Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Interaction Design (IxD)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.24% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £375 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 665 381 613
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 81.00% 89.86% 87.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 281 174 198
10th Percentile £200 £261 £213
25th Percentile £406 £446 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £527 £400
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +31.63% -23.81%
75th Percentile £650 £575 £572
90th Percentile £750 £675 £650
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £425
% change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 115 278
10th Percentile £15.99 £16.95 £28.80
25th Percentile £22.63 £30.06 £38.12
Median hourly rate £61.76 £54.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.31% +9.00% -23.08%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £80.00 £77.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 August 2026. 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
Watford - 1 £375 -
Welwyn Garden City - 1 - - 1
Interaction Design
East of England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (50.00%) Senior UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Design
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Empathy Maps
2 1 (50.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe