Interaction Design Contracts in London

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 297 348 356
Rank change year-on-year +51 +8 +5
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 56 43 140
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.45% 0.24% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.27% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 32 111
10th Percentile £250 £387 £410
25th Percentile £394 £458 £523
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £569 £550 £700
90th Percentile £625 £599 £838
England median daily rate £483 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -3.50% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £36.76
25th Percentile £46.25 - £42.86
Median hourly rate £47.50 - £53.75
75th Percentile £48.75 - £63.75
90th Percentile - - £70.50
England median hourly rate £47.50 £62.50 £53.75
% change year-on-year -24.00% +16.28% -10.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in London

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in London

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in London

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in London

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London 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
Central London +6 4 £513 - 1
South London - 1 - -
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (10.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (10.71%) Sketch
2 5 (8.93%) Adobe XD
3 4 (7.14%) InVision
4 3 (5.36%) Acrobat
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.79%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.79%) Blender
5 1 (1.79%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (1.79%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (39.29%) Figma
2 5 (8.93%) Miro
3 3 (5.36%) Slack
4 1 (1.79%) BigCommerce
4 1 (1.79%) SaaS
4 1 (1.79%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 5 (8.93%) Axure RP
General
1 14 (25.00%) Finance
1 14 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 9 (16.07%) Social Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Marketing
4 4 (7.14%) Advertising
4 4 (7.14%) Automotive
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.36%) Retail
6 2 (3.57%) Games
6 2 (3.57%) Police
7 1 (1.79%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 46 (82.14%) Designer
2 18 (32.14%) Interaction Designer
3 13 (23.21%) Senior
3 13 (23.21%) Senior Designer
4 12 (21.43%) UX Designer
5 11 (19.64%) Product Designer
6 5 (8.93%) Service Designer
7 4 (7.14%) Account Manager
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 4 (7.14%) Senior Product Designer
7 4 (7.14%) Visual Designer
8 3 (5.36%) Senior Service Designer
8 3 (5.36%) User Researcher
9 2 (3.57%) Digital Designer
9 2 (3.57%) Mobile Designer
9 2 (3.57%) Senior UI Designer
9 2 (3.57%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (3.57%) UI Designer
9 2 (3.57%) User Experience Researcher
10 1 (1.79%) Games Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) CSS
1 2 (3.57%) HTML
2 1 (1.79%) Framer.js
2 1 (1.79%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.93%) Mobile App
2 3 (5.36%) Animation
3 2 (3.57%) Motion Graphics
3 2 (3.57%) Photography
4 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.79%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.79%) Sports Betting
4 1 (1.79%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Android
1 1 (1.79%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (64.29%) User Experience
2 32 (57.14%) UX Design
3 30 (53.57%) User Research
4 27 (48.21%) Prototyping
5 19 (33.93%) Agile
6 16 (28.57%) Service Design
7 15 (26.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 9 (16.07%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (16.07%) Usability Testing
8 9 (16.07%) Wireframes
9 8 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 6 (10.71%) Analytics
10 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (10.71%) Storytelling
10 6 (10.71%) Typography
10 6 (10.71%) UX Research
11 5 (8.93%) Actionable Insight
11 5 (8.93%) Design Thinking
11 5 (8.93%) Product Strategy
11 5 (8.93%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (21.43%) Security Cleared
2 9 (16.07%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.36%) Degree
4 2 (3.57%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (25.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.14%) WCAG
3 1 (1.79%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (19.64%) Adobe
2 4 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.79%) CA Agile Central
3 1 (1.79%) Facebook
3 1 (1.79%) Foundry
3 1 (1.79%) Google
3 1 (1.79%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.79%) SAP
3 1 (1.79%) Sitecore