UI/UX design jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-28, UI/UX design appears in 280 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — UI/UX Designer has the most postings mentioning UI/UX design, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-28
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Frequently asked questions about UI/UX design
+Is UI/UX design in demand in 2026?
Yes. UI/UX design appears in 280 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. UI/UX Designer accounts for the most postings mentioning UI/UX design (30.4% of all postings mentioning UI/UX design).
+What jobs require UI/UX design?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning UI/UX design are UI/UX Designer (31.7% of that role’s postings mention UI/UX design), Application Engineer (4.4% of that role’s postings mention UI/UX design), AI Product Designer (4.2% of that role’s postings mention UI/UX design).
+What skills are commonly paired with UI/UX design?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-28), UI/UX design most often appears alongside Figma, design systems, prototyping, user research, Wireframing.
+Where is UI/UX design most in demand?
As of 2026-09-28, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring UI/UX design are New York City, San Francisco, Helsinki, Bengaluru, London, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring UI/UX design — last 90 days
Roles most likely to require UI/UX design
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| UI/UX Designer | 85 | 31.7% |
| Application Engineer | 3 | 4.4% |
| AI Product Designer | 1 | 4.2% |
| Analytics Specialist | 1 | 4.0% |
| Mobile Application Developer | 1 | 2.1% |
| Design Engineer | 3 | 1.9% |
| UX/UI Designer | 3 | 1.8% |
| Product Designer | 41 | 1.5% |
| Associate Product Manager | 1 | 1.3% |
| UX Designer | 6 | 1.2% |
Roles with the most UI/UX design postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| UI/UX Designer | 85 | 30.4% |
| Product Designer | 41 | 14.6% |
| Product Manager | 25 | 8.9% |
| Software Engineer | 17 | 6.1% |
| UX Designer | 6 | 2.1% |
| AI Native Software Engineer | 5 | 1.8% |
| UI/UX Developer | 5 | 1.8% |
| Product Owner | 4 | 1.4% |
| Application Engineer | 3 | 1.1% |
| Business Analyst | 3 | 1.1% |
Top metros hiring for UI/UX design
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 8 | 2.9% |
| San Francisco | 8 | 2.9% |
| Helsinki | 5 | 1.8% |
| Bengaluru | 4 | 1.4% |
| London | 4 | 1.4% |
| Tel Aviv | 4 | 1.4% |
| Berlin | 3 | 1.1% |
| Chennai | 3 | 1.1% |
| Kyiv | 3 | 1.1% |
Skills commonly paired with UI/UX design
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-28. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning UI/UX design by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s UI/UX design postings by all UI/UX design postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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