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 23 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 474 442 416
Rank change year-on-year -32 -26 -42
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 76 198 419
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.42% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.47% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 151 292
10th Percentile £348 £406 £406
25th Percentile £368 £478 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £494 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -14.13% +8.49% +12.17%
75th Percentile £535 £650 £586
90th Percentile £603 £750 £659
UK median daily rate £500 £575 £525
% change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £41.13 £36.76 £26.63
25th Percentile £54.06 £42.86 £28.31
Median hourly rate £62.50 £53.75 £43.25
Median % change year-on-year +16.28% +24.28% -0.57%
75th Percentile £63.75 £63.75 £58.97
90th Percentile - £70.50 £61.84
UK median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £29.25
% change year-on-year +31.58% +62.39% -32.76%

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 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

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 23 June 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 23 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 23 June 2024. 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 -12 36 £500 -16.67% 7
North of England +8 28 £375 -31.82% 15
Yorkshire +9 14 £381 -25.97% 4
North East +14 7 £625 -4.94% 3
North West +6 7 £375 -34.78% 8
South West +4 6 £510 -10.13% 1
Midlands +15 2 £313 +4.17% 2
East Midlands - 2 £313 -
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:

Applications
1 9 (11.84%) InVision
2 7 (9.21%) Photoshop
3 6 (7.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (5.26%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (5.26%) Adobe XD
4 4 (5.26%) Sketch
5 3 (3.95%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (3.95%) Blender
5 3 (3.95%) Maya
6 1 (1.32%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 16 (21.05%) Figma
2 4 (5.26%) Azure
2 4 (5.26%) Azure Key Vault
2 4 (5.26%) Azure Service Bus
2 4 (5.26%) GitHub
2 4 (5.26%) Serverless
3 1 (1.32%) Miro
3 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (6.58%) Axure RP
2 4 (5.26%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.32%) JIRA
General
1 24 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 22 (28.95%) Public Sector
3 7 (9.21%) Finance
4 6 (7.89%) Games
5 2 (2.63%) Banking
5 2 (2.63%) Marketing
5 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.63%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.32%) Police
6 1 (1.32%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (84.21%) Designer
2 37 (48.68%) Interaction Designer
3 9 (11.84%) Service Designer
4 8 (10.53%) UI Designer
4 8 (10.53%) UX Designer
5 7 (9.21%) Senior
5 7 (9.21%) Senior Designer
6 6 (7.89%) Developer
6 6 (7.89%) React Developer
7 5 (6.58%) UI/UX Designer
7 5 (6.58%) UX Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Senior Interaction Designer
9 3 (3.95%) Content Designer
9 3 (3.95%) Senior Service Designer
9 3 (3.95%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.95%) UI Developer
9 3 (3.95%) UI/UX Developer
10 2 (2.63%) C++ Software Engineer
10 2 (2.63%) Lead Designer
10 2 (2.63%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.05%) HTML
2 11 (14.47%) CSS
3 6 (7.89%) React
4 4 (5.26%) HTML5
4 4 (5.26%) SignalR
4 4 (5.26%) WebSockets
4 4 (5.26%) YAML
5 3 (3.95%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (2.63%) React Native
7 1 (1.32%) Framer.js
7 1 (1.32%) ModSecurity
7 1 (1.32%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.32%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (10.53%) Mobile App
1 8 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.95%) Augmented Reality
3 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.95%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (2.63%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.63%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (2.63%) Online Banking
4 2 (2.63%) Renewable Energy
4 2 (2.63%) Solar Panel
5 1 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.32%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.32%) NHS
5 1 (1.32%) Online Games
5 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.32%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.74%) User Experience
1 34 (44.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 30 (39.47%) Prototyping
3 28 (36.84%) User Research
4 27 (35.53%) UX Design
5 24 (31.58%) Agile
6 18 (23.68%) Service Design
7 17 (22.37%) Wireframes
8 12 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (13.16%) Typography
9 10 (13.16%) Usability Testing
10 9 (11.84%) Front End Development
11 7 (9.21%) Mentoring
11 7 (9.21%) Software Engineering
12 6 (7.89%) Design Patterns
13 5 (6.58%) Coaching
13 5 (6.58%) Collaborative Working
13 5 (6.58%) Journey Map
13 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Management
13 5 (6.58%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.26%) SQL
3 2 (2.63%) C++
Qualifications
1 22 (28.95%) Security Cleared
2 19 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 16 (21.05%) Degree
4 2 (2.63%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.32%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (14.47%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.95%) WCAG
3 1 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.32%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) QA
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
Vendors
1 13 (17.11%) Adobe
2 4 (5.26%) Black Duck
3 2 (2.63%) SAP
4 1 (1.32%) Brio