Service Design Contracts in South Wales

Service Design
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 40 48
Rank change year-on-year +10 +8 +11
Contract jobs citing Service Design 4 2 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.67% 0.60% 2.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 0.75% 2.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile - £508 £363
25th Percentile £303 £525 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 £569 £525
Median % change year-on-year -46.20% +8.33% +0.57%
75th Percentile £315 £610 £594
90th Percentile £325 £627 £625
Wales median daily rate £306 £569 £525
% change year-on-year -46.20% +8.33% +0.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 216 267 460
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 90.00% 79.94% 88.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 153 188 351
10th Percentile £185 £160 £190
25th Percentile £285 £357 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -3.46%
75th Percentile £530 £588 £575
90th Percentile £625 £669 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -2.06%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 22 23
10th Percentile £15.30 £11.21 £16.37
25th Percentile £19.09 £15.35 £16.98
Median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%
75th Percentile £41.25 £52.31 £22.11
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.62 £49.75
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £22.50 £18.82
% change year-on-year -6.62% +19.59% -16.38%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in South Wales

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Service Design in South Wales

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Design in South Wales.

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in South Wales

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

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 South Wales region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Cardiff - 4 £306 - 5
Service Design
Wales

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Pharmaceutical
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Welsh Language
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Lead
2 3 (75.00%) Lead Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
3 2 (50.00%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Coaching
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility