Service Designer Contracts in South Wales

Service Designer
Wales > South Wales

The median Service Designer daily rate in South Wales is £306, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +14
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 1.25% - 0.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.33% - 0.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 2
10th Percentile £303 - £535
25th Percentile £304 - £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £306 - £588
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.12%
75th Percentile £320 - £613
90th Percentile £327 - £620
Wales median daily rate £306 - £588
% change year-on-year - - +12.12%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 225 297 491
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 88.92% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 163 216 378
10th Percentile £161 £168 £182
25th Percentile £258 £356 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £470 £461
Median % change year-on-year -14.89% +1.90% -2.89%
75th Percentile £491 £563 £575
90th Percentile £613 £646 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £470 £450
% change year-on-year -14.89% +4.44% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 21 26
10th Percentile £16.00 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £18.51 £15.20 £16.98
Median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%
75th Percentile £41.25 £53.75 £19.98
90th Percentile £45.00 £87.80 £49.38
Wales median hourly rate £21.01 £19.09 £18.14
% change year-on-year +10.09% +5.21% -8.89%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in South Wales

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in South Wales

Service Designer
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 Designer 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 - 3 £306 -
Service Designer
Wales

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, 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 South Wales region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Welsh Language
2 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector

Service Designer Skill Set
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 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Welsh Language
2 1 (33.33%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Master's Degree