Senior Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Senior Service Designer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Senior Service Designer daily rate in Cardiff is £650, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026.

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

 6 months to
9 Jun 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Service Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £650 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 255 159 204
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 96.95% 93.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 125 169
10th Percentile £289 £188 £143
25th Percentile £363 £300 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% -4.00%
75th Percentile £550 £483 £538
90th Percentile £675 £620 £590
South Wales median daily rate £425 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +6.25% -11.11% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 7 8
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.53
25th Percentile £12.21 £12.65 £12.13
Median hourly rate £15.36 £13.08 £18.57
Median % change year-on-year +17.43% -29.56% +2.82%
75th Percentile £19.75 £21.13 £21.67
90th Percentile £21.08 £23.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £21.13 £22.50 £20.35
% change year-on-year -6.11% +10.55% +12.20%

Senior Service Designer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 9 June 2026, Senior 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 Cardiff region featuring Senior Service Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Research

Senior Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Senior Service Designer jobs