Interaction Designer Contracts in England

Interaction Designer
UK > England

The median Interaction Designer daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 447 499 570
Rank change year-on-year +52 +71 +37
Contract jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 24 38 61
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.100% 0.10% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.11% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 27 48
10th Percentile £400 £363 £453
25th Percentile £405 £369 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £553
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% -10.41% +1.10%
75th Percentile £569 £523 £638
90th Percentile £615 £588 £679
UK median daily rate £525 £495 £550
% change year-on-year +6.06% -10.00% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35.42
25th Percentile - - £39.52
Median hourly rate - - £46.35
75th Percentile - - £53.17
90th Percentile - - £57.27
UK median hourly rate - - £46.35
% change year-on-year - - +58.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 22,148 33,787 45,257
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 92.77% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,733 22,407 32,145
10th Percentile £290 £282 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.27%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £508 £525 £543
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.31% +3.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 892 2,479 1,329
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.47
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £37.18 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.81% -17.38% +95.65%
75th Percentile £60.25 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £73.75 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £27.99 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -23.32% -18.89% +88.21%

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Interaction Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Designer in England

Interaction Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Designer in England

Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Designer in England over the 6 months to 24 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Designer in England

Interaction Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Designer in England

Interaction Designer
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 Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 24 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 +61 17 £555 +12.12% 12
North of England +4 4 £400 +6.67% 19
Yorkshire +11 3 £400 -11.11% 10
South West +39 1 - - 9
West Midlands +12 1 £410 -18.00% 13
Midlands +9 1 £410 -18.00% 20
North East -4 1 £600 -4.00% 2
Interaction Designer
UK

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 24 May 2025, Interaction Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 17 (70.83%) User Research
3 11 (45.83%) Accessibility
3 11 (45.83%) User Experience
4 10 (41.67%) Service Design
4 10 (41.67%) Agile
5 9 (37.50%) UX Design
6 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
6 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
6 7 (29.17%) Prototyping
7 6 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
7 6 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (20.83%) Figma
8 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
8 5 (20.83%) Wireframes
8 5 (20.83%) Analytics
8 5 (20.83%) Legal
9 4 (16.67%) Adobe
9 4 (16.67%) Usability Testing
9 4 (16.67%) WCAG
9 4 (16.67%) User Stories
9 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
9 4 (16.67%) Sketch
10 3 (12.50%) Adobe XD
10 3 (12.50%) Axure RP
11 2 (8.33%) Finance
11 2 (8.33%) Degree

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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 4 (16.67%) Sketch
2 3 (12.50%) Adobe XD
3 2 (8.33%) InVision
4 1 (4.17%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (4.17%) Blender
4 1 (4.17%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (4.17%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.83%) Figma
2 1 (4.17%) BigCommerce
2 1 (4.17%) Miro
Development Applications
1 3 (12.50%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.83%) Legal
2 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 2 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.17%) Banking
4 1 (4.17%) Games
4 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.17%) Local Government
4 1 (4.17%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.17%) CSS
1 1 (4.17%) Framer.js
1 1 (4.17%) HTML
1 1 (4.17%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (16.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.17%) Animation
2 1 (4.17%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 17 (70.83%) User Research
3 11 (45.83%) User Experience
4 10 (41.67%) Agile
4 10 (41.67%) Service Design
5 9 (37.50%) UX Design
6 7 (29.17%) Prototyping
7 6 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
7 6 (25.00%) Decision-Making
7 6 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (20.83%) Analytics
8 5 (20.83%) Wireframes
9 4 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 4 (16.67%) Usability Testing
9 4 (16.67%) User Stories
10 2 (8.33%) Front End Development
10 2 (8.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 2 (8.33%) Product Strategy
10 2 (8.33%) Qualitative Research
10 2 (8.33%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) SC Cleared
1 7 (29.17%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.33%) Degree
3 1 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (45.83%) Accessibility
2 4 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (4.17%) Foundry
2 1 (4.17%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.17%) SAP
2 1 (4.17%) Sitecore