Interaction Designer Job Trends

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 667 727 755
Rank change year-on-year +60 +28 +324
Permanent jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 6 65 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.084% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.014% 0.088% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 6 64 15
10th Percentile £44,875 - £39,748
25th Percentile £51,688 £39,390 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £58,465 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.18% +16.93% +11.11%
75th Percentile £70,625 £62,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,250 £58,465 £39,748
% change year-on-year -2.08% +47.09% -11.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,155 74,074 57,839
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.61% 95.25% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 25,862 44,536 44,785
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Interaction Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Designer 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Top 8 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 16 September 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 +62 5 £65,000 +11.18% 10
UK excluding London +45 4 £57,250 -2.08% 14
Work from Home +28 3 £65,000 +65.02% 11
North of England +20 3 £65,000 +9.43%
Wales +19 1 £49,500 +25.67% 4
North East +10 1 £65,000 +8.33%
Yorkshire +4 1 £65,000 +8.33%
North West -7 1 £45,000 -23.25%

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 September 2025, Interaction Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 4 (66.67%) Adobe XD
2 4 (66.67%) Figma
2 4 (66.67%) Adobe
3 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Agile
3 3 (50.00%) Sketch
3 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (50.00%) User Research
4 2 (33.33%) InVision
4 2 (33.33%) User Experience
4 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
4 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
4 2 (33.33%) Heroku
4 2 (33.33%) Node.js
4 2 (33.33%) GitHub
4 2 (33.33%) User Stories
4 2 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
4 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
4 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) WCAG
5 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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 4 (66.67%) Adobe XD
2 3 (50.00%) Sketch
3 2 (33.33%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Figma
2 2 (33.33%) GitHub
2 2 (33.33%) Heroku
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) CSS
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Node.js
3 1 (16.67%) Framer.js
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 3 (50.00%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (50.00%) User Research
2 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 2 (33.33%) Information Architecture
3 2 (33.33%) Rapid Prototyping
3 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 2 (33.33%) User Stories
3 2 (33.33%) Wireframes
3 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Community of Practice
4 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Microinteractions
4 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
4 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Adobe