Interaction Design Contracts

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 478 440 391
Rank change year-on-year -38 -49 -50
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 101 272 581
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.45% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.50% 0.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 202 383
10th Percentile £350 £410 £406
25th Percentile £385 £475 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £654 £585
90th Percentile £623 £768 £648
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £538 £500
% change year-on-year -16.28% +7.50% +10.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 3
10th Percentile £41.13 £38.85 £55.43
25th Percentile £54.06 £45.31 £56.06
Median hourly rate £62.50 £50.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.67% +53.85%
75th Percentile £66.25 £58.44 £64.38
90th Percentile £70.75 £67.50 £64.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - £57.25
% change year-on-year - - +95.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,600 53,916 80,351
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.32% 89.91% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,240 37,368 56,382
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,775 1,932
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +48.00% -
75th Percentile £59.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.29% +75.00% -8.34%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Top 12 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 26 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
England -25 83 £500 -13.04% 49
London +14 44 £500 -16.67% 26
Work from Home +42 41 £500 -16.67% 32
UK excluding London +17 36 £450 -16.28% 23
North of England +5 27 £375 -31.03% 13
Yorkshire +5 13 £381 -25.06% 4
North West +10 8 £375 -40.00% 7
South West +25 6 £510 -10.72% 1
North East +20 6 £625 +8.70% 3
Scotland +18 2 £671 +40.05% 3
West Midlands +22 1 £500 -23.66% 3
Midlands +19 1 £500 -23.66% 4

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (0.99%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (11.88%) Sketch
2 10 (9.90%) Adobe XD
3 8 (7.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (7.92%) InVision
4 6 (5.94%) Photoshop
5 4 (3.96%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (1.98%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (1.98%) Blender
6 2 (1.98%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 33 (32.67%) Figma
2 5 (4.95%) Azure
3 4 (3.96%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (3.96%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (3.96%) GitHub
3 4 (3.96%) Serverless
4 2 (1.98%) Miro
5 1 (0.99%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.99%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.96%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (8.91%) Axure RP
2 4 (3.96%) Git
2 4 (3.96%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.99%) JIRA
General
1 35 (34.65%) Social Skills
2 23 (22.77%) Public Sector
3 12 (11.88%) Finance
4 7 (6.93%) Marketing
5 6 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
6 5 (4.95%) Games
7 4 (3.96%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (3.96%) Banking
8 3 (2.97%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.98%) Retail
10 1 (0.99%) Corporate Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Health Technology
10 1 (0.99%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.99%) Police
10 1 (0.99%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 86 (85.15%) Designer
2 47 (46.53%) Interaction Designer
3 18 (17.82%) Senior
4 17 (16.83%) Senior Designer
5 15 (14.85%) UX Designer
6 11 (10.89%) Service Designer
7 8 (7.92%) Product Designer
8 7 (6.93%) Senior UX Designer
9 6 (5.94%) Developer
9 6 (5.94%) React Developer
9 6 (5.94%) UI Designer
10 5 (4.95%) Senior Service Designer
10 5 (4.95%) UX Developer
11 3 (2.97%) Lead
11 3 (2.97%) Senior Interaction Designer
11 3 (2.97%) Senior Product Designer
11 3 (2.97%) UI Developer
11 3 (2.97%) UI/UX Designer
11 3 (2.97%) UI/UX Developer
11 3 (2.97%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (21.78%) HTML
2 17 (16.83%) CSS
3 6 (5.94%) React
4 4 (3.96%) HTML5
4 4 (3.96%) SignalR
4 4 (3.96%) WebSockets
4 4 (3.96%) YAML
5 2 (1.98%) React Native
5 2 (1.98%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.99%) Framer.js
6 1 (0.99%) ModSecurity
6 1 (0.99%) SwiftUI
6 1 (0.99%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.86%) Mobile App
2 10 (9.90%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.96%) Cloud Native
4 3 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.98%) Augmented Reality
5 2 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.98%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.98%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (1.98%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (1.98%) NHS
5 2 (1.98%) Online Banking
5 2 (1.98%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (1.98%) Solar Panel
5 2 (1.98%) Virtual Reality
6 1 (0.99%) Blog
6 1 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.99%) Mobile Games
6 1 (0.99%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.99%) Online Games
6 1 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.98%) Android
1 2 (1.98%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (51.49%) User Experience
2 50 (49.50%) Prototyping
3 48 (47.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 40 (39.60%) User Research
5 38 (37.62%) UX Design
6 31 (30.69%) Agile
7 26 (25.74%) Wireframes
8 25 (24.75%) Service Design
9 18 (17.82%) Usability Testing
10 15 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (8.91%) Design Patterns
11 9 (8.91%) UX Research
12 8 (7.92%) Front End Development
12 8 (7.92%) Mentoring
12 8 (7.92%) Typography
13 7 (6.93%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 7 (6.93%) Workflow
14 6 (5.94%) Human-Centred Design
14 6 (5.94%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (5.94%) Product Thinking
Programming Languages
1 8 (7.92%) JavaScript
2 4 (3.96%) SQL
3 1 (0.99%) C++
Qualifications
1 25 (24.75%) Security Cleared
2 19 (18.81%) SC Cleared
3 17 (16.83%) Degree
4 1 (0.99%) CISSP
4 1 (0.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (21.78%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.98%) QA
2 2 (1.98%) WCAG
3 1 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.99%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.99%) NIST
3 1 (0.99%) SLA
Vendors
1 20 (19.80%) Adobe
2 4 (3.96%) Black Duck
3 2 (1.98%) SAP
4 1 (0.99%) Brio