Service Design Contract Job Trends in the Highlands

Service Design
Scotland > Highlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Highlands requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Highlands 1.49% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 - -
Scotland median daily rate £510 £510 £494
% change year-on-year -0.05% +3.29% -5.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Highlands

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 the Highlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 55 7 7
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Highlands 82.09% 63.64% 63.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 1 0
10th Percentile £405 - -
25th Percentile £437 £363 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% - -
75th Percentile £492 £388 -
90th Percentile £516 - -
Scotland median daily rate £458 £463 £453
% change year-on-year -1.19% +2.21% -4.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 2 6
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.60 - £12.50
Median hourly rate £13.45 £25.15 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -46.52% +57.19% -
75th Percentile - - £19.75
90th Percentile £15.05 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £18.92 £20.00 £19.59
% change year-on-year -5.43% +2.09% +28.50%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the Highlands

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in the Highlands

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 Highlands region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Inverness - 1 £490 - 4
Service Design
Scotland

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands 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 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) PKI
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) BeyondTrust
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Okta