Interaction Design Job Trends in England

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 632 625 721
Rank change year-on-year -7 +96 -18
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 84 26 126
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.098% 0.064% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.069% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 67 9 107
10th Percentile £43,983 £42,250 £39,390
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -22.37% -10.82%
75th Percentile £74,375 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.35% -2.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 62,816 37,531 76,318
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.62% 91.72% 82.36%
Number of salaries quoted 44,311 20,827 55,158
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £29,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.12%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in England

Interaction Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Interaction Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Design within the England region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
North of England -29 34 £65,000 +44.44% 7
London +3 30 £75,000 +15.38% 24
North West +12 15 £70,000 +55.56% 1
Midlands -22 12 £45,249 -37.59% 1
West Midlands -9 11 £45,497 -37.25%
Yorkshire -19 11 £65,000 - 2
North East -42 8 £55,000 -15.38% 4
South East -25 4 £26,890 - 6
East Midlands - 1 £38,600 - 1
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 1 (1.19%) CMS
1 1 (1.19%) Confluence
1 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (14.29%) Sketch
2 5 (5.95%) Adobe XD
2 5 (5.95%) InVision
3 3 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.19%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 28 (33.33%) Figma
2 6 (7.14%) SaaS
3 5 (5.95%) GitHub
3 5 (5.95%) Miro
4 4 (4.76%) GitHub Copilot
4 4 (4.76%) Heroku
5 1 (1.19%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.19%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.38%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.19%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.19%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (4.76%) Visual Studio
2 2 (2.38%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.19%) JIRA
General
1 25 (29.76%) Public Sector
2 13 (15.48%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.76%) Retail
4 3 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.57%) Law
5 2 (2.38%) Finance
5 2 (2.38%) Games
6 1 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.19%) Banking
6 1 (1.19%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.19%) Police
6 1 (1.19%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 78 (92.86%) Designer
2 52 (61.90%) Interaction Designer
3 28 (33.33%) Senior
4 26 (30.95%) Senior Designer
5 20 (23.81%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 19 (22.62%) UX Designer
7 8 (9.52%) Product Designer
8 5 (5.95%) Senior Product Designer
8 5 (5.95%) Senior UX Designer
8 5 (5.95%) Service Designer
8 5 (5.95%) UI Designer
8 5 (5.95%) UI/UX Designer
9 4 (4.76%) Senior UI Designer
9 4 (4.76%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 3 (3.57%) Analyst
10 3 (3.57%) Trainee
11 2 (2.38%) Developer
11 2 (2.38%) JavaScript Developer
11 2 (2.38%) Junior
11 2 (2.38%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (10.71%) HTML
2 7 (8.33%) CSS
3 4 (4.76%) .NET
3 4 (4.76%) Blazor
3 4 (4.76%) Material Design
3 4 (4.76%) WebAssembly
4 1 (1.19%) CSS3
4 1 (1.19%) HTML5
4 1 (1.19%) React
4 1 (1.19%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.95%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.57%) Graphic Design
2 3 (3.57%) NHS
3 2 (2.38%) Blog
4 1 (1.19%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.19%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.57%) Windows
2 1 (1.19%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (41.67%) User Experience
2 33 (39.29%) UX Design
3 29 (34.52%) User Research
4 26 (30.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 23 (27.38%) Wireframes
6 18 (21.43%) Agile
7 17 (20.24%) Prototyping
8 14 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 8 (9.52%) Coaching
9 8 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.52%) Responsive Web Design
10 7 (8.33%) AI
10 7 (8.33%) Microinteractions
10 7 (8.33%) Service Design
11 6 (7.14%) CRM
11 6 (7.14%) User Stories
12 5 (5.95%) Creative Thinking
12 5 (5.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 5 (5.95%) Usability Testing
13 4 (4.76%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.76%) C#
2 3 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.19%) SQL
3 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.52%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.76%) Degree
4 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (35.71%) Accessibility
2 19 (22.62%) WCAG
3 1 (1.19%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.19%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (10.71%) Adobe
2 2 (2.38%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.19%) Palantir