Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Service Designer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Service Designer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.88% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £594 - -
90th Percentile £628 - -
South East median daily rate £525 £600 -
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 533 273 539
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 96.13% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 354 196 388
10th Percentile £270 £205 £263
25th Percentile £400 £370 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £481 £493
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -2.28% +3.68%
75th Percentile £590 £590 £598
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 10 46
10th Percentile £15.91 £14.18 £14.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.80 £17.16
Median hourly rate £25.08 £38.25 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year -34.44% +67.27% +34.51%
75th Percentile £36.00 £65.00 £29.69
90th Percentile £39.63 £67.75 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £35.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -24.41% +8.94% -5.56%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Buckinghamshire

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in Buckinghamshire

Service Designer
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 Designer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 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 - 5 £525 - 6
Service Designer
South East

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 1 March 2026, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Buckinghamshire region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Coaching
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap

Service Designer Skill Set
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 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 3 (60.00%) Coaching
3 3 (60.00%) Roadmaps
3 3 (60.00%) Service Management
4 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Architectural Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
5 1 (20.00%) Information Security
5 1 (20.00%) ITSM
5 1 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) DV Cleared
3 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared