Interaction Design Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 266 304 360
Rank change year-on-year +38 +56 -31
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 38 41 118
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.27% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.30% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 28 89
10th Percentile £250 £382 £439
25th Percentile £313 £463 £485
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% -16.67% +17.07%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £680
90th Percentile £578 £677 £838
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £45.00
UK median hourly rate £54.00 £62.50 £47.50
% change year-on-year -13.60% +31.58% -20.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Interaction Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Interaction Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Interaction Design trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Interaction Design.

Interaction Design daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Interaction Design daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Interaction Design.

Interaction Design hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.63%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (7.89%) Sketch
2 1 (2.63%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.63%) InVision
2 1 (2.63%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Figma
2 3 (7.89%) Miro
2 3 (7.89%) Slack
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.63%) JIRA
General
1 14 (36.84%) Public Sector
2 12 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.16%) Finance
3 5 (13.16%) Marketing
4 4 (10.53%) Advertising
4 4 (10.53%) Automotive
4 4 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (2.63%) Legal
6 1 (2.63%) Publishing
6 1 (2.63%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 30 (78.95%) Designer
2 16 (42.11%) Interaction Designer
3 5 (13.16%) Product Designer
3 5 (13.16%) UX Designer
4 4 (10.53%) Account Manager
5 3 (7.89%) Senior
5 3 (7.89%) Senior Designer
5 3 (7.89%) Service Designer
6 2 (5.26%) Content Designer
6 2 (5.26%) Lead
6 2 (5.26%) Senior Product Designer
6 2 (5.26%) User Experience Researcher
7 1 (2.63%) Consultant
7 1 (2.63%) Developer
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Account Manager
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Content Designer
7 1 (2.63%) Digital Designer
7 1 (2.63%) Digital UX Designer
7 1 (2.63%) Lead Designer
7 1 (2.63%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (15.79%) CSS
1 6 (15.79%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.63%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Android
1 2 (5.26%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (71.05%) User Research
2 21 (55.26%) Agile
3 18 (47.37%) User Experience
4 16 (42.11%) Prototyping
5 14 (36.84%) UX Design
6 11 (28.95%) Service Design
6 11 (28.95%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (18.42%) User Stories
8 6 (15.79%) Analytics
8 6 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 6 (15.79%) Wireframes
9 5 (13.16%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 5 (13.16%) Project Management
10 4 (10.53%) Actionable Insight
10 4 (10.53%) Content Strategy
10 4 (10.53%) Digital Marketing
10 4 (10.53%) Digital Strategy
10 4 (10.53%) Product Strategy
10 4 (10.53%) SEO
10 4 (10.53%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (39.47%) Security Cleared
2 14 (36.84%) SC Cleared
3 6 (15.79%) Degree
4 1 (2.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (23.68%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.53%) WCAG
3 1 (2.63%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) Adobe
1 1 (2.63%) CA Agile Central
1 1 (2.63%) Facebook
1 1 (2.63%) Foundry