Service Design Contracts in the North of England

Service Design
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for Service Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Design over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 121 132 122
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 -33
Contract jobs citing Service Design 70 88 120
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.46% 1.51% 1.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.70% 1.66% 1.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 60 87
10th Percentile £325 £450 £413
25th Percentile £425 £470 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +11.28%
75th Percentile £625 £620 £573
90th Percentile £660 £688 £630
England median daily rate £543 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -3.56% +2.27% +12.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £50.00
England median hourly rate £33.07 £57.50 £35.08
% change year-on-year -42.50% +63.93% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Service Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,110 5,288 6,359
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.80% 90.70% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,521 3,674 4,657
10th Percentile £288 £303 £240
25th Percentile £400 £413 £385
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £563
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 356 207 261
10th Percentile £11.04 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.48 £15.25 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.61 £27.70 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -36.43% +49.73% -
75th Percentile £44.24 £45.05 £32.77
90th Percentile £53.88 £65.00 £50.78
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the North of England

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in the North of England

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 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the North of England

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in the North of England

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 29 April 2024. 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 +28 44 £530 -1.40% 18
Yorkshire +13 26 £488 -11.36% 6
North East +10 2 - - 1
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.29%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.43%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 6 (8.57%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (5.71%) Sketch
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.86%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.86%) InVision
4 2 (2.86%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (21.43%) Azure
2 13 (18.57%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.71%) Figma
4 2 (2.86%) IaaS
4 2 (2.86%) PaaS
4 2 (2.86%) SaaS
5 1 (1.43%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.43%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 11 (15.71%) Converged Networks
1 11 (15.71%) ISDN
1 11 (15.71%) LAN
1 11 (15.71%) Network Security
1 11 (15.71%) Skype
1 11 (15.71%) VoIP
1 11 (15.71%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.86%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.86%) Axure RP
General
1 9 (12.86%) Public Sector
1 9 (12.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.71%) Retail
3 3 (4.29%) Finance
3 3 (4.29%) Health Technology
4 2 (2.86%) Law
5 1 (1.43%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.43%) Billing
5 1 (1.43%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 26 (37.14%) Architect
2 14 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 13 (18.57%) Designer
4 12 (17.14%) Senior
5 11 (15.71%) Service Designer
5 11 (15.71%) Voice Architect
6 10 (14.29%) User Researcher
7 7 (10.00%) Lead
7 7 (10.00%) Senior Designer
8 5 (7.14%) Senior Service Designer
9 4 (5.71%) SAP Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Service Manager
9 4 (5.71%) Technical Architect
10 3 (4.29%) Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Applications Architect
10 3 (4.29%) Senior User Researcher
10 3 (4.29%) Service Analyst
10 3 (4.29%) Service Transition Manager
10 3 (4.29%) Supply Chain Manager
10 3 (4.29%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 11 (15.71%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (2.86%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.86%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.86%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.86%) Virtual Team
3 1 (1.43%) Blog
3 1 (1.43%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (45.71%) Agile
2 18 (25.71%) User Research
3 17 (24.29%) Project Delivery
3 17 (24.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 16 (22.86%) User Experience
5 15 (21.43%) Migration
6 13 (18.57%) Architectural Design
6 13 (18.57%) Architectural Patterns
6 13 (18.57%) Architecture Governance
6 13 (18.57%) Computer Science
6 13 (18.57%) Data Management
6 13 (18.57%) DevOps
6 13 (18.57%) Mentoring
7 11 (15.71%) Ethnography
7 11 (15.71%) Impact Assessments
8 10 (14.29%) Quantitative Research
8 10 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 10 (14.29%) Usability Testing
9 9 (12.86%) Ergonomics
9 9 (12.86%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.43%) Python
1 1 (1.43%) R
1 1 (1.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (24.29%) Degree
2 10 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 10 (14.29%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (4.29%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.86%) GRC
3 2 (2.86%) WCAG
4 1 (1.43%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.43%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (11.43%) SAP
2 5 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.29%) Cadence
4 2 (2.86%) Adobe
4 2 (2.86%) Sophos
5 1 (1.43%) Ariba
5 1 (1.43%) Brio
5 1 (1.43%) Databricks
5 1 (1.43%) Google
5 1 (1.43%) ServiceNow