Service Designer Contracts in Scotland

Service Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Service Designer daily rate in Scotland is £563 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 154 134
Rank change year-on-year +36 -20 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 11 12 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.50% 0.43% 1.19%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.45% 1.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 10 32
10th Percentile £523 £400 £463
25th Percentile £531 £425 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £616 £526
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% +17.10% +5.25%
75th Percentile £630 £661 £622
90th Percentile £662 £680 £673
UK median daily rate £500 £578 £550
% change year-on-year -13.42% +5.00% +15.79%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 2,071 2,688 3,388
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 95.32% 95.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,253 1,924 2,411
10th Percentile £201 £230 £213
25th Percentile £363 £400 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £460
Median % change year-on-year - +3.26% +8.24%
75th Percentile £586 £555 £550
90th Percentile £659 £650 £623
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 44 52
10th Percentile £12.33 £12.86 £14.65
25th Percentile £16.13 £15.93 £17.50
Median hourly rate £24.29 £22.13 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year +9.79% -17.60% -28.40%
75th Percentile £60.00 £58.82 £48.19
90th Percentile £66.00 £67.22 £54.25
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -18.89% +91.49% +4.44%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings that featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in Scotland

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Designer in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in Scotland

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Scotland over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in Scotland

Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Designer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Edinburgh +41 8 £600 -9.09%
Glasgow +4 3 £550 -10.57% 1
Service Designer
UK

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 3 May 2024, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Scotland region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Service Design
2 7 (63.64%) Prototyping
3 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 4 (36.36%) User Research
5 3 (27.27%) Design Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
5 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
5 3 (27.27%) Co-Creation
5 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) JIRA
5 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
5 3 (27.27%) Confluence
5 3 (27.27%) Coaching
5 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
6 2 (18.18%) Interaction Design
6 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
7 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
7 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 1 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (9.09%) User Experience
7 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (9.09%) UX Design

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (27.27%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 3 (27.27%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Service Design
2 7 (63.64%) Prototyping
3 5 (45.45%) Agile
4 4 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) User Research
4 4 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (27.27%) Change Management
5 3 (27.27%) Coaching
5 3 (27.27%) Co-Creation
5 3 (27.27%) Design Thinking
5 3 (27.27%) Service Delivery
5 3 (27.27%) Visualisation
6 2 (18.18%) Interaction Design
7 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 1 (9.09%) Usability Testing
7 1 (9.09%) User Experience
7 1 (9.09%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) Disclosure Scotland