Service Design Contracts in Cardiff

Service Design
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring Service Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - +17
Contract jobs citing Service Design 4 0 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.50% - 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% - 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - £419
25th Percentile £303 - £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.50%
75th Percentile £315 - £625
90th Percentile £325 - -
South Wales median daily rate £306 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -46.20% +8.33% +0.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in Cardiff

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in Cardiff.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in Cardiff

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Welsh Language
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 3 (75.00%) Lead Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
3 2 (50.00%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility