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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 649 625 655
Rank change year-on-year -24 +30 -32
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 75 30 113
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.079% 0.068% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.076% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 56 13 92
10th Percentile £37,900 £41,074 £39,390
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £52,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £58,215
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -22.70% -10.44%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,750 £61,293
90th Percentile - £65,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £45,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +17.78% -22.37% +5.39%

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 69,838 39,267 58,550
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.63% 89.29% 81.16%
Number of salaries quoted 49,329 22,677 38,246
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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
London -35 27 £75,000 +71.43% 76
North of England -38 24 £57,500 +27.78% 19
North West -9 12 £75,000 +66.67% 6
South East -34 12 £40,000 - 9
Midlands -21 7 £45,000 -20.00% 7
North East -56 7 £55,000 -15.38% 6
West Midlands -13 6 £45,000 -20.00% 5
Yorkshire -28 5 £45,249 +10.16% 7
South West -74 2 - - 8
East Midlands - 1 £38,600 - 2
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 5 (6.67%) CMS
2 1 (1.33%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (13.33%) Sketch
2 3 (4.00%) Adobe XD
3 2 (2.67%) InDesign
3 2 (2.67%) InVision
4 1 (1.33%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 23 (30.67%) Figma
2 4 (5.33%) Heroku
3 3 (4.00%) Miro
4 2 (2.67%) SaaS
5 1 (1.33%) GitHub
5 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.33%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.33%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Axure RP
1 1 (1.33%) JIRA
General
1 21 (28.00%) Public Sector
2 17 (22.67%) Social Skills
3 13 (17.33%) Finance
4 7 (9.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.33%) Law
5 4 (5.33%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (5.33%) Retail
6 3 (4.00%) Banking
6 3 (4.00%) Investment Banking
7 2 (2.67%) Games
7 2 (2.67%) Legal
7 2 (2.67%) Marketing
7 2 (2.67%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (1.33%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.33%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.33%) Social Housing
8 1 (1.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 62 (82.67%) Designer
2 36 (48.00%) Interaction Designer
3 21 (28.00%) Senior
4 19 (25.33%) Senior Designer
5 12 (16.00%) Product Designer
5 12 (16.00%) UX Designer
6 9 (12.00%) Senior Product Designer
6 9 (12.00%) UI Designer
7 8 (10.67%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 6 (8.00%) Service Designer
8 6 (8.00%) UI/UX Designer
9 5 (6.67%) Senior UI Designer
10 4 (5.33%) Architect
10 4 (5.33%) Lead
10 4 (5.33%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 4 (5.33%) Senior UX Designer
10 4 (5.33%) UI Architect
11 3 (4.00%) Analyst
11 3 (4.00%) Product Lead
11 3 (4.00%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.67%) HTML
2 6 (8.00%) CSS
3 2 (2.67%) Material Design
4 1 (1.33%) CSS3
4 1 (1.33%) HTML5
4 1 (1.33%) React
4 1 (1.33%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.33%) Graphic Design
2 3 (4.00%) Blog
2 3 (4.00%) NHS
3 2 (2.67%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.67%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.33%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.33%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (1.33%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.33%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.00%) Windows
2 1 (1.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (53.33%) User Experience
2 36 (48.00%) UX Design
3 29 (38.67%) User Research
4 23 (30.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (22.67%) Prototyping
5 17 (22.67%) Wireframes
6 15 (20.00%) Mentoring
7 13 (17.33%) Agile
8 11 (14.67%) Service Design
9 10 (13.33%) Coaching
10 9 (12.00%) Design Thinking
10 9 (12.00%) Storytelling
11 7 (9.33%) Analytics
11 7 (9.33%) Journey Map
11 7 (9.33%) Usability Testing
11 7 (9.33%) Workshop Facilitation
12 6 (8.00%) AI
12 6 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (8.00%) CRM
12 6 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.67%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.33%) C
3 1 (1.33%) SQL
3 1 (1.33%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 8 (10.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (9.33%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.00%) Degree
4 1 (1.33%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 15 (20.00%) WCAG
3 1 (1.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (8.00%) Adobe
2 4 (5.33%) Foundry
3 2 (2.67%) Google
3 2 (2.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.33%) Palantir
4 1 (1.33%) YouTube