Lead Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Lead Service Designer
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The median Lead Service Designer daily rate in Milton Keynes is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026.

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

 6 months to
13 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Service Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Milton Keynes

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Milton Keynes. 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 Milton Keynes with a recognized job title 363 234 470
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.28% 96.69% 94.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 261 174 364
10th Percentile £259 £253 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £470 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.72% -6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £565 £560 £600
90th Percentile £635 £638 £725
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 4 18
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.01 £13.16
25th Percentile - £17.03 £19.06
Median hourly rate £29.61 £26.35 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year +12.37% +13.50% +30.79%
75th Percentile £36.00 £36.50 £26.25
90th Percentile £37.45 £37.40 £30.00
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £25.15 £26.35 £23.22
% change year-on-year -4.55% +13.50% +40.70%

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Lead 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 Milton Keynes region featuring Lead Service Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 2 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared