The first table below looks at the demand for the Interaction Designer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Interaction Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Interaction Designer
Rank 833 872 831
Rank change year-on-year
+39 -41
Permanent jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 29 26 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.027% 0.022% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.023% 0.035%
Number of salaries quoted 18 23 31
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £47,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -4.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £43,500 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £74,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
+5.55% +5.88%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101523 114414 118763
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.40% 94.78% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 84418 98091 100446
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Interaction Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Interaction Designer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Interaction Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Interaction Designer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Interaction Designer within the UK.

Interaction Designer Salary Trend

Interaction Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Interaction Designer over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Interaction Designer Salary Histogram

Interaction Designer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Designer within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +28 29 £50,000 +11.11%
London +39 21 £50,000 +21.21%
City of London +10 9 £60,000 -4.00%
South East - 7 £47,500 -
East Sussex - 5 £47,500 -
Brighton - 5 £47,500 -
Harrow - 2 - -
Surrey - 2 £65,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £57,500 -
Coventry - 1 £57,500 -

Interaction Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Interaction Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Interaction Designer in their job title.

1 18 (34.62%) CSS
2 17 (32.69%) Axure RP
3 16 (30.77%) HTML
4 13 (25.00%) Adobe
5 12 (23.08%) JavaScript
6 11 (21.15%) Photoshop
7 10 (19.23%) Apple iOS
7 10 (19.23%) Workflow
7 10 (19.23%) Finance
8 9 (17.31%) Apple
8 9 (17.31%) Android
9 8 (15.38%) Progressive Enhancement
10 7 (13.46%) Degree
10 7 (13.46%) Advertising
10 7 (13.46%) Adobe Illustrator
10 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (11.54%) Internet
11 6 (11.54%) Psychology
11 6 (11.54%) RIA
11 6 (11.54%) Mobile App
12 5 (9.615%) Analytics
12 5 (9.615%) Marketing
12 5 (9.615%) Ergonomics
12 5 (9.615%) Information Architecture
12 5 (9.615%) HTML5
12 5 (9.615%) MS Visio
12 5 (9.615%) Sony
13 4 (7.692%) Web Design
13 4 (7.692%) Usability Testing
13 4 (7.692%) OmniGraffle

Interaction Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Interaction Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Interaction Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (34.62%) CSS
2 16 (30.77%) HTML
3 5 (9.615%) HTML5
4 4 (7.692%) Ajax
4 4 (7.692%) jQuery
5 2 (3.846%) Flash
5 2 (3.846%) Web Services
6 1 (1.923%) QML
6 1 (1.923%) Qt
6 1 (1.923%) XML
6 1 (1.923%) XHTML
Applications
1 11 (21.15%) Photoshop
2 7 (13.46%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (9.615%) MS Visio
4 4 (7.692%) OmniGraffle
5 2 (3.846%) Fireworks
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.54%) Internet
2 1 (1.923%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 17 (32.69%) Axure RP
2 2 (3.846%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 10 (19.23%) Finance
2 7 (13.46%) Advertising
3 5 (9.615%) Marketing
4 3 (5.769%) Banking
5 2 (3.846%) Retail
5 2 (3.846%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) Psychology
1 6 (11.54%) RIA
1 6 (11.54%) Mobile App
2 5 (9.615%) Ergonomics
3 4 (7.692%) Digital Media
4 3 (5.769%) iPhone
4 3 (5.769%) Online Banking
5 2 (3.846%) W3C
5 2 (3.846%) Social Media
5 2 (3.846%) Visualisation
6 1 (1.923%) Online Games
6 1 (1.923%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.923%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.23%) Apple iOS
2 9 (17.31%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.23%) Workflow
2 8 (15.38%) Progressive Enhancement
3 7 (13.46%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (9.615%) Analytics
4 5 (9.615%) Information Architecture
5 4 (7.692%) Web Design
5 4 (7.692%) Usability Testing
6 3 (5.769%) Responsive Web Design
6 3 (5.769%) Graceful Degradation
7 2 (3.846%) Data Analysis
7 2 (3.846%) SEO
7 2 (3.846%) Scrum
7 2 (3.846%) Validation
7 2 (3.846%) B2B
7 2 (3.846%) Web Development
7 2 (3.846%) Web Analytics
7 2 (3.846%) Use Case
8 1 (1.923%) User Experience Design
8 1 (1.923%) Project Management
8 1 (1.923%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.08%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.923%) Ruby
2 1 (1.923%) XAML
Qualifications
1 7 (13.46%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (25.00%) Adobe
2 9 (17.31%) Apple
3 5 (9.615%) Sony
London
Must have: - Axure - Omnigraffle - Photoshop - Illustrator - InDesign This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced and established specialist user experience design consultancy, where you will be working...
ITHR 48 Digital
Salary: £25,000 - £45,000 per year
Posted: 7 May 2013
City of London
Must have: Axure Omnigraffle Photoshop Illustrator InDesign This is a fantastic opportunity to join an experienced and established specialist user experience design consultancy, where you will be working...
ITHR
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
City of London
Interaction Designer - City of London - Highly Competitive SalaryWorking closely with our team of designers, the successful candidate will help deliver the complex digital interaction and information design projects...
I4 Rec
Salary: competitive salary
Posted: 9 May 2013
City of London
An appreciation of graphic design methodologies and deliverables... A robust working knowledge of design software including Axure, Omnigraffle, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Education to degree level, or a...
ITHR
Posted: 22 May 2013
Central London / West End
DeepMind Technologies are an ambitious London-based technology start-up building cutting edge machine learning algorithms, funded and supported by a handful of the most successful technology entrepreneurs...
Deep Mind technology
Posted: 29 April 2013