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

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 203 218
Rank change year-on-year -13 +15 -55
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 208 272 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.80% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.35% 1.90% 1.59%
Number of salaries quoted 133 128 386
10th Percentile £44,000 £41,250 £29,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £75,500 £76,563 £68,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 15,443 14,352 29,572
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.71% 95.12% 90.93%
Number of salaries quoted 10,985 8,713 23,359
10th Percentile £34,000 £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 £59,684 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.53% +8.52% -9.84%

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 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 (2.40%) Confluence
2 3 (1.44%) CMS
2 3 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.48%) Moodle
3 1 (0.48%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (6.73%) Adobe XD
2 6 (2.88%) Sketch
3 3 (1.44%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.44%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.96%) Chatbot
4 2 (0.96%) InVision
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.48%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 83 (39.90%) Figma
2 41 (19.71%) SaaS
3 37 (17.79%) AWS
4 32 (15.38%) Azure
5 18 (8.65%) Adobe Analytics
5 18 (8.65%) GCP
5 18 (8.65%) GitHub
6 12 (5.77%) GitHub Copilot
6 12 (5.77%) Google Analytics
7 9 (4.33%) Serverless
8 6 (2.88%) PaaS
9 5 (2.40%) Power Platform
10 4 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.92%) ChatGPT
10 4 (1.92%) n8n
10 4 (1.92%) Zapier
11 3 (1.44%) Microsoft 365
11 3 (1.44%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.44%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.96%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 38 (18.27%) Broadband
2 2 (0.96%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.40%) Metadata
1 5 (2.40%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (1.44%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (0.96%) MySQL
3 2 (0.96%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.96%) Power BI
4 1 (0.48%) GIS
4 1 (0.48%) Redis
4 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 15 (7.21%) Git
2 11 (5.29%) Axure RP
3 10 (4.81%) Balsamiq
4 8 (3.85%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.40%) JIRA
6 4 (1.92%) Cypress.io
7 3 (1.44%) Vite
7 3 (1.44%) webpack
8 2 (0.96%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.96%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.48%) Maven
9 1 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 38 (18.27%) Social Skills
2 27 (12.98%) Law
3 23 (11.06%) Presentation Skills
4 22 (10.58%) Finance
5 21 (10.10%) Games
6 19 (9.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 19 (9.13%) Public Sector
7 17 (8.17%) Analytical Skills
8 11 (5.29%) Marketing
8 11 (5.29%) Retail
9 10 (4.81%) Telecoms
10 9 (4.33%) Legal
11 7 (3.37%) Back Office
11 7 (3.37%) Banking
11 7 (3.37%) Financial Institution
11 7 (3.37%) Polish Language
12 4 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.96%) iGaming
13 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
13 2 (0.96%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 78 (37.50%) Designer
2 56 (26.92%) Lead
3 54 (25.96%) UX Designer
4 38 (18.27%) Senior
5 33 (15.87%) Developer
6 24 (11.54%) Software Engineer
7 17 (8.17%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 17 (8.17%) Lead Designer
8 14 (6.73%) Lead Software Engineer
8 14 (6.73%) Lead UX Designer
9 13 (6.25%) Product Designer
10 12 (5.77%) Senior Designer
11 10 (4.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 10 (4.81%) UI Designer
11 10 (4.81%) UI/UX Designer
11 10 (4.81%) User Experience Manager
12 8 (3.85%) Architect
12 8 (3.85%) Lead Developer
12 8 (3.85%) Solutions Architect
13 7 (3.37%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (19.71%) React
2 26 (12.50%) HTML
3 25 (12.02%) CSS
4 18 (8.65%) Web Services
5 16 (7.69%) .NET
6 15 (7.21%) WebSockets
7 14 (6.73%) AngularJS
8 12 (5.77%) RESTful
9 10 (4.81%) Material Design
10 9 (4.33%) REST
11 8 (3.85%) Blazor
11 8 (3.85%) HTML5
11 8 (3.85%) Vue
11 8 (3.85%) WebAssembly
12 7 (3.37%) gRPC
12 7 (3.37%) Spring
13 6 (2.88%) Spring Boot
14 5 (2.40%) Django
14 5 (2.40%) Node.js
14 5 (2.40%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 54 (25.96%) Product Ownership
2 29 (13.94%) Mobile App
3 19 (9.13%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.65%) Social Media
5 13 (6.25%) e-Learning
6 11 (5.29%) AI Agents
7 9 (4.33%) Onboarding
8 8 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (2.40%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (2.40%) Video Conferencing
10 4 (1.92%) Low-Code
11 3 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (1.44%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.96%) Animation
12 2 (0.96%) Blog
12 2 (0.96%) Life Science
12 2 (0.96%) NHS
12 2 (0.96%) PropTech
12 2 (0.96%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.81%) Android
2 5 (2.40%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) User Experience
2 87 (41.83%) Agile
3 65 (31.25%) User Research
4 61 (29.33%) AI
5 59 (28.37%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (25.96%) Mentoring
7 51 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
7 51 (24.52%) Software Engineering
7 51 (24.52%) Wireframes
8 50 (24.04%) Prototyping
9 47 (22.60%) Customer Experience
10 42 (20.19%) Analytics
11 39 (18.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 37 (17.79%) Inclusive Design
13 33 (15.87%) Collaborative Culture
14 31 (14.90%) Roadmaps
15 29 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
15 29 (13.94%) Scrum
15 29 (13.94%) Workshop Facilitation
16 27 (12.98%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 49 (23.56%) JavaScript
2 39 (18.75%) TypeScript
3 24 (11.54%) Python
4 23 (11.06%) Java
5 15 (7.21%) C#
6 6 (2.88%) C++
7 5 (2.40%) Go
7 5 (2.40%) Kotlin
8 4 (1.92%) SQL
9 3 (1.44%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 34 (16.35%) Degree
2 30 (14.42%) Security Cleared
3 21 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 13 (6.25%) DBS Check
5 12 (5.77%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (4.33%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.96%) ICAEW
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (29.33%) Accessibility
2 32 (15.38%) WCAG
3 25 (12.02%) QA
4 8 (3.85%) GDPR
5 5 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 4 (1.92%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.96%) GxP
7 2 (0.96%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.96%) PERC
7 2 (0.96%) PMO
8 1 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 19 (9.13%) Docker
2 5 (2.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (4.81%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.96%) Packer
2 2 (0.96%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) Kibana
3 1 (0.48%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 57 (27.40%) Adobe
2 15 (7.21%) Microsoft
3 12 (5.77%) Google
4 2 (0.96%) Databricks
4 2 (0.96%) dotdigital
4 2 (0.96%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 1 (0.48%) SAP