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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 654 631 671
Rank change year-on-year -23 +40 -24
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 77 27 117
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.086% 0.062% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.069% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 60 11 99
10th Percentile £38,780 £41,250 £39,390
25th Percentile £44,993 £41,875 £46,290
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £45,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +40.17% -22.37% -10.82%
75th Percentile £71,062 £65,000 £60,991
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £54,085 £45,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +20.19% -22.37% +0.81%

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 66,332 39,128 62,916
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.83% 89.85% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 46,839 22,615 43,234
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,251 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +3.64% -11.29%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 27 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 27 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 -4 31 £65,000 +44.44% 9
London -2 27 £73,750 +63.89% 36
North West +4 13 £70,000 +55.56% 5
Yorkshire -24 10 £65,000 - 3
North East -43 8 £55,000 -15.38% 1
South East -18 7 £40,000 - 7
Midlands -25 7 £45,000 -20.00% 1
West Midlands -21 6 £45,000 -20.00% 1
South West -61 1 - - 2
East Midlands - 1 £38,600 -
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 4 (5.19%) CMS
2 1 (1.30%) Confluence
2 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (14.29%) Sketch
2 4 (5.19%) Adobe XD
2 4 (5.19%) InVision
3 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.30%) InDesign
3 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 21 (27.27%) Figma
2 4 (5.19%) Heroku
3 3 (3.90%) Miro
4 2 (2.60%) SaaS
5 1 (1.30%) GitHub
5 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
5 1 (1.30%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.30%) JIRA
General
1 22 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 17 (22.08%) Social Skills
3 6 (7.79%) Finance
4 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.19%) Law
5 4 (5.19%) Retail
6 3 (3.90%) Banking
6 3 (3.90%) Investment Banking
6 3 (3.90%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.60%) Games
7 2 (2.60%) Wholesale Banking
8 1 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Legal
8 1 (1.30%) Marketing
8 1 (1.30%) Police
8 1 (1.30%) Polish Language
8 1 (1.30%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 66 (85.71%) Designer
2 46 (59.74%) Interaction Designer
3 26 (33.77%) Senior
4 24 (31.17%) Senior Designer
5 17 (22.08%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 11 (14.29%) UX Designer
7 8 (10.39%) Product Designer
8 6 (7.79%) Service Designer
8 6 (7.79%) UI Designer
9 5 (6.49%) Senior Product Designer
9 5 (6.49%) Senior UI Designer
9 5 (6.49%) UI/UX Designer
10 4 (5.19%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 4 (5.19%) Senior UX Designer
11 3 (3.90%) Analyst
11 3 (3.90%) Architect
11 3 (3.90%) Trainee
11 3 (3.90%) UI Architect
12 2 (2.60%) Lead
12 2 (2.60%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.39%) HTML
2 6 (7.79%) CSS
3 2 (2.60%) Material Design
4 1 (1.30%) CSS3
4 1 (1.30%) HTML5
4 1 (1.30%) React
4 1 (1.30%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 6 (7.79%) Graphic Design
2 3 (3.90%) Blog
2 3 (3.90%) NHS
3 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.30%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.30%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.30%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.30%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) User Experience
2 31 (40.26%) UX Design
3 28 (36.36%) User Research
4 25 (32.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 17 (22.08%) Agile
5 17 (22.08%) Wireframes
6 16 (20.78%) Prototyping
7 15 (19.48%) Mentoring
8 11 (14.29%) Service Design
9 9 (11.69%) Coaching
10 8 (10.39%) Design Thinking
10 8 (10.39%) Storytelling
11 7 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (7.79%) Analytics
12 6 (7.79%) Workshop Facilitation
13 5 (6.49%) Actionable Insight
13 5 (6.49%) Creative Thinking
13 5 (6.49%) Journey Map
13 5 (6.49%) Microinteractions
13 5 (6.49%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.49%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.90%) C
3 1 (1.30%) SQL
3 1 (1.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.39%) SC Cleared
3 6 (7.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (29.87%) Accessibility
2 13 (16.88%) WCAG
3 1 (1.30%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (7.79%) Adobe
2 2 (2.60%) Google
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.30%) Palantir