Service Design Contract Job Trends in Cumbria

Service Design
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 22 - 19
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 5 0 27
As % of all contract jobs in Cumbria 3.60% - 12.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.42% - 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 24
10th Percentile - - £613
25th Percentile £591 - £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £603 - £648
75th Percentile £614 - £672
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £427 £488 £625
% change year-on-year -12.41% -22.00% +13.64%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 113 163 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cumbria 81.29% 82.32% 84.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 66 143
10th Percentile £425 £375 £363
25th Percentile £463 £425 £486
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.14% -16.75% +40.52%
75th Percentile £574 £554 £661
90th Percentile £638 £642 £725
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 18 15
10th Percentile £30.65 £18.13 £15.36
25th Percentile £38.59 £23.35 £21.00
Median hourly rate £41.71 £49.28 £28.30
Median % change year-on-year -15.37% +74.13% -48.94%
75th Percentile £60.68 £57.65 £48.91
90th Percentile £63.59 £76.50 £54.50
North West median hourly rate £31.75 £31.25 £35.50
% change year-on-year +1.60% -11.97% +33.81%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Cumbria

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Cumbria

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 Cumbria region over the 6 months to 18 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
Barrow-in-Furness - 4 £605 -
Service Design
North West

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Architect
1 5 (100.00%) Service Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 5 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (100.00%) ITIL
1 5 (100.00%) ITSM
1 5 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 5 (100.00%) Service Management
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) ITIL Certification