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

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 248 221
Rank change year-on-year +41 -27 -77
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 176 203 297
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.16% 1.22% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.32% 1.31% 1.51%
Number of salaries quoted 127 110 245
10th Percentile £42,250 £39,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,238 £48,188 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -0.83% -6.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £132,500 £82,750 £91,934
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -9.09% -3.20%

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 13,320 15,533 19,676
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 87.81% 93.33% 93.69%
Number of salaries quoted 8,449 9,203 15,873
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,669 £46,250
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 £81,250 £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 7 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 10 (5.68%) Confluence
2 5 (2.84%) WordPress
3 4 (2.27%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.70%) CMS
5 1 (0.57%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 25 (14.20%) Adobe XD
2 9 (5.11%) Sketch
3 7 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (3.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (1.70%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (1.70%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.70%) InDesign
6 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
6 3 (1.70%) Photoshop
7 2 (1.14%) InVision
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.27%) Shopify
2 3 (1.70%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 61 (34.66%) Figma
2 40 (22.73%) AWS
3 39 (22.16%) Azure
4 30 (17.05%) SaaS
5 20 (11.36%) GCP
6 16 (9.09%) GitHub
6 16 (9.09%) Google Analytics
7 14 (7.95%) Microsoft 365
8 11 (6.25%) GitHub Copilot
9 10 (5.68%) Miro
10 6 (3.41%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (2.84%) Power Platform
12 4 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
12 4 (2.27%) PowerApps
13 3 (1.70%) Serverless
14 2 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
14 2 (1.14%) Pulumi
15 1 (0.57%) Amazon ECS
15 1 (0.57%) Azure Key Vault
15 1 (0.57%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.68%) Broadband
2 1 (0.57%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.68%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.84%) Power BI
3 3 (1.70%) MySQL
4 2 (1.14%) Metadata
4 2 (1.14%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.57%) Redis
5 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.57%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.52%) Balsamiq
2 13 (7.39%) Axure RP
3 10 (5.68%) Git
3 10 (5.68%) JIRA
4 6 (3.41%) Cypress.io
4 6 (3.41%) Jenkins
4 6 (3.41%) Visual Studio
5 4 (2.27%) Storybook
6 3 (1.70%) CircleCI
7 2 (1.14%) TeamCity
7 2 (1.14%) Vite
7 2 (1.14%) webpack
8 1 (0.57%) GitLab
8 1 (0.57%) JUnit
8 1 (0.57%) Mockito
8 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 47 (26.70%) Social Skills
2 33 (18.75%) Marketing
3 25 (14.20%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (11.93%) Finance
5 20 (11.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (11.36%) Telecoms
6 18 (10.23%) Public Sector
7 16 (9.09%) Legal
8 15 (8.52%) Law
9 10 (5.68%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
11 7 (3.98%) Digital Health
12 6 (3.41%) Retail
13 3 (1.70%) Military
13 3 (1.70%) Multimedia
14 2 (1.14%) Games
14 2 (1.14%) Publishing
15 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
15 1 (0.57%) Health Technology
15 1 (0.57%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 46 (26.14%) Developer
2 40 (22.73%) Senior
3 39 (22.16%) Designer
4 26 (14.77%) UX Designer
5 23 (13.07%) Lead
6 17 (9.66%) Full-Stack Developer
7 16 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 16 (9.09%) Product Manager
8 12 (6.82%) User Experience Manager
9 11 (6.25%) Product Designer
9 11 (6.25%) Senior Developer
10 10 (5.68%) Analyst
10 10 (5.68%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 8 (4.55%) Architect
12 7 (3.98%) Android Engineer
12 7 (3.98%) Blazor Developer
12 7 (3.98%) Senior Android Engineer
12 7 (3.98%) Software Engineer
12 7 (3.98%) User Experience Architect
12 7 (3.98%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (22.73%) React
2 30 (17.05%) CSS
3 28 (15.91%) HTML
4 20 (11.36%) .NET
5 19 (10.80%) WebSockets
6 16 (9.09%) RESTful
7 14 (7.95%) REST
8 12 (6.82%) gRPC
9 11 (6.25%) Node.js
9 11 (6.25%) Vue
10 10 (5.68%) AngularJS
11 9 (5.11%) ASP.NET
11 9 (5.11%) Kafka
12 8 (4.55%) ASP.NET Core
12 8 (4.55%) HTML5
13 7 (3.98%) Blazor
13 7 (3.98%) CSS3
13 7 (3.98%) GraphQL
13 7 (3.98%) Ionic Framework
14 6 (3.41%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 32 (18.18%) Product Ownership
2 25 (14.20%) Mobile App
3 16 (9.09%) AI Agents
4 12 (6.82%) Cloud Native
5 11 (6.25%) Onboarding
6 10 (5.68%) Distributed Systems
7 7 (3.98%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (3.41%) Graphic Design
9 4 (2.27%) Social Media
10 3 (1.70%) Animation
10 3 (1.70%) e-Learning
10 3 (1.70%) Motion Graphics
11 2 (1.14%) Educational Technology
11 2 (1.14%) Robotics
11 2 (1.14%) VUI
12 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
12 1 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
12 1 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
12 1 (0.57%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.36%) Android
2 4 (2.27%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (100.00%) User Experience
2 81 (46.02%) Agile
3 50 (28.41%) Wireframes
4 47 (26.70%) User Research
5 44 (25.00%) AI
6 38 (21.59%) Customer Experience
7 37 (21.02%) DevOps
8 35 (19.89%) Prototyping
9 34 (19.32%) Full-Stack Development
9 34 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
10 30 (17.05%) Analytics
10 30 (17.05%) CI/CD
11 29 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
11 29 (16.48%) Usability Testing
12 27 (15.34%) Mentoring
12 27 (15.34%) Software Engineering
13 25 (14.20%) Front End Development
13 25 (14.20%) Inclusive Design
13 25 (14.20%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 45 (25.57%) JavaScript
2 30 (17.05%) TypeScript
3 21 (11.93%) C#
4 19 (10.80%) Python
5 16 (9.09%) SQL
6 15 (8.52%) Java
7 14 (7.95%) Go
8 9 (5.11%) C++
9 8 (4.55%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.27%) PowerShell
10 4 (2.27%) VBA
11 3 (1.70%) Bash
11 3 (1.70%) Ruby
11 3 (1.70%) VBScript
12 2 (1.14%) PHP
12 2 (1.14%) XAML
13 1 (0.57%) Bicep
13 1 (0.57%) Swift
Qualifications
1 62 (35.23%) Degree
2 23 (13.07%) SC Cleared
2 23 (13.07%) Security Cleared
3 18 (10.23%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (4.55%) Master's Degree
5 5 (2.84%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.70%) CITP
6 3 (1.70%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.57%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.57%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (29.55%) Accessibility
2 28 (15.91%) WCAG
3 19 (10.80%) QA
4 3 (1.70%) ISO 9001
4 3 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.57%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 22 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (8.52%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.27%) Terraform
3 1 (0.57%) Grafana
3 1 (0.57%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (23.30%) Adobe
2 19 (10.80%) Microsoft
3 15 (8.52%) Google
4 3 (1.70%) Cisco
5 1 (0.57%) Apple
5 1 (0.57%) dotdigital
5 1 (0.57%) Salesforce