Service Design Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Service Design
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 91 99
Rank change year-on-year -1 +8 -1
Contract jobs citing Service Design 19 12 21
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 1.28% 0.88% 1.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.48% 0.96% 1.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 3 20
10th Percentile £100 £493 £491
25th Percentile £411 £538 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £625 £550
Median % change year-on-year -28.00% +13.64% +15.79%
75th Percentile £538 £662 £588
90th Percentile £613 £677 £600
South East median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £86.50 - -
25th Percentile £88.75 - -
Median hourly rate £95.00 - -
75th Percentile £101.75 - -
90th Percentile £104.30 - -
South East median hourly rate £95.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,284 1,248 1,557
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 86.64% 91.63% 91.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 678 937
10th Percentile £300 £300 £213
25th Percentile £406 £409 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £608
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £515
% change year-on-year -1.96% -0.97% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 38 71
10th Percentile £15.10 £27.30 £24.34
25th Percentile £19.41 £42.60 £46.81
Median hourly rate £58.00 £61.50 £61.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +0.81% -6.15%
75th Percentile £84.00 £65.39 £67.38
90th Percentile £99.00 £76.01 £76.10
South East median hourly rate £23.58 £42.69 £55.00
% change year-on-year -44.78% -22.38% +22.22%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Berkshire

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Reading +12 9 £428 -31.56%
Wokingham - 4 £420 - 1
Bracknell - 3 - -
Service Design
South East

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) AWS
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (15.79%) VPN
2 1 (5.26%) Unified Communications
2 1 (5.26%) WAN
General
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Aerospace
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Architect
2 5 (26.32%) Technical Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Lead
4 2 (10.53%) Designer
4 2 (10.53%) Service Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Service Designer
5 1 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (5.26%) Telecoms Designer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (31.58%) Cloud Native
2 4 (21.05%) CMDB
3 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 3 (15.79%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (36.84%) Agile
2 7 (36.84%) Service Delivery
3 6 (31.58%) DevSecOps
3 6 (31.58%) MODAF
3 6 (31.58%) Roadmaps
3 6 (31.58%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 6 (31.58%) Technology Roadmap
3 6 (31.58%) TOGAF
4 5 (26.32%) ArchiMate
4 5 (26.32%) Thought Leadership
5 4 (21.05%) Change Management
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
6 3 (15.79%) Infrastructure Transformation
6 3 (15.79%) Service Delivery Management
6 3 (15.79%) SIEM
6 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (15.79%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) AWS Certification
1 6 (31.58%) Azure Certification
1 6 (31.58%) Security Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) SC Cleared
2 5 (26.32%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 3 (15.79%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (15.79%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) VMware
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) ServiceNow
4 3 (15.79%) Palo Alto
4 3 (15.79%) Zscaler
5 1 (5.26%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.26%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.26%) Virgin Media