Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Service Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Service Designer daily rate in Manchester is £418, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 80 97
Rank change year-on-year -10 +17 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 4 5 2
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.35% 0.44% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.38% 0.47% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 1
10th Percentile £361 - -
25th Percentile £376 - £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £418 £600 £413
Median % change year-on-year -30.42% +45.45% -34.65%
75th Percentile £513 - £431
90th Percentile £625 - -
North West median daily rate £418 £550 £425
% change year-on-year -24.09% +29.41% -30.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,042 1,072 1,492
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.64% 93.79% 93.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 694 621 1,088
10th Percentile £300 £313 £287
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £579 £575 £584
90th Percentile £661 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 43 63
10th Percentile £16.73 £15.92 £14.91
25th Percentile £19.07 £21.25 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.32 £32.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -31.34% +66.67% -2.50%
75th Percentile £30.07 £46.25 £47.94
90th Percentile £53.30 £65.00 £66.00
North West median hourly rate £30.00 £27.13 £33.54
% change year-on-year +10.60% -19.13% +66.62%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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 Manchester.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 Manchester region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Figma
3 1 (25.00%) GitLab
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) GitLab
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) CMDB
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) ITSM
3 1 (25.00%) Journey Map
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Service Catalogue
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) SFIA
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (25.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft