Service Design Job Trends in the East Midlands

Service Design
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East Midlands 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 132 125 106
Rank change year-on-year -7 -19 +38
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 3 8 4
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.12% 0.34% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.38% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2 8 4
10th Percentile £41,027 £42,200 -
25th Percentile £42,567 £51,200 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,135 £72,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -37.75% +48.72% -9.30%
75th Percentile £47,702 £76,250 £50,000
90th Percentile £49,242 £83,750 -
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,034 2,082 1,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 79.89% 87.63% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 900 1,013
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,746 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £47,500 £51,716
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% -8.15% -1.49%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Service Design
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Service Design

Service Design
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. 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
Lincolnshire -17 1 - -
Northamptonshire - 1 £40,000 -
Derbyshire - 1 £50,269 -
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Transition Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Transformation Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Transition Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Business Case
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Decision-Making
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Planning and Forecasting
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
2 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
2 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) SLA