Service Design Contract Job Trends in Central London

Service Design
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 111 124
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 +47
Contract jobs citing Service Design 21 23 22
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.05% 0.98% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.15% 1.07% 0.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 16 18
10th Percentile £400 £438 £525
25th Percentile £463 £506 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £628 £688
90th Percentile £688 £669 £753
London median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% -0.86%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,821 2,153 2,425
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.69% 92.09% 89.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,271 1,350 1,738
10th Percentile £343 £363 £358
25th Percentile £425 £467 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £679 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £526 £550 £565
% change year-on-year -4.45% -2.65% -4.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 27 16
10th Percentile £19.98 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.54 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -24.19% +37.25% -37.04%
75th Percentile £35.88 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £50.63 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £31.00 £36.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -13.90% +5.88% -11.39%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Central London

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Central London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Central London

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 Central London region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
City of London -5 21 £550 -5.17% 1
Service Design
London

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Appian
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Figma
2 2 (9.52%) ChatGPT
2 2 (9.52%) Miro
2 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.76%) Google Gemini
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 6 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (19.05%) Banking
3 4 (19.05%) Social Skills
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Local Government
5 1 (4.76%) Retail Banking
5 1 (4.76%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Designer
2 11 (52.38%) Service Designer
3 5 (23.81%) Senior
4 4 (19.05%) Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Business Analyst
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Designer
5 3 (14.29%) Senior Service Designer
6 2 (9.52%) Interaction Designer
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (9.52%) UX Designer
6 2 (9.52%) UX Service Designer
7 1 (4.76%) Business Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Business Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Procurement Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Project Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Security Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Project Manager
7 1 (4.76%) Senior Security Analyst
7 1 (4.76%) Service Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) AI Agents
1 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
1 1 (4.76%) Learning Management System
1 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
1 1 (4.76%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.76%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Journey Map
1 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 7 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 6 (28.57%) Design Thinking
2 6 (28.57%) User Experience
3 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 5 (23.81%) Prototyping
3 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
3 5 (23.81%) User Research
3 5 (23.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 5 (23.81%) UX Design
4 4 (19.05%) AI
4 4 (19.05%) Business Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) Co-Creation
4 4 (19.05%) Generative AI
4 4 (19.05%) Storytelling
5 3 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
5 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
3 3 (14.29%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (14.29%) Degree
4 1 (4.76%) DV Cleared
4 1 (4.76%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow