Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Interaction Design (IxD)
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.031% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.038% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
South East median daily rate £358 £440 -
% change year-on-year -18.64% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,634 1,545 2,068
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 80.90% 92.35% 84.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,688 922 1,157
10th Percentile £310 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -0.20% -2.72%
75th Percentile £600 £597 £613
90th Percentile £700 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% +0.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 108 129
10th Percentile £16.35 £14.20 £14.29
25th Percentile £31.25 £15.03 £20.50
Median hourly rate £81.50 £25.15 £53.03
Median % change year-on-year +224.06% -52.57% +6.06%
75th Percentile £88.00 £54.06 £66.00
90th Percentile £104.00 £80.90 £85.65
South East median hourly rate £57.50 £21.99 £55.04
% change year-on-year +161.54% -60.05% +10.08%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £700 - 1
Interaction Design
South East

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Payments Solutions Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Model Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Order Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (100.00%) SEPA