Service Design Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Service Design
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Worcestershire requiring Service Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Service Design 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Worcestershire 1.40% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £676 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £703 - -
75th Percentile £729 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £478 £450 £700
% change year-on-year +6.22% -35.71% +33.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 115 65 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 80.42% 94.20% 83.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 53 59
10th Percentile £300 £168 £273
25th Percentile £408 £525 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% +14.75%
75th Percentile £619 £700 £588
90th Percentile £644 £888 £613
West Midlands median daily rate £475 £475 £500
% change year-on-year - -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 3 7
10th Percentile £16.31 - -
25th Percentile £19.73 £16.67 £10.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £17.16 £11.73
Median % change year-on-year +45.73% +46.31% -
75th Percentile £47.50 £49.82 £26.99
90th Percentile £77.50 £69.13 £51.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £33.99 £24.34 £18.74
% change year-on-year +39.65% +29.92% -31.87%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Worcestershire

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Malvern - 2 £703 -
Service Design
West Midlands

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Service Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Service Transition Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Transition Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (100.00%) Tech Ops
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared