Lead Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Lead Service Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Lead Service Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Service Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.16% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £663 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 - -
75th Percentile £688 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median daily rate £675 £680 £525
% change year-on-year -0.74% +29.52% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 556 749 949
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 94.69% 95.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 277 393 572
10th Percentile £263 £191 £212
25th Percentile £413 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £440 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% -7.37% -
75th Percentile £545 £525 £542
90th Percentile £605 £588 £600
Scotland median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 32 15
10th Percentile £18.57 £13.51 £13.16
25th Percentile £37.50 £16.37 £15.49
Median hourly rate £58.75 £18.38 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +219.73% +3.70% -
75th Percentile £73.13 £23.96 £48.73
90th Percentile £75.00 £51.92 £59.00
Scotland median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
% change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -

Lead Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead Service Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Lead Service Designer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Lead Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Service Designer job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Lead Service Designer job vacancies in Edinburgh

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Lead Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Lead Service Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Financial Institution
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Information Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management