Service Design Contract Job Trends in South Wales

Service Design
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +7
Contract jobs citing Service Design 8 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 2.25% - 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% - 0.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 2
10th Percentile £295 - £508
25th Percentile £313 - £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - £569
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.41%
75th Percentile £338 - £610
90th Percentile £428 - £627
Wales median daily rate £325 - £569
% change year-on-year - - +3.41%

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 286 314 321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 80.34% 86.50% 89.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 182 244
10th Percentile £206 £167 £165
25th Percentile £289 £214 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £408 £413 £450
Median % change year-on-year -1.21% -8.33% -5.26%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £588
90th Percentile £606 £686 £650
Wales median daily rate £410 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -3.53% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 42 24
10th Percentile £13.08 - £17.30
25th Percentile £15.11 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £19.19 £25.36 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -24.33% -4.60% +33.21%
75th Percentile £25.53 £40.00 £52.81
90th Percentile £85.00 £48.75 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.59 £25.36 £26.58
% change year-on-year -26.70% -4.60% +33.51%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in South Wales

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in South Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in South Wales over the 6 months to 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in South Wales

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Service Design

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 18 December 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 - 5 £325 - 1
Newport - 3 - -
Service Design
Wales

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Miro
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) User Researcher
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Research
2 5 (62.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (37.50%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Storytelling
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Coaching
6 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 1 (12.50%) Ergonomics
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) User Stories
6 1 (12.50%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree