Service Design Contract Job Trends in Birmingham

Service Design
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 73 66 55
Rank change year-on-year -7 -11 +10
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 2 14
As % of all contract jobs in Birmingham 0.14% 0.29% 1.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.33% 2.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 7
10th Percentile - - £409
25th Percentile £363 £563 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -34.78% +6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £388 £588 £638
90th Percentile - - £688
West Midlands median daily rate £455 £588 £550
% change year-on-year -22.55% +6.82% -1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 650 600 609
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 89.29% 87.46% 83.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 405 400
10th Percentile £224 £198 £275
25th Percentile £370 £381 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.34% +7.89% -
75th Percentile £575 £638 £600
90th Percentile £638 £738 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £500
% change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 16 18
10th Percentile £12.62 £14.70 £13.03
25th Percentile £13.50 £21.63 £14.78
Median hourly rate £18.87 £30.23 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -37.57% -49.63% +254.30%
75th Percentile £20.56 £52.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £25.00 £56.25 £67.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.25 £22.00 £23.00
% change year-on-year -7.95% -4.35% +29.94%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

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

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft