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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 198 280
Rank change year-on-year -63 +82 -39
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 208 255 217
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.84% 1.52% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 1.62% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 141 110 116
10th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,750 £79,375
UK median annual salary £60,000 £63,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.88% +15.91% -12.70%

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 19,983 15,760 19,273
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 80.57% 93.83% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 14,257 8,411 11,456
10th Percentile £33,900 £29,750 £35,134
25th Percentile £44,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,125 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 8 October 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 12 (5.77%) WordPress
2 9 (4.33%) CMS
3 8 (3.85%) Confluence
4 7 (3.37%) SharePoint
5 3 (1.44%) Moodle
Applications
1 12 (5.77%) Adobe XD
2 11 (5.29%) Photoshop
3 10 (4.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 9 (4.33%) InDesign
5 4 (1.92%) Chatbot
6 3 (1.44%) Adobe After Effects
6 3 (1.44%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
7 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.96%) Sketch
8 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.48%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.96%) Towers Watson Igloo
2 1 (0.48%) Adobe Campaign
2 1 (0.48%) Magento
2 1 (0.48%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 50 (24.04%) Figma
2 44 (21.15%) Azure
3 38 (18.27%) AWS
4 21 (10.10%) SaaS
5 15 (7.21%) Google Analytics
6 14 (6.73%) Power Platform
6 14 (6.73%) Serverless
7 13 (6.25%) GitHub
8 12 (5.77%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.33%) GCP
9 9 (4.33%) GitHub Copilot
10 7 (3.37%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 7 (3.37%) Microsoft 365
10 7 (3.37%) Power Automate
10 7 (3.37%) PowerApps
11 6 (2.88%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (2.88%) PaaS
12 5 (2.40%) Anthropic Claude
13 3 (1.44%) Azure AI
13 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.92%) Broadband
1 4 (1.92%) SMS
2 1 (0.48%) 5G
2 1 (0.48%) DNS
2 1 (0.48%) Intranet
2 1 (0.48%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.81%) PostgreSQL
2 8 (3.85%) MongoDB
2 8 (3.85%) MySQL
3 7 (3.37%) NoSQL
3 7 (3.37%) Power BI
4 6 (2.88%) SQL Server
5 5 (2.40%) Metadata
6 2 (0.96%) GIS
6 2 (0.96%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.48%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.48%) Redis
7 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 17 (8.17%) Git
2 9 (4.33%) Claude Code
2 9 (4.33%) JIRA
3 8 (3.85%) Balsamiq
4 6 (2.88%) Axure RP
5 5 (2.40%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.92%) Selenium
6 4 (1.92%) Vagrant
7 3 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
8 2 (0.96%) NUnit
9 1 (0.48%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.48%) ESLint
9 1 (0.48%) GitLab
9 1 (0.48%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.48%) Storybook
9 1 (0.48%) Vite
General
1 54 (25.96%) Social Skills
2 39 (18.75%) Public Sector
3 34 (16.35%) Marketing
4 29 (13.94%) Finance
5 25 (12.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 21 (10.10%) Law
7 15 (7.21%) Analytical Skills
8 12 (5.77%) Retail
9 9 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (3.85%) Multimedia
10 8 (3.85%) Publishing
11 7 (3.37%) Games
11 7 (3.37%) Legal
11 7 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.40%) Advertising
13 4 (1.92%) Banking
13 4 (1.92%) Local Government
14 3 (1.44%) Back Office
14 3 (1.44%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.44%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 70 (33.65%) Designer
2 57 (27.40%) Developer
3 48 (23.08%) UX Designer
4 47 (22.60%) Senior
5 31 (14.90%) UI Designer
6 29 (13.94%) UI/UX Designer
7 22 (10.58%) Lead
8 18 (8.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 16 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
9 16 (7.69%) Senior Developer
10 15 (7.21%) Senior Designer
11 13 (6.25%) Architect
12 10 (4.81%) Software Engineer
13 9 (4.33%) Junior
13 9 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
14 8 (3.85%) Content Designer
14 8 (3.85%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 8 (3.85%) Senior UX Designer
14 8 (3.85%) User Researcher
15 7 (3.37%) Senior UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (18.27%) CSS
1 38 (18.27%) HTML
2 36 (17.31%) React
3 22 (10.58%) Node.js
4 17 (8.17%) .NET
5 12 (5.77%) Spring
6 11 (5.29%) NestJS
6 11 (5.29%) REST
6 11 (5.29%) RESTful
6 11 (5.29%) Spring Boot
7 10 (4.81%) Vue
8 9 (4.33%) Framer.js
8 9 (4.33%) Terraform
9 8 (3.85%) Sass
10 7 (3.37%) AngularJS
11 5 (2.40%) .NET Core
11 5 (2.40%) Jest
11 5 (2.40%) Material Design
11 5 (2.40%) Web Services
12 4 (1.92%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 49 (23.56%) Product Ownership
2 18 (8.65%) Cloud Native
3 13 (6.25%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (5.77%) Mobile App
5 8 (3.85%) Graphic Design
5 8 (3.85%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.88%) AI Agents
6 6 (2.88%) e-Learning
6 6 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.40%) Social Media
8 4 (1.92%) Blog
8 4 (1.92%) IoT
8 4 (1.92%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.44%) Animation
9 3 (1.44%) Digital Media
9 3 (1.44%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.44%) Low-Code
10 2 (0.96%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (0.96%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.40%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.48%) Android
2 1 (0.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 208 (100.00%) User Experience
2 103 (49.52%) Agile
3 55 (26.44%) Mentoring
4 51 (24.52%) User Research
5 49 (23.56%) AI
5 49 (23.56%) Continuous Improvement
6 42 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
7 40 (19.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 38 (18.27%) Analytics
8 38 (18.27%) Scrum
9 37 (17.79%) Full-Stack Development
10 34 (16.35%) DevOps
11 33 (15.87%) CI/CD
12 32 (15.38%) Prototyping
13 31 (14.90%) Decision-Making
13 31 (14.90%) Wireframes
14 30 (14.42%) Coaching
15 29 (13.94%) Usability Testing
16 27 (12.98%) Front End Development
16 27 (12.98%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 46 (22.12%) JavaScript
2 45 (21.63%) TypeScript
3 18 (8.65%) C#
4 11 (5.29%) Java
4 11 (5.29%) SQL
5 10 (4.81%) PHP
6 6 (2.88%) Python
7 4 (1.92%) C
7 4 (1.92%) PowerShell
7 4 (1.92%) Swift
8 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.48%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 27 (12.98%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.06%) Degree
3 19 (9.13%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.37%) DBS Check
5 6 (2.88%) ICAEW
6 5 (2.40%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (1.44%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.44%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.44%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.48%) PMP
8 1 (0.48%) SAP Certification
8 1 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (31.25%) Accessibility
2 36 (17.31%) WCAG
3 25 (12.02%) QA
4 6 (2.88%) GDPR
5 4 (1.92%) PERC
6 3 (1.44%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.44%) Software Quality Assurance
7 2 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.48%) GxP
8 1 (0.48%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.48%) PMO
System Software
1 21 (10.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 11 (5.29%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.92%) Packer
2 4 (1.92%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.48%) Grafana
3 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 33 (15.87%) Adobe
2 23 (11.06%) Microsoft
3 15 (7.21%) Google
4 6 (2.88%) OpenAI
4 6 (2.88%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.92%) dotdigital
5 4 (1.92%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 2 (0.96%) SAP
7 1 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.48%) Databricks
7 1 (0.48%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.48%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.48%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.48%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.48%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.48%) OneLogin
7 1 (0.48%) Oracle
7 1 (0.48%) RedGate
7 1 (0.48%) TIBCO