Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Service Designer
South East > Hampshire

The median Service Designer daily rate in Hampshire is £454, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

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

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 81 -
Rank change year-on-year -3 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 2 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.18% 0.37% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.39% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £575 -
Median % change year-on-year -21.04% - -
South East median daily rate £454 £625 £700
% change year-on-year -27.36% -10.71% +2.94%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hampshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Hampshire. 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 Hampshire with a recognized job title 1,002 1,013 1,228
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.70% 92.60% 92.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 672 670 691
10th Percentile £257 £350 £269
25th Percentile £418 £450 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £600 £638 £636
90th Percentile £668 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £501
% change year-on-year -1.96% +1.80% +0.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 97 68 83
10th Percentile £16.17 £21.89 £16.00
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.04 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.85 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.81% +31.70% +11.11%
75th Percentile £34.83 £73.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £62.85 £75.00 £71.00
South East median hourly rate £20.79 £57.50 £51.42
% change year-on-year -63.84% +11.82% +38.49%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Hampshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Hampshire

Service Designer
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 Designer within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 November 2025. 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 - 2 £454 -
Service Designer
South East

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Service Designer 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 Hampshire region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Service Designer Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG