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

6 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 263 189 270
Rank change year-on-year -74 +81 -77
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 212 291 269
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.76% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.89% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 137 124 187
10th Percentile £38,900 £41,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,750 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £76,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -15.38%

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 18,880 15,403 21,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.36% 93.01% 87.53%
Number of salaries quoted 13,612 8,900 15,178
10th Percentile £35,000 £29,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 20 August 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 9 (4.25%) CMS
2 8 (3.77%) Confluence
2 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.83%) WordPress
4 1 (0.47%) Moodle
Applications
1 15 (7.08%) Adobe XD
2 9 (4.25%) Photoshop
3 8 (3.77%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (3.77%) InDesign
4 4 (1.89%) Sketch
5 2 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.94%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.47%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.47%) InVision
6 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.47%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.94%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 61 (28.77%) Figma
2 48 (22.64%) Azure
3 39 (18.40%) AWS
4 22 (10.38%) SaaS
5 15 (7.08%) GitHub
5 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.60%) GCP
6 14 (6.60%) Google Analytics
7 13 (6.13%) Adobe Analytics
8 12 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (4.72%) Serverless
10 8 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.77%) Power Automate
10 8 (3.77%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 6 (2.83%) PaaS
13 5 (2.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
14 4 (1.89%) n8n
14 4 (1.89%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.13%) Broadband
2 4 (1.89%) SMS
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.30%) Metadata
1 7 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (3.30%) Power BI
2 6 (2.83%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.83%) MySQL
2 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.36%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.94%) GIS
4 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (10.85%) Git
2 10 (4.72%) Balsamiq
3 9 (4.25%) JIRA
4 8 (3.77%) Axure RP
5 7 (3.30%) Claude Code
6 6 (2.83%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.89%) Selenium
8 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.94%) NUnit
10 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.47%) Vite
10 1 (0.47%) webpack
General
1 56 (26.42%) Social Skills
2 34 (16.04%) Public Sector
3 29 (13.68%) Finance
4 27 (12.74%) Marketing
5 24 (11.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 24 (11.32%) Law
6 19 (8.96%) Games
7 17 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.66%) Retail
9 9 (4.25%) Legal
9 9 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.83%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (2.83%) Publishing
11 5 (2.36%) Advertising
12 4 (1.89%) Banking
12 4 (1.89%) Local Government
13 3 (1.42%) Back Office
13 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.42%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 77 (36.32%) Designer
2 56 (26.42%) UX Designer
3 44 (20.75%) Developer
4 41 (19.34%) Senior
5 33 (15.57%) Lead
6 29 (13.68%) UI Designer
7 27 (12.74%) UI/UX Designer
8 17 (8.02%) Senior Designer
9 15 (7.08%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 14 (6.60%) Software Engineer
11 13 (6.13%) Architect
12 10 (4.72%) Full-Stack Developer
12 10 (4.72%) Lead Designer
12 10 (4.72%) Lead UX Designer
13 9 (4.25%) Full-Stack Engineer
13 9 (4.25%) Product Manager
13 9 (4.25%) Senior Developer
13 9 (4.25%) Senior UX Designer
13 9 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.77%) Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (19.81%) React
2 30 (14.15%) CSS
2 30 (14.15%) HTML
3 18 (8.49%) .NET
4 16 (7.55%) REST
5 14 (6.60%) Node.js
6 13 (6.13%) Web Services
7 9 (4.25%) NestJS
7 9 (4.25%) RESTful
8 8 (3.77%) Framer.js
9 7 (3.30%) AngularJS
10 6 (2.83%) Django
10 6 (2.83%) Jest
10 6 (2.83%) Spring
10 6 (2.83%) Vue
10 6 (2.83%) WebSockets
11 5 (2.36%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.36%) Material Design
11 5 (2.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.00%) Product Ownership
2 17 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
3 14 (6.60%) Social Media
4 11 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (4.72%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.30%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.30%) e-Learning
7 5 (2.36%) Graphic Design
7 5 (2.36%) Video Conferencing
8 4 (1.89%) Blog
8 4 (1.89%) IoT
8 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.42%) Mobile App
10 2 (0.94%) Animation
10 2 (0.94%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.94%) Life Science
10 2 (0.94%) PropTech
10 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.83%) Linux
2 3 (1.42%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) User Experience
2 101 (47.64%) Agile
3 57 (26.89%) User Research
4 56 (26.42%) AI
5 51 (24.06%) Mentoring
6 45 (21.23%) Analytics
7 44 (20.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 44 (20.75%) Prototyping
7 44 (20.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 41 (19.34%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (17.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 36 (16.98%) Scrum
11 33 (15.57%) Wireframes
12 29 (13.68%) DevOps
13 28 (13.21%) CI/CD
13 28 (13.21%) Customer Experience
13 28 (13.21%) Roadmaps
13 28 (13.21%) Workshop Facilitation
14 27 (12.74%) Usability Testing
15 26 (12.26%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.06%) JavaScript
2 42 (19.81%) TypeScript
3 19 (8.96%) C#
4 15 (7.08%) Python
5 10 (4.72%) Java
6 9 (4.25%) SQL
7 5 (2.36%) PHP
7 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
8 4 (1.89%) C
9 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.94%) Swift
Qualifications
1 34 (16.04%) Security Cleared
2 25 (11.79%) Degree
3 24 (11.32%) SC Cleared
4 9 (4.25%) DBS Check
5 8 (3.77%) DV Cleared
6 6 (2.83%) ICAEW
7 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.47%) PMP
9 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (30.66%) Accessibility
2 36 (16.98%) WCAG
3 28 (13.21%) QA
4 7 (3.30%) GDPR
5 4 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.89%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.94%) GxP
7 2 (0.94%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.94%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 19 (8.96%) Docker
2 5 (2.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (3.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 40 (18.87%) Adobe
2 23 (10.85%) Microsoft
3 14 (6.60%) Google
4 6 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.89%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Databricks
7 2 (0.94%) 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