Interaction Design Job Trends in Manchester

Interaction Design (IxD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 147 138
Rank change year-on-year +14 -9 +105
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 1 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.038% 0.35% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.38% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - £65,375 £58,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £65,938 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.32% +9.62% -3.17%
75th Percentile £53,750 £75,938 £77,500
90th Percentile - £76,125 £80,500
North West median annual salary £57,788 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.69% -7.69% +30.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

Interaction Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,204 2,646 2,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 83.55% 92.39% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,270 1,257 1,602
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,650 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,893 £55,000 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.01% -6.38% +2.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +0.64%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Interaction Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Interaction Design
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Interaction Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Microinteractions
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design