Service Designer Contracts in London

Service Designer
England > London

The median Service Designer daily rate in London is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 339 370 420
Rank change year-on-year +31 +50 -23
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 52 129 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.48% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.50% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 93 138
10th Percentile £394 £465 £459
25th Percentile £438 £525 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £580 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +0.87% +25.27%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £650
90th Percentile £650 £700 £700
England median daily rate £500 £580 £550
% change year-on-year -13.79% +5.45% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 16,628 25,761 37,096
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 95.30% 95.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,029 18,663 27,061
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £444 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £675
90th Percentile £798 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 337 289 451
10th Percentile £16.01 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.02 £22.50 £22.06
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +12.27%
75th Percentile £43.75 £60.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.00 £76.05 £67.50
England median hourly rate £35.96 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.09% +100.00% +0.36%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings that featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in London

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Designer in London.

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in London

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in London over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in London

Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. 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
Central London +24 3 £460 -34.29% 2
South London +14 1 £588 +30.56%
Service Designer
England

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Service Design
2 20 (38.46%) Public Sector
3 18 (34.62%) Workshop Facilitation
3 18 (34.62%) Agile
4 14 (26.92%) User Research
5 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
6 12 (23.08%) Design Thinking
6 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (21.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 11 (21.15%) SC Cleared
7 11 (21.15%) ITIL
8 10 (19.23%) Usability Testing
8 10 (19.23%) Prototyping
8 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
9 9 (17.31%) Journey Map
9 9 (17.31%) Figma
10 7 (13.46%) WCAG
10 7 (13.46%) User Stories
10 7 (13.46%) Service Management
10 7 (13.46%) Data Analysis
11 6 (11.54%) Finance
11 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
12 5 (9.62%) Storytelling
12 5 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
12 5 (9.62%) Customer-Centricity
12 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
12 5 (9.62%) Accessibility
12 5 (9.62%) Backlog Management
12 5 (9.62%) Empathy Maps
13 4 (7.69%) Miro

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (7.69%) Sketch
2 3 (5.77%) Adobe XD
2 3 (5.77%) InVision
2 3 (5.77%) Zeplin
3 1 (1.92%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 9 (17.31%) Figma
2 4 (7.69%) Miro
3 1 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.92%) Google Docs
3 1 (1.92%) Google Sheets
3 1 (1.92%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.92%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.92%) WAN
Development Applications
1 3 (5.77%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.92%) JIRA
General
1 20 (38.46%) Public Sector
2 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.54%) Finance
4 1 (1.92%) Banking
4 1 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (1.92%) Law
4 1 (1.92%) Legal
4 1 (1.92%) Police
4 1 (1.92%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.92%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.77%) Onboarding
2 2 (3.85%) CMDB
2 2 (3.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.92%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Windows
1 1 (1.92%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (100.00%) Service Design
2 18 (34.62%) Agile
2 18 (34.62%) Workshop Facilitation
3 14 (26.92%) User Research
4 12 (23.08%) Design Thinking
4 12 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (21.15%) ITIL
5 11 (21.15%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 10 (19.23%) Prototyping
6 10 (19.23%) Usability Testing
7 9 (17.31%) Journey Map
8 7 (13.46%) Data Analysis
8 7 (13.46%) Service Management
8 7 (13.46%) User Stories
9 5 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
9 5 (9.62%) Backlog Management
9 5 (9.62%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (9.62%) Customer-Centricity
9 5 (9.62%) Empathy Maps
9 5 (9.62%) Storytelling
Qualifications
1 13 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 11 (21.15%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (5.77%) DBS Check
4 3 (5.77%) Degree
5 1 (1.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.46%) WCAG
2 5 (9.62%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.77%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.92%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 4 (7.69%) Adobe
2 2 (3.85%) Virgin Media
3 1 (1.92%) Google