Interaction Designer Contracts

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer daily rate in the UK is £495 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 623 591
Rank change year-on-year +88 -32 +8
Contract jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 47 80 252
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.11% 0.14% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.15% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 59 172
10th Percentile £363 £449 £421
25th Percentile £369 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% +10.82%
75th Percentile £525 £638 £584
90th Percentile £573 £678 £619
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -18.18% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £46.35 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 39,888 54,783 83,316
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.63% 95.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,953 38,247 58,493
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,674 1,534 2,048
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.34 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Interaction Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Designer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Top 11 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Interaction Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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
England +72 37 £498 -11.16% 10
Work from Home +103 22 £500 -8.05% 9
UK excluding London +44 18 £450 -18.18% 9
London +78 16 £498 -13.48% 1
North of England +28 13 £375 -31.82% 8
North West +23 6 £375 -38.78% 4
North East +17 5 £625 +11.11% 1
South West +20 4 £510 -10.72%
Yorkshire +10 2 £450 -9.77% 3
Midlands - 1 £500 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £500 - 1

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 May 2024, Interaction Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 47 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 25 (53.19%) Prototyping
3 23 (48.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
4 19 (40.43%) Security Cleared
5 18 (38.30%) User Experience
6 16 (34.04%) User Research
7 15 (31.91%) Wireframes
7 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
8 14 (29.79%) Accessibility
8 14 (29.79%) Public Sector
9 12 (25.53%) UX Design
9 12 (25.53%) Agile
10 10 (21.28%) Adobe
11 9 (19.15%) HTML
12 8 (17.02%) CSS
12 8 (17.02%) Design Patterns
12 8 (17.02%) Adobe XD
12 8 (17.02%) Sketch
12 8 (17.02%) Figma
13 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
14 6 (12.77%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (12.77%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (12.77%) Usability Testing
14 6 (12.77%) Degree
14 6 (12.77%) Business Analysis
14 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
14 6 (12.77%) Service Design
15 5 (10.64%) UX Research
16 4 (8.51%) Human-Centred Design

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Adobe XD
1 8 (17.02%) Sketch
2 3 (6.38%) InVision
3 2 (4.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 8 (17.02%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Axure RP
General
1 19 (40.43%) Social Skills
2 14 (29.79%) Public Sector
3 4 (8.51%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (6.38%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (19.15%) HTML
2 8 (17.02%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.13%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.13%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 25 (53.19%) Prototyping
3 23 (48.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 18 (38.30%) User Experience
5 16 (34.04%) User Research
6 15 (31.91%) Wireframes
7 12 (25.53%) Agile
7 12 (25.53%) UX Design
8 8 (17.02%) Design Patterns
9 7 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (12.77%) Business Analysis
10 6 (12.77%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (12.77%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (12.77%) Service Design
10 6 (12.77%) Usability Testing
11 5 (10.64%) UX Research
12 4 (8.51%) Human-Centred Design
12 4 (8.51%) Project Management
13 3 (6.38%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (6.38%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (12.77%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (40.43%) Security Cleared
2 15 (31.91%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.79%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.13%) QA
2 1 (2.13%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (21.28%) Adobe
2 2 (4.26%) SAP