Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 162 156
Rank change year-on-year -63 -6 +13
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 20 7 27
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.29% 0.20% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.22% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 8
10th Percentile £306 £313 £288
25th Percentile £337 £353 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £375
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +6.67% -33.18%
75th Percentile £590 £419 £428
90th Percentile £690 £503 £576
England median daily rate £447 £459 £485
% change year-on-year -2.60% -5.38% -16.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £61.25
Median hourly rate - - £62.50
75th Percentile - - £63.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £60.67 £47.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year +27.72% -24.00% +16.28%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,792 3,120 4,101
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.25% 89.99% 83.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,489 2,024 2,431
10th Percentile £313 £276 £300
25th Percentile £400 £378 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £465 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.49% -7.00% -
75th Percentile £588 £550 £585
90th Percentile £675 £644 £669
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 411 164 399
10th Percentile £16.62 £12.82 £11.10
25th Percentile £22.68 £17.85 £12.55
Median hourly rate £50.00 £25.15 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +98.81% +14.32% -4.97%
75th Percentile £71.70 £53.25 £46.18
90th Percentile £80.00 £78.38 £63.75
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the North of England

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 20 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
North West -37 10 £453 +44.57% 2
Yorkshire -54 8 £313 -21.88% 2
North East -31 5 £313 -47.92% 1
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (5.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (30.00%) Figma
2 4 (20.00%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 10 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Finance
4 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 16 (80.00%) Designer
2 8 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 8 (40.00%) Senior
2 8 (40.00%) Senior Designer
3 7 (35.00%) Senior Interaction Designer
4 6 (30.00%) UX Designer
5 4 (20.00%) Analyst
5 4 (20.00%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
6 2 (10.00%) Service Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Digital Analyst
7 1 (5.00%) Junior
7 1 (5.00%) Junior Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Junior UX Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Graphic Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior Technical Writer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior UI Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (5.00%) Technical Writer
7 1 (5.00%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (20.00%) CSS
1 4 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 5 (25.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Agile
2 14 (70.00%) Analytics
3 13 (65.00%) User Research
3 13 (65.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 12 (60.00%) Prototyping
5 7 (35.00%) Design Thinking
5 7 (35.00%) Inclusive Design
6 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 6 (30.00%) Mentoring
6 6 (30.00%) User Experience
6 6 (30.00%) UX Design
7 5 (25.00%) Wireframes
8 4 (20.00%) Dashboard Development
8 4 (20.00%) Design Sprint
8 4 (20.00%) Digital Analytics
8 4 (20.00%) Lean UX
8 4 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
8 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (20.00%) Service Design
8 4 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 4 (20.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (70.00%) Accessibility
2 8 (40.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Google