Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 107 135
Rank change year-on-year +1 +28 -3
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 6 9 9
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.39% 0.53% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.60% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 8
10th Percentile £407 £536 £545
25th Percentile £411 £553 £561
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £619 £591
Median % change year-on-year -29.56% +4.83% +18.69%
75th Percentile £457 £667 £615
90th Percentile £475 £675 £666
UK median daily rate £450 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 - -
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £47.50 £71.29
% change year-on-year -40.86% -33.37% +30.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,335 1,511 2,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 87.43% 89.67% 91.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 767 894 1,334
10th Percentile £235 £230 £250
25th Percentile £396 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £450 £498
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -9.55% +4.74%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £588
90th Percentile £625 £650 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 44 55
10th Percentile £14.01 £15.07 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.87 £19.59 £16.00
Median hourly rate £20.00 £23.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +27.78% +1.58%
75th Percentile £25.15 £24.18 £55.00
90th Percentile £55.00 £32.66 £69.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Scotland

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

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

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
Glasgow - 5 £436 - 2
Edinburgh -2 1 - - 7
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (16.67%) InDesign
1 1 (16.67%) InVision
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
1 1 (16.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Designer
2 4 (66.67%) UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Lead
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) CSS
1 4 (66.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Digital Media
2 1 (16.67%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 6 (100.00%) User Experience
1 6 (100.00%) User Research
1 6 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (66.67%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Front End Development
2 4 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 3 (50.00%) Typography
4 1 (16.67%) Design Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Banking
4 1 (16.67%) Generative AI
4 1 (16.67%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (16.67%) Innovative Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (16.67%) Service Design
4 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft