UX jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, UX appears in 687 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning UX.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about UX
+Is UX in demand in 2026?
Yes. UX appears in 687 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning UX (30.3% of all postings mentioning UX).
+What jobs require UX?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning UX are Product Lead (65.0% of that role’s postings mention UX), UX Engineer (7.7% of that role’s postings mention UX), Digital Product Owner (4.5% of that role’s postings mention UX).
+What skills are commonly paired with UX?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), UX most often appears alongside Product roadmap, prototyping, Success metrics, Product Management, data.
+Where is UX most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring UX are New York City, London, San Francisco, Berlin, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new UX content and jobs?
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+Which skills come before and after UX?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring UX — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around UX
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before UX
Skills after UX
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: CSS | 5 |
| Before: WordPress | 4 |
| Before: JavaScript | 4 |
| Before: SEO | 3 |
| Before: Android | 3 |
| Before: iOS | 3 |
| Before: React | 3 |
| Before: HTML | 3 |
| After: AWS | 2 |
| After: Excel | 2 |
| After: Slack | 2 |
| After: Bootstrap | 2 |
| After: MYSQL | 2 |
| After: Agile | 2 |
| After: kanban | 2 |
| After: ETL pipelines | 1 |
Roles most likely to require UX
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Product Lead | 104 | 65.0% |
| UX Engineer | 2 | 7.7% |
| Digital Product Owner | 1 | 4.5% |
| Founding Product Engineer | 1 | 4.2% |
| Product Designer | 116 | 4.1% |
| AI Product Owner | 1 | 3.2% |
| Software Product Manager | 1 | 2.8% |
| Front End Software Engineer | 1 | 2.6% |
| UX/UI Designer | 4 | 2.3% |
| Growth Engineer | 1 | 2.3% |
Roles with the most UX postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Product Manager | 208 | 30.3% |
| Product Designer | 116 | 16.9% |
| Product Lead | 104 | 15.1% |
| Software Engineer | 42 | 6.1% |
| Full Stack Engineer | 20 | 2.9% |
| Product Owner | 14 | 2.0% |
| Product Engineer | 9 | 1.3% |
| Technical Product Manager | 9 | 1.3% |
| AI Content Designer | 6 | 0.9% |
| Business Analyst | 6 | 0.9% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring UX
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Bjakcareer | 128 |
| CLERA | 13 |
| Wise | 13 |
| Flexport | 9 |
| Tide | 5 |
| Stripe | 5 |
| Ebury | 5 |
| Palantir | 5 |
| Torq | 5 |
| 4 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for UX
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 37 | 5.4% |
| London | 25 | 3.6% |
| San Francisco | 21 | 3.1% |
| Berlin | 19 | 2.8% |
| Boston | 14 | 2.0% |
| Tel Aviv | 14 | 2.0% |
| Singapore | 13 | 1.9% |
| Bengaluru | 10 | 1.5% |
| Sydney | 10 | 1.5% |
Skills commonly paired with UX
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. 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 UX by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s UX postings by all UX 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). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
- entity_id
- 1f603159bd1d871d
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- 2026-09-30
- window_days
- 90
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