Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Interaction Design (IxD)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 55 64 73
Rank change year-on-year +9 +9 +28
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 10 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 1.47% 0.16% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.17% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile - - £662
25th Percentile £525 - £665
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £671
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.42%
75th Percentile £588 - £676
90th Percentile £595 - £679
Scotland median daily rate £575 - £581
% change year-on-year - - +21.68%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 586 719
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 87.61% 95.13% 88.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 329 420
10th Percentile £236 £200 £219
25th Percentile £406 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £463 £487
Median % change year-on-year -2.70% -5.08% +2.58%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £581
90th Percentile £657 £638 £663
Scotland median daily rate £450 £455 £480
% change year-on-year -1.10% -5.21% +1.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 24 29
10th Percentile £17.23 £17.67 £15.82
25th Percentile £28.38 £21.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +112.77% -9.62% +22.30%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.30 £60.75
90th Percentile £81.24 £32.52 -
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +17.95% +18.18%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 5 (50.00%) InVision
1 5 (50.00%) Sketch
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 10 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Axure RP
General
1 8 (80.00%) Banking
1 8 (80.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Designer
2 5 (50.00%) UX Designer
2 5 (50.00%) Visual Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Senior UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (40.00%) Digital Wallet
2 4 (40.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 7 (70.00%) Digital Banking
3 6 (60.00%) Service Design
4 5 (50.00%) Agile
4 5 (50.00%) AI
4 5 (50.00%) Community of Practice
4 5 (50.00%) Content Writing
4 5 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
4 5 (50.00%) Generative AI
4 5 (50.00%) Infographics
4 5 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
4 5 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
4 5 (50.00%) Storytelling
4 5 (50.00%) User Experience
4 5 (50.00%) User Research
4 5 (50.00%) UX Design
5 4 (40.00%) Product Requirements
6 3 (30.00%) Human-Centred Design
7 2 (20.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Adobe
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft