Service Designer Contracts in Manchester

Service Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Service Designer daily rate in Manchester is £413 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 93 108 133
Rank change year-on-year +15 +25 -37
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 4 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 0.27% 0.48% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.50% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 10
10th Percentile - £585 £463
25th Percentile £394 £600 £502
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £613 £529
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +15.84% +32.19%
75th Percentile £431 £675 £622
90th Percentile - - £655
North West median daily rate £413 £650 £533
% change year-on-year -36.54% +22.07% +18.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 1,433 1,801 2,536
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.85% 96.52% 97.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 993 1,343 1,987
10th Percentile £313 £313 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £584 £592 £575
90th Percentile £693 £675 £650
North West median daily rate £493 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 82 50 59
10th Percentile £12.02 £16.42 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.31 £20.00 £12.02
Median hourly rate £25.10 £36.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +107.14% +8.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £48.44 £24.38
90th Percentile £73.75 £70.00 £34.00
North West median hourly rate £26.66 £30.76 £20.50
% change year-on-year -13.31% +50.02% +14.53%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in Manchester

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in Manchester

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 3 May 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 Manchester region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
3 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (25.00%) User Research

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (75.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 2 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
3 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) User Research
4 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)