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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 214 231 203
Rank change year-on-year +17 -28 -54
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 181 209 450
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.10% 1.40% 1.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.28% 1.47% 1.74%
Number of salaries quoted 117 132 370
10th Percentile £43,750 £40,060 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% -10.85%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £78,438
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -8.00%

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 14,107 14,225 25,790
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 85.74% 95.08% 92.67%
Number of salaries quoted 9,181 8,743 21,428
10th Percentile £31,000 £35,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £42,725
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 £82,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 28 February 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 5 (2.76%) Confluence
2 4 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.66%) CMS
3 3 (1.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (11.60%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.87%) Sketch
3 6 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (1.66%) Chatbot
4 3 (1.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (1.10%) InDesign
5 2 (1.10%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.55%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (1.66%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.66%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 82 (45.30%) Figma
2 38 (20.99%) AWS
3 35 (19.34%) SaaS
4 29 (16.02%) Azure
5 17 (9.39%) GitHub
6 16 (8.84%) GCP
7 15 (8.29%) Google Analytics
8 13 (7.18%) GitHub Copilot
8 13 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (4.97%) Miro
10 8 (4.42%) Adobe Analytics
11 5 (2.76%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.21%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.66%) GitHub Actions
13 3 (1.66%) Serverless
14 2 (1.10%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (1.10%) Heroku
15 1 (0.55%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 30 (16.57%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.76%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.76%) Power BI
2 3 (1.66%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.10%) Metadata
3 2 (1.10%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.10%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) Redis
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.29%) Balsamiq
2 13 (7.18%) Axure RP
3 12 (6.63%) Git
4 8 (4.42%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.76%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.76%) JIRA
6 3 (1.66%) CircleCI
6 3 (1.66%) Jenkins
6 3 (1.66%) Vite
6 3 (1.66%) webpack
7 2 (1.10%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.55%) Maven
8 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (19.34%) Social Skills
2 27 (14.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (12.15%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (11.60%) Law
5 20 (11.05%) Analytical Skills
6 18 (9.94%) Public Sector
7 17 (9.39%) Finance
8 16 (8.84%) Telecoms
9 12 (6.63%) Marketing
10 10 (5.52%) Legal
11 9 (4.97%) Retail
12 8 (4.42%) Games
13 7 (3.87%) Digital Health
13 7 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (2.76%) Back Office
14 5 (2.76%) Banking
14 5 (2.76%) Financial Institution
14 5 (2.76%) Polish Language
15 3 (1.66%) Military
16 2 (1.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 50 (27.62%) Designer
2 48 (26.52%) Lead
3 42 (23.20%) Senior
4 34 (18.78%) Developer
5 32 (17.68%) UX Designer
6 16 (8.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 14 (7.73%) Product Designer
7 14 (7.73%) Software Engineer
8 12 (6.63%) Full-Stack Developer
9 10 (5.52%) Lead Designer
9 10 (5.52%) User Experience Manager
10 9 (4.97%) Applications Engineer
10 9 (4.97%) Lead Developer
11 8 (4.42%) Lead Software Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) Analyst
12 7 (3.87%) Android Engineer
12 7 (3.87%) Blazor Developer
12 7 (3.87%) Product Manager
12 7 (3.87%) React Developer
12 7 (3.87%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (20.99%) React
2 32 (17.68%) CSS
3 30 (16.57%) HTML
4 20 (11.05%) WebSockets
5 18 (9.94%) .NET
6 16 (8.84%) AngularJS
7 15 (8.29%) RESTful
8 14 (7.73%) Vue
9 13 (7.18%) REST
10 12 (6.63%) gRPC
11 11 (6.08%) HTML5
12 10 (5.52%) Node.js
13 9 (4.97%) Kafka
14 8 (4.42%) Blazor
14 8 (4.42%) GraphQL
14 8 (4.42%) Material Design
14 8 (4.42%) Web Services
14 8 (4.42%) WebAssembly
15 6 (3.31%) CSS3
16 5 (2.76%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 43 (23.76%) Product Ownership
2 34 (18.78%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.63%) AI Agents
3 12 (6.63%) Cloud Native
4 9 (4.97%) Distributed Systems
4 9 (4.97%) Social Media
5 7 (3.87%) e-Learning
6 6 (3.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (2.21%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.66%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
9 2 (1.10%) Animation
9 2 (1.10%) Educational Technology
9 2 (1.10%) Motion Graphics
9 2 (1.10%) NHS
9 2 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.55%) Reinsurance
10 1 (0.55%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.39%) Android
2 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.55%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 181 (100.00%) User Experience
2 79 (43.65%) Agile
3 61 (33.70%) User Research
4 58 (32.04%) Wireframes
5 52 (28.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 49 (27.07%) Customer Experience
6 49 (27.07%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (25.97%) AI
8 44 (24.31%) Mentoring
9 42 (23.20%) Software Engineering
10 40 (22.10%) Prototyping
11 39 (21.55%) Analytics
12 37 (20.44%) Inclusive Design
13 31 (17.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 29 (16.02%) Continuous Improvement
14 29 (16.02%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.47%) CI/CD
15 28 (15.47%) Design Thinking
15 28 (15.47%) DevOps
15 28 (15.47%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 46 (25.41%) JavaScript
2 31 (17.13%) TypeScript
3 23 (12.71%) Python
4 19 (10.50%) Java
5 17 (9.39%) C#
6 13 (7.18%) Go
7 10 (5.52%) SQL
8 9 (4.97%) C++
9 8 (4.42%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.21%) VBA
11 3 (1.66%) Bash
11 3 (1.66%) PowerShell
11 3 (1.66%) Ruby
11 3 (1.66%) VBScript
12 2 (1.10%) PHP
13 1 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 55 (30.39%) Degree
2 26 (14.36%) Security Cleared
3 24 (13.26%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.84%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.97%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.42%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.66%) CITP
7 3 (1.66%) CREST Certified
8 2 (1.10%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (30.94%) Accessibility
2 32 (17.68%) WCAG
3 19 (10.50%) QA
4 4 (2.21%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.21%) GDPR
4 4 (2.21%) PCI DSS
5 2 (1.10%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 22 (12.15%) Docker
2 1 (0.55%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.73%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.10%) Grafana
2 2 (1.10%) Packer
2 2 (1.10%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.10%) Terraform
3 1 (0.55%) Kibana
3 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (30.39%) Adobe
2 15 (8.29%) Google
2 15 (8.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.10%) Cisco
4 1 (0.55%) dotdigital
4 1 (0.55%) Salesforce