Service Designer Contracts in Central London

Service Designer
London > Central London

The median Service Designer daily rate in Central London is £480, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 122 130 156
Rank change year-on-year +8 +26 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 7 3 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.35% 0.12% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.13% 0.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 15
10th Percentile £362 - £502
25th Percentile £427 - £544
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £460 £700
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -34.29% +21.74%
75th Percentile £521 - -
90th Percentile £553 - -
London median daily rate £510 £500 £580
% change year-on-year +2.00% -13.79% +0.87%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 1,852 2,329 3,676
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 95.22% 95.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,658 2,523
10th Percentile £350 £350 £325
25th Percentile £454 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -5.98% +4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £682 £725
90th Percentile £775 £794 £813
London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 32 26
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.95 £15.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £21.81 £18.93
Median hourly rate £29.07 £25.78 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.76% -26.34% -6.04%
75th Percentile £35.00 £27.81 £58.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £43.38 £86.65
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in Central London

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Designer in Central London.

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in Central London

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Central London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in Central London

Service Designer
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 Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +12 7 £480 +4.35% 2
Service Designer
London

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Central London region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
3 2 (28.57%) Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Corporate Banking
3 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
3 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
3 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
3 2 (28.57%) UX Design
3 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Case Management
4 1 (14.29%) Design Patterns
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
4 1 (14.29%) Ideation Sessions
4 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
4 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (14.29%) User Research
4 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) 3G
1 1 (14.29%) 4G
1 1 (14.29%) 5G
1 1 (14.29%) LTE
1 1 (14.29%) VLAN
1 1 (14.29%) VSAN
1 1 (14.29%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Corporate Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
1 2 (28.57%) Retail Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Data Centre
2 1 (14.29%) Private Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (28.57%) Case Management
2 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
2 2 (28.57%) CRM
2 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
2 2 (28.57%) UX Design
2 2 (28.57%) Wealth Management
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Defect Management
3 1 (14.29%) Ideation Sessions
3 1 (14.29%) Product Management
3 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
3 1 (14.29%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (14.29%) Test Management
3 1 (14.29%) User Research
3 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (14.29%) VMware NSX
1 1 (14.29%) vSphere
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Ericsson
2 1 (14.29%) Mavenir
2 1 (14.29%) Nokia
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) VMware