Interaction Design Contracts in the UK excluding London

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 349 373 359
Rank change year-on-year +24 -14 -55
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 36 83 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.35% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.39% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 61 110
10th Percentile £290 £400 £405
25th Percentile £339 £453 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year -30.23% +7.50% +10.13%
75th Percentile £516 £638 £563
90th Percentile £544 £655 £594
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £61.25 - £57.13
Median hourly rate £62.50 - £57.25
75th Percentile £63.75 - £57.38
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year +31.58% -20.83% +45.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,341 21,054 27,253
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 89.57% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 14,598 19,040
10th Percentile £250 £256 £232
25th Percentile £375 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,053 1,291 1,337
10th Percentile £12.31 £11.00 £12.23
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.50 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £46.12
90th Percentile £72.82 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in the UK excluding London

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK excluding London

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the UK excluding London

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK excluding London

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North of England +11 29 £375 -31.82% 21
Yorkshire +15 14 £381 -22.98% 5
North West +15 9 £375 -40.00% 12
South West +21 6 £510 -10.72% 1
North East +15 6 £625 +8.70% 6
Midlands +23 1 £500 -8.26% 4
West Midlands +18 1 £500 -8.26% 3
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 7 (19.44%) Photoshop
2 6 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (16.67%) InVision
3 4 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (8.33%) Blender
4 3 (8.33%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.78%) AWS
1 1 (2.78%) Azure
1 1 (2.78%) Figma
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) Axure RP
General
1 11 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.89%) Public Sector
3 3 (8.33%) Games
4 1 (2.78%) Finance
4 1 (2.78%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 30 (83.33%) Designer
2 18 (50.00%) Interaction Designer
3 7 (19.44%) Senior
3 7 (19.44%) Senior Designer
4 5 (13.89%) Service Designer
5 4 (11.11%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 3 (8.33%) Senior Service Designer
6 3 (8.33%) Software Engineer
6 3 (8.33%) UI Designer
7 2 (5.56%) C++ Software Engineer
7 2 (5.56%) Content Designer
7 2 (5.56%) UX Designer
8 1 (2.78%) Architect
8 1 (2.78%) Graphic Designer
8 1 (2.78%) Lead
8 1 (2.78%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Graphic Designer
8 1 (2.78%) Technical Leader
8 1 (2.78%) UI/UX Designer
8 1 (2.78%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (25.00%) HTML
2 8 (22.22%) CSS
3 3 (8.33%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (2.78%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Product Ownership
2 4 (11.11%) Mobile App
3 3 (8.33%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (8.33%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (5.56%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (47.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 16 (44.44%) User Research
3 15 (41.67%) Prototyping
3 15 (41.67%) User Experience
4 13 (36.11%) Agile
5 10 (27.78%) UX Design
6 8 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.22%) Wireframes
7 7 (19.44%) Service Design
7 7 (19.44%) Software Engineering
8 6 (16.67%) Design Patterns
9 5 (13.89%) Coaching
9 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
9 5 (13.89%) Typography
10 4 (11.11%) Business Analysis
10 4 (11.11%) Mobile Application Development
10 4 (11.11%) Project Management
10 4 (11.11%) Responsive Web Design
10 4 (11.11%) Usability Testing
10 4 (11.11%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.56%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (16.67%) Degree
2 4 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.78%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.78%) NIST
2 1 (2.78%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Adobe
2 2 (5.56%) SAP
3 1 (2.78%) Brio