ITIL Service Designer Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

ITIL Service Designer
South East > Thames Valley

The median ITIL Service Designer daily rate in the Thames Valley is £570, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an ITIL Service Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.039% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £560 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 - -
75th Percentile £580 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £570 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,326 1,479 2,582
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 92.73% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,526 891 1,524
10th Percentile £280 £250 £205
25th Percentile £400 £404 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £508 £492
Median % change year-on-year -1.48% +3.19% -1.63%
75th Percentile £591 £620 £600
90th Percentile £650 £670 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 45 187
10th Percentile £16.32 £20.62 £15.85
25th Percentile £19.52 £41.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £38.63 £56.75 £44.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.92% +28.97% +27.68%
75th Percentile £84.31 £65.62 £62.48
90th Percentile £95.75 £76.51 £72.33
South East median hourly rate £36.00 £46.30 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.25% +8.94% -5.56%

ITIL Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'ITIL Service Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

ITIL Service Designer job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

ITIL Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Designer job vacancies in the Thames Valley.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for ITIL Service Designer job vacancies in the Thames Valley

ITIL Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ITIL Service Designer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 4 March 2026. 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £570 - 1
ITIL Service Designer
South East

ITIL Service Designer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 4 March 2026, ITIL Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Thames Valley region featuring ITIL Service Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF

ITIL Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Lean Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SIAM
1 1 (100.00%) Six Sigma
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) NCSC