Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Interaction Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Interaction Design over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 726 750 558
Rank change year-on-year +24 -192 +122
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 182 249 877
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.19% 0.23% 0.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.24% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 105 107 257
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,037
25th Percentile £40,988 £47,672 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £62,200 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £86,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £46,850
% change year-on-year -16.67% +28.07% -14.82%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Interaction Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 83,814 101,905 146,218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 95.67% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 59,590 59,680 83,719
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,882 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.90% +4.54% +9.38%

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 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Top 17 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 19 April 2024. 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
UK excluding London +51 152 £50,000 -16.67% 42
England +30 125 £57,500 -11.54% 47
Work from Home +115 76 £46,855 -20.58% 18
North of England +107 63 £57,965 -13.16% 13
Scotland -7 55 £58,800 +27.39% 10
London +82 30 £70,000 +3.70% 17
North West +38 29 £57,965 -13.16% 5
Midlands +22 23 £42,500 - 6
North East +12 18 £57,965 - 4
Yorkshire +110 16 £43,387 - 7
West Midlands +37 15 £41,774 - 4
East Midlands -12 8 £45,000 - 2
South West -7 4 £49,522 +13.70% 7
South East -8 4 £50,000 -34.43% 8
Wales +6 1 £58,800 +61.10% 2
East of England -34 1 £35,000 -41.67% 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £58,800 - 2

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (2.20%) CMS
Applications
1 15 (8.24%) Sketch
2 10 (5.49%) Adobe XD
3 4 (2.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (2.20%) InVision
4 2 (1.10%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.55%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (0.55%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 74 (40.66%) Figma
2 43 (23.63%) SurveyMonkey
3 11 (6.04%) Azure
4 7 (3.85%) dbt
4 7 (3.85%) Heroku
5 5 (2.75%) Azure Stack
5 5 (2.75%) IaaS
5 5 (2.75%) PaaS
5 5 (2.75%) SaaS
6 4 (2.20%) Azure API Management
6 4 (2.20%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (2.20%) Azure Monitor
6 4 (2.20%) Azure Sentinel
6 4 (2.20%) Azure Service Bus
6 4 (2.20%) Cloudflare
7 2 (1.10%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.30%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.20%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (6.04%) JIRA
2 1 (0.55%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.55%) Git
General
1 71 (39.01%) Finance
2 68 (37.36%) Marketing
3 62 (34.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 54 (29.67%) Law
5 46 (25.27%) Public Sector
6 36 (19.78%) Social Skills
7 32 (17.58%) Social Science
8 10 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (5.49%) Retail
9 6 (3.30%) Legal
10 5 (2.75%) Automotive
11 1 (0.55%) Banking
11 1 (0.55%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 111 (60.99%) Designer
2 62 (34.07%) Interaction Designer
3 43 (23.63%) Lead
4 35 (19.23%) Senior
5 34 (18.68%) UX Designer
6 32 (17.58%) Senior Designer
7 20 (10.99%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 11 (6.04%) Product Designer
8 11 (6.04%) Senior UX Designer
8 11 (6.04%) UI Designer
8 11 (6.04%) User Experience Researcher
9 10 (5.49%) UI/UX Designer
9 10 (5.49%) User Researcher
10 8 (4.40%) Lead Designer
11 6 (3.30%) Architect
11 6 (3.30%) Technical Architect
12 5 (2.75%) Associate Director
12 5 (2.75%) Technology Director
13 2 (1.10%) Junior UX Designer
13 2 (1.10%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (18.13%) HTML
2 32 (17.58%) CSS
3 15 (8.24%) React
4 6 (3.30%) Next.js
5 4 (2.20%) .NET
5 4 (2.20%) .NET Framework
5 4 (2.20%) Node.js
5 4 (2.20%) REST
5 4 (2.20%) RESTful
6 2 (1.10%) DOM
6 2 (1.10%) HTML5
6 2 (1.10%) Sass
7 1 (0.55%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.55%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 38 (20.88%) Market Risk
2 18 (9.89%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.04%) Cloud Native
4 8 (4.40%) Blockchain
4 8 (4.40%) Mobile App
5 6 (3.30%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (2.20%) Distributed Architecture
6 4 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.10%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.55%) Social Media
8 1 (0.55%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.55%) Vector Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 107 (58.79%) User Experience
2 95 (52.20%) User Research
3 79 (43.41%) Service Design
4 76 (41.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 68 (37.36%) Prototyping
6 63 (34.62%) Agile
6 63 (34.62%) UX Design
7 62 (34.07%) Psychology
8 55 (30.22%) UX Research
9 51 (28.02%) Fintech
10 50 (27.47%) Analytics
10 50 (27.47%) Qualitative Research
11 48 (26.37%) Cognitive Science
12 47 (25.82%) Information Architecture
13 46 (25.27%) Actionable Insight
14 44 (24.18%) Design Patterns
14 44 (24.18%) Mentoring
15 43 (23.63%) Anthropology
16 42 (23.08%) Wireframes
17 41 (22.53%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (17.58%) R
2 26 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.30%) Bash
3 6 (3.30%) C#
3 6 (3.30%) PowerShell
3 6 (3.30%) Python
4 4 (2.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 70 (38.46%) Degree
2 43 (23.63%) Master's Degree
2 43 (23.63%) PhD
3 9 (4.95%) SC Cleared
3 9 (4.95%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.55%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 36 (19.78%) WCAG
3 4 (2.20%) GDPR
3 4 (2.20%) ISO 9000
3 4 (2.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.20%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.65%) Actionable Recommendations
Systems Management
1 6 (3.30%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (17.58%) Qualtrics
2 20 (10.99%) Adobe
3 11 (6.04%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.10%) CA Agile Central
4 2 (1.10%) Google