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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 189 231
Rank change year-on-year -28 +42 -58
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 218 289 479
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 1.88% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.99% 1.56%
Number of salaries quoted 132 131 383
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £29,800
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,625 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £82,420
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,800 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.33% +8.73% -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 16,346 14,518 30,753
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.87% 94.57% 88.97%
Number of salaries quoted 11,794 8,418 23,762
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,913 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 6 (2.75%) Confluence
2 4 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.38%) CMS
4 1 (0.46%) Moodle
4 1 (0.46%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (5.96%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.21%) Photoshop
3 6 (2.75%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.83%) InDesign
4 4 (1.83%) Sketch
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.46%) InVision
Business Applications
1 2 (0.92%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 86 (39.45%) Figma
2 38 (17.43%) SaaS
3 35 (16.06%) AWS
4 34 (15.60%) Azure
5 19 (8.72%) GitHub
6 17 (7.80%) Adobe Analytics
7 14 (6.42%) GCP
8 12 (5.50%) GitHub Copilot
9 11 (5.05%) Google Analytics
10 10 (4.59%) Power Platform
11 9 (4.13%) Serverless
12 7 (3.21%) Azure DevOps
13 6 (2.75%) PaaS
14 4 (1.83%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (1.83%) ChatGPT
14 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
14 4 (1.83%) n8n
14 4 (1.83%) Power Automate
14 4 (1.83%) PowerApps
14 4 (1.83%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 38 (17.43%) Broadband
2 3 (1.38%) SMS
3 1 (0.46%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.75%) Metadata
2 6 (2.75%) Power BI
3 5 (2.29%) MongoDB
4 4 (1.83%) MySQL
5 2 (0.92%) GIS
5 2 (0.92%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.46%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.46%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.26%) Git
2 8 (3.67%) Axure RP
2 8 (3.67%) Balsamiq
3 6 (2.75%) Claude Code
3 6 (2.75%) JIRA
3 6 (2.75%) Visual Studio
4 5 (2.29%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.38%) Vite
5 3 (1.38%) webpack
6 2 (0.92%) Vagrant
6 2 (0.92%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.46%) Browser DevTools
7 1 (0.46%) Maven
7 1 (0.46%) NUnit
General
1 46 (21.10%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.93%) Law
3 24 (11.01%) Finance
4 23 (10.55%) Games
4 23 (10.55%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 19 (8.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 17 (7.80%) Marketing
8 15 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
9 13 (5.96%) Retail
10 8 (3.67%) Back Office
10 8 (3.67%) Banking
10 8 (3.67%) Financial Institution
10 8 (3.67%) Legal
10 8 (3.67%) Polish Language
11 5 (2.29%) Multimedia
11 5 (2.29%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (1.83%) Advertising
13 3 (1.38%) Social Science
14 2 (0.92%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 85 (38.99%) Designer
2 60 (27.52%) UX Designer
3 57 (26.15%) Lead
4 37 (16.97%) Senior
5 34 (15.60%) Developer
6 22 (10.09%) Software Engineer
7 19 (8.72%) UI Designer
7 19 (8.72%) UI/UX Designer
8 17 (7.80%) Lead Designer
9 16 (7.34%) Senior Designer
10 14 (6.42%) Lead Software Engineer
10 14 (6.42%) Lead UX Designer
11 13 (5.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 13 (5.96%) Product Designer
12 10 (4.59%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (4.13%) User Experience Manager
14 8 (3.67%) Architect
14 8 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
14 8 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
15 7 (3.21%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (20.64%) React
2 27 (12.39%) HTML
3 25 (11.47%) CSS
4 18 (8.26%) Web Services
5 15 (6.88%) .NET
6 13 (5.96%) AngularJS
7 9 (4.13%) Material Design
7 9 (4.13%) Spring
8 8 (3.67%) NestJS
8 8 (3.67%) Spring Boot
9 7 (3.21%) HTML5
9 7 (3.21%) RESTful
9 7 (3.21%) Vue
10 6 (2.75%) Blazor
10 6 (2.75%) Django
10 6 (2.75%) REST
10 6 (2.75%) WebAssembly
11 5 (2.29%) Jest
11 5 (2.29%) jQuery
11 5 (2.29%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 55 (25.23%) Product Ownership
2 24 (11.01%) Mobile App
3 20 (9.17%) Cloud Native
4 18 (8.26%) Social Media
5 13 (5.96%) e-Learning
6 12 (5.50%) Onboarding
7 9 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.29%) AI Agents
8 5 (2.29%) Video Conferencing
9 4 (1.83%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.83%) Low-Code
10 3 (1.38%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.92%) Animation
11 2 (0.92%) Blog
11 2 (0.92%) Life Science
11 2 (0.92%) NHS
11 2 (0.92%) PropTech
11 2 (0.92%) Reinsurance
12 1 (0.46%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.29%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 218 (100.00%) User Experience
2 94 (43.12%) Agile
3 69 (31.65%) User Research
4 63 (28.90%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (27.06%) Mentoring
6 58 (26.61%) Problem-Solving
7 54 (24.77%) AI
8 52 (23.85%) Wireframes
9 51 (23.39%) Software Engineering
10 49 (22.48%) Prototyping
11 48 (22.02%) Customer Experience
12 41 (18.81%) Analytics
13 39 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
13 39 (17.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 35 (16.06%) Scrum
15 33 (15.14%) Collaborative Culture
15 33 (15.14%) Inclusive Design
16 31 (14.22%) Roadmaps
17 26 (11.93%) Workshop Facilitation
18 25 (11.47%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 52 (23.85%) JavaScript
2 48 (22.02%) TypeScript
3 22 (10.09%) Python
4 20 (9.17%) Java
5 16 (7.34%) C#
6 4 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 3 (1.38%) SQL
8 2 (0.92%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 27 (12.39%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.93%) Degree
3 18 (8.26%) SC Cleared
4 13 (5.96%) DBS Check
5 9 (4.13%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.38%) ICAEW
8 2 (0.92%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.46%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (28.90%) Accessibility
2 30 (13.76%) WCAG
3 25 (11.47%) QA
4 9 (4.13%) GDPR
5 5 (2.29%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.38%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.38%) PERC
7 2 (0.92%) GxP
7 2 (0.92%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.92%) PMO
7 2 (0.92%) Software Quality Assurance
8 1 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 17 (7.80%) Docker
2 5 (2.29%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (2.75%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.92%) Packer
2 2 (0.92%) Progress Chef
2 2 (0.92%) Terraform
3 1 (0.46%) Grafana
3 1 (0.46%) Kibana
3 1 (0.46%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (27.06%) Adobe
2 16 (7.34%) Microsoft
3 11 (5.05%) Google
4 3 (1.38%) dotdigital
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce
4 3 (1.38%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
5 2 (0.92%) Databricks
5 2 (0.92%) SAP
6 1 (0.46%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.46%) OpenAI