Service Design Contract Job Trends in Wales

Service Design
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing Service Design 8 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 1.67% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% - 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile £295 - -
25th Percentile £313 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 - -
75th Percentile £338 - -
90th Percentile £428 - -
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% -2.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 381 363 377
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 79.71% 85.61% 87.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 220 285
10th Percentile £182 £162 £174
25th Percentile £281 £213 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -4.71% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £500 £550 £575
90th Percentile £613 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 46 24
10th Percentile £13.33 £19.13 £17.30
25th Percentile £16.82 £20.12 £21.32
Median hourly rate £19.00 £25.27 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -24.81% -4.94% +40.24%
75th Percentile £23.71 £39.32 £52.81
90th Percentile £30.75 £48.75 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.84
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.86% +25.25%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Wales

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Service Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Service Design

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Wales

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Wales over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in Wales

Service Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Service Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Service Design

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 17 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
South Wales - 8 £325 - 1
Service Design
UK

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (37.50%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Miro
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Finance
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) User Researcher
2 3 (37.50%) Lead
3 2 (25.00%) Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Senior
4 1 (12.50%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) User Research
2 5 (62.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (50.00%) Agile
4 3 (37.50%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 3 (37.50%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 3 (37.50%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (37.50%) Roadmaps
4 3 (37.50%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (25.00%) Storytelling
5 2 (25.00%) User Experience
6 1 (12.50%) Coaching
6 1 (12.50%) Data Modelling
6 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
6 1 (12.50%) Ergonomics
6 1 (12.50%) Mentoring
6 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (12.50%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (12.50%) User Stories
6 1 (12.50%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree