Service Design Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Service Design
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol 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 60 58 77
Rank change year-on-year -2 +19 +24
Contract jobs citing Service Design 10 6 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 1.20% 0.85% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 0.96% 0.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £466 £241 £573
25th Percentile £475 £327 £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year +8.89% -28.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £533 £572 £663
90th Percentile £558 £634 £678
South West median daily rate £725 £600 £617
% change year-on-year +20.83% -2.68% +2.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 627 850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 86.06% 88.94% 86.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 347 525
10th Percentile £258 £213 £300
25th Percentile £400 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £488 £535
Median % change year-on-year +4.62% -8.88% +7.00%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £650
90th Percentile £724 £746 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 83 117
10th Percentile £15.60 £38.30 £34.20
25th Percentile £18.87 £60.75 £55.00
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £76.25
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Bristol

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

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

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Figma
1 1 (10.00%) PaaS
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) PBX
1 1 (10.00%) VoIP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Publishing
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) IT Manager
1 3 (30.00%) IT Services Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Service Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Designer
2 2 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Service Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Junior
3 1 (10.00%) Junior Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Senior
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Statistician
3 1 (10.00%) Service Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Service Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Statistician
3 1 (10.00%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Shiny
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (10.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
1 6 (60.00%) ITSM
1 6 (60.00%) Service Delivery
1 6 (60.00%) Service Management
2 5 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Community of Practice
4 1 (10.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (10.00%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (10.00%) Information Management
4 1 (10.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (10.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (10.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (10.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (10.00%) Thought Leadership
4 1 (10.00%) User Research
4 1 (10.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (20.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) CCNP
3 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
1 1 (10.00%) Avaya
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Ericsson
1 1 (10.00%) F5
1 1 (10.00%) Juniper
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Nokia
1 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (10.00%) Ribbon
1 1 (10.00%) VMware