Service Design Contract Job Trends in England

Service Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 180 263 207
Rank change year-on-year +83 -56 -8
Contract jobs citing Service Design 583 218 424
As % of all contract jobs in England 1.49% 0.90% 1.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 0.98% 1.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 154 293
10th Percentile £360 £400 £394
25th Percentile £414 £470 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.73% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £625 £649 £603
90th Percentile £738 £734 £688
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -1.90% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
10th Percentile £86.38 - -
25th Percentile £88.94 - £17.80
Median hourly rate £97.75 £31.52 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +210.12% -4.67% -42.50%
75th Percentile £105.31 - £34.53
90th Percentile £107.13 - £72.90
UK median hourly rate £95.50 £31.52 £33.07
% change year-on-year +202.98% -4.67% -42.50%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Service Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,539 22,147 32,451
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.75% 90.94% 86.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,506 14,596 21,405
10th Percentile £313 £313 £300
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £614 £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 2,075 867 2,189
10th Percentile £15.43 £14.99 £12.92
25th Percentile £19.91 £19.00 £16.00
Median hourly rate £40.00 £32.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -4.41% -9.33%
75th Percentile £65.74 £65.00 £58.70
90th Percentile £77.80 £76.25 £70.78
UK median hourly rate £36.70 £31.64 £33.07
% change year-on-year +15.99% -4.31% -8.15%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in England

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

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

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in England

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Service Design

Service Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Design in England over the 6 months to 9 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Design in England

Service Design
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 9 April 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
London +55 232 £515 -6.36% 55
North of England +13 113 £500 +5.26% 37
South East -5 83 £525 +0.96% 27
South West +9 68 £725 +23.40% 8
Midlands -10 62 £500 -13.04% 6
West Midlands -12 56 £492 -14.43% 6
North West -2 49 £463 -2.63% 16
Yorkshire -15 44 £538 -10.42% 15
North East +2 20 £425 -12.82% 6
East of England -31 8 £538 -32.81% 2
East Midlands - 6 £581 -
Service Design
UK

Service Design
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 47 (8.06%) Confluence
2 13 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (1.03%) LiveCycle
3 6 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) Appian
4 2 (0.34%) CMS
5 1 (0.17%) Anypoint
5 1 (0.17%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.17%) Drupal
5 1 (0.17%) Mule
5 1 (0.17%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (0.17%) Tomcat
Applications
1 41 (7.03%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (5.32%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (1.89%) Sketch
5 9 (1.54%) Adobe XD
6 7 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (1.03%) InVision
8 4 (0.69%) Chatbot
8 4 (0.69%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.69%) Trello
9 3 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
9 3 (0.51%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.34%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 5 (0.86%) Remedy ITSM
2 4 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.17%) Adobe Campaign
4 1 (0.17%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.17%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.17%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 39 (6.69%) Figma
2 35 (6.00%) Azure
3 30 (5.15%) AWS
4 20 (3.43%) Power Platform
5 13 (2.23%) SaaS
6 10 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (1.54%) Miro
8 7 (1.20%) GCP
8 7 (1.20%) OneDrive
9 6 (1.03%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.03%) Google Tag Manager
10 5 (0.86%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.69%) GitHub
11 4 (0.69%) IaaS
11 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.69%) OpenShift
11 4 (0.69%) PaaS
11 4 (0.69%) Serverless
12 3 (0.51%) Amazon S3
12 3 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.69%) Firewall
1 4 (0.69%) VPN
1 4 (0.69%) WAN
2 3 (0.51%) 3GPP
3 2 (0.34%) 2G
3 2 (0.34%) 3G
3 2 (0.34%) 4G
3 2 (0.34%) 5G
3 2 (0.34%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (0.34%) Diameter Protocol
3 2 (0.34%) LAN
3 2 (0.34%) SIGTRAN
3 2 (0.34%) SS7
3 2 (0.34%) TETRA
4 1 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
4 1 (0.17%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.17%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.17%) WebEx
4 1 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.17%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.92%) Power BI
2 6 (1.03%) BigQuery
2 6 (1.03%) Looker
3 4 (0.69%) Electronic Patient Records
3 4 (0.69%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.51%) Tableau
5 2 (0.34%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.17%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.17%) Metadata
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.17%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 57 (9.78%) JIRA
2 9 (1.54%) Jenkins
3 7 (1.20%) Axure RP
4 6 (1.03%) GitLab
5 3 (0.51%) Git
5 3 (0.51%) Postman
6 2 (0.34%) Appium
6 2 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.34%) REST Assured
6 2 (0.34%) Selenium
6 2 (0.34%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.17%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.17%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.17%) Maven
7 1 (0.17%) Mocha
7 1 (0.17%) Mockito
7 1 (0.17%) Subversion
7 1 (0.17%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.17%) VersionOne
7 1 (0.17%) Zephyr
General
1 187 (32.08%) Social Skills
2 176 (30.19%) Public Sector
3 72 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
4 62 (10.63%) Finance
5 35 (6.00%) Military
6 27 (4.63%) Influencing Skills
7 19 (3.26%) Legal
7 19 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.40%) Banking
9 13 (2.23%) Local Government
10 11 (1.89%) Retail
11 8 (1.37%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.03%) Law
13 6 (1.03%) Marketing
14 5 (0.86%) Financial Institution
15 4 (0.69%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
16 3 (0.51%) Police
17 2 (0.34%) Digital Healthcare
Job Titles
1 221 (37.91%) Designer
2 173 (29.67%) Service Designer
3 101 (17.32%) Architect
4 71 (12.18%) Senior
5 65 (11.15%) Lead
6 64 (10.98%) Analyst
7 61 (10.46%) Service Architect
8 53 (9.09%) User Researcher
9 43 (7.38%) Business Analyst
10 35 (6.00%) Senior Designer
11 31 (5.32%) Lead Designer
11 31 (5.32%) Lead Service Designer
12 29 (4.97%) Senior Service Designer
13 18 (3.09%) Service Manager
14 17 (2.92%) Consultant
14 17 (2.92%) Interaction Designer
15 16 (2.74%) Senior Analyst
16 14 (2.40%) UX Designer
17 13 (2.23%) Senior Business Analyst
18 12 (2.06%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (2.57%) REST
2 11 (1.89%) HTML
3 10 (1.72%) SOAP
4 8 (1.37%) RESTful
5 6 (1.03%) CSS
6 5 (0.86%) Spring
6 5 (0.86%) Spring Boot
6 5 (0.86%) Web Services
7 4 (0.69%) .NET
7 4 (0.69%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.51%) AngularJS
8 3 (0.51%) Django
8 3 (0.51%) FastAPI
8 3 (0.51%) Flask
8 3 (0.51%) Middleware
8 3 (0.51%) NestJS
8 3 (0.51%) Node.js
8 3 (0.51%) OAuth
8 3 (0.51%) Playwright
8 3 (0.51%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 65 (11.15%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.77%) Onboarding
3 21 (3.60%) NHS
4 14 (2.40%) Cloud Native
5 11 (1.89%) CMDB
6 9 (1.54%) Data Centre
6 9 (1.54%) Hybrid Cloud
6 9 (1.54%) Legacy Systems
7 7 (1.20%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.20%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (0.86%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.69%) IVR
10 4 (0.69%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.51%) Hackathon
11 3 (0.51%) PMI
11 3 (0.51%) Virtual Team
12 2 (0.34%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.20%) Windows
2 4 (0.69%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.17%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (43.74%) Agile
2 178 (30.53%) User Research
3 139 (23.84%) ITIL
4 122 (20.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 97 (16.64%) Service Management
6 95 (16.30%) User Experience
7 94 (16.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 86 (14.75%) Workshop Facilitation
9 80 (13.72%) Continuous Improvement
9 80 (13.72%) Roadmaps
10 79 (13.55%) Journey Map
11 77 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 73 (12.52%) Decision-Making
13 66 (11.32%) UX Design
14 65 (11.15%) Acceptance Criteria
15 58 (9.95%) Service Delivery
15 58 (9.95%) Usability Testing
16 56 (9.61%) Interaction Design
16 56 (9.61%) Prototyping
17 53 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 11 (1.89%) SQL
2 9 (1.54%) Java
2 9 (1.54%) JavaScript
3 8 (1.37%) PowerShell
3 8 (1.37%) Python
4 4 (0.69%) Bash
4 4 (0.69%) C#
4 4 (0.69%) T-SQL
5 3 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.17%) DataWeave
6 1 (0.17%) Groovy
6 1 (0.17%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.17%) R
6 1 (0.17%) Scala
6 1 (0.17%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 212 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 175 (30.02%) SC Cleared
3 61 (10.46%) Degree
4 42 (7.20%) DV Cleared
5 39 (6.69%) TOGAF Certification
6 24 (4.12%) BPSS Clearance
7 15 (2.57%) ITIL Certification
8 9 (1.54%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.20%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.69%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.51%) CISM
11 3 (0.51%) CISSP
12 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.34%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 2 (0.34%) Computer Science Degree
12 2 (0.34%) CRISC
13 1 (0.17%) APMG
13 1 (0.17%) CSPO
13 1 (0.17%) Master's Degree
13 1 (0.17%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (19.21%) Accessibility
2 24 (4.12%) WCAG
3 15 (2.57%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 15 (2.57%) QA
4 13 (2.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 12 (2.06%) SLA
6 11 (1.89%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.54%) NCSC
8 8 (1.37%) GDPR
9 7 (1.20%) Government Security Classifications
10 6 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 4 (0.69%) PMO
12 3 (0.51%) COBIT
12 3 (0.51%) GRC
12 3 (0.51%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.34%) California Consumer Privacy Act
13 2 (0.34%) NIST
14 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 1 (0.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (1.20%) Docker
2 4 (0.69%) VMware NSX
3 3 (0.51%) IAG
4 2 (0.34%) EMC RecoverPoint
4 2 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 30 (5.15%) OPNET
2 11 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.37%) Ansible
4 7 (1.20%) Terraform
5 6 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.51%) vRealize
7 2 (0.34%) Avamar
7 2 (0.34%) EMC VPLEX
8 1 (0.17%) Grafana
8 1 (0.17%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.17%) SysTrack
8 1 (0.17%) VxRail
Vendors
1 63 (10.81%) ServiceNow
2 39 (6.69%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.00%) Remedy
4 30 (5.15%) Atlassian
5 14 (2.40%) Adobe
6 13 (2.23%) VMware
7 8 (1.37%) Cisco
7 8 (1.37%) SAP
8 7 (1.20%) Google
8 7 (1.20%) Oracle
9 5 (0.86%) Salesforce
10 4 (0.69%) Foundry
10 4 (0.69%) Palo Alto
10 4 (0.69%) Workday
10 4 (0.69%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.51%) Genesys
11 3 (0.51%) UiPath
12 2 (0.34%) IBM
12 2 (0.34%) NetApp
12 2 (0.34%) Red Hat