Service Design Contract Job Trends in Watford

Service Design
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Watford requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 7 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Watford 11.86% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.96% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £525 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median daily rate £550 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Watford

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 Watford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54 50 126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Watford 91.53% 87.72% 91.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 38 84
10th Percentile £178 £262 £220
25th Percentile £400 £306 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £388 £446
Median % change year-on-year +29.03% -13.17% -18.86%
75th Percentile £575 £529 £625
90th Percentile £630 £591 £751
Hertfordshire median daily rate £525 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £15.21 £13.94 -
25th Percentile £18.14 £14.33 -
Median hourly rate £23.03 £15.81 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.64% - -
75th Percentile £28.94 £17.70 -
90th Percentile £32.49 £18.33 -
Hertfordshire median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -33.85% - -

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Watford

Service Design
Daily Rate Trend in Watford

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

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

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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 2 (28.57%) Apache
1 2 (28.57%) IIS
1 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 6 (85.71%) Maximo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (28.57%) DB2
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Consultant
1 6 (85.71%) Maximo Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Administrator
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) SOAP
1 2 (28.57%) Web Services
1 2 (28.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) CAFM
1 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
1 2 (28.57%) DevOps
1 2 (28.57%) Facilities Management
1 2 (28.57%) ITSM
1 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (28.57%) Service Management
1 2 (28.57%) System Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
2 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) IBM
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce