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

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 222 196
Rank change year-on-year +6 -26 -47
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 183 198 494
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.07% 1.48% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.55% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 114 136 409
10th Percentile £44,125 £40,000 £31,650
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -15.38%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £132,500 £88,125 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 14,463 12,740 27,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 84.85% 95.23% 91.98%
Number of salaries quoted 9,528 8,782 22,888
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £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 £81,250 £75,772
90th Percentile £100,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 21 March 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 3 (1.64%) CMS
1 3 (1.64%) Confluence
2 2 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.55%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (12.02%) Adobe XD
2 6 (3.28%) Sketch
3 3 (1.64%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.55%) InVision
5 1 (0.55%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.09%) Payment Gateway
1 2 (1.09%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 87 (47.54%) Figma
2 41 (22.40%) AWS
3 32 (17.49%) SaaS
4 31 (16.94%) Azure
5 20 (10.93%) GitHub
6 19 (10.38%) GCP
7 16 (8.74%) Google Analytics
8 14 (7.65%) Adobe Analytics
9 13 (7.10%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (4.92%) Miro
11 3 (1.64%) Serverless
12 2 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.09%) Heroku
12 2 (1.09%) Power Platform
12 2 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.55%) Azure DevOps
13 1 (0.55%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 35 (19.13%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.73%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
3 2 (1.09%) Metadata
3 2 (1.09%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.09%) MySQL
3 2 (1.09%) Power BI
4 1 (0.55%) Redis
4 1 (0.55%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 17 (9.29%) Balsamiq
2 15 (8.20%) Axure RP
2 15 (8.20%) Git
3 8 (4.37%) Visual Studio
4 4 (2.19%) Cypress.io
5 3 (1.64%) JIRA
5 3 (1.64%) Vite
5 3 (1.64%) webpack
6 2 (1.09%) CircleCI
6 2 (1.09%) Jenkins
6 2 (1.09%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.55%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.55%) Maven
7 1 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 32 (17.49%) Social Skills
2 28 (15.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 23 (12.57%) Law
4 22 (12.02%) Presentation Skills
5 20 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (10.93%) Public Sector
6 17 (9.29%) Games
7 16 (8.74%) Finance
7 16 (8.74%) Telecoms
8 8 (4.37%) Legal
8 8 (4.37%) Retail
9 7 (3.83%) Digital Health
10 6 (3.28%) Marketing
11 5 (2.73%) Back Office
11 5 (2.73%) Banking
11 5 (2.73%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.73%) Polish Language
12 3 (1.64%) Military
12 3 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.55%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 56 (30.60%) Designer
2 51 (27.87%) Lead
3 43 (23.50%) Senior
4 40 (21.86%) UX Designer
5 32 (17.49%) Developer
6 18 (9.84%) Software Engineer
7 15 (8.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 14 (7.65%) Lead Designer
9 13 (7.10%) Product Designer
10 11 (6.01%) Full-Stack Developer
11 10 (5.46%) Lead UX Designer
11 10 (5.46%) User Experience Manager
12 9 (4.92%) Applications Engineer
12 9 (4.92%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 9 (4.92%) Lead Developer
13 8 (4.37%) Lead Software Engineer
14 7 (3.83%) Product Manager
14 7 (3.83%) Senior Android Engineer
14 7 (3.83%) Senior Designer
14 7 (3.83%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (21.31%) React
2 32 (17.49%) CSS
3 31 (16.94%) HTML
4 23 (12.57%) WebSockets
5 17 (9.29%) .NET
6 16 (8.74%) AngularJS
7 15 (8.20%) REST
7 15 (8.20%) RESTful
8 13 (7.10%) Vue
9 12 (6.56%) gRPC
9 12 (6.56%) Web Services
10 10 (5.46%) HTML5
11 9 (4.92%) Kafka
11 9 (4.92%) Node.js
12 8 (4.37%) Blazor
12 8 (4.37%) Material Design
12 8 (4.37%) WebAssembly
13 6 (3.28%) GraphQL
14 5 (2.73%) CSS3
14 5 (2.73%) Twisted
Miscellaneous
1 48 (26.23%) Product Ownership
2 34 (18.58%) Mobile App
3 13 (7.10%) Social Media
4 12 (6.56%) AI Agents
4 12 (6.56%) Cloud Native
5 9 (4.92%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (3.83%) e-Learning
6 7 (3.83%) Onboarding
7 6 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.73%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.64%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.09%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.09%) NHS
10 2 (1.09%) PropTech
11 1 (0.55%) Animation
11 1 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.55%) Life Science
11 1 (0.55%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (9.29%) Android
2 5 (2.73%) Linux
3 1 (0.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 183 (100.00%) User Experience
2 80 (43.72%) Agile
3 63 (34.43%) User Research
4 57 (31.15%) Wireframes
5 55 (30.05%) Full-Stack Development
6 54 (29.51%) AI
6 54 (29.51%) Customer Experience
7 46 (25.14%) Problem-Solving
8 45 (24.59%) Mentoring
8 45 (24.59%) Prototyping
8 45 (24.59%) Software Engineering
9 43 (23.50%) Analytics
10 41 (22.40%) Inclusive Design
11 36 (19.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 29 (15.85%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 28 (15.30%) Workshop Facilitation
14 26 (14.21%) CI/CD
14 26 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
14 26 (14.21%) DevOps
14 26 (14.21%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 50 (27.32%) JavaScript
2 32 (17.49%) TypeScript
3 25 (13.66%) Python
4 19 (10.38%) Java
5 16 (8.74%) C#
6 13 (7.10%) Go
7 9 (4.92%) C++
7 9 (4.92%) SQL
8 8 (4.37%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.64%) Bash
9 3 (1.64%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.64%) VBScript
10 2 (1.09%) PHP
10 2 (1.09%) Ruby
10 2 (1.09%) VBA
11 1 (0.55%) Swift
Qualifications
1 52 (28.42%) Degree
2 28 (15.30%) Security Cleared
3 25 (13.66%) SC Cleared
4 16 (8.74%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (4.92%) DBS Check
6 6 (3.28%) Master's Degree
7 4 (2.19%) DV Cleared
8 3 (1.64%) CITP
8 3 (1.64%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.55%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (32.24%) Accessibility
2 34 (18.58%) WCAG
3 21 (11.48%) QA
4 5 (2.73%) GDPR
5 4 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.19%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.55%) GxP
6 1 (0.55%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.55%) PMO
System Software
1 26 (14.21%) Docker
2 5 (2.73%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (7.65%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.09%) Packer
2 2 (1.09%) Progress Chef
2 2 (1.09%) Terraform
3 1 (0.55%) Grafana
3 1 (0.55%) Kibana
3 1 (0.55%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 59 (32.24%) Adobe
2 16 (8.74%) Google
3 14 (7.65%) Microsoft