Service Designer Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Service Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Service Designer daily rate in the City of London is £528, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 10 September 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
10 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 126 152
Rank change year-on-year +7 +26 +44
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 4 1 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.22% 0.048% 0.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.051% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 10
10th Percentile £429 - £444
25th Percentile £454 - £501
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £460 £538
Median % change year-on-year +14.67% -14.42% -8.51%
75th Percentile £604 - £590
90th Percentile £647 - £614
Central London median daily rate £528 £460 £538
% change year-on-year +14.67% -14.42% -6.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,683 1,953 2,932
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.60% 94.35% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,120 1,259 2,025
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £705
90th Percentile £775 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 14 11
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.87 £14.18
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.88 £18.93
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £53.50 £89.06 £47.41
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £68.75
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -16.69% -2.86% -15.66%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in the City of London

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in the City of London over the 6 months to 10 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in the City of London

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 10 September 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 City of London region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Banking
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Figma
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Miro
3 1 (25.00%) User Research

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
General
1 2 (50.00%) Banking
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (50.00%) Generative AI
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Data Collection
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Ideation Sessions
3 1 (25.00%) Internal Audit
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Use Case
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft