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

6 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 269 177 282
Rank change year-on-year -92 +105 -50
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 212 284 219
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 1.76% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.88% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 145 117 123
10th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £39,250
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 £78,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 £87,500 £76,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -13.71%

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 19,997 15,081 19,774
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 81.30% 93.33% 87.70%
Number of salaries quoted 14,323 8,517 12,096
10th Percentile £34,250 £30,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £44,972 £40,750 £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 23 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 (5.19%) WordPress
2 9 (4.25%) CMS
3 8 (3.77%) Confluence
3 8 (3.77%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.42%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (6.13%) Adobe XD
2 11 (5.19%) Photoshop
3 10 (4.72%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (4.25%) InDesign
5 4 (1.89%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.42%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (1.42%) Sketch
7 2 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.94%) 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 (0.94%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.47%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.47%) Magento
2 1 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (23.11%) Figma
2 47 (22.17%) Azure
3 41 (19.34%) AWS
4 23 (10.85%) SaaS
5 15 (7.08%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.60%) Serverless
7 13 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
7 13 (6.13%) GitHub
7 13 (6.13%) Google Analytics
8 9 (4.25%) GCP
8 9 (4.25%) GitHub Copilot
9 8 (3.77%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (3.77%) Power Automate
9 8 (3.77%) PowerApps
10 7 (3.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 6 (2.83%) PaaS
12 4 (1.89%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (1.89%) Anthropic Claude
12 4 (1.89%) ChatGPT
12 4 (1.89%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.89%) Broadband
1 4 (1.89%) SMS
2 1 (0.47%) 5G
2 1 (0.47%) DNS
2 1 (0.47%) Intranet
2 1 (0.47%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.25%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.77%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.77%) MySQL
3 7 (3.30%) Metadata
3 7 (3.30%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.30%) Power BI
4 6 (2.83%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.94%) GIS
5 2 (0.94%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.47%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.47%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Redis
6 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (8.49%) Git
2 9 (4.25%) Claude Code
2 9 (4.25%) JIRA
3 8 (3.77%) Balsamiq
4 6 (2.83%) Axure RP
5 5 (2.36%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.89%) Selenium
6 4 (1.89%) Vagrant
7 3 (1.42%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.94%) NUnit
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 53 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 37 (17.45%) Public Sector
3 32 (15.09%) Finance
3 32 (15.09%) Marketing
4 25 (11.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (10.38%) Law
6 15 (7.08%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (5.66%) Retail
8 9 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
9 8 (3.77%) Legal
9 8 (3.77%) Multimedia
9 8 (3.77%) Publishing
10 7 (3.30%) Games
10 7 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.36%) Advertising
12 4 (1.89%) Banking
12 4 (1.89%) Local Government
13 3 (1.42%) Back Office
13 3 (1.42%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.42%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 69 (32.55%) Designer
2 59 (27.83%) Developer
3 48 (22.64%) Senior
3 48 (22.64%) UX Designer
4 29 (13.68%) UI Designer
5 27 (12.74%) Lead
5 27 (12.74%) UI/UX Designer
6 19 (8.96%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 16 (7.55%) Senior Designer
7 16 (7.55%) Senior Developer
8 15 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (6.60%) Architect
10 12 (5.66%) Software Engineer
11 10 (4.72%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.77%) Content Designer
12 8 (3.77%) Product Manager
12 8 (3.77%) Senior Front-End Developer
12 8 (3.77%) Senior UX Designer
13 7 (3.30%) Senior UI/UX Designer
13 7 (3.30%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (19.81%) React
2 38 (17.92%) CSS
2 38 (17.92%) HTML
3 23 (10.85%) Node.js
4 18 (8.49%) .NET
5 12 (5.66%) Spring
6 11 (5.19%) NestJS
6 11 (5.19%) REST
6 11 (5.19%) RESTful
6 11 (5.19%) Spring Boot
7 9 (4.25%) Framer.js
7 9 (4.25%) Terraform
7 9 (4.25%) Vue
8 8 (3.77%) Web Services
9 7 (3.30%) AngularJS
9 7 (3.30%) Sass
10 5 (2.36%) .NET Core
10 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET
10 5 (2.36%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (2.36%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.11%) Product Ownership
2 19 (8.96%) Cloud Native
3 14 (6.60%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.25%) e-Learning
4 9 (4.25%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.77%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.77%) Onboarding
6 7 (3.30%) AI Agents
7 6 (2.83%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.36%) Social Media
9 4 (1.89%) Blog
9 4 (1.89%) IoT
9 4 (1.89%) Low-Code
9 4 (1.89%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.42%) Animation
10 3 (1.42%) Digital Media
10 3 (1.42%) Learning Management System
11 2 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.94%) SCORM
11 2 (0.94%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.36%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.47%) Android
2 1 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (100.00%) User Experience
2 104 (49.06%) Agile
3 57 (26.89%) Mentoring
4 53 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 50 (23.58%) AI
6 48 (22.64%) User Research
7 46 (21.70%) Problem-Solving
8 42 (19.81%) Scrum
9 38 (17.92%) Full-Stack Development
10 37 (17.45%) Analytics
10 37 (17.45%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 35 (16.51%) DevOps
12 34 (16.04%) CI/CD
12 34 (16.04%) Prototyping
13 31 (14.62%) Coaching
13 31 (14.62%) Wireframes
14 29 (13.68%) Decision-Making
14 29 (13.68%) Software Engineering
15 27 (12.74%) Front End Development
16 25 (11.79%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 51 (24.06%) JavaScript
2 49 (23.11%) TypeScript
3 19 (8.96%) C#
4 14 (6.60%) Java
5 11 (5.19%) SQL
6 10 (4.72%) Python
7 9 (4.25%) PHP
8 5 (2.36%) PowerShell
9 4 (1.89%) C
9 4 (1.89%) Swift
10 2 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 29 (13.68%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.85%) Degree
3 21 (9.91%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.72%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.83%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (2.36%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.42%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.47%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.47%) PMP
8 1 (0.47%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.47%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (29.25%) Accessibility
2 36 (16.98%) WCAG
3 28 (13.21%) QA
4 6 (2.83%) GDPR
5 4 (1.89%) PERC
6 3 (1.42%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.42%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.47%) GxP
7 1 (0.47%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.47%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (9.91%) Docker
2 1 (0.47%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (5.19%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.89%) Packer
2 4 (1.89%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.47%) Grafana
3 1 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (15.09%) Adobe
2 24 (11.32%) Microsoft
3 13 (6.13%) Google
4 6 (2.83%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.36%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.89%) dotdigital
6 4 (1.89%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 2 (0.94%) Databricks
7 2 (0.94%) SAP
8 1 (0.47%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.47%) Dynatrace
8 1 (0.47%) ForgeRock
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