Service Design Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Service Design
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - 35
Rank change year-on-year - - +12
Contract jobs citing Service Design 31 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 16.32% - 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.53% - 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 0 0
10th Percentile £454 - -
25th Percentile £519 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 - -
75th Percentile £556 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median daily rate £538 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +2.38% -12.50% -14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 144 100 224
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 75.79% 81.30% 87.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 58 127
10th Percentile £262 £348 £394
25th Percentile £417 £400 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.64% -11.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £556 £613 £665
90th Percentile - £691 £800
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 23 31
10th Percentile £16.60 £31.25 £19.99
25th Percentile £20.50 £35.00 £30.36
Median hourly rate £33.08 £60.50 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -45.33% +5.22% -4.17%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.38 £63.13
90th Percentile £51.81 £71.00 £70.00
Hampshire median hourly rate £20.71 £35.00 £51.42
% change year-on-year -40.83% -31.93% +18.21%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Portsmouth

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (3.23%) Google Ads
1 1 (3.23%) IaaS
1 1 (3.23%) PaaS
1 1 (3.23%) SaaS
General
1 2 (6.45%) Public Sector
2 1 (3.23%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 25 (80.65%) Architect
1 25 (80.65%) Service Architect
2 2 (6.45%) Designer
2 2 (6.45%) Service Designer
2 2 (6.45%) User Researcher
3 1 (3.23%) Lead
3 1 (3.23%) Service Design Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Service Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Service Transition Leader
3 1 (3.23%) Service Transition Manager
3 1 (3.23%) Transition Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (83.87%) ITIL
1 26 (83.87%) Service Management
2 25 (80.65%) IT4IT
2 25 (80.65%) Project Delivery
3 4 (12.90%) Agile
3 4 (12.90%) Ergonomics
3 4 (12.90%) Ethnography
3 4 (12.90%) Human Factors
3 4 (12.90%) User Research
3 4 (12.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (6.45%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (6.45%) Data Analysis
4 2 (6.45%) Front End Development
4 2 (6.45%) Journey Map
4 2 (6.45%) Market Research
4 2 (6.45%) Qualitative Research
4 2 (6.45%) Usability Testing
4 2 (6.45%) User Experience
4 2 (6.45%) User Stories
4 2 (6.45%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 25 (80.65%) SC Cleared
1 25 (80.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (80.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 2 (6.45%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 2 (6.45%) WCAG