Service Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Service Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 133 99
Rank change year-on-year +14 -34 +60
Contract jobs citing Service Design 94 30 87
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 1.96% 0.85% 1.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.22% 0.97% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 15 64
10th Percentile £323 £393 £404
25th Percentile £381 £450 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -17.39% +4.55%
75th Percentile £574 £578 £649
90th Percentile £616 £600 £672
England median daily rate £525 £538 £575
% change year-on-year -2.42% -6.43% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £61.15 £32.07 -
25th Percentile £62.86 £32.89 -
Median hourly rate £65.73 £34.26 -
Median % change year-on-year +91.84% - -
75th Percentile £68.59 £35.63 -
90th Percentile £70.31 £36.45 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £32.64 £71.93
% change year-on-year +83.85% -54.63% +143.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,233 3,079 4,121
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.10% 86.95% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,808 1,759 2,726
10th Percentile £218 £263 £300
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £647 £670 £675
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 149 205
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.18 £15.38
25th Percentile £19.75 £17.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.64% -8.33% +36.36%
75th Percentile £54.69 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.13 £67.64 £63.05
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the North of England

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 27 December 2025. 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
North West +6 47 £424 -13.13% 46
Yorkshire -19 26 £500 -6.98% 44
North East +12 21 £454 +0.89% 11
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 8 (8.51%) Confluence
2 5 (5.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (10.64%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.13%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.06%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.06%) Sketch
3 1 (1.06%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.06%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.06%) NetSuite
1 1 (1.06%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.06%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (12.77%) Azure
1 12 (12.77%) Power Platform
2 9 (9.57%) Google Analytics
2 9 (9.57%) SaaS
3 8 (8.51%) Google Tag Manager
4 7 (7.45%) GCP
5 5 (5.32%) Figma
5 5 (5.32%) Miro
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon ECS
6 3 (3.19%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.19%) AWS
6 3 (3.19%) AWS CloudFormation
6 3 (3.19%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.19%) Boomi
6 3 (3.19%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.19%) Serverless
7 2 (2.13%) Lucidchart
8 1 (1.06%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.06%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Firewall
1 2 (2.13%) Wireless
2 1 (1.06%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.06%) LAN
2 1 (1.06%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.06%) WAN
2 1 (1.06%) WebEx
2 1 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.77%) Power BI
2 7 (7.45%) BigQuery
2 7 (7.45%) Looker
3 4 (4.26%) Tableau
4 1 (1.06%) EDRMS
4 1 (1.06%) Power Query
4 1 (1.06%) QlikView
4 1 (1.06%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (9.57%) JIRA
2 1 (1.06%) GitLab
2 1 (1.06%) JMeter
2 1 (1.06%) Postman
2 1 (1.06%) Selenium
General
1 46 (48.94%) Public Sector
2 45 (47.87%) Social Skills
3 11 (11.70%) Finance
4 9 (9.57%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.38%) Influencing Skills
5 6 (6.38%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.26%) Banking
6 4 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (3.19%) Legal
8 2 (2.13%) Local Government
8 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Digital Health
9 1 (1.06%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (1.06%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.06%) Law
9 1 (1.06%) Publishing
9 1 (1.06%) Retail
9 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (25.53%) Designer
2 21 (22.34%) Analyst
3 18 (19.15%) Service Designer
4 14 (14.89%) Senior
5 13 (13.83%) Architect
6 11 (11.70%) Business Analyst
7 8 (8.51%) Service Manager
7 8 (8.51%) User Researcher
7 8 (8.51%) UX Designer
8 7 (7.45%) Performance Analyst
8 7 (7.45%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (6.38%) Service Transition Manager
9 6 (6.38%) Transition Manager
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Business Analyst
10 5 (5.32%) Senior Designer
10 5 (5.32%) Service Architect
11 4 (4.26%) Digital Analyst
11 4 (4.26%) Senior Service Designer
11 4 (4.26%) Solutions Architect
11 4 (4.26%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.26%) SailPoint
2 3 (3.19%) Django
2 3 (3.19%) FastAPI
2 3 (3.19%) Flask
2 3 (3.19%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (3.19%) Vue
3 2 (2.13%) FHIR
4 1 (1.06%) .NET
4 1 (1.06%) ADO
4 1 (1.06%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.57%) NHS
2 6 (6.38%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.38%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.26%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.19%) IVR
5 1 (1.06%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.06%) CMDB
5 1 (1.06%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (56.38%) Agile
2 33 (35.11%) User Research
3 30 (31.91%) User Experience
4 23 (24.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 22 (23.40%) Stakeholder Management
6 21 (22.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 19 (20.21%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (19.15%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (17.02%) Analytics
10 15 (15.96%) UX Design
11 14 (14.89%) ITSM
11 14 (14.89%) Journey Map
12 13 (13.83%) Actionable Insight
12 13 (13.83%) Data Analysis
12 13 (13.83%) ITIL
12 13 (13.83%) Roadmaps
12 13 (13.83%) Service Management
12 13 (13.83%) Usability Testing
13 12 (12.77%) Business Intelligence
13 12 (12.77%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.26%) Python
2 3 (3.19%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.06%) C#
3 1 (1.06%) R
3 1 (1.06%) SQL
3 1 (1.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 23 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 17 (18.09%) SC Cleared
3 8 (8.51%) Degree
4 6 (6.38%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (6.38%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (2.13%) ISEB
6 1 (1.06%) APMG
6 1 (1.06%) CISM
6 1 (1.06%) CISSP
6 1 (1.06%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (1.06%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.06%) PMP
6 1 (1.06%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (28.72%) Accessibility
2 13 (13.83%) QA
3 8 (8.51%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.26%) GDPR
5 3 (3.19%) WCAG
6 2 (2.13%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (1.06%) HL7
7 1 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (1.06%) PCI DSS
7 1 (1.06%) PSD2
7 1 (1.06%) SNOMED CT
System Software
1 3 (3.19%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.26%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.19%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.57%) Google
3 6 (6.38%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.26%) Oracle
5 3 (3.19%) Genesys
5 3 (3.19%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.19%) UiPath
6 2 (2.13%) Adobe
6 2 (2.13%) SAP
7 1 (1.06%) Aruba
7 1 (1.06%) Brio
7 1 (1.06%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.06%) Cisco
7 1 (1.06%) Ekahau
7 1 (1.06%) Epicor
7 1 (1.06%) Fortinet
7 1 (1.06%) Juniper
7 1 (1.06%) Splunk