Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Interaction Design (IxD)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 82 95
Rank change year-on-year +1 +13 +24
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 13 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 1.05% 0.096% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.19% 0.11% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 5
10th Percentile £305 - £334
25th Percentile £315 £184 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £374 £188 £375
Median % change year-on-year +99.33% -50.00% -37.50%
75th Percentile £436 £191 £388
90th Percentile £530 - £478
North West median daily rate £388 £394 £375
% change year-on-year -1.59% +5.00% -25.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,094 946 1,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.65% 91.14% 87.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 754 581 980
10th Percentile £303 £294 £312
25th Percentile £370 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £572 £564 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 33 61
10th Percentile £17.20 £15.93 £12.50
25th Percentile £21.46 £21.25 £14.04
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +25.00% -35.80%
75th Percentile £61.25 £33.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £60.00 £78.75
North West median hourly rate £41.94 £31.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +33.14% -10.00% -6.42%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in Manchester over the 6 months to 29 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in Manchester

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (38.46%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Sketch
2 1 (7.69%) InVision
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Figma
General
1 7 (53.85%) Finance
1 7 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.69%) Legal
Job Titles
1 12 (92.31%) Designer
2 6 (46.15%) UX Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Interaction Designer
3 3 (23.08%) Service Designer
4 2 (15.38%) Content Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Graphic Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Interface Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Designer
5 1 (7.69%) Senior Service Designer
5 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (7.69%) Graphic Design
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Agile
1 9 (69.23%) User Experience
2 8 (61.54%) UX Design
3 6 (46.15%) Personalization
3 6 (46.15%) Validation
4 5 (38.46%) Usability Testing
5 4 (30.77%) Content Management
5 4 (30.77%) Service Design
5 4 (30.77%) User Research
6 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (23.08%) Wireframes
7 2 (15.38%) Analytics
7 2 (15.38%) Design Thinking
7 2 (15.38%) Human-Centred Design
7 2 (15.38%) Journey Map
8 1 (7.69%) Design Patterns
8 1 (7.69%) Design Sprint
8 1 (7.69%) Lean UX
8 1 (7.69%) Storytelling
8 1 (7.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (84.62%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Hopewiser
2 3 (23.08%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.69%) Adobe