Service Design Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Service Design
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 80
Rank change year-on-year +3 +25 +19
Contract jobs citing Service Design 41 16 12
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 3.10% 1.84% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 2.16% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 13 5
10th Percentile £445 - £518
25th Percentile £519 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £520 £600
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% -13.33% -14.29%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £700
90th Percentile £675 - -
South East median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% -4.55%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,097 740 1,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 82.92% 85.16% 86.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 737 516 602
10th Percentile £311 £356 £350
25th Percentile £447 £450 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £650
90th Percentile £725 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £518
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.06% +1.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 43 84
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £27.25 £27.50
Median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £55.70
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% -37.16% +29.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £66.88 £65.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £75.00 £77.50
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.25 £55.00
% change year-on-year -52.38% -14.10% +37.50%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Hampshire

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Portsmouth - 31 £538 - 1
Basingstoke -6 4 £600 +9.09%
Farnborough - 4 £650 -
Service Design
South East

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Figma
1 1 (2.44%) Google Ads
1 1 (2.44%) IaaS
1 1 (2.44%) PaaS
1 1 (2.44%) SaaS
General
1 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
2 2 (4.88%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.44%) Finance
Job Titles
1 29 (70.73%) Architect
1 29 (70.73%) Service Architect
2 4 (9.76%) Consultant
2 4 (9.76%) Service Design Consultant
3 3 (7.32%) Designer
4 2 (4.88%) Service Designer
4 2 (4.88%) User Researcher
5 1 (2.44%) Lead
5 1 (2.44%) Product Designer
5 1 (2.44%) Senior
5 1 (2.44%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Service Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Service Transition Leader
5 1 (2.44%) Service Transition Manager
5 1 (2.44%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.44%) Cyberattack
1 1 (2.44%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (75.61%) ITIL
2 30 (73.17%) Service Management
3 29 (70.73%) IT4IT
4 25 (60.98%) Project Delivery
5 4 (9.76%) Agile
5 4 (9.76%) Co-Creation
5 4 (9.76%) Ergonomics
5 4 (9.76%) Ethnography
5 4 (9.76%) Human Factors
5 4 (9.76%) Impact Assessments
5 4 (9.76%) Presales
5 4 (9.76%) User Research
5 4 (9.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (7.32%) Acceptance Criteria
6 3 (7.32%) Human-Centred Design
6 3 (7.32%) Journey Map
6 3 (7.32%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.32%) User Experience
7 2 (4.88%) Backlog Management
7 2 (4.88%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 33 (80.49%) Security Cleared
2 25 (60.98%) SC Cleared
3 8 (19.51%) DV Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (70.73%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (4.88%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.88%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (4.88%) WCAG
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
3 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (2.44%) SLA