Service Design Contract Job Trends in the South West

Service Design
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West 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 74 92 140
Rank change year-on-year +18 +48 +16
Contract jobs citing Service Design 57 34 11
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 2.46% 1.61% 0.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 1.85% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 17 10
10th Percentile £450 £380 £518
25th Percentile £656 £513 £553
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £600 £617
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -2.68% +2.75%
75th Percentile £738 £700 £680
90th Percentile - £835 £693
England median daily rate £538 £539 £575
% change year-on-year -0.28% -6.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £32.64 -
% change year-on-year +83.85% - -

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 1,938 1,835 2,588
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.64% 86.88% 86.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,135 1,124 1,725
10th Percentile £263 £280 £300
25th Percentile £413 £420 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £733 £718
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 291 126 270
10th Percentile £15.25 £21.16 £20.48
25th Percentile £19.26 £48.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.00% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £75.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the South West

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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 18 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the South West

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

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

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 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
Wiltshire +13 41 £725 -20.55% 6
Bristol +2 10 £490 +8.89% 4
Devon +4 4 - - 6
Somerset -2 2 £549 -26.87% 2
Gloucestershire - 1 £675 - 4
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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:

Application Platforms
1 30 (52.63%) Confluence
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 30 (52.63%) Microsoft Office
1 30 (52.63%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 3 (5.26%) Figma
2 2 (3.51%) Azure
3 1 (1.75%) AWS
3 1 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Key Vault
3 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
3 1 (1.75%) Entra ID
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.75%) OpenShift
3 1 (1.75%) PaaS
3 1 (1.75%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) PBX
1 1 (1.75%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 30 (52.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.75%) GitLab
2 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.75%) Mocha
General
1 35 (61.40%) Social Skills
2 32 (56.14%) Analytical Skills
2 32 (56.14%) Military
3 6 (10.53%) Public Sector
4 3 (5.26%) Advertising
5 2 (3.51%) Finance
6 1 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Marketing
6 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Publishing
6 1 (1.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 32 (56.14%) Architect
2 31 (54.39%) Service Architect
3 5 (8.77%) Designer
4 4 (7.02%) IT Manager
4 4 (7.02%) IT Services Manager
4 4 (7.02%) Lead
4 4 (7.02%) Service Manager
4 4 (7.02%) User Researcher
5 2 (3.51%) Consultant
5 2 (3.51%) Interaction Designer
5 2 (3.51%) Senior
5 2 (3.51%) Service Designer
6 1 (1.75%) Business Improvement Consultant
6 1 (1.75%) Junior Architect
6 1 (1.75%) Node.js Developer
6 1 (1.75%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (1.75%) Senior Statistician
6 1 (1.75%) Service Transition Manager
6 1 (1.75%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.75%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.75%) Express.js
1 1 (1.75%) Jest
1 1 (1.75%) JWT
1 1 (1.75%) Kafka
1 1 (1.75%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.75%) NestJS
1 1 (1.75%) Node.js
1 1 (1.75%) OAuth
1 1 (1.75%) OAuth2
1 1 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
1 1 (1.75%) REST
1 1 (1.75%) RESTful
1 1 (1.75%) Shiny
1 1 (1.75%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 31 (54.39%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.51%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.75%) Blackberry
3 1 (1.75%) CMDB
3 1 (1.75%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.75%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.75%) PMI
3 1 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Android
1 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (73.68%) Agile
2 40 (70.18%) ITIL
3 39 (68.42%) Service Management
4 32 (56.14%) Acceptance Criteria
5 31 (54.39%) Knowledge Transfer
6 30 (52.63%) Analytical Thinking
6 30 (52.63%) Business Continuity
6 30 (52.63%) Critical Thinking
6 30 (52.63%) Security Patching
6 30 (52.63%) TOGAF
7 10 (17.54%) Service Delivery
8 9 (15.79%) User Research
9 8 (14.04%) ITSM
9 8 (14.04%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
11 5 (8.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 4 (7.02%) Collaborative Working
12 4 (7.02%) Interaction Design
12 4 (7.02%) Roadmaps
12 4 (7.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.75%) Python
1 1 (1.75%) R
1 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 45 (78.95%) Security Cleared
2 41 (71.93%) SC Cleared
3 30 (52.63%) Degree
3 30 (52.63%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (1.75%) APMP
4 1 (1.75%) CCNP
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.75%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (10.53%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) JSP 440
2 1 (1.75%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
1 1 (1.75%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (52.63%) OPNET
2 2 (3.51%) Terraform
3 1 (1.75%) Ansible
3 1 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (56.14%) Remedy
1 32 (56.14%) ServiceNow
2 30 (52.63%) Atlassian
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.75%) Adobe
4 1 (1.75%) Avaya
4 1 (1.75%) BMC
4 1 (1.75%) Cisco
4 1 (1.75%) Ericsson
4 1 (1.75%) F5
4 1 (1.75%) Foundry
4 1 (1.75%) Juniper
4 1 (1.75%) MuleSoft
4 1 (1.75%) Nokia
4 1 (1.75%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.75%) Ribbon
4 1 (1.75%) Talend
4 1 (1.75%) VMware