Service Design Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Service Design
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 42 46
Rank change year-on-year -3 +4 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Design 14 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 2.33% 0.71% 1.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 0.77% 1.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £513 - £259
25th Percentile £516 £408 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £415 £328
Median % change year-on-year +42.89% +26.43% -30.89%
75th Percentile £650 £423 £410
90th Percentile £808 - £456
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -2.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 477 261 468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 79.24% 92.88% 84.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 317 190 330
10th Percentile £261 £210 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £502 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +0.30% +4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £504 £500
% change year-on-year -0.74% +0.75% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 9 35
10th Percentile £15.77 £13.76 £15.91
25th Percentile £16.24 £17.50 £18.50
Median hourly rate £18.32 £24.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.67% - +50.00%
75th Percentile £29.61 £57.50 £30.00
90th Percentile £32.81 £67.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £27.50 £45.00 £43.33
% change year-on-year -38.89% +3.85% -3.71%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Buckinghamshire

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 5 March 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
Milton Keynes +1 14 £593 +42.89% 4
Service Design
South East

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Designer
1 11 (78.57%) Service Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Lead
2 5 (35.71%) Lead Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Lead Service Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Director
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Service Management
3 7 (50.00%) AI
4 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) ITSM
5 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
5 5 (35.71%) Cloud Security
5 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
5 5 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (35.71%) Lean Six Sigma
5 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
5 5 (35.71%) SIAM
5 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
5 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Government Security Classifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 5 (35.71%) NCSC
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility