Demand I think is there as more companies are seeing the value of it. I used to run a UIUX team in my past company with about 7 UIUX designers in total. 3 on contract (2 Indians + 1 Filipino) and 4 local staff.
Prior to me leaving the company, I was looking for a UIUX lead and it was never easy getting one.

First of all, here are the usual break down of skills:
- I see in the market, a lot of people heavily strong on the UI side of things
- Not many have UX skills, whether it is from user research, conducting workshops with users and understanding the global nuances

The other I see is the lack of tooling knowledge, like understanding what is a design system or using design systems. Most folks tend to just stick very individually whether it is using Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD and others.

Another skill lacking in the market is actually on language, meaning writing the right kind of text for interaction to make UX easier.

Overall, those who excel in all of these skills above and more, tend to earn about RM25k in the market and more.

Here is a link I normally use as a reference in the past, from design system to job role and description as well as how processes are run.
https://dbsbank.design/