Service Design Contracts in the City of London

Service Design
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Service Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Design over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 107 133 110
Rank change year-on-year +26 -23 +11
Contract jobs citing Service Design 17 38 82
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.78% 1.05% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 1.15% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 74
10th Percentile £422 £486 £463
25th Percentile £475 £500 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +24.32%
75th Percentile £630 £700 £650
90th Percentile £638 - £696
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Service Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,968 3,305 3,890
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.57% 91.53% 91.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,396 2,228 2,947
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £479 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £676
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 26 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.13 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £17.08 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +125.31%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the City of London

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in the City of London

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 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the City of London

Service Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (5.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
1 2 (11.76%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Burp Suite
2 1 (5.88%) Postman
2 1 (5.88%) Selenium
2 1 (5.88%) SoapUI
General
1 5 (29.41%) Public Sector
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Police
Job Titles
1 6 (35.29%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Service Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Business Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Content Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Lead
3 2 (11.76%) Project Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Research Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Design Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) HR Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) HR Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (5.88%) Service Architect
4 1 (5.88%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (5.88%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Blog
1 1 (5.88%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Agile
2 4 (23.53%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (17.65%) Business Analysis
3 3 (17.65%) Business Case
3 3 (17.65%) ERP
3 3 (17.65%) ITIL
3 3 (17.65%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Service Management
3 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) User Experience
3 3 (17.65%) User Research
3 3 (17.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (17.65%) UX Design
4 2 (11.76%) Coaching
4 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) DevOps
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
4 2 (11.76%) Requirements Management
4 2 (11.76%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) C#
1 1 (5.88%) Java
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ISEB
2 1 (5.88%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) SAP
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle