Service Design Contracts in the South West

Service Design
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 82 138 125
Rank change year-on-year +56 -13 +8
Contract jobs citing Service Design 29 19 42
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.73% 0.59% 1.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 0.72% 1.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 38
10th Percentile £392 £450 £552
25th Percentile £457 £463 £580
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £520 £650
Median % change year-on-year +8.17% -20.00% +18.18%
75th Percentile £652 £559 £725
90th Percentile £758 £625 £758
England median daily rate £545 £539 £563
% change year-on-year +1.21% -4.22% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £33.07 -
England median hourly rate £31.52 £33.07 £57.50
% change year-on-year -4.67% -42.50% +63.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,516 2,656 3,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.35% 83.03% 89.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 965 1,696 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £404 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £549
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £644
90th Percentile £688 £700 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 336 335
10th Percentile £18.33 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.48 £27.50 £17.00
Median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.36
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the South West

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Service Design in the South West

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the South West

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in the South West

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bristol +23 13 £500 +2.04% 1
Wiltshire +37 8 £625 +25.00% 2
Somerset +3 2 £750 +21.65% 1
Devon - 2 £588 - 1
Dorset - 2 £394 -
Gloucestershire - 1 £500 -
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.45%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 10 (34.48%) SaaS
2 9 (31.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (31.03%) PBX
1 9 (31.03%) VoIP
2 1 (3.45%) 4G
2 1 (3.45%) 5G
General
1 9 (31.03%) Telecoms
2 5 (17.24%) Public Sector
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
3 4 (13.79%) Social Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Military
5 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (6.90%) Legal
6 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.45%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 6 (20.69%) Designer
2 4 (13.79%) Author
2 4 (13.79%) Service Designer
2 4 (13.79%) Technical Author
3 3 (10.34%) Service Manager
4 2 (6.90%) Content Designer
4 2 (6.90%) Developer
4 2 (6.90%) Java Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Analyst
5 1 (3.45%) Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Digital Content Designer
5 1 (3.45%) Digital UX Designer
5 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Full-Stack Java Developer
5 1 (3.45%) Lead
5 1 (3.45%) Senior
5 1 (3.45%) Service Design Architect
5 1 (3.45%) Service Design Consultant
5 1 (3.45%) Service Design Manager
5 1 (3.45%) Service Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) CSS
1 2 (6.90%) CSS3
1 2 (6.90%) HTML
1 2 (6.90%) HTML5
1 2 (6.90%) Jest
1 2 (6.90%) Middleware
1 2 (6.90%) React
1 2 (6.90%) Redux
2 1 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
2 1 (3.45%) Kafka
2 1 (3.45%) OpenTracing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Blackberry
1 8 (27.59%) Video Conferencing
2 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (41.38%) Product Roadmap
1 12 (41.38%) Roadmaps
2 11 (37.93%) Migration
2 11 (37.93%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (34.48%) Customer Requirements
4 9 (31.03%) Commercial Awareness
4 9 (31.03%) Impact Assessments
4 9 (31.03%) ITIL
4 9 (31.03%) Root Cause Analysis
4 9 (31.03%) Thought Leadership
5 8 (27.59%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (27.59%) Validation
6 4 (13.79%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (13.79%) Service Management
6 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (10.34%) Agile
7 3 (10.34%) Contract Negotiation
7 3 (10.34%) ITSM
7 3 (10.34%) Prototyping
8 2 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) Java
1 2 (6.90%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (68.97%) Security Cleared
2 15 (51.72%) DV Cleared
3 14 (48.28%) SC Cleared
4 8 (27.59%) CCNP
4 8 (27.59%) Cisco Certification
4 8 (27.59%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
5 3 (10.34%) Degree
6 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
6 2 (6.90%) MBA
7 1 (3.45%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
2 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (27.59%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Kubernetes
1 1 (3.45%) Prometheus
1 1 (3.45%) Zipkin
Vendors
1 10 (34.48%) Cisco
1 10 (34.48%) Juniper
2 9 (31.03%) Ericsson
2 9 (31.03%) F5
2 9 (31.03%) Nokia
2 9 (31.03%) Palo Alto
3 8 (27.59%) Avaya
3 8 (27.59%) Ribbon
3 8 (27.59%) VMware
4 1 (3.45%) Microsoft