Service Design Contract Job Trends in Bedford

Service Design
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bedford requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bedford 2.70% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.85% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £475 - £750

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedford

Service 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 in Bedford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26 10 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford 70.27% 71.43% 72.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 3 5
10th Percentile £220 £258 -
25th Percentile £444 £368 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.91% +15.79% +153.33%
75th Percentile £628 £575 £588
90th Percentile £675 £590 £685
Bedfordshire median daily rate £505 £578 £500
% change year-on-year -12.55% +15.50% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £13.02
25th Percentile £65.00 - £15.29
Median hourly rate £70.00 £41.45 £23.55
Median % change year-on-year +68.88% +76.05% -
75th Percentile £75.00 - £32.90
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £70.00 £80.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -12.50% +272.09% -71.33%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Service Design job vacancy trend in Bedford

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Bedford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bedford citing Service Design

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design