Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.092% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £464 £473 £475
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.53% -18.98%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,718 1,110 1,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.74% 88.17% 82.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 843 519 522
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £385 £364 £307
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £594 £575 £551
90th Percentile £685 £650 £644
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 262 503
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.73 £17.97 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £70.00 £66.31 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.03 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.82% -

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the East of England

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 2 August 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
Hertfordshire - 2 £375 - 1
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Design
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Empathy Maps
2 1 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe