Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in England

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 456 414 460
Rank change year-on-year -42 +46 -32
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 84 81 89
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.27% 0.29% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.32% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 50 60
10th Percentile £315 £348 £363
25th Percentile £400 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.59% -1.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £538 £569 £575
90th Percentile £596 £650 £639
UK median daily rate £450 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £70.19
25th Percentile - £46.25 £70.37
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £71.29
Median % change year-on-year - -33.37% +30.80%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £72.83
90th Percentile - - £73.38
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £47.50 £71.29
% change year-on-year -40.86% -33.37% +30.80%

All Process & 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 27,925 25,046 32,278
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.53% 88.69% 88.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,779 15,429 21,914
10th Percentile £302 £311 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,785 824 1,417
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.36
25th Percentile £17.96 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.73 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.75
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.71% +25.00%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in England

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in England over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in England

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

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

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 29 December 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 -37 40 £475 -2.06% 43
North of England -34 20 £388 -29.58% 22
North West -8 14 £360 -8.57% 10
South West 0 9 £600 +1.05% 8
West Midlands -21 8 £420 - 8
Midlands -35 8 £420 - 11
North East -5 3 £413 -8.38% 3
Yorkshire -45 3 £513 -24.07% 9
East of England - 3 £425 - 8
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 7 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (1.19%) Confluence
2 1 (1.19%) SharePoint
Applications
1 20 (23.81%) Sketch
2 7 (8.33%) Adobe XD
2 7 (8.33%) InVision
3 3 (3.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (3.57%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.19%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.19%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.19%) Blender
5 1 (1.19%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.19%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (1.19%) Marvel
5 1 (1.19%) OmniGraffle
5 1 (1.19%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.19%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 36 (42.86%) Figma
2 4 (4.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (2.38%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (2.38%) AWS
3 2 (2.38%) Azure
3 2 (2.38%) Contentful
3 2 (2.38%) Miro
4 1 (1.19%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.19%) Firebase
4 1 (1.19%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.19%) Heroku
4 1 (1.19%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.19%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.19%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.19%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.19%) Metadata
2 1 (1.19%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.19%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (7.14%) Axure RP
2 5 (5.95%) JIRA
3 1 (1.19%) Balsamiq
General
1 23 (27.38%) Public Sector
2 16 (19.05%) Finance
3 15 (17.86%) Social Skills
4 10 (11.90%) Banking
5 5 (5.95%) Legal
6 2 (2.38%) Advertising
7 1 (1.19%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Automotive
7 1 (1.19%) Games
7 1 (1.19%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Local Government
7 1 (1.19%) Marketing
7 1 (1.19%) Military
7 1 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 72 (85.71%) Designer
2 26 (30.95%) UX Designer
3 25 (29.76%) Interaction Designer
4 15 (17.86%) Senior
5 13 (15.48%) Senior Designer
6 10 (11.90%) Product Designer
6 10 (11.90%) Service Designer
7 9 (10.71%) UI Designer
8 6 (7.14%) Senior UX Designer
8 6 (7.14%) UI/UX Designer
9 4 (4.76%) User Researcher
10 3 (3.57%) Content Designer
10 3 (3.57%) Lead
10 3 (3.57%) Senior Service Designer
10 3 (3.57%) Visual Designer
11 2 (2.38%) Developer
11 2 (2.38%) Full-Stack Developer
11 2 (2.38%) Senior Developer
11 2 (2.38%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
11 2 (2.38%) Senior Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (19.05%) CSS
1 16 (19.05%) HTML
2 5 (5.95%) Framer.js
3 3 (3.57%) AngularJS
3 3 (3.57%) React
4 2 (2.38%) Sass
5 1 (1.19%) D3.js
5 1 (1.19%) FastAPI
5 1 (1.19%) Flask
5 1 (1.19%) Flutter
5 1 (1.19%) HTML5
5 1 (1.19%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.19%) JSON
5 1 (1.19%) Material-UI
5 1 (1.19%) Next.js
5 1 (1.19%) Node.js
5 1 (1.19%) RESTful
5 1 (1.19%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (1.19%) Unity (Game Engine)
5 1 (1.19%) Unity DI Container
Miscellaneous
1 12 (14.29%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.95%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (4.76%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.38%) Blog
4 2 (2.38%) W3C
5 1 (1.19%) Animation
5 1 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
5 1 (1.19%) Blockchain
5 1 (1.19%) Client/Server
5 1 (1.19%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.19%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.19%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.19%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.19%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.19%) NHS
5 1 (1.19%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.38%) Android
1 2 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (64.29%) User Experience
2 43 (51.19%) Agile
3 38 (45.24%) UX Design
4 34 (40.48%) Prototyping
5 32 (38.10%) User Research
6 25 (29.76%) Service Design
7 23 (27.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 15 (17.86%) Usability Testing
9 13 (15.48%) Wireframes
10 11 (13.10%) Workshop Facilitation
11 9 (10.71%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (9.52%) AI
12 8 (9.52%) Journey Map
13 7 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
13 7 (8.33%) Personalization
13 7 (8.33%) Validation
14 6 (7.14%) Content Management
14 6 (7.14%) Decision-Making
14 6 (7.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (7.14%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 3 (3.57%) Python
3 1 (1.19%) Java
3 1 (1.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 19 (22.62%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.38%) Degree
4 1 (1.19%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (35.71%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.33%) WCAG
3 1 (1.19%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (17.86%) Adobe
2 11 (13.10%) Microsoft
3 6 (7.14%) Hopewiser
4 1 (1.19%) Google
4 1 (1.19%) Netlify
4 1 (1.19%) OneLogin
4 1 (1.19%) OpenAI
4 1 (1.19%) Palantir
4 1 (1.19%) SAP