Service Designer Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Service Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Designer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 275 308 381
Rank change year-on-year +33 +73 -11
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 29 37 96
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.24% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.26% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 27 74
10th Percentile £321 £446 £450
25th Percentile £459 £500 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £566 £650 £669
90th Percentile £615 £662 £743
UK median daily rate £515 £500 £600
% change year-on-year +3.00% -16.67% +9.09%

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 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Service Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Service Designer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Service Designer.

Service Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Service Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Service Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Service Design
2 13 (44.83%) Public Sector
3 12 (41.38%) Agile
4 11 (37.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (34.48%) User Research
5 10 (34.48%) Journey Map
6 8 (27.59%) Workshop Facilitation
6 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
6 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
7 7 (24.14%) Prototyping
7 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
8 6 (20.69%) Accessibility
8 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (17.24%) User Journey Map
9 5 (17.24%) Figma
9 5 (17.24%) Change Management
10 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
11 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (10.34%) Interaction Design
11 3 (10.34%) Sketch
11 3 (10.34%) Adobe
11 3 (10.34%) NHS
11 3 (10.34%) Local Government
11 3 (10.34%) Co-Creation
11 3 (10.34%) Coaching
12 2 (6.90%) User Experience
12 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
12 2 (6.90%) Oracle Fusion
12 2 (6.90%) UX Design
12 2 (6.90%) Visualisation

Service Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (3.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Sketch
2 2 (6.90%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.45%) Fusion 360
3 1 (3.45%) SOLIDWORKS
Cloud Services
1 5 (17.24%) Figma
2 2 (6.90%) Miro
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) Nutanix
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) Firewall
1 1 (3.45%) Intrusion Detection
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) JIRA
General
1 13 (44.83%) Public Sector
2 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (10.34%) Local Government
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Documentation Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Welsh Language
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Marketing
5 1 (3.45%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (3.45%) CSS
2 1 (3.45%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 3 (10.34%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.45%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Service Design
2 12 (41.38%) Agile
3 11 (37.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 10 (34.48%) Journey Map
4 10 (34.48%) User Research
5 8 (27.59%) Workshop Facilitation
6 7 (24.14%) Prototyping
7 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (17.24%) Change Management
8 5 (17.24%) User Journey Map
9 3 (10.34%) Coaching
9 3 (10.34%) Co-Creation
9 3 (10.34%) Interaction Design
10 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience
10 2 (6.90%) Decision-Making
10 2 (6.90%) Design Thinking
10 2 (6.90%) Inclusive Design
10 2 (6.90%) Requirements Gathering
10 2 (6.90%) Strategic Thinking
10 2 (6.90%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (27.59%) SC Cleared
1 8 (27.59%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (20.69%) Accessibility
2 1 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (3.45%) NIST
2 1 (3.45%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (3.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Adobe
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.45%) Tenable
3 1 (3.45%) VMware