Interaction Design Jobs

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Interaction Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Interaction Design over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 702 743
Rank change year-on-year +24 +41 -242
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 33 210 223
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.21% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.064% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 13 129 99
10th Percentile £41,500 £39,390 £40,800
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £70,250 £62,200 £75,625
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £85,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -25.00% +29.87%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design.

Salary trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Design within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England +38 25 £55,000 +1.77% 315
Work from Home +43 16 £65,000 +55.60% 207
London +111 15 £85,000 +44.56% 73
UK excluding London +24 13 £55,000 +22.22% 284
North of England -34 5 £45,000 -22.37% 63
North West -33 3 £45,000 -22.37% 29
South East +86 2 - - 83
Wales +46 2 £61,750 +56.77% 8
South West +105 1 £42,500 -4.73% 34
Scotland +68 1 - - 16
West Midlands +48 1 £72,500 +73.55% 29
Northern Ireland +41 1 - - 4
Midlands +40 1 £72,500 +73.55% 50
Yorkshire +38 1 £65,000 +44.44% 27
North East +31 1 £65,000 +12.14% 7

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Sketch
2 4 (12.12%) Adobe XD
3 3 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (3.03%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) Figma
2 4 (12.12%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.03%) AWS
General
1 15 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (9.09%) Finance
4 3 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.06%) Banking
5 2 (6.06%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (6.06%) Publishing
6 1 (3.03%) Law
6 1 (3.03%) Legal
6 1 (3.03%) Multimedia
6 1 (3.03%) Turkish Language
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Designer
2 9 (27.27%) UX Designer
3 6 (18.18%) Interaction Designer
3 6 (18.18%) Senior
4 5 (15.15%) Product Designer
4 5 (15.15%) Senior Designer
4 5 (15.15%) Senior Interaction Designer
5 3 (9.09%) Lead
6 2 (6.06%) Analyst
6 2 (6.06%) Content Designer
6 2 (6.06%) Developer
6 2 (6.06%) Performance Analyst
7 1 (3.03%) Design Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Designer
7 1 (3.03%) Lead Software Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) Software Design Engineer
7 1 (3.03%) UI Designer
7 1 (3.03%) UI Developer
7 1 (3.03%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.15%) CSS
1 5 (15.15%) HTML
2 2 (6.06%) React
3 1 (3.03%) AngularJS
3 1 (3.03%) CSS3
3 1 (3.03%) Framer.js
3 1 (3.03%) HTML5
3 1 (3.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Mobile App
1 4 (12.12%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.06%) Graphic Design
2 2 (6.06%) Hackathon
3 1 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (66.67%) User Experience
2 18 (54.55%) User Research
2 18 (54.55%) UX Design
3 17 (51.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 13 (39.39%) Agile
5 12 (36.36%) Wireframes
6 9 (27.27%) Coaching
7 8 (24.24%) Prototyping
8 7 (21.21%) Customer-Centricity
8 7 (21.21%) Usability Testing
9 6 (18.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 6 (18.18%) Mentoring
9 6 (18.18%) Service Design
10 5 (15.15%) Data Analysis
10 5 (15.15%) Human-Centred Design
11 4 (12.12%) Analytics
11 4 (12.12%) Front End Development
11 4 (12.12%) Software Engineering
11 4 (12.12%) Storytelling
12 3 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 4 (12.12%) JavaScript
2 2 (6.06%) SQL
3 1 (3.03%) Java
3 1 (3.03%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.12%) Degree
2 3 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (39.39%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.06%) WCAG
3 1 (3.03%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Adobe
2 4 (12.12%) Google
3 2 (6.06%) Mercator
4 1 (3.03%) Hotjar