Interaction Design Job Trends in Scotland

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 146 -
Rank change year-on-year +6 - -
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 1 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.037% 0.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.045% 0.12% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £47,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% - -
75th Percentile £47,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £63,076 £58,465 £50,702
% change year-on-year +7.89% +15.31% -22.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,221 2,547 2,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 81.83% 91.52% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 1,128 1,118 1,721
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,656 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,927 £83,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Scotland

Interaction Design
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Interaction Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Design within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 1 £47,500 - 2
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Research