Service Design Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Service Design
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 75 61
Rank change year-on-year -1 -14 -4
Contract jobs citing Service Design 4 10 15
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.53% 1.29% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 1.38% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 12
10th Percentile £545 £390 £482
25th Percentile £575 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £511 £563
Median % change year-on-year +27.33% -9.24% +4.65%
75th Percentile £675 £598 £588
90th Percentile - £660 £599
Scotland median daily rate £550 £500 £480
% change year-on-year +10.00% +4.17% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.03 - -
Median hourly rate £28.09 - -
75th Percentile £29.16 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median hourly rate £28.09 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 633 726 781
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 83.29% 93.68% 92.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 366 451 505
10th Percentile £306 £300 £275
25th Percentile £370 £389 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -2.21% -
75th Percentile £575 £550 £575
90th Percentile £675 £600 £628
Scotland median daily rate £460 £463 £475
% change year-on-year -0.54% -2.63% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 13 37
10th Percentile £15.85 £15.42 £12.03
25th Percentile £16.17 £16.75 £16.00
Median hourly rate £31.55 £19.59 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +61.03% -37.81% +121.05%
75th Percentile £77.50 £25.15 £53.75
90th Percentile - £73.19 £67.50
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £19.90 £19.50
% change year-on-year +0.50% +2.05% +20.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

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

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

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (25.00%) InDesign
1 1 (25.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Dynamics 365
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Lead
3 1 (25.00%) Lead Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Interaction Design
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Business Transformation
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Logistics
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft