Service Design Manager Contract Job Trends in England

Service Design Manager
UK > England

The median Service Design Manager daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 524 468 502
Rank change year-on-year -56 +34 +168
Contract jobs requiring a Service Design Manager 12 19 40
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.038% 0.070% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.076% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 15 35
10th Percentile £464 - £500
25th Percentile £494 £513 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £585 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.98% +6.36% -14.06%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £588
90th Percentile £585 £633 £653
UK median daily rate £543 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -9.58% +9.09% -15.38%

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 28,716 25,151 33,511
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.51% 92.86% 93.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,336 15,573 22,800
10th Percentile £300 £300 £280
25th Percentile £406 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
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 1,752 769 1,489
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.87 £14.24
25th Percentile £18.26 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £44.78
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -21.83% +27.93%
75th Percentile £61.31 £64.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £74.77 £76.53
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £32.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -18.46% -26.97% +34.85%

Service Design Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Service Design Manager job vacancy trend in England

Service Design Manager
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Design Manager job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Design Manager job vacancies in England

Service Design Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design Manager in England over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design Manager in England

Service Design Manager
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 Service Design Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
West Midlands -30 5 £466 -8.25%
Midlands -35 5 £466 -8.25%
London -17 3 £550 -2.00%
Yorkshire - 2 £550 -
North of England - 2 £550 -
South East -18 1 £535 -
East of England - 1 £550 -
Service Design Manager
UK

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 9 January 2026, Service Design Manager 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 Service Design Manager in the job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Service Design
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
4 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
6 2 (16.67%) SAP
6 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow
7 1 (8.33%) Active Listening
7 1 (8.33%) Change Management
7 1 (8.33%) Coaching
7 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
7 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (8.33%) DevOps
7 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architecture
7 1 (8.33%) ERP
7 1 (8.33%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (8.33%) Migration

Service Design Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP ERP
General
1 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
3 1 (8.33%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Service Design
2 8 (66.67%) ITIL
3 5 (41.67%) Service Management
4 4 (33.33%) ITSM
4 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 3 (25.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 2 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
6 2 (16.67%) Project Management
7 1 (8.33%) Coaching
7 1 (8.33%) Compliance Management
7 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
7 1 (8.33%) DevOps
7 1 (8.33%) User Experience
7 1 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) SAP
1 2 (16.67%) ServiceNow