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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 195 255 225
Rank change year-on-year +60 -30 -80
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 173 203 313
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 1.23% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.32% 1.54%
Number of salaries quoted 126 114 257
10th Percentile £41,875 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,238 £48,188 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -0.83% -6.92%
75th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £81,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -4.00%

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 13,114 15,432 20,281
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.46% 93.53% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8,324 9,112 16,422
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,938 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 11 January 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 (5.20%) Confluence
2 5 (2.89%) WordPress
3 4 (2.31%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.73%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (14.45%) Adobe XD
2 9 (5.20%) Sketch
3 7 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (2.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.73%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.73%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.73%) InDesign
6 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (1.73%) Photoshop
7 2 (1.16%) InVision
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Payment Gateway
1 3 (1.73%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 60 (34.68%) Figma
2 39 (22.54%) AWS
3 37 (21.39%) Azure
4 30 (17.34%) SaaS
5 19 (10.98%) GCP
6 16 (9.25%) GitHub
7 15 (8.67%) Google Analytics
8 14 (8.09%) Microsoft 365
9 11 (6.36%) GitHub Copilot
10 10 (5.78%) Miro
11 6 (3.47%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (2.89%) Power Platform
13 4 (2.31%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (2.31%) PowerApps
14 2 (1.16%) Pulumi
15 1 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
15 1 (0.58%) Azure Key Vault
15 1 (0.58%) Entra ID
15 1 (0.58%) Firebase
15 1 (0.58%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.78%) Broadband
2 1 (0.58%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (5.20%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.89%) Power BI
3 3 (1.73%) MySQL
4 2 (1.16%) Metadata
4 2 (1.16%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.58%) Redis
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.67%) Balsamiq
2 13 (7.51%) Axure RP
3 9 (5.20%) Git
3 9 (5.20%) JIRA
4 6 (3.47%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.47%) Visual Studio
5 5 (2.89%) Cypress.io
6 4 (2.31%) Storybook
7 3 (1.73%) CircleCI
8 2 (1.16%) TeamCity
8 2 (1.16%) Vite
8 2 (1.16%) webpack
9 1 (0.58%) GitLab
9 1 (0.58%) JUnit
9 1 (0.58%) Mockito
9 1 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 46 (26.59%) Social Skills
2 32 (18.50%) Marketing
3 24 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (11.56%) Finance
4 20 (11.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (11.56%) Telecoms
5 18 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 16 (9.25%) Legal
7 15 (8.67%) Law
8 10 (5.78%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (4.62%) Organisational Skills
10 7 (4.05%) Digital Health
11 6 (3.47%) Retail
12 3 (1.73%) Military
12 3 (1.73%) Multimedia
13 2 (1.16%) Games
13 2 (1.16%) Publishing
14 1 (0.58%) Health Technology
14 1 (0.58%) Local Government
14 1 (0.58%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 44 (25.43%) Developer
2 39 (22.54%) Designer
3 38 (21.97%) Senior
4 26 (15.03%) UX Designer
5 24 (13.87%) Lead
6 16 (9.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 16 (9.25%) Product Manager
7 15 (8.67%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (6.94%) User Experience Manager
9 11 (6.36%) Product Designer
10 9 (5.20%) Analyst
10 9 (5.20%) Senior Developer
11 8 (4.62%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (4.62%) Software Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Android Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) Blazor Developer
12 7 (4.05%) React Developer
12 7 (4.05%) Senior Android Engineer
12 7 (4.05%) User Experience Architect
12 7 (4.05%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (22.54%) React
2 28 (16.18%) CSS
3 26 (15.03%) HTML
4 19 (10.98%) .NET
4 19 (10.98%) WebSockets
5 14 (8.09%) REST
5 14 (8.09%) RESTful
6 12 (6.94%) gRPC
7 11 (6.36%) Vue
8 10 (5.78%) AngularJS
8 10 (5.78%) Node.js
9 9 (5.20%) Kafka
10 8 (4.62%) ASP.NET
10 8 (4.62%) HTML5
10 8 (4.62%) Ionic Framework
11 7 (4.05%) ASP.NET Core
11 7 (4.05%) Blazor
11 7 (4.05%) CSS3
12 6 (3.47%) GraphQL
12 6 (3.47%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 33 (19.08%) Product Ownership
2 26 (15.03%) Mobile App
3 16 (9.25%) AI Agents
4 11 (6.36%) Cloud Native
4 11 (6.36%) Onboarding
5 10 (5.78%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (4.05%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (3.47%) Graphic Design
8 4 (2.31%) e-Learning
8 4 (2.31%) Social Media
9 3 (1.73%) Animation
9 3 (1.73%) Motion Graphics
10 2 (1.16%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.16%) Robotics
10 2 (1.16%) VUI
11 1 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
11 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
11 1 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.56%) Android
2 4 (2.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 173 (100.00%) User Experience
2 80 (46.24%) Agile
3 49 (28.32%) Wireframes
4 47 (27.17%) User Research
5 43 (24.86%) AI
6 38 (21.97%) Customer Experience
7 35 (20.23%) DevOps
8 34 (19.65%) Prototyping
9 33 (19.08%) Full-Stack Development
9 33 (19.08%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (17.34%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (16.76%) CI/CD
11 29 (16.76%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (16.76%) Usability Testing
12 28 (16.18%) Analytics
13 27 (15.61%) Mentoring
13 27 (15.61%) Software Engineering
14 25 (14.45%) Front End Development
14 25 (14.45%) Inclusive Design
14 25 (14.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 43 (24.86%) JavaScript
2 30 (17.34%) TypeScript
3 20 (11.56%) C#
4 18 (10.40%) Python
5 16 (9.25%) Java
6 13 (7.51%) Go
6 13 (7.51%) SQL
7 9 (5.20%) C++
8 8 (4.62%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 4 (2.31%) VBA
10 3 (1.73%) Bash
10 3 (1.73%) Ruby
10 3 (1.73%) VBScript
11 2 (1.16%) PHP
11 2 (1.16%) XAML
12 1 (0.58%) Bicep
12 1 (0.58%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (35.84%) Degree
2 23 (13.29%) SC Cleared
2 23 (13.29%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.40%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.62%) Master's Degree
5 6 (3.47%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.73%) CITP
6 3 (1.73%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.58%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (29.48%) Accessibility
2 28 (16.18%) WCAG
3 18 (10.40%) QA
4 3 (1.73%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.58%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.58%) GDPR
5 1 (0.58%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 21 (12.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (8.09%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.31%) Terraform
3 1 (0.58%) Grafana
3 1 (0.58%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (23.70%) Adobe
2 18 (10.40%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.67%) Google
4 3 (1.73%) Cisco
5 1 (0.58%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.58%) Salesforce