Interaction Design Contracts

Interaction Design (IxD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 495 474 400
Rank change year-on-year -21 -74 -20
Contract jobs citing Interaction Design 89 229 541
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.20% 0.41% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.46% 0.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 174 375
10th Percentile £363 £407 £406
25th Percentile £406 £475 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% +11.11%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £585
90th Percentile £623 £738 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £375 £515 £525
% change year-on-year -27.18% -1.90% +15.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 5 5
10th Percentile £41.13 £37.61 £25.20
25th Percentile £54.06 £45.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £62.50 £47.50 £29.25
Median % change year-on-year +31.58% +62.39% -32.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £57.38
90th Percentile - £69.00 £61.20
UK excluding London median hourly rate £62.50 - £41.13
% change year-on-year - - +111.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,178 49,770 79,013
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.13% 89.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,737 34,458 55,587
10th Percentile £300 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £438 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £743
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £490
% change year-on-year - +2.04% +8.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,579 1,678 1,852
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.96 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%
75th Percentile £61.28 £65.00 £50.15
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £34.90 £21.00
% change year-on-year +9.23% +66.18% -

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -32 76 £494 -14.13% 22
UK excluding London +2 36 £375 -27.18% 16
London -12 36 £500 -16.67% 9
Work from Home +59 35 £500 -13.04% 11
North of England +8 28 £375 -31.82% 5
Yorkshire +9 14 £381 -25.97%
North East +14 7 £625 -4.94% 1
North West +6 7 £375 -34.78% 4
South West +4 6 £510 -10.13% 2
Midlands +15 2 £313 +4.17% 1
East Midlands - 2 £313 - 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:

Applications
1 9 (10.11%) InVision
2 8 (8.99%) Adobe XD
2 8 (8.99%) Sketch
3 7 (7.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (7.87%) Photoshop
4 4 (4.49%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (3.37%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (3.37%) Blender
5 3 (3.37%) Maya
6 1 (1.12%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 23 (25.84%) Figma
2 4 (4.49%) Azure
2 4 (4.49%) Azure Key Vault
2 4 (4.49%) Azure Service Bus
2 4 (4.49%) GitHub
2 4 (4.49%) Serverless
3 1 (1.12%) Miro
3 1 (1.12%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.49%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (6.74%) Axure RP
2 4 (4.49%) Git
2 4 (4.49%) SonarQube
3 1 (1.12%) JIRA
General
1 31 (34.83%) Social Skills
2 22 (24.72%) Public Sector
3 9 (10.11%) Finance
4 6 (6.74%) Games
4 6 (6.74%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.25%) Banking
5 2 (2.25%) Marketing
5 2 (2.25%) Retail Banking
6 1 (1.12%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.12%) Police
6 1 (1.12%) Retail
Job Titles
1 76 (85.39%) Designer
2 46 (51.69%) Interaction Designer
3 10 (11.24%) UX Designer
4 9 (10.11%) Senior
4 9 (10.11%) Senior Designer
4 9 (10.11%) Service Designer
5 8 (8.99%) UI Designer
6 7 (7.87%) Developer
7 6 (6.74%) React Developer
8 5 (5.62%) UI/UX Designer
8 5 (5.62%) UX Developer
9 4 (4.49%) Product Designer
9 4 (4.49%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 3 (3.37%) Content Designer
10 3 (3.37%) Senior Service Designer
10 3 (3.37%) Software Engineer
10 3 (3.37%) UI Developer
10 3 (3.37%) UI/UX Developer
11 2 (2.25%) C++ Software Engineer
11 2 (2.25%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (20.22%) HTML
2 13 (14.61%) CSS
3 6 (6.74%) React
4 4 (4.49%) HTML5
4 4 (4.49%) SignalR
4 4 (4.49%) WebSockets
4 4 (4.49%) YAML
5 3 (3.37%) Unreal Engine
6 2 (2.25%) React Native
7 1 (1.12%) Framer.js
7 1 (1.12%) ModSecurity
7 1 (1.12%) SwiftUI
7 1 (1.12%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.11%) Mobile App
2 8 (8.99%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.49%) Cloud Native
4 3 (3.37%) Augmented Reality
4 3 (3.37%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.37%) Virtual Reality
5 2 (2.25%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.25%) Mobile Banking
5 2 (2.25%) Online Banking
5 2 (2.25%) Renewable Energy
5 2 (2.25%) Solar Panel
6 1 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.12%) Mobile Games
6 1 (1.12%) NHS
6 1 (1.12%) Online Games
6 1 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.12%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (47.19%) User Experience
2 40 (44.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 39 (43.82%) Prototyping
4 30 (33.71%) User Research
5 29 (32.58%) UX Design
6 27 (30.34%) Agile
7 23 (25.84%) Wireframes
8 18 (20.22%) Service Design
9 15 (16.85%) Usability Testing
10 13 (14.61%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (11.24%) Typography
12 9 (10.11%) Front End Development
13 7 (7.87%) Mentoring
13 7 (7.87%) Software Engineering
13 7 (7.87%) UX Research
14 6 (6.74%) Design Patterns
15 5 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
15 5 (5.62%) Journey Map
15 5 (5.62%) Stakeholder Management
15 5 (5.62%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.74%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.49%) SQL
3 2 (2.25%) C++
Qualifications
1 30 (33.71%) Security Cleared
2 25 (28.09%) SC Cleared
3 18 (20.22%) Degree
4 2 (2.25%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.12%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (17.98%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.37%) WCAG
3 1 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.12%) JSP 440
3 1 (1.12%) NIST
3 1 (1.12%) QA
3 1 (1.12%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (20.22%) Adobe
2 4 (4.49%) Black Duck
3 2 (2.25%) SAP
4 1 (1.12%) Brio
4 1 (1.12%) Salesforce