Interaction Designer Contracts

Interaction Designer
UK

The median Interaction Designer daily rate in the UK is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 480 536 626
Rank change year-on-year +56 +90 -10
Contract jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 40 46 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 35 69
10th Percentile £305 £363 £450
25th Percentile £400 £388 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £495 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% +4.76%
75th Percentile £573 £525 £638
90th Percentile £611 £573 £665
UK excluding London median daily rate £331 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -26.41% -18.18% +4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £35.42
25th Percentile - - £39.52
Median hourly rate - - £46.35
75th Percentile - - £53.17
90th Percentile - - £57.27
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Interaction Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Interaction Designer.

Daily rate trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Interaction Designer.

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Designer in the UK

Interaction Designer
Top 9 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
England +47 25 £525 +5.00% 4
London +41 18 £544 +8.75% 4
Work from Home +37 16 £500 -1.23% 10
UK excluding London +57 11 £331 -26.41% 9
North of England +12 5 £400 +6.67%
Wales - 5 £305 - 8
Yorkshire +9 3 £400 -11.11%
North East -3 2 £500 -20.00%
South West +43 1 - -

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Interaction Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 40 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 25 (62.50%) User Research
3 24 (60.00%) User Experience
4 22 (55.00%) Agile
5 18 (45.00%) Prototyping
6 17 (42.50%) UX Design
7 14 (35.00%) Accessibility
8 13 (32.50%) Public Sector
8 13 (32.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
8 13 (32.50%) Security Cleared
9 12 (30.00%) Sketch
9 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
10 11 (27.50%) Figma
10 11 (27.50%) Axure RP
11 9 (22.50%) Wireframes
11 9 (22.50%) Service Design
12 8 (20.00%) Usability Testing
12 8 (20.00%) Mentoring
12 8 (20.00%) Degree
12 8 (20.00%) WCAG
13 7 (17.50%) Adobe
13 7 (17.50%) InVision
14 6 (15.00%) User Stories
14 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
14 6 (15.00%) Adobe XD
15 5 (12.50%) Quantitative Research
15 5 (12.50%) Coaching
15 5 (12.50%) Qualitative Research
15 5 (12.50%) Finance

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 12 (30.00%) Sketch
2 7 (17.50%) InVision
3 6 (15.00%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (2.50%) Blender
4 1 (2.50%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (2.50%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 1 (2.50%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (27.50%) Figma
2 1 (2.50%) BigCommerce
2 1 (2.50%) Miro
2 1 (2.50%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 11 (27.50%) Axure RP
2 2 (5.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 13 (32.50%) Public Sector
2 12 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (12.50%) Finance
4 4 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (10.00%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (2.50%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.50%) Banking
5 1 (2.50%) Games
5 1 (2.50%) Local Government
5 1 (2.50%) Retail
5 1 (2.50%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.00%) CSS
1 4 (10.00%) HTML
2 1 (2.50%) Framer.js
2 1 (2.50%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (5.00%) NHS
1 2 (5.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.50%) Animation
2 1 (2.50%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 25 (62.50%) User Research
3 24 (60.00%) User Experience
4 22 (55.00%) Agile
5 18 (45.00%) Prototyping
6 17 (42.50%) UX Design
7 13 (32.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 9 (22.50%) Service Design
8 9 (22.50%) Wireframes
9 8 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 8 (20.00%) Usability Testing
10 6 (15.00%) Collaborative Working
10 6 (15.00%) User Stories
11 5 (12.50%) Coaching
11 5 (12.50%) Qualitative Research
11 5 (12.50%) Quantitative Research
12 4 (10.00%) Business Case
12 4 (10.00%) Customer Insight
12 4 (10.00%) Decision-Making
12 4 (10.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (32.50%) SC Cleared
1 13 (32.50%) Security Cleared
2 8 (20.00%) Degree
3 4 (10.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (35.00%) Accessibility
2 8 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Adobe
2 1 (2.50%) Foundry
2 1 (2.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (2.50%) SAP
2 1 (2.50%) Sitecore