Service Design Contracts in Reading

Service Design
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Reading requiring Service Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Service Design over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 85 87
Rank change year-on-year +26 +2 -6
Contract jobs citing Service Design 1 12 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.17% 1.01% 0.097%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 1.12% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 1
10th Percentile - £510 -
25th Percentile £713 £550 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +26.09% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £738 £600 £538
90th Percentile - £704 -
Berkshire median daily rate £488 £550 £415
% change year-on-year -11.40% +32.59% -17.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 551 1,072 926
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 92.76% 90.08% 89.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 326 581 615
10th Percentile £311 £213 £363
25th Percentile £450 £413 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £638 £619 £664
90th Percentile £700 £688 £721
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 46 23
10th Percentile £33.82 £27.58 £45.50
25th Percentile £41.05 £53.74 £53.00
Median hourly rate £53.10 £62.07 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.46% -4.50% +132.14%
75th Percentile £65.14 £82.55 £74.40
90th Percentile £72.37 £87.50 £79.19
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.50 £61.30 £57.82
% change year-on-year +0.32% +6.02% +174.67%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Reading.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in Reading

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in Reading

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Service Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow