Service Design Contract Job Trends in East London

Service Design
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 21 36
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in East London 1.05% 0.97% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 1.09% 0.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £545
25th Percentile - - £554
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £600 £567
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.82% -
75th Percentile - - £581
90th Percentile - - £589
London median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.42% -2.18% -5.17%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85 92 233
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 89.47% 89.32% 92.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 77 207
10th Percentile £190 £373 £346
25th Percentile £416 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £630 £600 £650
90th Percentile £950 £666 £767
London median daily rate £525 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 0 8
10th Percentile £23.33 - £14.18
25th Percentile £23.79 - £16.18
Median hourly rate £29.82 - £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - - -15.81%
75th Percentile £50.10 - £38.28
90th Percentile £81.07 - -
London median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -13.33%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in East London

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in East London

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 East London region over the 6 months to 12 January 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
Tower Hamlets - 1 £495 -
Service Design
London

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Time Management
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation