Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in London

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London 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 336 299 332
Rank change year-on-year -37 +33 +40
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 40 65 63
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.28% 0.44% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.49% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 39 44
10th Percentile £381 £345 £375
25th Percentile £439 £419 £449
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £485 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% -3.00% -12.28%
75th Percentile £538 £539 £581
90th Percentile £590 £589 £716
England median daily rate £453 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -8.59% -1.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £46.25 £71.25
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £72.50
Median % change year-on-year - -34.48% +33.03%
75th Percentile - £48.75 £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £47.50 £71.29
% change year-on-year - -33.37% +30.80%

All Process & 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 13,087 13,251 16,363
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.34% 90.11% 89.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,629 8,493 11,734
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £676
90th Percentile £757 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 163 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.13 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.49 £35.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.30% +9.23% -13.33%
75th Percentile £53.13 £55.13 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in London

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in London

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

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 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
Central London -10 2 £475 -12.84% 12
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (2.50%) Confluence
1 1 (2.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.50%) Sketch
2 4 (10.00%) Adobe XD
3 2 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (2.50%) InVision
4 1 (2.50%) OmniGraffle
4 1 (2.50%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.50%) UXPin
Cloud Services
1 12 (30.00%) Figma
2 3 (7.50%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.50%) Google Analytics
3 1 (2.50%) Lucidchart
3 1 (2.50%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.50%) Miro
3 1 (2.50%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.50%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.50%) Balsamiq
2 1 (2.50%) JIRA
General
1 11 (27.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.00%) Banking
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 3 (7.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Legal
5 1 (2.50%) Local Government
5 1 (2.50%) Military
5 1 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 38 (95.00%) Designer
2 12 (30.00%) UX Designer
3 10 (25.00%) Senior
3 10 (25.00%) Senior Designer
4 9 (22.50%) Interaction Designer
4 9 (22.50%) Product Designer
4 9 (22.50%) Service Designer
5 6 (15.00%) UI Designer
6 5 (12.50%) Senior UX Designer
7 4 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
8 2 (5.00%) Lead
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Interaction Designer
8 2 (5.00%) Senior Service Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Lead Service Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Senior Digital Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Senior Product Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Senior UI Designer
9 1 (2.50%) Senior UI/UX Designer
9 1 (2.50%) User Researcher
9 1 (2.50%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (27.50%) CSS
1 11 (27.50%) HTML
2 2 (5.00%) Sass
3 1 (2.50%) Framer.js
3 1 (2.50%) HTML5
3 1 (2.50%) HTML5 Canvas
3 1 (2.50%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.50%) Blockchain
3 1 (2.50%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.50%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.50%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.00%) Android
1 2 (5.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (60.00%) User Experience
2 20 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 18 (45.00%) UX Design
4 12 (30.00%) Agile
4 12 (30.00%) Service Design
5 11 (27.50%) User Research
6 8 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (15.00%) Journey Map
7 6 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (10.00%) AI
8 4 (10.00%) Digital Innovation
8 4 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
8 4 (10.00%) Information Architecture
8 4 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
8 4 (10.00%) Typography
8 4 (10.00%) Usability Testing
8 4 (10.00%) Wireframes
9 3 (7.50%) Co-Creation
9 3 (7.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (7.50%) Ethnography
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (12.50%) Adobe
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.50%) Google
3 1 (2.50%) Palantir
3 1 (2.50%) SAP