Service Design Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Service Design
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 39 45
Rank change year-on-year +1 +6 +3
Contract jobs citing Service Design 14 2 8
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 2.72% 0.98% 1.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 1.04% 1.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 1 8
10th Percentile £513 - £259
25th Percentile £516 £408 £279
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 £415 £328
Median % change year-on-year +42.89% +26.43% -30.89%
75th Percentile £650 £423 £410
90th Percentile £808 - £456
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £593 £415 £328
% change year-on-year +42.89% +26.43% -30.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

Service Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 406 192 415
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.99% 93.66% 87.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 143 300
10th Percentile £281 £279 £279
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.89% -5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £590 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £502 £500
% change year-on-year -0.30% +0.30% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 3 29
10th Percentile £15.80 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £18.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -19.45% +60.10%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £24.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -23.67% - +50.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Service Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes.

Service Design job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 5 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Milton Keynes

Service Design
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:

General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (78.57%) Designer
1 11 (78.57%) Service Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Lead
2 5 (35.71%) Lead Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Lead Service Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior Service Designer
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Director
5 1 (7.14%) Architect
5 1 (7.14%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 8 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (7.14%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) ITIL
2 8 (57.14%) Service Management
3 7 (50.00%) AI
4 6 (42.86%) Agile
4 6 (42.86%) ITSM
5 5 (35.71%) Business Continuity
5 5 (35.71%) Cloud Security
5 5 (35.71%) Decision-Making
5 5 (35.71%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (35.71%) Lean Six Sigma
5 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
5 5 (35.71%) SIAM
5 5 (35.71%) Six Sigma
5 5 (35.71%) TOGAF
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (28.57%) Computer Science
6 4 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
6 4 (28.57%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (21.43%) Cybersecurity
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) SC Cleared
3 6 (42.86%) DV Cleared
4 4 (28.57%) Degree
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Government Security Classifications
1 5 (35.71%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 5 (35.71%) NCSC
2 2 (14.29%) Accessibility