Interaction Designer Job Trends

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer salary in the UK is £48,425 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 624 692 694
Rank change year-on-year +68 +2 +309
Permanent jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 27 19 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.046% 0.034% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.037% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 25 17 18
10th Percentile - - £39,748
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,425 £58,465 £40,887
Median % change year-on-year -17.17% +42.99% -25.93%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,991 £42,561
90th Percentile £74,000 - £54,787
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £58,465 £40,000
% change year-on-year -23.03% +46.16% -13.34%

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 53,514 51,440 48,883
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.46% 93.14% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,905 27,168 37,760
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,956 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Top 12 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 1 January 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 +82 25 £45,000 -23.03% 12
UK excluding London +62 14 £45,000 -23.03% 12
Work from Home +73 11 £45,000 -23.03% 13
North of England +23 11 £45,000 -23.03% 6
North West +29 5 £45,000 -23.03% 2
London +32 4 £57,500 - 5
Yorkshire -7 4 £45,000 -23.03% 2
North East +7 2 £45,000 -24.03% 2
Midlands +20 1 £45,000 -23.03% 1
West Midlands +17 1 £45,000 -23.03% 1
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £49,500 - 3

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 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 25 (92.59%) Interaction Design
2 15 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 14 (51.85%) Agile
3 14 (51.85%) Prototyping
4 12 (44.44%) User Research
5 10 (37.04%) Mentoring
6 9 (33.33%) Figma
7 8 (29.63%) Adobe
7 8 (29.63%) Adobe XD
7 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
7 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
7 8 (29.63%) Wireframes
7 8 (29.63%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (25.93%) CSS
8 7 (25.93%) HTML
8 7 (25.93%) InVision
8 7 (25.93%) Sketch
9 6 (22.22%) User Stories
10 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
10 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
10 5 (18.52%) GitHub
10 5 (18.52%) Heroku
10 5 (18.52%) Information Architecture
10 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
10 5 (18.52%) Node.js
10 5 (18.52%) Rapid Prototyping
11 4 (14.81%) Service Design
11 4 (14.81%) User Experience
12 3 (11.11%) Coaching
12 3 (11.11%) Degree

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 (29.63%) Adobe XD
2 7 (25.93%) InVision
2 7 (25.93%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Figma
2 5 (18.52%) GitHub
2 5 (18.52%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) GIS
General
1 6 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 3 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 2 (7.41%) Police
4 1 (3.70%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.93%) CSS
1 7 (25.93%) HTML
2 5 (18.52%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Blog
2 1 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (92.59%) Interaction Design
2 15 (55.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 14 (51.85%) Agile
3 14 (51.85%) Prototyping
4 12 (44.44%) User Research
5 10 (37.04%) Mentoring
6 8 (29.63%) Wireframes
6 8 (29.63%) Workshop Facilitation
7 6 (22.22%) User Stories
8 5 (18.52%) Data Analysis
8 5 (18.52%) Information Architecture
8 5 (18.52%) Rapid Prototyping
9 4 (14.81%) Service Design
9 4 (14.81%) User Experience
10 3 (11.11%) Coaching
10 3 (11.11%) Line Management
10 3 (11.11%) SEO
10 3 (11.11%) Software Engineering
11 2 (7.41%) Business Analysis
11 2 (7.41%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (18.52%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (29.63%) SC Cleared
1 8 (29.63%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.70%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (29.63%) Adobe
2 1 (3.70%) YouTube