Digital Service Designer Contract Job Trends in England

Digital Service Designer
UK > England

The median Digital Service Designer daily rate in England is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 538 524 568
Rank change year-on-year -14 +44 +192
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Service Designer 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.010% 0.010% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.010% 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 £475 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% -31.19%
75th Percentile £559 £525 £625
90th Percentile £561 - -
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £663
% change year-on-year - -24.53% -24.03%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 27,858 28,874 36,736
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 92.96% 93.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,854 17,655 25,362
10th Percentile £281 £300 £292
25th Percentile £404 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £534
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,695 1,080 1,421
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.22 £15.32
25th Percentile £17.87 £21.25 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%
75th Percentile £56.60 £66.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -30.14% -20.00% +50.00%

Digital Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Digital Service Designer job vacancy trend in England

Digital Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Service Designer job vacancies in England

Digital Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Service Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 21 November 2025. 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
London -9 3 £525 +5.00% 14
Digital Service Designer
UK

Digital Service Designer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Digital 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 England region featuring Digital Service Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design

Digital Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility