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 6 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 620 710
Rank change year-on-year -22 +90 -27
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 82 26 128
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.095% 0.061% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.067% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 66 9 108
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,250 £39,390
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,184
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,538 £45,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +36.75% -22.37% -10.82%
75th Percentile £74,688 £65,000 £68,125
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £53,171 £55,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -3.33% -5.11% -1.77%

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 63,821 38,568 75,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.80% 90.98% 82.30%
Number of salaries quoted 45,100 21,810 54,142
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,990 £29,750
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 £73,410
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% -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 6 July 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 6 July 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 -10 35 £64,038 +42.31% 11
London -12 29 £75,000 +15.38% 42
North West -3 15 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Yorkshire -15 11 £65,000 - 1
Midlands -14 10 £45,000 -37.93% 1
West Midlands -14 9 £45,000 -37.93%
North East -38 9 £55,000 -15.38% 5
South East -20 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 (1.22%) CMS
1 1 (1.22%) Confluence
1 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (13.41%) Sketch
2 4 (4.88%) Adobe XD
2 4 (4.88%) InVision
3 2 (2.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.22%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Figma
2 5 (6.10%) Miro
3 4 (4.88%) Heroku
3 4 (4.88%) SaaS
4 3 (3.66%) GitHub
5 2 (2.44%) GitHub Copilot
6 1 (1.22%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.22%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.22%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.22%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.44%) Axure RP
1 2 (2.44%) Visual Studio
2 1 (1.22%) JIRA
General
1 24 (29.27%) Public Sector
2 14 (17.07%) Social Skills
3 4 (4.88%) Retail
4 3 (3.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (3.66%) Law
5 2 (2.44%) Finance
5 2 (2.44%) Games
6 1 (1.22%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.22%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.22%) Police
6 1 (1.22%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 76 (92.68%) Designer
2 52 (63.41%) Interaction Designer
3 28 (34.15%) Senior
4 26 (31.71%) Senior Designer
5 19 (23.17%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 16 (19.51%) UX Designer
7 8 (9.76%) Product Designer
8 6 (7.32%) Service Designer
9 5 (6.10%) Senior Product Designer
9 5 (6.10%) Senior UX Designer
9 5 (6.10%) UI Designer
9 5 (6.10%) UI/UX Designer
10 4 (4.88%) Senior UI Designer
10 4 (4.88%) Senior UI/UX Designer
11 3 (3.66%) Analyst
11 3 (3.66%) Trainee
12 2 (2.44%) Developer
12 2 (2.44%) JavaScript Developer
12 2 (2.44%) Junior
12 2 (2.44%) Junior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.76%) HTML
2 6 (7.32%) CSS
3 2 (2.44%) .NET
3 2 (2.44%) Blazor
3 2 (2.44%) Material Design
3 2 (2.44%) WebAssembly
4 1 (1.22%) CSS3
4 1 (1.22%) HTML5
4 1 (1.22%) React
4 1 (1.22%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.66%) Graphic Design
1 3 (3.66%) NHS
1 3 (3.66%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.44%) Blog
3 1 (1.22%) AI Agents
3 1 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.22%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.22%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.66%) Windows
2 1 (1.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (40.24%) User Experience
2 30 (36.59%) UX Design
3 28 (34.15%) User Research
4 25 (30.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 19 (23.17%) Wireframes
6 18 (21.95%) Agile
7 16 (19.51%) Prototyping
8 14 (17.07%) Mentoring
9 8 (9.76%) Coaching
9 8 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (9.76%) Service Design
10 6 (7.32%) Microinteractions
10 6 (7.32%) Responsive Web Design
11 5 (6.10%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (6.10%) AI
11 5 (6.10%) Creative Thinking
11 5 (6.10%) Design Thinking
11 5 (6.10%) Problem-Solving
11 5 (6.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (6.10%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (3.66%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.44%) C#
3 1 (1.22%) SQL
3 1 (1.22%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (10.98%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.54%) SC Cleared
3 4 (4.88%) Degree
4 1 (1.22%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (34.15%) Accessibility
2 16 (19.51%) WCAG
3 1 (1.22%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (8.54%) Adobe
2 2 (2.44%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.22%) Palantir