Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in the North East

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East 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 68 36 30
Rank change year-on-year -32 -6 +16
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 5 1 7
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.72% 0.32% 2.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.41% 2.70%
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 - -
England median daily rate £450 £461 £488
% change year-on-year -2.33% -5.49% -15.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 568 245 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 81.38% 79.55% 80.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 344 167 113
10th Percentile £313 £220 £263
25th Percentile £380 £359 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -6.25% -4.00%
75th Percentile £577 £541 £588
90th Percentile £650 £625 £650
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 17 50
10th Percentile £17.00 - £11.44
25th Percentile £43.96 £11.60 £12.13
Median hourly rate £69.44 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +308.47% -12.82% -2.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.97 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £48.51 £68.88
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.50 £38.12
% change year-on-year +84.31% -33.11% +1.65%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the North East

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in the North East over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the North East

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 29 June 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
Tyne and Wear -36 5 £313 -47.92% 4
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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