Market snapshot

Remote design hiring, right now

A live view of product design, UX/UI and design systems roles in the Remote Design Roles directory. Details employers do not disclose are left unfilled.

Current through September 10, 2026

70

Open roles

60

Companies

34%

Compensation stated · 24 of 70

29

US hiring location stated

Daily history

How the directory is changing

31 daily snapshots from August 10–September 9, 2026. This is measured directory history, not an estimate of the wider labor market.

Open role count by daily snapshot
Aug 10Open roles at each daily closeSep 9
Open roles
71
−46 since Aug 10
Companies
61
−40 since Aug 10
Compensation stated
29.6%
−1.2 percentage points since Aug 10
Listing activity
12 entered
59 left the directory during this period

Employment mix

How current openings describe the working relationship.

Contract or fractional
39
Salaried or permanent
31

Role focus

Categories can overlap when a role spans more than one specialty.

UX & UI44
Product design40
Design systems16
Brand & visual12
Research8

Advertised compensation

Each row compares roles with the same currency, pay period and employment type. The figures are the median advertised lower and upper limits, calculated separately; they are not an expected salary for an individual candidate. Seniority and hiring locations vary.

Current advertised pay samples from Remote Design Roles
Pay basisMedian lower limitMedian upper limitSample
Salaried · per yearUSD 165,920USD 244,000

9 roles · 9 employers

A row needs at least five roles from three employers. Only complete numeric ranges are included. Ranges labelled with commission, on-target earnings, total compensation, bonuses, equity, net pay or other qualifying terms are excluded. Currencies are not converted and hourly or monthly pay is not annualized.

Where employers can hire

Countries explicitly named in the current listings, including roles restricted to a state or province. A role can appear in several countries. Check each listing for state, work authorization and timezone restrictions.

3 roles state worldwide hiring without a specific country list. 16 give a broader region or do not name a supported country. These are kept separate from the country counts.

United States
29
Canada
10
United Kingdom
6
Germany
5
Poland
4
Ukraine
4
Australia
3
France
3
India
3
Portugal
3
Ten most frequently named countries shown.

From the current directory

A company-diverse sample from the roles ranked near the top of the board.

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Vanta logo

Staff Visual Product Designer, Design Systems

Verified

Vanta

As a Staff Visual Product Designer focused on Design Systems at Vanta, you will shape the visual language of our product and the systems that bring it to life. You will define and evolve scalable patterns across our design and engineering ecosystems, partner closely with product designers and engineers, and help create a cohesive experience for customers navigating complex security and compliance workflows. You’ll combine exceptional visual craft with systems thinking, product judgment, and the ability to influence across teams.

$236,000–$278,000/year · equity offeredRemote U.S.Listed Sep 1
product designproduct designer
Product design·Checked Sep 10Company website
Instrumentl logo

Staff Product Designer

Verified

Instrumentl

We are hiring a Staff Product Designer reporting to the Head of Design. You'll own GrantOS, the foundational layer every other product area at Instrumentl sits on top of: Platform (the data layer, MCP, BI), Core (Tracker, Tasks, Reports, Integrations), and the enterprise surfaces that connect them. This is the seat where you define how grant professionals experience Instrumentl as a system rather than a set of features, which means the data models, permissions, and interaction patterns you set get inherited by every designer and every pod after you. Much of this area is still being invented, so you will be defining problems rather than receiving specs.

Remote - USA · United StatesVerified Sep 10
product designproduct designer
Product design·Checked Sep 10Company website

What this measures

This is a cross-section of live, fully remote roles checked for this directory. It is useful for seeing the composition of the board today; it is not an estimate of every opening in the wider labor market.

How the figures are maintained

Counts update with the underlying listings. Closed roles leave the live totals, and missing compensation or hiring terms are never inferred. Read the full verification methodology.