UX/UI Designer jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “UX/UI Designer” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Figma, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17
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Frequently asked questions about UX/UI Designer jobs
+How many UX/UI Designer jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 86 job postings with the title “UX/UI Designer” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do UX/UI Designer jobs require?
Across UX/UI Designer postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Figma, design systems, Wireframing, prototyping, user research.
+Which cities are hiring the most UX/UI Designer?
As of 2026-05-17, UX/UI Designer postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Brazil, New York City, London, Singapore, Delhi.
+Is UX/UI Designer a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 86 UX/UI Designer postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 21% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in UX/UI Designer postings is Figma, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly UX/UI Designer postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for UX/UI Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Figma | 50 | 12.5% |
| design systems | 43 | 10.8% |
| Wireframing | 39 | 9.8% |
| prototyping | 38 | 9.5% |
| user research | 36 | 9.0% |
| usability testing | 28 | 7.0% |
| UX/UI Design | 28 | 7.0% |
| UX Design | 24 | 6.0% |
| UI Design | 24 | 6.0% |
| Interaction Design | 20 | 5.0% |
| information architecture | 16 | 4.0% |
| user flows | 15 | 3.8% |
| Adobe Creative Suite | 13 | 3.3% |
| responsive design | 13 | 3.3% |
| accessibility | 12 | 3.0% |
Top metros hiring UX/UI Designer
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 5 | 19.2% |
| New York City | 5 | 19.2% |
| London | 3 | 11.5% |
| Singapore | 3 | 11.5% |
| Delhi | 2 | 7.7% |
| Kolkata | 2 | 7.7% |
| Kyiv | 2 | 7.7% |
| Little Canada | 2 | 7.7% |
| Palo Alto | 2 | 7.7% |
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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/UI Designer”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
- role
- UX/UI Designer
- source
- 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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