Service Design Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Service Design
Devon > Exeter

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Exeter requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 12 -
Rank change year-on-year -17 - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 2.44% 2.50% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.27% 3.13% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £432 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -15.22% - -
75th Percentile £496 - -
90th Percentile £497 - -
Devon median daily rate £488 £588 -
% change year-on-year -17.02% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Exeter

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 Exeter.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 153 32 124
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter 74.63% 80.00% 84.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 18 101
10th Percentile £213 £307 £156
25th Percentile £387 £345 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £491 £475 £425
Median % change year-on-year +3.42% +11.76% -22.73%
75th Percentile £619 £500 £500
90th Percentile £688 £579 £600
Devon median daily rate £488 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +18.18% -2.94% -8.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 12
10th Percentile - - £10.76
25th Percentile - - £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 - £26.40
Median % change year-on-year - - -43.84%
75th Percentile - - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £24.71 £65.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -61.98% +116.67% -45.45%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Exeter

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

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

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

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (40.00%) NX-OS
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VXLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Designer
1 2 (40.00%) Interaction Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior User Researcher
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Design Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Research
1 3 (60.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Commercial Awareness
2 2 (40.00%) Community of Practice
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
2 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco
1 2 (40.00%) F5