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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 566 635 598
Rank change year-on-year +69 -37 +115
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 52 64 71
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.10% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.14% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 40 38 47
10th Percentile £42,294 £42,200 £39,748
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £44,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £58,465 £50,702
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +15.31% -22.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £60,991 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,825 £75,375 £95,000
UK median annual salary £63,076 £58,465 £50,000
% change year-on-year +7.89% +16.93% -23.08%

All Process and 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 42,943 45,267 40,075
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.87% 89.92% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25,609 22,870 31,036
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,100 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

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 22 December 2025.

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 22 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
North of England +18 19 £45,000 -23.03% 20
Yorkshire -9 8 £45,000 -23.03% 5
London +38 7 £85,000 +21.43% 37
South East +38 7 - - 10
North West +34 7 £45,000 -25.00% 11
West Midlands +39 5 £50,000 -0.97% 4
Midlands +26 5 £50,000 +17.61% 5
North East +8 4 £45,000 -24.03% 4
South West +7 1 - - 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 1 (1.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Sketch
2 6 (11.54%) Adobe XD
3 5 (9.62%) InVision
4 4 (7.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.92%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.92%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 18 (34.62%) Figma
2 7 (13.46%) GitHub
3 5 (9.62%) Heroku
3 5 (9.62%) SaaS
4 2 (3.85%) GitHub Copilot
4 2 (3.85%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.92%) GIS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.85%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (21.15%) Social Skills
2 10 (19.23%) Marketing
3 7 (13.46%) Legal
4 5 (9.62%) Public Sector
5 4 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.85%) Police
Job Titles
1 35 (67.31%) Designer
2 21 (40.38%) Interaction Designer
3 12 (23.08%) Senior
4 8 (15.38%) User Researcher
5 7 (13.46%) Architect
5 7 (13.46%) User Experience Architect
6 6 (11.54%) Senior Designer
6 6 (11.54%) Senior User Researcher
7 4 (7.69%) Systems Designer
8 3 (5.77%) Content Designer
8 3 (5.77%) UX Designer
9 2 (3.85%) Blazor Developer
9 2 (3.85%) Developer
9 2 (3.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (3.85%) Product Designer
9 2 (3.85%) Senior Interaction Designer
9 2 (3.85%) UX Developer
9 2 (3.85%) Web Designer
10 1 (1.92%) Service Designer
10 1 (1.92%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (23.08%) CSS
1 12 (23.08%) HTML
2 5 (9.62%) Node.js
3 4 (7.69%) Semantic HTML
4 2 (3.85%) .NET
4 2 (3.85%) Blazor
4 2 (3.85%) Material Design
4 2 (3.85%) WebAssembly
5 1 (1.92%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Blog
2 2 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.92%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.92%) Social Media
3 1 (1.92%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.69%) Android
1 4 (7.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (61.54%) User Experience
1 32 (61.54%) User Research
2 22 (42.31%) Agile
3 21 (40.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 17 (32.69%) Prototyping
5 16 (30.77%) Service Design
6 15 (28.85%) UX Design
7 14 (26.92%) Workshop Facilitation
8 13 (25.00%) Mentoring
8 13 (25.00%) Usability Testing
9 12 (23.08%) Wireframes
10 11 (21.15%) Journey Map
11 10 (19.23%) Design Thinking
12 9 (17.31%) Business Analysis
12 9 (17.31%) Customer Experience
13 8 (15.38%) Actionable Insight
13 8 (15.38%) Coaching
13 8 (15.38%) User Stories
14 7 (13.46%) Microinteractions
14 7 (13.46%) Persona Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (9.62%) JavaScript
2 2 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 12 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.62%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (42.31%) Accessibility
2 8 (15.38%) WCAG
3 6 (11.54%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (3.85%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (19.23%) Adobe