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

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 209 196
Rank change year-on-year -9 -13 -38
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 194 203 503
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.11% 1.55% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.63% 1.73%
Number of salaries quoted 125 127 413
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,375 £72,500
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,000 £84,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% - -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 14,543 12,420 29,040
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.23% 94.79% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 10,157 8,908 23,553
10th Percentile £32,250 £32,500 £33,754
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 13 April 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 4 (2.06%) CMS
2 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.03%) Confluence
4 1 (0.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 16 (8.25%) Adobe XD
2 7 (3.61%) Sketch
3 3 (1.55%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.03%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.03%) InVision
4 2 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (1.03%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.52%) InDesign
Cloud Services
1 80 (41.24%) Figma
2 44 (22.68%) AWS
3 35 (18.04%) SaaS
4 33 (17.01%) Azure
5 18 (9.28%) GCP
5 18 (9.28%) GitHub
6 16 (8.25%) Google Analytics
7 15 (7.73%) Adobe Analytics
8 13 (6.70%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (1.55%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (1.55%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.55%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.55%) Serverless
10 2 (1.03%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (1.03%) ChatGPT
10 2 (1.03%) Heroku
10 2 (1.03%) Miro
10 2 (1.03%) n8n
10 2 (1.03%) Zapier
11 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 36 (18.56%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.58%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.55%) Metadata
2 3 (1.55%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.03%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.03%) MySQL
3 2 (1.03%) Power BI
4 1 (0.52%) Redis
4 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (8.76%) Balsamiq
2 15 (7.73%) Axure RP
3 14 (7.22%) Git
4 8 (4.12%) Visual Studio
5 3 (1.55%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.55%) Vite
5 3 (1.55%) webpack
6 2 (1.03%) JIRA
6 2 (1.03%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.52%) Maven
7 1 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 38 (19.59%) Social Skills
2 23 (11.86%) Law
3 22 (11.34%) Presentation Skills
4 21 (10.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (10.31%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.31%) Public Sector
6 18 (9.28%) Finance
7 17 (8.76%) Games
8 16 (8.25%) Telecoms
9 9 (4.64%) Retail
10 8 (4.12%) Legal
11 7 (3.61%) Marketing
12 5 (2.58%) Back Office
12 5 (2.58%) Banking
12 5 (2.58%) Financial Institution
12 5 (2.58%) Polish Language
13 4 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.55%) Military
15 1 (0.52%) Local Government
15 1 (0.52%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 65 (33.51%) Designer
2 53 (27.32%) Lead
3 49 (25.26%) UX Designer
4 45 (23.20%) Senior
5 31 (15.98%) Developer
6 23 (11.86%) Software Engineer
7 15 (7.73%) Lead Designer
8 13 (6.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 13 (6.70%) Lead Software Engineer
8 13 (6.70%) Product Designer
9 11 (5.67%) Lead UX Designer
9 11 (5.67%) User Experience Manager
10 10 (5.15%) Full-Stack Developer
10 10 (5.15%) Lead Developer
11 9 (4.64%) Applications Engineer
11 9 (4.64%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 9 (4.64%) Senior Designer
12 8 (4.12%) Product Manager
13 7 (3.61%) UI Designer
13 7 (3.61%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.65%) React
2 29 (14.95%) CSS
2 29 (14.95%) HTML
3 21 (10.82%) WebSockets
4 17 (8.76%) .NET
4 17 (8.76%) Web Services
5 15 (7.73%) AngularJS
5 15 (7.73%) RESTful
6 12 (6.19%) gRPC
7 11 (5.67%) REST
7 11 (5.67%) Vue
8 9 (4.64%) Kafka
9 8 (4.12%) Blazor
9 8 (4.12%) HTML5
9 8 (4.12%) Material Design
9 8 (4.12%) Node.js
9 8 (4.12%) WebAssembly
10 5 (2.58%) Django
10 5 (2.58%) jQuery
10 5 (2.58%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 55 (28.35%) Product Ownership
2 34 (17.53%) Mobile App
3 15 (7.73%) Social Media
4 14 (7.22%) AI Agents
5 13 (6.70%) Cloud Native
6 12 (6.19%) e-Learning
7 9 (4.64%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (3.61%) Onboarding
9 6 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (2.58%) Video Conferencing
11 3 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.55%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (1.03%) Educational Technology
12 2 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
12 2 (1.03%) Low-Code
12 2 (1.03%) NHS
12 2 (1.03%) PropTech
12 2 (1.03%) Reinsurance
13 1 (0.52%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.76%) Android
2 5 (2.58%) Linux
3 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 194 (100.00%) User Experience
2 78 (40.21%) Agile
3 62 (31.96%) User Research
4 60 (30.93%) Full-Stack Development
5 59 (30.41%) AI
6 58 (29.90%) Wireframes
7 52 (26.80%) Problem-Solving
8 50 (25.77%) Software Engineering
9 48 (24.74%) Prototyping
10 47 (24.23%) Customer Experience
11 45 (23.20%) Mentoring
12 44 (22.68%) Analytics
13 41 (21.13%) Inclusive Design
14 37 (19.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 30 (15.46%) Roadmaps
16 29 (14.95%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 29 (14.95%) Workshop Facilitation
17 26 (13.40%) Collaborative Culture
17 26 (13.40%) Design Thinking
17 26 (13.40%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 53 (27.32%) JavaScript
2 33 (17.01%) TypeScript
3 31 (15.98%) Python
4 24 (12.37%) Java
5 16 (8.25%) C#
6 13 (6.70%) Go
7 9 (4.64%) C++
7 9 (4.64%) SQL
8 8 (4.12%) Kotlin
9 4 (2.06%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.55%) Bash
10 3 (1.55%) VBScript
11 2 (1.03%) PHP
11 2 (1.03%) VBA
12 1 (0.52%) Swift
Qualifications
1 44 (22.68%) Degree
2 32 (16.49%) Security Cleared
3 29 (14.95%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (7.22%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.12%) DV Cleared
7 6 (3.09%) Master's Degree
8 3 (1.55%) CITP
8 3 (1.55%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (27.32%) Accessibility
2 32 (16.49%) WCAG
3 24 (12.37%) QA
4 5 (2.58%) GDPR
5 4 (2.06%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.06%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.52%) GxP
6 1 (0.52%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.52%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (13.40%) Docker
2 5 (2.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.22%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.03%) Packer
2 2 (1.03%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.03%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) Grafana
3 1 (0.52%) Kibana
3 1 (0.52%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 55 (28.35%) Adobe
2 16 (8.25%) Google
3 15 (7.73%) Microsoft
4 1 (0.52%) Databricks