Service Design Manager Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Design Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Design Manager daily rate in the UK excluding London is £535, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 September 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
21 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 375 415
Rank change year-on-year +15 +40 +76
Contract jobs requiring a Service Design Manager 6 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.039% 0.011% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.012% 0.029%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 6
10th Percentile £410 £500 £351
25th Percentile £425 £501 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £504 £513
Median % change year-on-year +6.20% -1.71% -6.82%
75th Percentile £575 £508 £538
90th Percentile - £510 £572
UK median daily rate £543 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +0.46% -1.82% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,783 16,444 20,410
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 92.28% 94.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,459 9,515 13,624
10th Percentile £213 £220 £225
25th Percentile £360 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £663 £678 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,274 1,412 1,211
10th Percentile £13.50 £14.27 £14.03
25th Percentile £16.19 £19.50 £18.00
Median hourly rate £25.13 £43.90 £43.75
Median % change year-on-year -42.76% +0.34% +98.86%
75th Percentile £51.65 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.16 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

Service Design Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Service Design Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Design Manager
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Design Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Design Manager job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Service Design Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 21 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design Manager in the UK excluding London

Service Design Manager
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
South East - 3 £450 - 2
West Midlands -10 1 - - 6
Midlands -15 1 - - 6
Yorkshire - 1 £550 - 2
East of England - 1 £550 -
North of England - 1 £550 - 3
Service Design Manager
UK

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 21 September 2025, Service Design Manager 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 UK excluding London region featuring Service Design Manager in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (33.33%) B2B
3 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 2 (33.33%) Telecoms
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (66.67%) ITIL
2 4 (66.67%) Service Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) B2B
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (16.67%) Active Listening
4 1 (16.67%) Coaching
4 1 (16.67%) Compliance Management
4 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Problem Management
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
4 1 (16.67%) Service Management
4 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft