Service Design Contract Job Trends in Devon

Service Design
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 5 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 1.76% 1.89% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 2.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £432 £578 -
25th Percentile £450 £581 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £588 -
Median % change year-on-year -17.02% - -
75th Percentile £496 £594 -
90th Percentile £497 £598 -
South West median daily rate £725 £563 £520
% change year-on-year +28.89% +8.17% -20.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 222 93 217
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 78.17% 87.74% 80.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 43 152
10th Percentile £173 £145 £150
25th Percentile £331 £149 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £413 £425
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -2.94% -8.60%
75th Percentile £619 £513 £519
90th Percentile £695 £600 £600
South West median daily rate £513 £516 £525
% change year-on-year -0.66% -1.73% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 16 31
10th Percentile £16.05 £26.40 £10.42
25th Percentile £17.75 £48.50 £13.86
Median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%
75th Percentile £46.00 £70.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £66.40 £73.75 £72.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £62.75 £55.00
% change year-on-year -4.38% +14.09% -10.57%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Devon

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

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

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

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Devon

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 Devon region over the 6 months to 5 May 2026. 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
Exeter -17 5 £488 -15.22% 3
Service Design
South West

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (40.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Design Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Research
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) F5