Service Design Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Service Design
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 45 41
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 +10
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.26% 0.27% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.30% 1.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £380
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -23.08%
75th Percentile - - £543
90th Percentile - - £568
East of England median daily rate £563 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +2.27% +4.76% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.42
Median hourly rate - - £27.67
75th Percentile - - £28.93
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate - £60.00 £27.67
% change year-on-year - +116.84% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 319 332 339
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.95% 90.22% 82.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 122 117
10th Percentile £185 £263 £256
25th Percentile £409 £400 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £508 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +6.84% -
75th Percentile £588 £625 £569
90th Percentile £641 £700 £630
East of England median daily rate £500 £500 £450
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 80 99 108
10th Percentile £13.45 £13.80 £14.95
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.44 £15.62
Median hourly rate £14.36 £16.00 £16.23
Median % change year-on-year -10.25% -1.42% +11.93%
75th Percentile £29.86 £21.50 £18.06
90th Percentile £47.50 £43.75 £49.88
East of England median hourly rate £47.50 £22.27 £28.42
% change year-on-year +113.34% -21.66% +42.10%

Service Design Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Service Design Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Service Design Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

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

Service Design Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
Cambridge +9 1 - - 5
Service Design
East of England

Service Design Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1ITIL100.0%1
1ITSM100.0%1
1Mentoring100.0%1
1Problem-Solving100.0%1
1Project Delivery100.0%1
1Project Management100.0%1
1SDLC100.0%1
1Service Management100.0%1