Interaction Designer Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Interaction Designer
England > North of England

The median Interaction Designer daily rate in the North of England is £404, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 161 190
Rank change year-on-year -42 +29 +17
Contract jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 5 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.11% 0.12% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.14% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 5
10th Percentile £372 £613 £490
25th Percentile £385 £631 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £404 £675 £588
Median % change year-on-year -40.19% +14.89% +6.82%
75th Percentile £423 £688 £661
90th Percentile £432 - £707
England median daily rate £420 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -18.05% -2.38% -4.55%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 4,194 3,678 4,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.67% 91.90% 93.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,811 2,009 3,061
10th Percentile £214 £259 £263
25th Percentile £363 £383 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £556 £575 £594
90th Percentile £663 £650 £674
England median daily rate £510 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 272 226 213
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.56 £15.75
25th Percentile £19.07 £18.01 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.44 £30.50 £26.78
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +13.89% +33.90%
75th Percentile £51.14 £48.75 £46.18
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.00 £59.17
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.11
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.32% +50.35%

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Interaction Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Interaction Designer job vacancy trend in the North of England

Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Interaction Designer job vacancies in the North of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Interaction Designer job vacancies in the North of England

Interaction Designer
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 Designer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
North West -19 2 £425 -29.17% 2
North East - 2 £394 - 2
Yorkshire -38 1 £395 -41.48% 1
Interaction Designer
England

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, Interaction Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) Degree
4 2 (40.00%) Figma
4 2 (40.00%) InVision
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) UX Design
4 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe
5 1 (20.00%) Axure RP
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) ERP
5 1 (20.00%) Framer.js
5 1 (20.00%) Heroku
5 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
5 1 (20.00%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (20.00%) Psychology
5 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 1 (20.00%) Sketch
5 1 (20.00%) Typography
5 1 (20.00%) WCAG

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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 2 (40.00%) InVision
2 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Heroku
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
4 2 (40.00%) User Stories
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) UX Design
4 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) ERP
5 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
5 1 (20.00%) Progressive Enhancement
5 1 (20.00%) Psychology
5 1 (20.00%) Typography
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe