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

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 264 181 296
Rank change year-on-year -83 +115 -78
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 211 283 227
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.74% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.07% 1.87% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 142 117 130
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £39,075
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.21% -9.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,175 £87,500 £72,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -10.81%

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 19,802 15,135 20,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.49% 93.17% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 14,194 8,610 12,632
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 17 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 (5.21%) WordPress
2 9 (4.27%) CMS
3 8 (3.79%) Confluence
3 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (6.16%) Adobe XD
2 11 (5.21%) Photoshop
3 10 (4.74%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (4.27%) InDesign
5 4 (1.90%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (1.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.95%) 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 (0.95%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 52 (24.64%) Figma
2 46 (21.80%) Azure
3 39 (18.48%) AWS
4 22 (10.43%) SaaS
5 15 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.16%) Google Analytics
7 12 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.69%) GitHub
7 12 (5.69%) Serverless
8 10 (4.74%) GCP
9 8 (3.79%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.79%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.79%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 6 (2.84%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (2.84%) PaaS
12 4 (1.90%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.90%) n8n
12 4 (1.90%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) Broadband
2 4 (1.90%) 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 8 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.32%) Metadata
2 7 (3.32%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.32%) MySQL
2 7 (3.32%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.32%) Power BI
3 6 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.95%) GIS
4 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Redis
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (9.00%) Git
2 9 (4.27%) JIRA
3 8 (3.79%) Balsamiq
3 8 (3.79%) Claude Code
4 6 (2.84%) Axure RP
5 5 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.90%) Selenium
7 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.95%) NUnit
8 2 (0.95%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.47%) ESLint
9 1 (0.47%) GitLab
9 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.47%) Storybook
9 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 52 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 36 (17.06%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.17%) Marketing
4 31 (14.69%) Finance
5 25 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (10.43%) Law
7 15 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.69%) Retail
9 9 (4.27%) Games
9 9 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.79%) Legal
10 8 (3.79%) Multimedia
10 8 (3.79%) Publishing
11 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Advertising
13 4 (1.90%) Banking
13 4 (1.90%) Local Government
14 3 (1.42%) Back Office
14 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.42%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 71 (33.65%) Designer
2 57 (27.01%) Developer
3 50 (23.70%) UX Designer
4 47 (22.27%) Senior
5 30 (14.22%) UI Designer
6 29 (13.74%) Lead
7 28 (13.27%) UI/UX Designer
8 19 (9.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 16 (7.58%) Senior Designer
10 15 (7.11%) Senior Developer
11 14 (6.64%) Full-Stack Developer
12 13 (6.16%) Architect
13 12 (5.69%) Software Engineer
14 9 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
15 8 (3.79%) Content Designer
15 8 (3.79%) Product Manager
15 8 (3.79%) Senior Front-End Developer
15 8 (3.79%) Senior UX Designer
16 7 (3.32%) Senior UI Designer
16 7 (3.32%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (18.96%) React
2 38 (18.01%) CSS
2 38 (18.01%) HTML
3 22 (10.43%) Node.js
4 18 (8.53%) .NET
5 12 (5.69%) REST
6 10 (4.74%) NestJS
6 10 (4.74%) RESTful
7 9 (4.27%) Framer.js
7 9 (4.27%) Spring
7 9 (4.27%) Vue
7 9 (4.27%) Web Services
8 8 (3.79%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.32%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.32%) Sass
10 6 (2.84%) Terraform
11 5 (2.37%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.37%) Jest
11 5 (2.37%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 50 (23.70%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.64%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.27%) e-Learning
5 8 (3.79%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.79%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.32%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.32%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (3.32%) Social Media
7 4 (1.90%) Blog
7 4 (1.90%) IoT
7 4 (1.90%) 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 (0.95%) Life Science
9 2 (0.95%) SCORM
9 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.37%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.95%) Linux
3 1 (0.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) User Experience
2 103 (48.82%) Agile
3 56 (26.54%) Mentoring
4 52 (24.64%) AI
5 51 (24.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (23.22%) User Research
7 44 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (18.48%) Scrum
9 38 (18.01%) Analytics
9 38 (18.01%) Full-Stack Development
9 38 (18.01%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 36 (17.06%) Prototyping
11 32 (15.17%) DevOps
12 31 (14.69%) CI/CD
12 31 (14.69%) Coaching
12 31 (14.69%) Wireframes
13 27 (12.80%) Decision-Making
13 27 (12.80%) Front End Development
14 26 (12.32%) Software Engineering
15 25 (11.85%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.64%) JavaScript
2 47 (22.27%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.00%) C#
4 12 (5.69%) Java
5 11 (5.21%) Python
5 11 (5.21%) SQL
6 9 (4.27%) PHP
7 5 (2.37%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.90%) C
8 4 (1.90%) Swift
9 2 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.90%) Degree
3 20 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.74%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.84%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.37%) DV Cleared
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 64 (30.33%) Accessibility
2 36 (17.06%) WCAG
3 29 (13.74%) QA
4 7 (3.32%) GDPR
5 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.90%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.95%) GxP
7 2 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.95%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (9.00%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.95%) Packer
2 2 (0.95%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (16.11%) Adobe
2 22 (10.43%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.16%) Google
4 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.37%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.90%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.95%) 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