Interaction Design Job Trends

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs 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 602 649 639
Rank change year-on-year +47 -10 +87
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 47 74 72
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.080% 0.13% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.096% 0.14% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 35 45 51
10th Percentile £41,714 - £39,748
25th Percentile £47,250 £42,200 £43,388
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £58,465 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +15.31% -18.88%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,991 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,200 £74,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,750 £58,465 £47,500
% change year-on-year -14.91% +23.08% -13.40%

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 48,869 51,114 45,586
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.21% 89.15% 93.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28,622 26,047 34,927
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,952 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.00% +4.76% -2.78%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Interaction Design
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Interaction Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Top 14 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 17 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
England +57 43 £63,076 +7.89% 32
UK excluding London +28 26 £49,750 -14.91% 35
Work from Home +69 23 £57,788 -1.16% 31
North of England +6 12 £50,750 -13.20% 15
Yorkshire -10 8 £45,000 -23.03% 2
South East +43 7 - - 7
London +43 6 £85,000 +21.43% 9
West Midlands +27 4 £50,000 -0.97% 3
Midlands +25 4 £50,000 +17.61% 4
North West +23 2 £57,788 -3.69% 8
North East +1 2 £63,076 +6.49% 5
South West +8 1 - - 4
Wales +2 1 £49,500 +16.44%
Scotland +2 1 £47,500 -20.83% 5

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (4.26%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (14.89%) Adobe XD
1 7 (14.89%) Sketch
2 5 (10.64%) InVision
3 3 (6.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.13%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 19 (40.43%) Figma
2 7 (14.89%) GitHub
3 5 (10.64%) Heroku
3 5 (10.64%) SaaS
4 2 (4.26%) GitHub Copilot
5 1 (2.13%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (23.40%) Marketing
1 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 8 (17.02%) Legal
3 6 (12.77%) Public Sector
4 4 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.26%) Police
Job Titles
1 29 (61.70%) Designer
2 15 (31.91%) Interaction Designer
3 14 (29.79%) Senior
4 8 (17.02%) Senior Designer
4 8 (17.02%) User Researcher
5 7 (14.89%) Architect
5 7 (14.89%) User Experience Architect
6 6 (12.77%) Senior User Researcher
7 4 (8.51%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 4 (8.51%) Systems Designer
8 3 (6.38%) Content Designer
8 3 (6.38%) Developer
9 2 (4.26%) Blazor Developer
9 2 (4.26%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (4.26%) Product Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Service Designer
9 2 (4.26%) UX Designer
9 2 (4.26%) UX Developer
10 1 (2.13%) User Experience Researcher
10 1 (2.13%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (25.53%) CSS
1 12 (25.53%) HTML
2 5 (10.64%) Node.js
3 4 (8.51%) Semantic HTML
4 2 (4.26%) .NET
4 2 (4.26%) Blazor
4 2 (4.26%) Material Design
4 2 (4.26%) WebAssembly
5 1 (2.13%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.38%) Blog
2 2 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.13%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.13%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.13%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
3 1 (2.13%) Social Media
3 1 (2.13%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.51%) Android
1 4 (8.51%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (72.34%) User Research
2 33 (70.21%) User Experience
3 24 (51.06%) Agile
4 23 (48.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 19 (40.43%) Prototyping
6 17 (36.17%) Service Design
7 15 (31.91%) UX Design
7 15 (31.91%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (29.79%) Mentoring
9 13 (27.66%) Usability Testing
10 12 (25.53%) Design Thinking
11 11 (23.40%) Journey Map
11 11 (23.40%) Wireframes
12 9 (19.15%) Actionable Insight
12 9 (19.15%) Business Analysis
12 9 (19.15%) Coaching
12 9 (19.15%) Customer Experience
13 8 (17.02%) User Stories
14 7 (14.89%) Business Process Analysis
14 7 (14.89%) Persona Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (4.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (25.53%) SC Cleared
1 12 (25.53%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (48.94%) Accessibility
2 9 (19.15%) WCAG
3 6 (12.77%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (4.26%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Adobe
2 1 (2.13%) YouTube