Interaction Design Contracts in England

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Interaction Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Interaction Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 460 434
Rank change year-on-year +49 -26 -20
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 74 82 227
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.30% 0.22% 0.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.25% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 49 173
10th Percentile £250 £361 £407
25th Percentile £343 £385 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -3.50% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £569 £544 £656
90th Percentile £635 £590 £818
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 4
10th Percentile - £38.25 £36.76
25th Percentile £46.25 £46.88 £42.86
Median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.00% +16.28% -10.42%
75th Percentile £48.75 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile - - £70.50
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -13.60% +31.58% -20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in England.

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
London +51 56 £495 -1.00% 50
North of England 0 8 £400 +6.67% 2
South West +45 5 £538 +5.39% 4
Midlands +25 4 £257 -48.70%
North West +12 3 £313 -16.53% 2
Yorkshire -2 3 £400 +4.92%
West Midlands +15 2 £200 -60.00%
North East -4 2 £500 -20.00%
East Midlands - 2 £318 -
South East - 1 £650 - 9
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (12.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 9 (12.16%) Adobe XD
2 8 (10.81%) Sketch
3 6 (8.11%) InVision
4 3 (4.05%) Acrobat
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.35%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.35%) Blender
5 1 (1.35%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (1.35%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (1.35%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 29 (39.19%) Figma
2 5 (6.76%) Miro
3 3 (4.05%) Slack
4 1 (1.35%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.35%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.35%) SaaS
4 1 (1.35%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.35%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.35%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (9.46%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 15 (20.27%) Finance
1 15 (20.27%) Public Sector
1 15 (20.27%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.46%) Marketing
3 5 (6.76%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Advertising
4 4 (5.41%) Automotive
5 3 (4.05%) Retail
6 2 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Games
6 2 (2.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.70%) Police
7 1 (1.35%) Banking
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Local Government
7 1 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 62 (83.78%) Designer
2 25 (33.78%) Interaction Designer
3 17 (22.97%) UX Designer
4 14 (18.92%) Senior
4 14 (18.92%) Senior Designer
5 11 (14.86%) Product Designer
6 6 (8.11%) Digital Designer
7 5 (6.76%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 5 (6.76%) Service Designer
7 5 (6.76%) UI Designer
8 4 (5.41%) Account Manager
8 4 (5.41%) Content Designer
8 4 (5.41%) Senior Product Designer
8 4 (5.41%) UI/UX Designer
8 4 (5.41%) Visual Designer
9 3 (4.05%) Junior
9 3 (4.05%) Senior UI Designer
9 3 (4.05%) Senior UX Designer
9 3 (4.05%) User Experience Researcher
9 3 (4.05%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.11%) CSS
1 6 (8.11%) HTML
2 1 (1.35%) Framer.js
2 1 (1.35%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.11%) Animation
1 6 (8.11%) Mobile App
2 5 (6.76%) Motion Graphics
2 5 (6.76%) Photography
3 3 (4.05%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.35%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.35%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.35%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.70%) Android
1 2 (2.70%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (63.51%) User Experience
2 43 (58.11%) User Research
3 42 (56.76%) UX Design
4 40 (54.05%) Prototyping
5 28 (37.84%) Agile
6 20 (27.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 19 (25.68%) Service Design
8 15 (20.27%) Usability Testing
9 14 (18.92%) Wireframes
10 11 (14.86%) Analytics
11 9 (12.16%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (12.16%) User Stories
12 8 (10.81%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 8 (10.81%) Mentoring
12 8 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (10.81%) Typography
13 7 (9.46%) Content Strategy
13 7 (9.46%) UX Research
14 6 (8.11%) Project Management
14 6 (8.11%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.11%) Degree
4 2 (2.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (27.03%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.76%) WCAG
3 1 (1.35%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (24.32%) Adobe
2 4 (5.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.70%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (2.70%) Google
4 1 (1.35%) Facebook
4 1 (1.35%) Foundry
4 1 (1.35%) Hotjar
4 1 (1.35%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.35%) SAP
4 1 (1.35%) Sitecore