Interaction Design Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design (IxD)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 60 38
Rank change year-on-year +4 -22 +28
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 4 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.69% 0.86% 1.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.96% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 3
10th Percentile - - £40,198
25th Percentile - £55,938 £40,494
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £60,000 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +43.63% -38.11%
75th Percentile £55,320 £60,991 £53,780
90th Percentile £61,512 - £60,512
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £59,232 £41,774
% change year-on-year -24.03% +41.79% -38.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 465 521 294
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 80.59% 89.52% 92.16%
Number of salaries quoted 347 233 257
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,850 £30,650
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,988 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,777 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Interaction Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Salary Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 26 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Interaction Design in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
3 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (25.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
1 2 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (25.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile First
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (25.00%) User Research
2 1 (25.00%) UX Research
2 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe