UX Designer

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements:

• Proven UX design experience within MOD, Defence, National Security or similarly secure environments.
• Strong user-centred design capability, including user research, synthesis, interaction design and prototyping.
• Experience working confidently with military, civilian and technical stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma or equivalent collaborative design tools.
• Experience designing workflow-driven applications, dashboards or operational systems.
• Strong understanding of accessibility, usability and inclusive design principles.
• Experience working within agile, multidisciplinary delivery teams.
• Current DV Security Clearance.
• Ability to work onsite at an MOD location in London four days per week.
• Previous experience delivering within MOD, Defence, Defence Intelligence, Strategic Command or wider National Security organisations.
• Comfortable working with OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE and classified material where authorised.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct user research with operational users, analysts, task managers and key stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops to understand current and future operational workflows.
• Create user journeys, service blueprints, wireframes and interactive prototypes.
• Design intuitive workflows supporting task management, collaboration, information sharing and feedback.
• Collaborate closely with frontend and backend engineers to ensure designs are practical and deliverable.
• Develop and maintain consistent design patterns and component libraries.
• Support user testing, gather feedback and continuously improve designs.
• Translate complex operational requirements into clear, accessible user experiences.

Technologies:

• AI
• Backend
• Figma
• Frontend
• Support
• Security
• UX UI Design
• Cloud

More:

We are delivering an AI-enabled Defence Intelligence capability designed to improve visibility of operational data, streamline workflows and support faster, more informed decision-making. You will work on complex, mission-critical systems within a highly secure environment, alongside multidisciplinary teams delivering innovative digital capabilities. This role is based at an MOD site in London, with a working pattern of four days per week onsite. The rate is £500-£540 per day, outside IR35.

last updated 32 week of 2026