Service Designer Contract Job Trends in London

Service Designer
England > London

The median Service Designer daily rate in London is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025.

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

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 309 347 364
Rank change year-on-year +38 +17 +120
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 73 31 51
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.51% 0.21% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.22% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 19 44
10th Percentile £370 £395 £396
25th Percentile £416 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £531
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -5.88% -7.61%
75th Percentile £579 £613 £600
90th Percentile £650 £700 £604
England median daily rate £500 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% -8.70%

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 13,306 13,960 17,363
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 93.50% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,812 9,021 12,541
10th Percentile £344 £338 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -1.79% -3.45%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £788
England median daily rate £510 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -2.86% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 154 207
10th Percentile £17.50 £18.65 £17.15
25th Percentile £22.13 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.06 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.82% - -
75th Percentile £56.99 £54.69 £58.75
90th Percentile £76.58 £80.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -24.86% -22.58% +39.11%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in London

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in London

Service Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies 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 23 December 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
Central London +5 11 £546 +15.00% 3
South London - 2 £563 -
Service Designer
England

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 23 December 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 London region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 73 (100.00%) Service Design
2 32 (43.84%) User Research
3 27 (36.99%) Journey Map
4 25 (34.25%) Agile
5 24 (32.88%) User Experience
6 23 (31.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (30.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
9 19 (26.03%) SC Cleared
10 18 (24.66%) UX Design
11 17 (23.29%) Prototyping
11 17 (23.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 15 (20.55%) Accessibility
13 14 (19.18%) Design Thinking
14 13 (17.81%) Co-Creation
14 13 (17.81%) Figma
15 12 (16.44%) Roadmaps
16 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
16 9 (12.33%) Interaction Design
17 8 (10.96%) AI
17 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
17 8 (10.96%) Miro
17 8 (10.96%) Service Delivery
18 7 (9.59%) Human-Centred Design
18 7 (9.59%) Storytelling
18 7 (9.59%) Usability Testing
19 6 (8.22%) Adobe
19 6 (8.22%) Collaborative Working
19 6 (8.22%) Inclusive Design
19 6 (8.22%) JIRA

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.11%) Confluence
2 2 (2.74%) Appian
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Adobe XD
2 3 (4.11%) InVision
2 3 (4.11%) Sketch
3 2 (2.74%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (2.74%) Trello
4 1 (1.37%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.37%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.81%) Figma
2 8 (10.96%) Miro
3 2 (2.74%) Asana
4 1 (1.37%) ChatGPT
4 1 (1.37%) Google Gemini
4 1 (1.37%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 6 (8.22%) JIRA
2 3 (4.11%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.37%) GitLab
General
1 32 (43.84%) Public Sector
2 10 (13.70%) Social Skills
3 9 (12.33%) Finance
4 5 (6.85%) Local Government
5 4 (5.48%) Banking
5 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.74%) Legal
6 2 (2.74%) Retail Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.37%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Retail
7 1 (1.37%) Social Science
7 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) HTML
2 2 (2.74%) CSS
2 2 (2.74%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) NHS
2 2 (2.74%) AI Agents
2 2 (2.74%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (2.74%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.74%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (1.37%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (100.00%) Service Design
2 32 (43.84%) User Research
3 27 (36.99%) Journey Map
4 25 (34.25%) Agile
5 24 (32.88%) User Experience
6 23 (31.51%) Workshop Facilitation
7 22 (30.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 18 (24.66%) UX Design
9 17 (23.29%) Prototyping
9 17 (23.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 14 (19.18%) Design Thinking
11 13 (17.81%) Co-Creation
12 12 (16.44%) Roadmaps
13 9 (12.33%) Continuous Improvement
13 9 (12.33%) Interaction Design
14 8 (10.96%) AI
14 8 (10.96%) Mentoring
14 8 (10.96%) Service Delivery
15 7 (9.59%) Storytelling
15 7 (9.59%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 21 (28.77%) Security Cleared
2 19 (26.03%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.85%) Degree
4 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.37%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (20.55%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.11%) WCAG
3 2 (2.74%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) SLA
Vendors
1 6 (8.22%) Adobe
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.37%) Palantir