Hybrid/Remote Service Design Analyst Contract Job Trends

Service Design Analyst
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Design Analyst daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £513, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 17 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
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 - 414
Rank change year-on-year - - +195
Contract jobs requiring a Service Design Analyst 4 0 4
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.041% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £490
25th Percentile £506 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.60%
75th Percentile £519 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 - £550
% change year-on-year - - +9.18%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,248 11,830 19,137
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.86% 93.47% 94.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,100 7,591 13,518
10th Percentile £325 £325 £339
25th Percentile £413 £420 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 294 441
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.39 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £38.70 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.38 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.19
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.88
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.01% +68.77%

Service Design Analyst
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Service Design Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Design Analyst trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Service Design Analyst
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Service Design Analyst job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote Service Design Analyst job vacancies

Service Design Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 17 September 2025, Service Design Analyst 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Service Design Analyst in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
3 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
3 2 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
3 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (50.00%) SLA
3 2 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
3 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
3 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (50.00%) Service Design
3 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
4 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) ITSM
4 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow

Service Design Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
1 2 (50.00%) Service Management
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
1 2 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (25.00%) ITSM
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow