Service Designer Contracts in Edinburgh

Service Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Service Designer daily rate in Edinburgh is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 109 104
Rank change year-on-year +43 -5 -13
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 5 3 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.62% 0.23% 1.33%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.24% 1.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 16
10th Percentile - £651 £463
25th Percentile £525 £653 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £660 £545
Median % change year-on-year -14.77% +21.10% +9.00%
75th Percentile £591 £673 £617
90th Percentile £596 £677 £661
Scotland median daily rate £550 £616 £526
% change year-on-year -10.75% +17.10% +5.25%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 763 1,228 1,863
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.26% 95.64% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 429 876 1,277
10th Percentile £206 £240 £230
25th Percentile £400 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £547 £565
90th Percentile £663 £625 £638
Scotland median daily rate £475 £475 £463
% change year-on-year - +2.70% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 12 21
10th Percentile £16.00 £13.62 £14.55
25th Percentile £16.50 £17.72 £17.50
Median hourly rate £50.00 £21.26 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +135.18% -18.23% -54.78%
75th Percentile £60.75 £53.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.00 £54.43 £53.75
Scotland median hourly rate £24.29 £21.75 £26.85
% change year-on-year +11.68% -18.99% -28.40%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in Edinburgh

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Designer in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in Edinburgh

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Design Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) User Research
5 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
5 1 (20.00%) Banking
5 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
5 1 (20.00%) UX Design
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) User Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Banking
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) Design Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) User Research
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
5 1 (20.00%) User Experience
5 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility