Service Design Contracts in Central London

Service Design
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Service Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Design over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 116 131 111
Rank change year-on-year +15 -20 +15
Contract jobs citing Service Design 17 43 87
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 1.12% 1.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.23% 2.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 34 79
10th Percentile £422 £464 £463
25th Percentile £475 £501 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £630 £697 £644
90th Percentile £638 £700 £690
London median daily rate £525 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -6.67% +2.27% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Service 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 advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,190 3,501 4,171
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.61% 91.34% 91.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,562 2,371 3,191
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 30 42
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.23 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%
75th Percentile £29.11 £57.50 £54.38
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.43
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.75
% change year-on-year -26.92% +6.12% +12.47%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Central London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Design in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Central London region over the 6 months to 5 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
City of London +26 17 £550 -4.35% 5
Service Design
London

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Burp Suite
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
2 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Service Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Content Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Research Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Design Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) HR Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) HR Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (5.88%) Service Architect
4 1 (5.88%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (5.88%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Blog
1 1 (5.88%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Business Case
3 3 (17.65%) ERP
3 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 3 (17.65%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) User Experience
3 3 (17.65%) User Research
3 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (17.65%) UX Design
4 2 (11.76%) Coaching
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
4 2 (11.76%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ISEB
2 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle