Interaction Design Contracts

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Interaction Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Interaction Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 450 398
Rank change year-on-year -30 -52 -59
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 96 240 558
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.23% 0.42% 0.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% 0.47% 0.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 179 374
10th Percentile £363 £405 £406
25th Percentile £400 £471 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £585
90th Percentile £600 £764 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £495 £513
% change year-on-year -24.24% -3.41% +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 4
10th Percentile £41.13 £37.61 £36.98
25th Percentile £54.06 £45.00 £48.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £58.63
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% -18.98% +42.12%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £64.06
90th Percentile - £69.00 £64.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - £57.25
% change year-on-year - - +95.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Interaction Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,679 51,168 79,259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.19% 89.82% 90.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,608 35,479 55,636
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £429
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £479
% change year-on-year - +4.38% +9.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,436 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.94 £16.10 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.21%

Interaction Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Interaction Design.

Hourly rate trend for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Interaction Design over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Interaction Design in the UK

Interaction Design
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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 +1 83 £495 -13.91% 38
London +14 43 £500 -16.67% 12
Work from Home +60 39 £500 -16.67% 29
UK excluding London +21 35 £375 -24.24% 24
North of England +13 28 £375 -30.07% 18
Yorkshire +6 14 £381 -19.74% 4
North West +9 8 £375 -40.00% 11
North East +15 6 £625 +8.70% 3
South West +13 6 £510 -10.13%
Midlands +24 1 £500 +66.67% 3
West Midlands +23 1 £500 +66.67% 1

Interaction Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (1.04%) CMS
Applications
1 8 (8.33%) Sketch
2 7 (7.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (7.29%) Adobe XD
2 7 (7.29%) InVision
2 7 (7.29%) Photoshop
3 4 (4.17%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (3.13%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (3.13%) Blender
4 3 (3.13%) Maya
Cloud Services
1 26 (27.08%) Figma
2 5 (5.21%) Azure
3 4 (4.17%) Azure Key Vault
3 4 (4.17%) Azure Service Bus
3 4 (4.17%) GitHub
3 4 (4.17%) Serverless
4 1 (1.04%) AWS
4 1 (1.04%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.17%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (7.29%) Axure RP
2 4 (4.17%) Git
2 4 (4.17%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.04%) JIRA
General
1 33 (34.38%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.88%) Public Sector
3 11 (11.46%) Finance
4 6 (6.25%) Games
4 6 (6.25%) Marketing
4 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.13%) Banking
5 3 (3.13%) Retail Banking
6 2 (2.08%) Retail
7 1 (1.04%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.04%) Health Technology
7 1 (1.04%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.04%) Police
7 1 (1.04%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 80 (83.33%) Designer
2 47 (48.96%) Interaction Designer
3 14 (14.58%) Senior
4 13 (13.54%) Senior Designer
5 12 (12.50%) UX Designer
6 9 (9.38%) Service Designer
7 7 (7.29%) Developer
7 7 (7.29%) Product Designer
8 6 (6.25%) React Developer
8 6 (6.25%) UI Designer
9 5 (5.21%) UX Developer
10 4 (4.17%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 4 (4.17%) Senior UX Designer
11 3 (3.13%) Lead
11 3 (3.13%) Senior Product Designer
11 3 (3.13%) Senior Service Designer
11 3 (3.13%) Software Engineer
11 3 (3.13%) UI Developer
11 3 (3.13%) UI/UX Designer
11 3 (3.13%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (21.88%) HTML
2 16 (16.67%) CSS
3 6 (6.25%) React
4 4 (4.17%) HTML5
4 4 (4.17%) SignalR
4 4 (4.17%) WebSockets
4 4 (4.17%) YAML
5 3 (3.13%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (2.08%) React Native
7 1 (1.04%) Framer.js
7 1 (1.04%) ModSecurity
7 1 (1.04%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.04%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 11 (11.46%) Mobile App
2 9 (9.38%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.17%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.13%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.13%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.08%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.08%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.08%) NHS
5 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.08%) Online Banking
5 2 (2.08%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (2.08%) Solar Panel
6 1 (1.04%) Blog
6 1 (1.04%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.04%) Mobile Games
6 1 (1.04%) Online Games
6 1 (1.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.04%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (47.92%) User Experience
2 44 (45.83%) Prototyping
3 43 (44.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 32 (33.33%) User Research
4 32 (33.33%) UX Design
5 28 (29.17%) Agile
6 22 (22.92%) Wireframes
7 20 (20.83%) Service Design
8 15 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (14.58%) Usability Testing
10 10 (10.42%) Front End Development
11 9 (9.38%) Design Patterns
12 8 (8.33%) Mentoring
12 8 (8.33%) Typography
12 8 (8.33%) UX Research
13 7 (7.29%) Software Engineering
14 6 (6.25%) Business Analysis
14 6 (6.25%) Coaching
14 6 (6.25%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 6 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.17%) SQL
3 2 (2.08%) C++
Qualifications
1 27 (28.13%) Security Cleared
2 22 (22.92%) SC Cleared
3 17 (17.71%) Degree
4 1 (1.04%) CISSP
4 1 (1.04%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (17.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.13%) WCAG
3 2 (2.08%) QA
4 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.04%) JSP 440
4 1 (1.04%) NIST
4 1 (1.04%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (17.71%) Adobe
2 4 (4.17%) Black Duck
3 2 (2.08%) SAP
4 1 (1.04%) Brio
4 1 (1.04%) Salesforce