Service Design Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Service Design
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Service Design 5 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.02% - 0.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% - 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £295 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile £428 - -
South Wales median daily rate £325 - £569
% change year-on-year - - +3.41%

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 206 180 212
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 83.06% 81.45% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 131 166
10th Percentile £213 £167 £177
25th Percentile £290 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £425 £421
Median % change year-on-year -3.53% +0.89% -6.39%
75th Percentile £491 £550 £538
90th Percentile £613 £650 £623
South Wales median daily rate £408 £413 £450
% change year-on-year -1.21% -8.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 7 6
10th Percentile £12.82 £21.62 £17.50
25th Percentile £13.08 £23.50 £18.81
Median hourly rate £16.22 £25.60 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.65% +5.57% +51.28%
75th Percentile £20.56 £27.50 £38.50
90th Percentile £22.99 £38.00 £48.13
South Wales median hourly rate £19.19 £25.36 £26.58
% change year-on-year -24.33% -4.60% +33.21%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Cardiff over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Cardiff

Service Design
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 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Lead Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
2 2 (40.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Budgeting
3 1 (20.00%) Coaching
3 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
3 1 (20.00%) Ergonomics
3 1 (20.00%) Impact Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Master's Degree