Interaction Design Contracts in England

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Interaction Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Interaction Design over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 442 405
Rank change year-on-year -10 -37 -53
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 83 225 425
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.22% 0.45% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.49% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 171 276
10th Percentile £361 £410 £409
25th Percentile £385 £483 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £544 £659 £585
90th Percentile £590 £825 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +10.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £41.13 £36.76 £55.43
25th Percentile £54.06 £42.86 £56.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 £53.75 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% -10.42% +53.85%
75th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £64.38
90th Percentile £70.75 £70.50 £64.75
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% +53.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Interaction Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,985 45,619 64,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.25% 90.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,974 32,022 45,804
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £769 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,225 1,607 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.31 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.15
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in England.

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Design within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +6 44 £500 -16.67% 16
North of England +12 27 £375 -31.82% 13
Yorkshire +6 13 £381 -22.98% 4
North West +6 8 £375 -40.00% 7
South West +24 6 £510 -10.72%
North East +19 6 £625 +8.70% 3
West Midlands +21 1 £500 -23.66% 3
Midlands +14 1 £500 -23.66% 3
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.20%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (9.64%) InVision
2 7 (8.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 6 (7.23%) Photoshop
4 4 (4.82%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (4.82%) Sketch
5 2 (2.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (2.41%) Adobe XD
5 2 (2.41%) Blender
5 2 (2.41%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 21 (25.30%) Figma
2 5 (6.02%) Azure
3 4 (4.82%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (4.82%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (4.82%) GitHub
3 4 (4.82%) Serverless
4 1 (1.20%) AWS
4 1 (1.20%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.20%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.82%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.64%) Axure RP
2 4 (4.82%) Git
2 4 (4.82%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.20%) JIRA
General
1 25 (30.12%) Social Skills
2 21 (25.30%) Public Sector
3 10 (12.05%) Finance
4 7 (8.43%) Marketing
5 5 (6.02%) Games
6 4 (4.82%) Banking
7 3 (3.61%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.61%) Retail Banking
8 2 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Retail
9 1 (1.20%) Corporate Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.20%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Police
9 1 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 68 (81.93%) Designer
2 35 (42.17%) Interaction Designer
3 13 (15.66%) Senior
3 13 (15.66%) UX Designer
4 12 (14.46%) Senior Designer
5 9 (10.84%) Service Designer
6 6 (7.23%) Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Product Designer
6 6 (7.23%) React Developer
6 6 (7.23%) Senior UX Designer
6 6 (7.23%) UI Designer
7 5 (6.02%) UX Developer
8 3 (3.61%) Lead
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 3 (3.61%) Senior Service Designer
8 3 (3.61%) UI Developer
8 3 (3.61%) UI/UX Designer
8 3 (3.61%) UI/UX Developer
8 3 (3.61%) User Researcher
9 2 (2.41%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (24.10%) HTML
2 15 (18.07%) CSS
3 6 (7.23%) React
4 4 (4.82%) HTML5
4 4 (4.82%) SignalR
4 4 (4.82%) WebSockets
4 4 (4.82%) YAML
5 2 (2.41%) React Native
5 2 (2.41%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (1.20%) Framer.js
6 1 (1.20%) ModSecurity
6 1 (1.20%) SwiftUI
6 1 (1.20%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.46%) Mobile App
2 10 (12.05%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.82%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.41%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.41%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.41%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (2.41%) NHS
4 2 (2.41%) Online Banking
4 2 (2.41%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.41%) Solar Panel
4 2 (2.41%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.20%) Blog
5 1 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.20%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.20%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.20%) Online Games
5 1 (1.20%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.20%) Android
1 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (48.19%) User Experience
2 37 (44.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 36 (43.37%) Prototyping
4 33 (39.76%) User Research
5 32 (38.55%) UX Design
6 26 (31.33%) Agile
7 22 (26.51%) Service Design
8 17 (20.48%) Wireframes
9 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
10 10 (12.05%) Usability Testing
11 9 (10.84%) Design Patterns
12 8 (9.64%) Front End Development
12 8 (9.64%) Mentoring
12 8 (9.64%) Typography
13 7 (8.43%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (7.23%) Business Analysis
14 6 (7.23%) Coaching
14 6 (7.23%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (7.23%) Product Thinking
15 5 (6.02%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.82%) SQL
3 1 (1.20%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (20.48%) Security Cleared
2 15 (18.07%) Degree
3 13 (15.66%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.20%) CISSP
4 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (14.46%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.41%) QA
2 2 (2.41%) WCAG
3 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.20%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.20%) NIST
3 1 (1.20%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (13.25%) Adobe
2 4 (4.82%) Black Duck
3 2 (2.41%) SAP
4 1 (1.20%) Brio