Service Design Job Trends in the City of London

Service Design
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent 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 118 160 152
Rank change year-on-year +42 -8 +57
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 12 7 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.60% 0.26% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.27% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 9 4 19
10th Percentile - £63,500 £52,500
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% -16.01%
75th Percentile £52,500 £90,000 £97,125
90th Percentile £68,750 - £111,250
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £85,000 £80,000
% change year-on-year -41.18% +6.25% -8.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,782 2,589 2,781
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 88.66% 95.39% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 1,701 2,512
10th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £76,000 £74,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% -1.33% -

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the City of London

Service Design
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Design in the City of London

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Figma
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (16.67%) Miro
2 1 (8.33%) AWS
General
1 5 (41.67%) Law
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Health
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (66.67%) Designer
1 8 (66.67%) Service Designer
2 5 (41.67%) Consultant
3 3 (25.00%) Senior
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Designer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior Service Designer
3 3 (25.00%) Senior UX Designer
3 3 (25.00%) UX Designer
3 3 (25.00%) UX Service Designer
4 2 (16.67%) Lead
5 1 (8.33%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Head of Data Management
5 1 (8.33%) Head of Risk Management
5 1 (8.33%) IT Manager
5 1 (8.33%) IT Services Delivery Manager
5 1 (8.33%) IT Services Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Service Manager
5 1 (8.33%) Vendor Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (41.67%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) User Experience
1 10 (83.33%) UX Design
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
2 8 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 8 (66.67%) User Research
3 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (41.67%) Critical Thinking
4 5 (41.67%) Design Sprint
4 5 (41.67%) Design Thinking
4 5 (41.67%) Ideation Sessions
4 5 (41.67%) Inclusive Design
4 5 (41.67%) Scrum
4 5 (41.67%) User Stories
4 5 (41.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 5 (41.67%) UX Research
4 5 (41.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (25.00%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 5 (41.67%) SC Cleared
1 5 (41.67%) Security Cleared
2 2 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (8.33%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (8.33%) COBIT
2 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Adobe