Senior Interaction Designer Contract Job Trends

Senior Interaction Designer
UK

The median Senior Interaction Designer daily rate in the UK is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 614 515 582
Rank change year-on-year -99 +67 +111
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Interaction Designer 15 6 4
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.031% 0.021% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.023% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 2 3
10th Percentile - £614 £460
25th Percentile £510 £616 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £638 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +27.50% -6.76%
75th Percentile £663 £666 £510
90th Percentile £700 £671 £516
UK excluding London median daily rate £675 £650 £500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +30.00% -4.31%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 45,082 26,443 39,660
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.31% 92.30% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 27,504 17,178 25,818
10th Percentile £325 £290 £280
25th Percentile £413 £405 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £508 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.99% -3.33% -2.78%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,000 1,028 2,760
10th Percentile £15.00 £14.00 £12.80
25th Percentile £20.50 £18.09 £16.30
Median hourly rate £42.50 £27.97 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.98% -23.38% -18.89%
75th Percentile £66.63 £60.00 £61.30
90th Percentile £78.75 £75.00 £72.54
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.61 £25.30 £40.00
% change year-on-year +72.35% -36.75% -5.88%

Senior Interaction Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Interaction Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Senior Interaction Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Interaction Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Interaction Designer job vacancies in the UK

Senior Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Interaction Designer over the 6 months to 28 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Interaction Designer in the UK

Senior Interaction Designer
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Interaction Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 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
England -114 15 £625 - 3
Work from Home - 9 £520 - 4
London -64 8 £520 -16.80% 3
UK excluding London -84 7 £675 +3.85% 5
North of England - 7 £675 -
Yorkshire - 4 £700 -
North West - 3 £650 -

Senior Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 May 2026, Senior Interaction Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Senior Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 12 (80.00%) Prototyping
3 11 (73.33%) Accessibility
3 11 (73.33%) WCAG
4 10 (66.67%) Inclusive Design
5 9 (60.00%) Agile
6 8 (53.33%) User Research
6 8 (53.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 6 (40.00%) Analytics
7 6 (40.00%) Design Patterns
8 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
8 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
8 4 (26.67%) Service Design
9 3 (20.00%) Android
9 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
9 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
10 2 (13.33%) Design Thinking
10 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 2 (13.33%) Figma
10 2 (13.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 2 (13.33%) Mobile First
10 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
10 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 1 (6.67%) Coaching
11 1 (6.67%) CSS
11 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
11 1 (6.67%) Framer.js
11 1 (6.67%) HTML
11 1 (6.67%) Wireframes

Senior Interaction Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 2 (13.33%) Figma
General
1 4 (26.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) Framer.js
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Android
1 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 12 (80.00%) Prototyping
3 10 (66.67%) Inclusive Design
4 9 (60.00%) Agile
5 8 (53.33%) User Research
5 8 (53.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (40.00%) Analytics
6 6 (40.00%) Design Patterns
7 4 (26.67%) Service Design
8 3 (20.00%) Mentoring
9 2 (13.33%) Design Thinking
9 2 (13.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 2 (13.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 2 (13.33%) Mobile First
9 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (13.33%) Workshop Facilitation
10 1 (6.67%) Coaching
10 1 (6.67%) Decision-Making
10 1 (6.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (73.33%) Accessibility
1 11 (73.33%) WCAG