Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Interaction Design (IxD)
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 52 58
Rank change year-on-year -23 +6 +20
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.22% 0.36% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.41% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £200 -
Median % change year-on-year +225.00% - -
West Midlands median daily rate £425 £420 -
% change year-on-year +1.19% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

Interaction Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 778 486 591
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 83.75% 86.94% 79.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 469 321 407
10th Percentile £313 £163 £234
25th Percentile £400 £350 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -3.16% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £555 £600
90th Percentile £678 £651 £708
West Midlands median daily rate £479 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.79% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 45 23
10th Percentile £18.04 - £13.40
25th Percentile £24.75 £12.62 £14.81
Median hourly rate £43.96 £18.87 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +132.96% -27.42% +6.12%
75th Percentile £75.00 £22.08 £47.75
90th Percentile - £26.51 £56.25
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £22.05 £18.97
% change year-on-year +54.15% +16.24% -24.87%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Interaction Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior User Researcher
1 1 (50.00%) Service Designer
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG