What employers ask for in UX Designer jobs

We read 27 current UX Designer postings from 26 companies' own career sites on November 4, 2026 and counted, posting by posting, what they ask candidates for.

Tools and technologies

Share of postings that name each one.

• Figma74% · 20 of 27
• CSS22% · 6 of 27
• Adobe XD19% · 5 of 27
• HTML19% · 5 of 27
• Photoshop19% · 5 of 27
• Illustrator15% · 4 of 27
• JavaScript15% · 4 of 27
• React15% · 4 of 27
• Angular11% · 3 of 27
• HTML/CSS11% · 3 of 27
• InVision11% · 3 of 27
• Sketch11% · 3 of 27
• Unity11% · 3 of 27
• Axure7% · 2 of 27
• Azure DevOps7% · 2 of 27

Skills and methods

• Usability testing41% · 11 of 27
• User research37% · 10 of 27
• Interaction design30% · 8 of 27
• Portfolio26% · 7 of 27
• Design systems22% · 6 of 27
• Prototyping22% · 6 of 27
• User flows22% · 6 of 27
• Responsive design19% · 5 of 27
• Agile15% · 4 of 27
• Motion design15% · 4 of 27

Soft skills

• Communication41% · 11 of 27
• Mentoring7% · 2 of 27
• Stakeholder management7% · 2 of 27

Experience

16 of 27 postings state a minimum number of years; the median is 4 years.

• 0–2 years19% · 3
• 3–4 years31% · 5
• 5–7 years38% · 6
• 8+ years13% · 2

Where and with what degree

• Remote44%
• Hybrid33%
• On-site7%
• Not stated15%
• Degree required7%
• Degree preferred22%

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Postings we read

Read on November 4, 2026; some may have closed since.

How we counted

We searched company career sites hosted on Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workable and SmartRecruiters for current postings titled “ux designer”, “ui/ux designer”, “ux/ui designer”, “ui designer”, at most two per company, and read each one. An AI model listed what each posting asks for; we kept an item only when the posting contains it word for word, and list it here when at least two postings ask for it. Seniority levels are mixed. Updated November 4, 2026.

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