Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Interaction Design (IxD)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 60 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.60% 0.29% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.32% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £425 £226 -
25th Percentile £463 £289 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 -
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £588 £512 -
90th Percentile £595 £576 -
South West median daily rate £575 £594 £510
% change year-on-year -3.16% +16.42% -13.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 715 625 851
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 85.83% 89.29% 86.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 347 529
10th Percentile £258 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.88% +7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £645
90th Percentile £724 £750 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 82 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £37.15 £35.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £56.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Bristol

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in Bristol over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in Bristol

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (40.00%) InVision
1 2 (40.00%) Sketch
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Content Writing
2 2 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (40.00%) Infographics
2 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) AI
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Psychology
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft