 (0.47%) 5G
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.30%) Metadata
1 7 (3.30%) NoSQL
1 7 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (3.30%) Power BI
2 6 (2.83%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.83%) MySQL
2 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.94%) GIS
3 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
4 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 20 (9.43%) Git
2 9 (4.25%) Balsamiq
2 9 (4.25%) JIRA
3 7 (3.30%) Axure RP
3 7 (3.30%) Claude Code
4 5 (2.36%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.89%) Selenium
6 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
7 2 (0.94%) NUnit
7 2 (0.94%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.47%) ESLint
8 1 (0.47%) GitLab
8 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.47%) Storybook
8 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 51 (24.06%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.45%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.09%) Finance
3 32 (15.09%) Marketing
4 26 (12.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (10.85%) Law
6 16 (7.55%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.66%) Retail
8 10 (4.72%) Games
9 9 (4.25%) Legal
9 9 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.77%) Multimedia
10 8 (3.77%) Publishing
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 71 (33.49%) Designer
2 55 (25.94%) Developer
3 50 (23.58%) UX Designer
4 47 (22.17%) Senior
5 30 (14.15%) UI Designer
6 29 (13.68%) Lead
7 28 (13.21%) UI/UX Designer
8 19 (8.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 16 (7.55%) Senior Designer
10 15 (7.08%) Senior Developer
11 13 (6.13%) Architect
11 13 (6.13%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (6.13%) Software Engineer
12 9 (4.25%) Product Manager
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
14 7 (3.30%) Senior UI Designer
14 7 (3.30%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.87%) React
2 39 (18.40%) CSS
2 39 (18.40%) HTML
3 20 (9.43%) Node.js
4 18 (8.49%) .NET
5 13 (6.13%) REST
6 10 (4.72%) Web Services
7 9 (4.25%) Framer.js
7 9 (4.25%) NestJS
7 9 (4.25%) RESTful
7 9 (4.25%) Vue
8 8 (3.77%) Spring
9 7 (3.30%) Sass
9 7 (3.30%) Spring Boot
10 6 (2.83%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.83%) Terraform
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 52 (24.53%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.49%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.25%) e-Learning
5 8 (3.77%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.77%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (3.77%) Social Media
6 7 (3.30%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.89%) Blog
7 4 (1.89%) IoT
7 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
8 3 (1.42%) Animation
8 3 (1.42%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.42%) Learning Management System
8 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.94%) Life Science
9 2 (0.94%) SCORM
9 2 (0.94%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Apple iOS
2 3 (1.42%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) User Experience
2 103 (48.58%) Agile
3 57 (26.89%) Mentoring
4 53 (25.00%) AI
5 51 (24.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 51 (24.06%) User Research
6 42 (19.81%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (18.87%) Analytics
7 40 (18.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 39 (18.40%) Prototyping
9 38 (17.92%) Full-Stack Development
9 38 (17.92%) Scrum
10 32 (15.09%) DevOps
11 31 (14.62%) CI/CD
11 31 (14.62%) Coaching
11 31 (14.62%) Wireframes
12 26 (12.26%) Decision-Making
12 26 (12.26%) Front End Development
12 26 (12.26%) Software Engineering
12 26 (12.26%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (25.47%) JavaScript
2 46 (21.70%) TypeScript
3 19 (8.96%) C#
4 12 (5.66%) Java
4 12 (5.66%) Python
5 11 (5.19%) SQL
6 9 (4.25%) PHP
7 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.89%) C
8 4 (1.89%) Swift
9 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 30 (14.15%) Security Cleared
2 24 (11.32%) Degree
3 22 (10.38%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.72%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.83%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.83%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (31.13%) Accessibility
2 38 (17.92%) WCAG
3 30 (14.15%) QA
4 7 (3.30%) GDPR
5 4 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.89%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.94%) GxP
7 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.94%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (8.96%) Docker
2 2 (0.94%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.94%) Packer
2 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (16.98%) Adobe
2 22 (10.38%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.60%) 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%) Databricks
7 2 (0.94%) SAP
8 1 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
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