Digital Service Designer Contract Job Trends in London

Digital Service Designer
England > London

The median Digital Service Designer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 November 2025.

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

6 months to
21 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 379 370 418
Rank change year-on-year -9 +48 +155
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Service Designer 3 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.019% 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.020% 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £468 - -
25th Percentile £475 £475 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £559 £525 £625
90th Percentile £561 - -
England median daily rate £525 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +5.00% -16.67% -31.19%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 13,093 14,735 18,649
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 93.78% 93.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,686 9,545 13,504
10th Percentile £333 £333 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -2.25% -2.14%
75th Percentile £654 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £794 £792
England median daily rate £508 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.33% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 239 156 222
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £18.18
25th Percentile £21.00 £23.80 £21.81
Median hourly rate £26.57 £37.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -29.15% - +7.14%
75th Percentile £49.63 £58.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £72.10 £80.97 £73.74
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.88
% change year-on-year -37.13% -12.82% +43.38%

Digital Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Digital Service Designer job vacancy trend in London

Digital Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Digital Service Designer job vacancies in London

Digital Service Designer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 21 November 2025, Digital 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 London region featuring Digital Service Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design

Digital Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility