UI Designer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “UI Designer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Figma, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many UI Designer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 31 job postings with the title “UI Designer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do UI Designer jobs require?
Across UI Designer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Figma, design systems, UI Design, prototyping, Wireframing.
+Which cities are hiring the most UI Designer?
As of 2026-05-17, UI Designer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in San Francisco, Toronto, Ahmedabad, Amsterdam, Ann Arbor.
+Is UI Designer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 31 UI Designer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in UI Designer postings is Figma, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly UI Designer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for UI Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Figma | 23 | 16.8% |
| design systems | 19 | 13.9% |
| UI Design | 17 | 12.4% |
| prototyping | 13 | 9.5% |
| Wireframing | 7 | 5.1% |
| Typography | 7 | 5.1% |
| CSS | 7 | 5.1% |
| HTML | 7 | 5.1% |
| Sketch | 6 | 4.4% |
| Adobe Creative Suite | 6 | 4.4% |
| accessibility | 5 | 3.6% |
| product design | 5 | 3.6% |
| visual design | 5 | 3.6% |
| Interaction Design | 5 | 3.6% |
| component libraries | 5 | 3.6% |
Top metros hiring UI Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 2 | 18.2% |
| Toronto | 2 | 18.2% |
| Ahmedabad | 1 | 9.1% |
| Amsterdam | 1 | 9.1% |
| Ann Arbor | 1 | 9.1% |
| Buenos Aires | 1 | 9.1% |
| Chicago | 1 | 9.1% |
| Denigomodu | 1 | 9.1% |
| London | 1 | 9.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “UI Designer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- UI Designer
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-05-17
- window_days
- 90
The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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