Service Design Job Trends in Central London

Service Design
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 180 157
Rank change year-on-year +53 -23 +69
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 14 10 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.59% 0.31% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.32% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 10 4 17
10th Percentile - £63,500 £53,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £72,500 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £85,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.18% +6.25% -8.57%
75th Percentile £52,500 £90,000 £96,750
90th Percentile £66,875 - £108,500
London median annual salary £52,500 £72,213 £71,000
% change year-on-year -27.30% +1.71% +13.60%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

Service Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,089 3,116 2,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.48% 95.64% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 1,921 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Service Design job vacancy trend in Central London

Service Design
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Central London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Service Design in Central London

Service Design
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +42 13 £50,000 -41.18% 5
West End of London - 1 £48,238 -
Service Design
London

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (7.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Figma
2 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (21.43%) Miro
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 5 (35.71%) Law
2 3 (21.43%) Digital Health
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Banking
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Marketing
4 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Designer
1 8 (57.14%) Service Designer
2 5 (35.71%) Consultant
3 4 (28.57%) Senior
4 3 (21.43%) Lead
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Designer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior Service Designer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior UX Designer
4 3 (21.43%) UX Designer
4 3 (21.43%) UX Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Data Management
5 1 (7.14%) Head of Risk Management
5 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (35.71%) Product Ownership
2 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (85.71%) User Experience
2 11 (78.57%) UX Design
3 9 (64.29%) Agile
3 9 (64.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (57.14%) User Research
5 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (35.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (35.71%) Critical Thinking
6 5 (35.71%) Design Sprint
6 5 (35.71%) Design Thinking
6 5 (35.71%) Ideation Sessions
6 5 (35.71%) Inclusive Design
6 5 (35.71%) Scrum
6 5 (35.71%) Service Delivery
6 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (35.71%) User Stories
6 5 (35.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (35.71%) UX Research
6 5 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (28.57%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
1 5 (35.71%) Security Cleared
2 3 (21.43%) Degree
3 1 (7.14%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (64.29%) Accessibility
2 1 (7.14%) COBIT
2 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) Atlassian