Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Portsmouth

Service Designer
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The median Service Designer daily rate in Portsmouth is £454, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
12 Nov 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 1.09% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.14% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £454 £575 -
% change year-on-year -21.04% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Portsmouth

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Portsmouth. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Portsmouth with a recognized job title 176 141 263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.65% 97.24% 94.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 73 153
10th Percentile £200 £271 £330
25th Percentile £300 £400 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £514
Median % change year-on-year - -2.63% +7.54%
75th Percentile £556 £638 £623
90th Percentile £590 £700 £700
Hampshire median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 32 27
10th Percentile £25.09 £31.63 £20.30
25th Percentile £25.15 £49.72 £45.53
Median hourly rate £41.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.43% +21.74% -4.17%
75th Percentile £50.76 £70.43 £64.38
90th Percentile £58.50 £75.00 £69.25
Hampshire median hourly rate £25.15 £65.85 £50.00
% change year-on-year -61.81% +31.70% +11.11%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Portsmouth region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Service Designer Skill Set
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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG
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