Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design (IxD)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

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

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 66 31 26
Rank change year-on-year -35 -5 +15
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.88% 0.47% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.56% 2.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -47.92% -4.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £319 - £638
90th Percentile £413 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £313 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -47.92% -4.00% -4.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 470 178 170
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 82.46% 83.96% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 297 126 85
10th Percentile £313 £219 £335
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -15.93%
75th Percentile £588 £547 £550
90th Percentile £639 £625 £635
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -15.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 7 23
10th Percentile £17.00 £14.20 £18.05
25th Percentile £58.37 £15.88 £19.13
Median hourly rate £69.50 £17.30 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +301.73% -63.58% +140.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £20.30 £50.00
90th Percentile - £33.18 £70.00
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £67.50 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +297.06% -12.82% -1.27%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in Newcastle upon Tyne

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Multivariate Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Web Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google