Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

Service Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Service Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025.

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

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 70 72
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 2 3 10
As % of all contract jobs in Edinburgh 0.34% 0.47% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.50% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 10
10th Percentile - £665 £523
25th Percentile £663 £667 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £672 £563
Median % change year-on-year +0.52% +19.38% -12.96%
75th Percentile £688 £676 £630
90th Percentile - £678 £662
Scotland median daily rate £475 £672 £578
% change year-on-year -29.26% +16.28% -9.77%

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 527 604 871
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.24% 94.38% 95.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 319 518
10th Percentile £227 £227 £208
25th Percentile £410 £389 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £480 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £538 £550
90th Percentile £625 £638 £625
Scotland median daily rate £450 £450 £488
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 15
10th Percentile £22.80 £19.64 £13.21
25th Percentile £30.38 £21.05 £16.86
Median hourly rate £58.75 £23.59 £22.87
Median % change year-on-year +149.05% +3.15% +18.50%
75th Percentile £75.00 £24.18 £60.00
90th Percentile - - £62.10
Scotland median hourly rate £24.09 £22.55 £20.00
% change year-on-year +6.85% +12.73% +12.87%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 15 December 2025, 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 Service Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation

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 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Information Architecture
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation