UX Designer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-09-28, Skillenai has indexed 518 job postings with the title “UX Designer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Figma, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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+How many UX Designer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 518 job postings with the title “UX Designer” over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do UX Designer jobs require?
Across UX Designer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, the skills mentioned most often are Figma, design systems, prototyping, UX Design, user research.
+Which cities are hiring the most UX Designer?
As of 2026-09-28, UX Designer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Bengaluru, London, Toronto, New York City, Atlanta.
+Is UX Designer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 518 UX Designer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 60% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in UX Designer postings is Figma, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly UX Designer postings — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Skills most often required for UX Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Figma | 245 | 47.3% |
| design systems | 226 | 43.6% |
| prototyping | 214 | 41.3% |
| UX Design | 211 | 40.7% |
| user research | 166 | 32.0% |
| Interaction Design | 161 | 31.1% |
| usability testing | 160 | 30.9% |
| information architecture | 128 | 24.7% |
| wireframes | 106 | 20.5% |
| Wireframing | 104 | 20.1% |
| accessibility | 94 | 18.1% |
| user flows | 94 | 18.1% |
| user-centered design | 60 | 11.6% |
| Sketch | 55 | 10.6% |
| CSS | 51 | 9.8% |
Top metros hiring UX Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bengaluru | 25 | 4.8% |
| London | 16 | 3.1% |
| Toronto | 15 | 2.9% |
| New York City | 12 | 2.3% |
| Atlanta | 11 | 2.1% |
| Boston | 11 | 2.1% |
| Austin | 9 | 1.7% |
| Seattle | 9 | 1.7% |
| Barcelona | 5 | 1.0% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, matching postings whose canonical role is “UX Designer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- UX Designer
- source
- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- data_as_of
- 2026-09-28
- 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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