Hybrid/Remote Interaction Design Contract Job Trends

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Interaction Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 255 323
Rank change year-on-year -27 +68 +4
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 32 59 51
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.31% 0.51% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.57% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 41 40
10th Percentile £372 £360 £324
25th Percentile £402 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £427 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year -13.74% +4.21% -15.18%
75th Percentile £552 £575 £525
90th Percentile £563 £650 £560
UK median daily rate £450 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -1.00% -7.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 - £70.07
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £28.09 £47.50 £71.29
% change year-on-year -40.86% -33.37% +30.80%

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 9,289 10,391 15,174
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.88% 89.11% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,123 6,538 10,363
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £720 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 330 211 367
10th Percentile £15.30 £18.10 £19.69
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £27.50
Median hourly rate £42.50 £36.00 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.06% -33.33% -2.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.30 £70.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.90
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Interaction Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Interaction Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Interaction Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Interaction Design daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Interaction Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Interaction Design

Interaction Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Applications
1 6 (18.75%) Sketch
2 3 (9.38%) Adobe XD
3 2 (6.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (3.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (3.13%) InDesign
4 1 (3.13%) InVision
4 1 (3.13%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 13 (40.63%) Figma
2 2 (6.25%) Contentful
2 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
3 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (3.13%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.13%) Heroku
Development Applications
1 4 (12.50%) JIRA
2 2 (6.25%) Axure RP
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 11 (34.38%) Public Sector
2 5 (15.63%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.25%) Advertising
3 2 (6.25%) Legal
3 2 (6.25%) Publishing
4 1 (3.13%) Banking
4 1 (3.13%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Military
4 1 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (87.50%) Designer
2 17 (53.13%) Interaction Designer
3 6 (18.75%) UX Designer
4 4 (12.50%) Service Designer
5 3 (9.38%) Senior
5 3 (9.38%) Senior Designer
6 2 (6.25%) Senior Interaction Designer
6 2 (6.25%) UI Designer
6 2 (6.25%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (6.25%) User Researcher
7 1 (3.13%) Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Lead
7 1 (3.13%) Product Designer
7 1 (3.13%) Salesforce Developer
7 1 (3.13%) Senior UX Designer
7 1 (3.13%) UI Developer
7 1 (3.13%) UI/UX Developer
7 1 (3.13%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (31.25%) CSS
1 10 (31.25%) HTML
2 3 (9.38%) Framer.js
3 2 (6.25%) Sass
4 1 (3.13%) HTML5
4 1 (3.13%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (3.13%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.38%) Mobile App
1 3 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 2 (6.25%) Blog
2 2 (6.25%) Graphic Design
3 1 (3.13%) Digital Media
3 1 (3.13%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.13%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Agile
1 20 (62.50%) Prototyping
2 18 (56.25%) User Experience
3 15 (46.88%) User Research
4 13 (40.63%) Service Design
5 11 (34.38%) UX Design
6 10 (31.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 7 (21.88%) Wireframes
8 6 (18.75%) Usability Testing
9 5 (15.63%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (15.63%) Journey Map
10 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 4 (12.50%) Front End Development
10 4 (12.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 3 (9.38%) Digital Innovation
11 3 (9.38%) Ethnography
11 3 (9.38%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
11 3 (9.38%) Rapid Prototyping
11 3 (9.38%) Roadmaps
11 3 (9.38%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 3 (9.38%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.13%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 13 (40.63%) Security Cleared
2 9 (28.13%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (9.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 5 (15.63%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (15.63%) Adobe
1 5 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.50%) Mercator
3 1 (3.13%) Google
3 1 (3.13%) OneLogin
3 1 (3.13%) Oracle
3 1 (3.13%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.13%) SAP