Interaction Designer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Interaction Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Interaction Designer daily rate for remote or hybrid work 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 288 325 434
Rank change year-on-year +37 +109 +35
Contract jobs requiring an Interaction Designer 16 20 43
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.16% 0.13% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.14% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 32
10th Percentile - £463 £443
25th Percentile £400 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £506 £548
Median % change year-on-year -1.23% -7.53% +4.29%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £638
90th Percentile £588 - £655
UK median daily rate £500 £495 £550
% change year-on-year +1.01% -10.00% +4.76%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Interaction Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Interaction Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

Interaction Designer
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 Designer.

Interaction Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Interaction Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Interaction Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Interaction Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Interaction Designer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 12 (75.00%) User Research
3 11 (68.75%) Agile
4 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
4 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
4 9 (56.25%) Prototyping
5 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
7 6 (37.50%) User Stories
8 5 (31.25%) User Experience
9 4 (25.00%) Axure RP
9 4 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 4 (25.00%) Degree
9 4 (25.00%) WCAG
9 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
9 4 (25.00%) Wireframes
10 3 (18.75%) HTML
10 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
10 3 (18.75%) CSS
10 3 (18.75%) UX Design
10 3 (18.75%) Sketch
10 3 (18.75%) Figma
10 3 (18.75%) Service Design
11 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
12 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
12 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
12 1 (6.25%) Business Case
12 1 (6.25%) Design Patterns

Interaction Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) Figma
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Axure RP
General
1 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (43.75%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (18.75%) CSS
1 3 (18.75%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Interaction Design
2 12 (75.00%) User Research
3 11 (68.75%) Agile
4 9 (56.25%) Prototyping
5 6 (37.50%) User Stories
6 5 (31.25%) User Experience
7 4 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 4 (25.00%) Wireframes
8 3 (18.75%) Service Design
8 3 (18.75%) UX Design
9 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
9 2 (12.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
10 1 (6.25%) Decision-Making
10 1 (6.25%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 1 (6.25%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
10 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (6.25%) SDLC
10 1 (6.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 1 (6.25%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (56.25%) SC Cleared
1 9 (56.25%) Security Cleared
2 4 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (6.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 4 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Foundry