Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in the South West

Interaction Design (IxD)
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 123 123 146
Rank change year-on-year 0 +23 +20
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 9 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.38% 0.20% 0.068%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.22% 0.079%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 2
10th Percentile £450 £301 £502
25th Percentile £525 £477 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £594 £510
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% +16.42% -13.19%
75th Percentile £625 £627 £515
90th Percentile £693 £641 £518
England median daily rate £453 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -8.59% -1.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,980 1,790 2,517
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.02% 87.62% 85.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,161 1,096 1,653
10th Percentile £263 £265 £296
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £731 £724
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 116 269
10th Percentile £15.60 £18.36 £20.20
25th Percentile £20.47 £44.69 £45.00
Median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £68.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.22 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.35%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the South West

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in the South West over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the South West

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 29 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
Bristol +3 6 £575 +43.75% 2
Devon +11 2 - - 1
Wiltshire - 1 £725 -
Interaction Design
England

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 3 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (22.22%) InVision
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (22.22%) Sketch
3 1 (11.11%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 7 (77.78%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Advertising
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (88.89%) Designer
2 4 (44.44%) Interaction Designer
3 3 (33.33%) Visual Designer
4 2 (22.22%) UX Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Head of Design
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Designer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Visual Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Agile
1 6 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 5 (55.56%) Community of Practice
2 5 (55.56%) Service Design
2 5 (55.56%) User Research
3 4 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (33.33%) Content Writing
4 3 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
4 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
4 3 (33.33%) Infographics
4 3 (33.33%) Storytelling
4 3 (33.33%) User Experience
4 3 (33.33%) UX Design
5 2 (22.22%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (22.22%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Design Patterns
6 1 (11.11%) Inclusive Design
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (77.78%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Adobe
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft