Service Design Contract Job Trends in the North East

Service Design
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 41 31
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 +28
Contract jobs citing Service Design 21 3 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 5.06% 1.01% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.74% 1.09% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 3 2
10th Percentile £348 - £258
25th Percentile £388 - £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £388
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% +16.13% -28.24%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £469
90th Percentile £530 £491 £518
England median daily rate £525 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -2.78% -1.82% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 366 274 218
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East 88.19% 92.57% 85.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 130 148
10th Percentile £179 £310 £225
25th Percentile £364 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £498 £450
Median % change year-on-year -9.55% +10.56% -18.18%
75th Percentile £538 £593 £575
90th Percentile £595 £722 £712
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 24 13
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.03 £15.47
25th Percentile £17.88 £15.44 £16.25
Median hourly rate £48.00 £18.50 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +159.46% -59.94% +29.17%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 -
90th Percentile £57.00 - £64.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +26.76%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the North East

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the North East over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the North East

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the North East region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear +8 21 £454 +0.89% 3
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Miro
2 1 (4.76%) Figma
2 1 (4.76%) Lucidchart
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) User Researcher
2 5 (23.81%) Designer
2 5 (23.81%) Service Designer
3 4 (19.05%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Business Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
4 3 (14.29%) Product Manager
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 3 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) UX Designer
5 2 (9.52%) UX Service Designer
6 1 (4.76%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Public Sector Business Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Agile Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) Agile
2 11 (52.38%) User Research
2 11 (52.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (38.10%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (28.57%) Ethnography
5 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (23.81%) Design Thinking
6 5 (23.81%) Human-Centred Design
6 5 (23.81%) Journey Map
6 5 (23.81%) Qualitative Research
6 5 (23.81%) Quantitative Research
6 5 (23.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (23.81%) Usability Testing
6 5 (23.81%) User Experience
7 4 (19.05%) Actionable Insight
7 4 (19.05%) Business Case
7 4 (19.05%) Ergonomics
7 4 (19.05%) Product Strategy
7 4 (19.05%) User Journey Map
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) QA
3 2 (9.52%) Actionable Recommendations
3 2 (9.52%) WCAG