Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Scotland

Service Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Service Designer daily rate in Scotland is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 115 112
Rank change year-on-year +4 -3 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 4 5 32
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.25% 0.27% 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.29% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 22
10th Percentile £460 £628 £500
25th Percentile £466 £650 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £672 £540
Median % change year-on-year -29.26% +24.35% -16.44%
75th Percentile £581 £680 £580
90th Percentile £645 - £599
UK median daily rate £511 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -9.11% +2.27% -8.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,427 1,698 2,218
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.08% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 812 999 1,403
10th Percentile £200 £192 £230
25th Percentile £358 £340 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.11% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £538 £538 £560
90th Percentile £600 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 65 60
10th Percentile £16.51 £12.39 £12.13
25th Percentile £17.30 £14.73 £14.25
Median hourly rate £20.80 £18.13 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year +14.70% +2.31% -
75th Percentile £38.04 £24.18 £53.75
90th Percentile £64.60 £46.42 £74.18
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.16 £45.00
% change year-on-year -37.38% -10.75% +68.35%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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 Scotland.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Scotland.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Scotland

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Scotland over the 6 months to 19 October 2025.

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 19 October 2025. 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 +13 2 £675 +0.52% 3
Dumfries and Galloway - 2 £469 -
Service Designer
UK

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 19 October 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 Scotland region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Confluence
3 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) JIRA
3 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (25.00%) Banking
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
1 1 (25.00%) Financial Institution
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Project Management
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation