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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 255 170 294
Rank change year-on-year -85 +124 -59
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 211 285 225
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.75% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.88% 1.10%
Number of salaries quoted 141 118 128
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £38,725
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.21% -9.69%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £75,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -14.69%

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 19,914 15,166 20,533
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.38% 93.21% 87.84%
Number of salaries quoted 14,271 8,607 12,553
10th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £35,250
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,903 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 September 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 11 (5.21%) WordPress
2 9 (4.27%) CMS
3 8 (3.79%) Confluence
3 8 (3.79%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (6.16%) Adobe XD
2 11 (5.21%) Photoshop
3 10 (4.74%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (4.27%) InDesign
5 4 (1.90%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (1.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.47%) InVision
8 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.47%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.95%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 51 (24.17%) Figma
2 45 (21.33%) Azure
3 38 (18.01%) AWS
4 22 (10.43%) SaaS
5 15 (7.11%) Power Platform
6 13 (6.16%) Google Analytics
7 12 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (5.69%) Serverless
8 11 (5.21%) GitHub
9 9 (4.27%) GCP
10 8 (3.79%) GitHub Copilot
10 8 (3.79%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (3.79%) Power Automate
10 8 (3.79%) PowerApps
11 7 (3.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 6 (2.84%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (2.84%) PaaS
13 4 (1.90%) ChatGPT
13 4 (1.90%) n8n
13 4 (1.90%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.84%) Broadband
2 4 (1.90%) SMS
3 1 (0.47%) 5G
3 1 (0.47%) DNS
3 1 (0.47%) Intranet
3 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (3.32%) Metadata
2 7 (3.32%) MongoDB
2 7 (3.32%) MySQL
2 7 (3.32%) NoSQL
2 7 (3.32%) Power BI
3 6 (2.84%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.95%) GIS
4 2 (0.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
5 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.47%) Redis
5 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.53%) Git
2 9 (4.27%) JIRA
3 8 (3.79%) Balsamiq
3 8 (3.79%) Claude Code
4 6 (2.84%) Axure RP
5 5 (2.37%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.90%) Selenium
7 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.95%) NUnit
8 2 (0.95%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.47%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.47%) ESLint
9 1 (0.47%) GitLab
9 1 (0.47%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.47%) Storybook
9 1 (0.47%) Vite
General
1 51 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (17.06%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.17%) Marketing
4 31 (14.69%) Finance
5 25 (11.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 22 (10.43%) Law
7 15 (7.11%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.69%) Retail
9 9 (4.27%) Games
9 9 (4.27%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.79%) Legal
10 8 (3.79%) Multimedia
10 8 (3.79%) Publishing
11 7 (3.32%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.37%) Advertising
13 4 (1.90%) Banking
13 4 (1.90%) Local Government
14 3 (1.42%) Back Office
14 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.42%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 71 (33.65%) Designer
2 57 (27.01%) Developer
3 50 (23.70%) UX Designer
4 47 (22.27%) Senior
5 29 (13.74%) Lead
5 29 (13.74%) UI Designer
6 27 (12.80%) UI/UX Designer
7 19 (9.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 16 (7.58%) Senior Designer
9 15 (7.11%) Senior Developer
10 14 (6.64%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (6.16%) Architect
12 11 (5.21%) Software Engineer
13 9 (4.27%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.79%) Content Designer
14 8 (3.79%) Product Manager
14 8 (3.79%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 8 (3.79%) Senior UX Designer
15 7 (3.32%) Senior UI/UX Designer
15 7 (3.32%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (18.48%) React
2 38 (18.01%) CSS
2 38 (18.01%) HTML
3 22 (10.43%) Node.js
4 18 (8.53%) .NET
5 11 (5.21%) REST
6 10 (4.74%) NestJS
6 10 (4.74%) RESTful
7 9 (4.27%) Framer.js
7 9 (4.27%) Spring
7 9 (4.27%) Vue
8 8 (3.79%) Spring Boot
8 8 (3.79%) Web Services
9 7 (3.32%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.32%) Sass
10 6 (2.84%) Terraform
11 5 (2.37%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.37%) ASP.NET Core
11 5 (2.37%) Jest
11 5 (2.37%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.22%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.53%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.64%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.27%) e-Learning
5 8 (3.79%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.79%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.79%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.32%) AI Agents
6 7 (3.32%) Social Media
7 6 (2.84%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.90%) Blog
8 4 (1.90%) IoT
8 4 (1.90%) Low-Code
9 3 (1.42%) Animation
9 3 (1.42%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.42%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.42%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.95%) Life Science
10 2 (0.95%) SCORM
10 2 (0.95%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.37%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (100.00%) User Experience
2 104 (49.29%) Agile
3 56 (26.54%) Mentoring
4 52 (24.64%) AI
5 51 (24.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 50 (23.70%) User Research
7 44 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (18.48%) Scrum
8 39 (18.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 38 (18.01%) Analytics
10 37 (17.54%) Full-Stack Development
11 36 (17.06%) Prototyping
12 32 (15.17%) DevOps
13 31 (14.69%) CI/CD
13 31 (14.69%) Coaching
13 31 (14.69%) Wireframes
14 28 (13.27%) Decision-Making
15 27 (12.80%) Front End Development
16 25 (11.85%) Software Engineering
16 25 (11.85%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.17%) JavaScript
2 46 (21.80%) TypeScript
3 19 (9.00%) C#
4 12 (5.69%) Java
5 11 (5.21%) SQL
6 10 (4.74%) Python
7 9 (4.27%) PHP
8 5 (2.37%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.90%) C
9 4 (1.90%) Swift
10 2 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 28 (13.27%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.90%) Degree
3 20 (9.48%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.74%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.84%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.37%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (30.33%) Accessibility
2 36 (17.06%) WCAG
3 28 (13.27%) QA
4 7 (3.32%) GDPR
5 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 4 (1.90%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.95%) GxP
7 2 (0.95%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.95%) PMO
8 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 18 (8.53%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (4.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.95%) Packer
2 2 (0.95%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 34 (16.11%) Adobe
2 22 (10.43%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.16%) Google
4 6 (2.84%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.37%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.90%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.90%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Databricks
7 2 (0.95%) 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