Interaction Design Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Interaction Design (IxD)
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 32 25
Rank change year-on-year -36 -7 +14
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 5 1 5
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 0.81% 0.43% 2.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.01% 0.51% 2.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £600 £625
Median % change year-on-year -47.92% -4.00% -4.94%
75th Percentile £319 - £638
90th Percentile £413 - -
North East median daily rate £313 £600 £625
% change year-on-year -47.92% -4.00% -4.94%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 496 195 202
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 80.13% 82.98% 87.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 141 91
10th Percentile £313 £200 £313
25th Percentile £400 £350 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -15.18%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £550
90th Percentile £650 £625 £638
North East median daily rate £450 £450 £480
% change year-on-year - -6.25% -4.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 59 9 39
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £46.98 £13.37 £12.13
Median hourly rate £67.50 £17.00 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +297.06% -12.82% -1.27%
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.97 £49.38
90th Percentile - £26.90 £69.00
North East median hourly rate £69.44 £17.00 £19.50
% change year-on-year +308.47% -12.82% -2.50%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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

Interaction Design job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 29 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in Tyne and Wear

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 29 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -35 5 £313 -47.92% 4
Interaction Design
North East

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) Dashboard Development
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Mentoring
2 4 (80.00%) Multivariate Testing
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Performance Metrics
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Web Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 4 (80.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Google