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 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +13
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.27% - 0.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% - 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £263 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £275 - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +63.73%
75th Percentile £288 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median daily rate £550 £800 £600
% change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% -10.71%
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

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 299 247 412
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 80.59% 91.82% 84.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 147 136 155
10th Percentile £210 £296 £225
25th Percentile £335 £400 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £468 £478
Median % change year-on-year +1.44% -2.04% +0.63%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £563
90th Percentile £675 £644 £683
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £478
% change year-on-year -5.00% +4.60% -4.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 36 188
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.99 -
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.44 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.25 £16.74 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.93% +11.60% -3.23%
75th Percentile £25.15 £21.53 £21.39
90th Percentile £35.82 £34.63 £48.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.80 £60.00 £38.12
% change year-on-year -63.67% +57.40% +15.52%

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 11 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
Cambridge - 1 £275 -
Service Design
East of England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 1 (100.00%) Billing
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ERP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Process Improvement
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft