Service Design Contract Job Trends in Shropshire

Service Design
West Midlands > Shropshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Shropshire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 51 27 18
Rank change year-on-year -24 -9 -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 18 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire 4.01% 1.61% 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.69% 1.74% 4.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 1 2
10th Percentile £358 - £355
25th Percentile £370 £504 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £508 £375
Median % change year-on-year -19.56% +35.33% -
75th Percentile £487 £511 £388
90th Percentile £753 - £395
West Midlands median daily rate £477 £575 £545
% change year-on-year -17.06% +5.50% -11.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Shropshire

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 Shropshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 384 115 46
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire 85.52% 92.74% 54.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 71 27
10th Percentile £400 £300 £306
25th Percentile £448 £385 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £410
Median % change year-on-year +4.82% +16.34% -24.07%
75th Percentile £537 £530 £500
90th Percentile £562 £567 £535
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £513 £488
% change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £22.81 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £25.15 £12.18 £10.42
Median % change year-on-year +106.49% +16.89% -71.59%
75th Percentile - £17.89 -
90th Percentile - £21.32 £12.20
West Midlands median hourly rate £20.98 £21.59 £23.00
% change year-on-year -2.83% -6.13% +29.94%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Shropshire

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire

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

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

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Shropshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Shropshire over the 6 months to 4 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Shropshire

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 4 February 2026. 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
Telford -20 18 £408 -19.56% 2
Service Design
West Midlands

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire 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:

Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (16.67%) Chatbot
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Figma
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Service Design Manager
1 5 (27.78%) Service Manager
1 5 (27.78%) Service Transition Manager
1 5 (27.78%) Transition Manager
1 5 (27.78%) User Researcher
2 3 (16.67%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Designer
2 3 (16.67%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (11.11%) Service Designer
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Cloud Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.56%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (5.56%) SAP Manager
4 1 (5.56%) SAP Transition Manager
4 1 (5.56%) UI Designer
4 1 (5.56%) User Experience Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Cloud Native
1 3 (16.67%) Hackathon
1 3 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Agile
1 11 (61.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 9 (50.00%) Wireframes
3 8 (44.44%) Collaborative Working
4 7 (38.89%) Interaction Design
4 7 (38.89%) User Research
5 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 4 (22.22%) ITIL
6 4 (22.22%) Project Delivery
7 3 (16.67%) AI
7 3 (16.67%) API Design
7 3 (16.67%) Conversational UI
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Service
7 3 (16.67%) Epics
7 3 (16.67%) Journey Map
7 3 (16.67%) Microservices
7 3 (16.67%) Roadmaps
7 3 (16.67%) Server-Driven UI
7 3 (16.67%) Technical Architecture
7 3 (16.67%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) SAP
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow