Lead Service Designer Contracts

Lead Service Designer
UK

The median Lead Service Designer daily rate in the UK is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 577 696 841
Rank change year-on-year +119 +145 -151
Contract jobs requiring a Lead Service Designer 5 22 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.011% 0.037% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.039% 0.018%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 16 7
10th Percentile - £475 £503
25th Percentile - £644 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £700 £600
Median % change year-on-year -35.71% +16.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £500 - £650
90th Percentile £530 - £660
UK excluding London median daily rate - £675 £600
% change year-on-year - +12.50% +14.29%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,410 56,464 84,709
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.77% 94.61% 95.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,305 39,470 59,485
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £735
UK excluding London median daily rate £492 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.70% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,664 1,570 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.29 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.42 £45.00 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.07% +91.49% +3.14%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.75 £48.88
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.75 £63.32
UK excluding London median hourly rate £39.55 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -6.94% +117.95% +2.63%

Lead Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Service Designer in the UK

Lead Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Lead Service Designer in the UK

Lead Service Designer
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Service Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 April 2024. 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
England +94 5 £450 -35.71%
London +91 4 £450 -35.71%

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 April 2024, Lead 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 featuring Lead Service Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) UX Design
4 1 (20.00%) Market Research
4 1 (20.00%) WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Project Management
4 1 (20.00%) Service Management
4 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) Law
4 1 (20.00%) Virgin Media
4 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
4 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
4 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (20.00%) Design Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
4 1 (20.00%) Miro
4 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (20.00%) UX Research
4 1 (20.00%) Journey Map
4 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (20.00%) SIAM
4 1 (20.00%) Focus Group

Lead Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (20.00%) WAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) Co-Creation
3 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (20.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) GAP Analysis
3 1 (20.00%) Market Research
3 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (20.00%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) UX Research
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
1 1 (20.00%) Virgin Media