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 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 554 629 581
Rank change year-on-year +75 -48 +161
Permanent jobs citing Interaction Design 60 49 89
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.11% 0.10% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 0.11% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 47 26 63
10th Percentile £42,464 - £39,748
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,200 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £58,465 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% +23.08% -29.63%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,873 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,050 £75,625 £81,750
UK median annual salary £57,788 £58,465 £47,196
% change year-on-year -1.16% +23.88% -27.39%

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 42,844 44,109 42,817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.40% 90.47% 89.81%
Number of salaries quoted 25,653 21,778 33,081
10th Percentile £28,697 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,874
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,750 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +17 19 £45,000 -23.03% 3
London +48 11 £82,500 +17.86% 24
West Midlands +27 9 £50,000 +17.61% 2
Midlands +18 9 £50,000 +17.61% 2
Yorkshire -8 8 £45,000 -23.03% 2
South East +29 7 - - 10
North West +24 7 £45,000 -35.71% 1
North East +4 4 £45,000 -23.03%
South West +8 1 - - 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 (1.67%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (15.00%) Sketch
2 8 (13.33%) Adobe XD
3 7 (11.67%) InVision
4 5 (8.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.67%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 25 (41.67%) Figma
2 11 (18.33%) GitHub
3 9 (15.00%) SaaS
4 6 (10.00%) GitHub Copilot
5 5 (8.33%) Heroku
6 3 (5.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 11 (18.33%) Social Skills
2 10 (16.67%) Marketing
3 8 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 7 (11.67%) Legal
5 4 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Police
Job Titles
1 43 (71.67%) Designer
2 24 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
3 15 (25.00%) Senior
4 9 (15.00%) Senior Designer
5 8 (13.33%) User Researcher
5 8 (13.33%) UX Designer
6 7 (11.67%) Architect
6 7 (11.67%) User Experience Architect
7 6 (10.00%) Senior User Researcher
8 5 (8.33%) Senior Interaction Designer
9 4 (6.67%) Systems Designer
10 3 (5.00%) Content Designer
11 2 (3.33%) Blazor Developer
11 2 (3.33%) Developer
11 2 (3.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 2 (3.33%) Product Designer
11 2 (3.33%) UX Developer
11 2 (3.33%) Web Designer
12 1 (1.67%) Service Designer
12 1 (1.67%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.67%) CSS
1 13 (21.67%) HTML
2 6 (10.00%) .NET
2 6 (10.00%) Blazor
2 6 (10.00%) Material Design
2 6 (10.00%) WebAssembly
3 5 (8.33%) Node.js
4 4 (6.67%) Semantic HTML
5 1 (1.67%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (5.00%) Blog
3 1 (1.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.67%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.67%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.67%) Social Media
3 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.67%) Android
1 4 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (61.67%) User Experience
2 33 (55.00%) User Research
3 24 (40.00%) Agile
4 23 (38.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 20 (33.33%) UX Design
6 19 (31.67%) Wireframes
7 18 (30.00%) Prototyping
8 16 (26.67%) Service Design
9 15 (25.00%) Mentoring
10 14 (23.33%) Usability Testing
10 14 (23.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 12 (20.00%) Journey Map
11 12 (20.00%) User Stories
12 10 (16.67%) Design Thinking
13 9 (15.00%) Business Analysis
13 9 (15.00%) Customer Experience
14 8 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
14 8 (13.33%) Coaching
14 8 (13.33%) Microinteractions
15 7 (11.67%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) C#
2 5 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (23.33%) SC Cleared
1 14 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (45.00%) Accessibility
2 13 (21.67%) WCAG
3 6 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (3.33%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (21.67%) Adobe