Interaction Design Contracts in Wales

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Wales requiring Interaction Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Interaction Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 - 58
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 5 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wales 1.71% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% - 0.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile - - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £305 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.05%
75th Percentile £309 - £513
90th Percentile £322 - £588
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +9.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 255 311 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 87.03% 78.73% 86.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 212 421
10th Percentile £185 £168 £183
25th Percentile £285 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +5.26% -2.48%
75th Percentile £525 £571 £573
90th Percentile £625 £667 £650
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 31 28
10th Percentile £15.60 £11.75 £14.78
25th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 £16.98
Median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%
75th Percentile £35.25 £51.75 £26.50
90th Percentile £45.00 £86.00 £49.13
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Job postings citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in Wales

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in Wales

Interaction Design
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region 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
South Wales - 5 £305 - 12
Interaction Design
UK

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Interaction Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Lead
1 5 (100.00%) Lead Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) NHS
2 1 (20.00%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Business Case
2 4 (80.00%) Coaching
2 4 (80.00%) DevOps
3 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
4 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) SDLC
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) Degree
1 4 (80.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility