Service Design Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Service Design
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of 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 105 100 115
Rank change year-on-year -5 +15 +44
Contract jobs citing Service Design 21 19 21
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.15% 0.92% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.27% 1.00% 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 12 18
10th Percentile £400 £474 £525
25th Percentile £463 £525 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £580 £600
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £628 £628 £688
90th Percentile £688 £660 £753
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,654 1,902 2,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.68% 92.06% 89.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,167 1,163 1,618
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £424 £466 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -1.71%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £758 £788 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 15 11
10th Percentile £20.02 £15.80 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.82 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £28.00 £42.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.12% +70.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £41.94 £102.25 £42.38
90th Percentile £54.95 £127.30 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £26.54 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -24.19% +37.25% -37.04%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the City of London

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the City of London

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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