Interaction Designer Job Trends

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer salary in the UK is £53,171 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 674 786
Rank change year-on-year -7 +112 +55
Permanent jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 81 6 93
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.082% 0.012% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.087% 0.014% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 66 3 90
10th Percentile - £47,000 -
25th Percentile £45,000 £53,750 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 £65,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -18.20% +11.18% +6.30%
75th Percentile £65,000 - £62,200
90th Percentile £71,958 - £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £65,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year -18.46% +11.18% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,213 44,199 93,038
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 89.97% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 63,958 26,129 66,038
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £39,390
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.66% -12.42%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £70,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.66%

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Interaction Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Interaction Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Interaction Designer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Interaction Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Interaction Designer job vacancies in the UK

Interaction Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interaction Designer over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. 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 -36 49 £57,500 -11.54% 8
UK excluding London -29 44 £53,000 -18.46% 6
Work from Home +5 31 £65,463 +0.71% 3
North of England -8 23 £60,000 -7.69% 4
London -8 18 £72,500 - 3
Wales - 16 £53,000 - 1
Yorkshire -27 9 £65,000 -
North West 0 7 £65,000 +44.44%
North East -51 7 £55,000 -15.38% 4
Midlands - 5 £45,000 -
West Midlands - 5 £45,000 -

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 17 July 2026, Interaction Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 69 (85.19%) Interaction Design
2 31 (38.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 26 (32.10%) Agile
3 26 (32.10%) Prototyping
4 25 (30.86%) Accessibility
4 25 (30.86%) User Research
5 22 (27.16%) Figma
6 19 (23.46%) Mentoring
7 15 (18.52%) Usability Testing
7 15 (18.52%) User Experience
7 15 (18.52%) Wireframes
8 14 (17.28%) UX Design
9 13 (16.05%) WCAG
10 12 (14.81%) Coaching
10 12 (14.81%) Design Patterns
11 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
12 8 (9.88%) Community of Practice
12 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
12 8 (9.88%) Sketch
13 7 (8.64%) Adobe
13 7 (8.64%) Adobe XD
13 7 (8.64%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (7.41%) Line Management
14 6 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
15 5 (6.17%) Design Thinking
15 5 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 4 (4.94%) Heroku
16 4 (4.94%) HTML
16 4 (4.94%) InVision

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 8 (9.88%) Sketch
2 7 (8.64%) Adobe XD
3 4 (4.94%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 22 (27.16%) Figma
2 4 (4.94%) Heroku
3 1 (1.23%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.47%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (2.47%) Axure RP
General
1 29 (35.80%) Public Sector
2 11 (13.58%) Social Skills
3 8 (9.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (9.88%) Legal
4 3 (3.70%) Finance
5 2 (2.47%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) HTML
2 1 (1.23%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.94%) Blog
2 3 (3.70%) Graphic Design
3 2 (2.47%) NHS
4 1 (1.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.23%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (85.19%) Interaction Design
2 31 (38.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 26 (32.10%) Agile
3 26 (32.10%) Prototyping
4 25 (30.86%) User Research
5 19 (23.46%) Mentoring
6 15 (18.52%) Usability Testing
6 15 (18.52%) User Experience
6 15 (18.52%) Wireframes
7 14 (17.28%) UX Design
8 12 (14.81%) Coaching
8 12 (14.81%) Design Patterns
9 9 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (9.88%) Community of Practice
11 7 (8.64%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 6 (7.41%) Line Management
12 6 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (6.17%) Design Thinking
13 5 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 4 (4.94%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (9.88%) Security Cleared
2 6 (7.41%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (30.86%) Accessibility
2 13 (16.05%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (8.64%) Adobe
2 1 (1.23%) Microsoft