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 21 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 199 201 217
Rank change year-on-year +2 +16 -54
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 212 272 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.13% 1.81% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.36% 1.91% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 134 129 386
10th Percentile £41,625 £41,250 £29,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.38%
75th Percentile £74,688 £77,500 £68,438
90th Percentile £79,730 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +0.91% -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 15,535 14,247 29,575
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.06% 90.89%
Number of salaries quoted 11,045 8,583 23,342
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.51% -10.10%

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 21 May 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 (2.36%) Confluence
2 3 (1.42%) CMS
2 3 (1.42%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.47%) Moodle
3 1 (0.47%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.60%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.83%) Sketch
3 3 (1.42%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.42%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.94%) InVision
5 1 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.47%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 85 (40.09%) Figma
2 42 (19.81%) SaaS
3 35 (16.51%) AWS
4 32 (15.09%) Azure
5 18 (8.49%) Adobe Analytics
5 18 (8.49%) GitHub
6 17 (8.02%) GCP
7 12 (5.66%) Google Analytics
8 11 (5.19%) GitHub Copilot
9 9 (4.25%) Serverless
10 6 (2.83%) PaaS
10 6 (2.83%) Power Platform
11 5 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.89%) n8n
12 4 (1.89%) Zapier
13 3 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
13 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
13 3 (1.42%) PowerApps
14 2 (0.94%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.92%) Broadband
2 2 (0.94%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.36%) Metadata
1 5 (2.36%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.42%) MongoDB
2 3 (1.42%) Power BI
3 2 (0.94%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.94%) GIS
3 2 (0.94%) MySQL
4 1 (0.47%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.47%) Redis
4 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.02%) Git
2 11 (5.19%) Axure RP
3 10 (4.72%) Balsamiq
4 8 (3.77%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.36%) Cypress.io
5 5 (2.36%) JIRA
6 3 (1.42%) Vite
6 3 (1.42%) webpack
7 2 (0.94%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.94%) Vagrant
7 2 (0.94%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.47%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.47%) Maven
General
1 40 (18.87%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.74%) Law
3 23 (10.85%) Finance
3 23 (10.85%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (9.91%) Games
5 19 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (8.96%) Public Sector
6 18 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.13%) Marketing
8 12 (5.66%) Retail
9 9 (4.25%) Legal
9 9 (4.25%) Telecoms
10 7 (3.30%) Back Office
10 7 (3.30%) Banking
10 7 (3.30%) Financial Institution
10 7 (3.30%) Polish Language
11 4 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.42%) Social Science
13 2 (0.94%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.94%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 78 (36.79%) Designer
2 55 (25.94%) Lead
3 54 (25.47%) UX Designer
4 37 (17.45%) Senior
5 35 (16.51%) Developer
6 24 (11.32%) Software Engineer
7 20 (9.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 17 (8.02%) Lead Designer
9 14 (6.60%) Lead Software Engineer
9 14 (6.60%) Lead UX Designer
10 13 (6.13%) Product Designer
11 12 (5.66%) Senior Designer
12 11 (5.19%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 10 (4.72%) UI Designer
13 10 (4.72%) UI/UX Designer
13 10 (4.72%) User Experience Manager
14 8 (3.77%) Architect
14 8 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (3.30%) Lead Developer
15 7 (3.30%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (19.81%) React
2 29 (13.68%) HTML
3 27 (12.74%) CSS
4 18 (8.49%) Web Services
5 16 (7.55%) .NET
5 16 (7.55%) AngularJS
6 14 (6.60%) WebSockets
7 11 (5.19%) RESTful
8 10 (4.72%) Material Design
9 9 (4.25%) REST
10 8 (3.77%) Blazor
10 8 (3.77%) HTML5
10 8 (3.77%) Vue
10 8 (3.77%) WebAssembly
11 7 (3.30%) Spring
12 6 (2.83%) gRPC
12 6 (2.83%) Spring Boot
13 5 (2.36%) Django
13 5 (2.36%) Jest
13 5 (2.36%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 56 (26.42%) Product Ownership
2 29 (13.68%) Mobile App
3 19 (8.96%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.49%) Social Media
5 13 (6.13%) e-Learning
6 10 (4.72%) AI Agents
7 9 (4.25%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.89%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.94%) Animation
11 2 (0.94%) Blog
11 2 (0.94%) Life Science
11 2 (0.94%) NHS
11 2 (0.94%) PropTech
11 2 (0.94%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.25%) Android
2 5 (2.36%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) User Experience
2 90 (42.45%) Agile
3 66 (31.13%) User Research
4 60 (28.30%) AI
4 60 (28.30%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (25.94%) Mentoring
6 53 (25.00%) Wireframes
7 52 (24.53%) Problem-Solving
8 51 (24.06%) Software Engineering
9 50 (23.58%) Prototyping
10 47 (22.17%) Customer Experience
11 43 (20.28%) Analytics
12 40 (18.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 37 (17.45%) Inclusive Design
14 33 (15.57%) Collaborative Culture
15 32 (15.09%) Roadmaps
16 30 (14.15%) Scrum
17 29 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
17 29 (13.68%) Front End Development
17 29 (13.68%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 52 (24.53%) JavaScript
2 42 (19.81%) TypeScript
3 23 (10.85%) Java
3 23 (10.85%) Python
4 17 (8.02%) C#
5 6 (2.83%) C++
6 5 (2.36%) Kotlin
7 4 (1.89%) Go
8 3 (1.42%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.42%) SQL
Qualifications
1 35 (16.51%) Degree
2 30 (14.15%) Security Cleared
3 21 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.13%) DBS Check
5 11 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.25%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) ICAEW
7 3 (1.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (29.72%) Accessibility
2 34 (16.04%) WCAG
3 25 (11.79%) QA
4 8 (3.77%) GDPR
5 5 (2.36%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.89%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.94%) GxP
7 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.94%) PERC
7 2 (0.94%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (8.02%) Docker
2 5 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.94%) Packer
2 2 (0.94%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.94%) Terraform
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Kibana
3 1 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (26.89%) Adobe
2 15 (7.08%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.66%) Google
4 2 (0.94%) Databricks
4 2 (0.94%) dotdigital
4 2 (0.94%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.94%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.47%) SAP