Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Central London

Interaction Design (IxD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 129 122 138
Rank change year-on-year -7 +16 +38
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 2 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.10% 0.28% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.30% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 5 0
10th Percentile - £461 -
25th Percentile £463 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 -
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - -
75th Percentile £488 £569 -
90th Percentile - £595 -
London median daily rate £475 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -4.04% -1.00% -13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - £47.50 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -34.48% +33.03%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,769 1,979 2,336
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 89.61% 92.35% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,229 1,237 1,675
10th Percentile £350 £363 £354
25th Percentile £425 £463 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.09% - -
75th Percentile £665 £675 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 23 19
10th Percentile £19.82 £18.73 £17.00
25th Percentile £21.98 £23.70 £20.72
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +27.27% -27.15%
75th Percentile £40.19 £41.00 £42.38
90th Percentile £42.65 £112.00 £66.75
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Central London

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
City of London -2 2 £475 -15.56% 2
Interaction Design
London

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Interaction Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance