Interaction Designer Job Trends

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer salary in the UK is £46,713 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 December 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 617 683 688
Rank change year-on-year +66 +5 +320
Permanent jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 26 21 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.044% 0.038% 0.037%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.040% 0.039%
Number of salaries quoted 24 19 18
10th Percentile - - £39,748
25th Percentile £45,000 £55,938 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,713 £58,465 £40,887
Median % change year-on-year -20.10% +42.99% -25.93%
75th Percentile £70,001 £60,991 £42,561
90th Percentile £72,500 - £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 53,945 51,888 49,263
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.44% 93.39% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 33,290 27,533 38,048
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,598 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,715
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 28 December 2025.

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 28 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 +81 24 £45,000 -23.03% 12
UK excluding London +48 14 £45,000 -23.03% 8
North of England +16 11 £45,000 -23.03% 5
Work from Home +69 10 £45,000 -23.03% 12
North West +24 5 £45,000 -23.03% 2
Yorkshire -11 4 £45,000 -24.03% 2
London +68 3 £45,000 - 4
North East +12 2 £45,000 -25.00% 1
West Midlands +32 1 £45,000 -23.03% 1
Midlands +22 1 £45,000 -23.03% 1
South West - 1 - -
Wales - 1 £49,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 28 December 2025, 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 24 (92.31%) Interaction Design
2 14 (53.85%) Prototyping
2 14 (53.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 13 (50.00%) Agile
4 12 (46.15%) User Research
5 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
6 8 (30.77%) Figma
6 8 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (26.92%) Adobe
7 7 (26.92%) Adobe XD
7 7 (26.92%) CSS
7 7 (26.92%) HTML
7 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
7 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
7 7 (26.92%) Wireframes
8 6 (23.08%) InVision
8 6 (23.08%) Sketch
8 6 (23.08%) User Stories
9 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
9 5 (19.23%) Data Analysis
9 5 (19.23%) GitHub
9 5 (19.23%) Heroku
9 5 (19.23%) Information Architecture
9 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
9 5 (19.23%) Node.js
9 5 (19.23%) Rapid Prototyping
10 4 (15.38%) Service Design
10 4 (15.38%) User Experience
11 3 (11.54%) Coaching
11 3 (11.54%) 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 7 (26.92%) Adobe XD
2 6 (23.08%) InVision
2 6 (23.08%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 8 (30.77%) Figma
2 5 (19.23%) GitHub
2 5 (19.23%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.85%) GIS
General
1 6 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.69%) Police
2 2 (7.69%) Public Sector
3 1 (3.85%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (26.92%) CSS
1 7 (26.92%) HTML
2 5 (19.23%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Blog
2 1 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (92.31%) Interaction Design
2 14 (53.85%) Prototyping
2 14 (53.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 13 (50.00%) Agile
4 12 (46.15%) User Research
5 9 (34.62%) Mentoring
6 8 (30.77%) Workshop Facilitation
7 7 (26.92%) Wireframes
8 6 (23.08%) User Stories
9 5 (19.23%) Data Analysis
9 5 (19.23%) Information Architecture
9 5 (19.23%) Rapid Prototyping
10 4 (15.38%) Service Design
10 4 (15.38%) User Experience
11 3 (11.54%) Coaching
11 3 (11.54%) SEO
11 3 (11.54%) Software Engineering
12 2 (7.69%) Business Analysis
12 2 (7.69%) Change Management
12 2 (7.69%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (19.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) SC Cleared
1 7 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.85%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Adobe
2 1 (3.85%) YouTube