UX Designer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 299 job postings with the title “UX Designer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is prototyping, with demand up 14% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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+How many UX Designer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 299 job postings with the title “UX Designer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 14% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do UX Designer jobs require?
Across UX Designer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are prototyping, Figma, UX Design, design systems, user research.
+Which cities are hiring the most UX Designer?
As of 2026-05-17, UX Designer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in New York City, Bengaluru, London, Toronto, Columbia.
+Is UX Designer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 299 UX Designer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand up 14% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in UX Designer postings is prototyping, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly UX Designer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for UX Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| prototyping | 123 | 12.1% |
| Figma | 122 | 12.0% |
| UX Design | 116 | 11.4% |
| design systems | 111 | 10.9% |
| user research | 106 | 10.5% |
| Interaction Design | 82 | 8.1% |
| usability testing | 78 | 7.7% |
| Wireframing | 59 | 5.8% |
| information architecture | 43 | 4.2% |
| wireframes | 38 | 3.7% |
| accessibility | 31 | 3.1% |
| visual design | 28 | 2.8% |
| product design | 27 | 2.7% |
| user-centered design | 26 | 2.6% |
| UI Design | 24 | 2.4% |
Top metros hiring UX Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 13 | 25.0% |
| Bengaluru | 9 | 17.3% |
| London | 9 | 17.3% |
| Toronto | 6 | 11.5% |
| Columbia | 4 | 7.7% |
| Home | 3 | 5.8% |
| San Francisco | 3 | 5.8% |
| Seattle | 3 | 5.8% |
| Buenos Aires | 2 | 3.8% |
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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 “UX Designer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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- UX 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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