Service Design Job Trends in Edinburgh

Service Design
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 26 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 100 108
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 7 3 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 0.68% 0.25% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.27% 0.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £56,495 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £59,430 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.39% -8.57% -50.31%
75th Percentile £50,750 £62,365 £69,800
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £48,500 £62,215 £65,000
% change year-on-year -22.04% -4.28% +8.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 886 1,131 956
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 86.52% 95.28% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 379 437 764
10th Percentile £25,950 £36,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £28,625 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,000 £93,778 £96,096
Scotland median annual salary £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.08%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Service Design
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing Service Design

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 5 (71.43%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) IT Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Service Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Service Design Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Service Transition Analyst
1 4 (57.14%) Transition Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Service Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Service Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) CMDB
2 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Risk Management
2 4 (57.14%) Asset Management
2 4 (57.14%) Business Strategy
2 4 (57.14%) Coaching
2 4 (57.14%) Configuration Management
2 4 (57.14%) Impact Analysis
2 4 (57.14%) IT Governance
2 4 (57.14%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) ITSM
2 4 (57.14%) Service Management
2 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (14.29%) Agile
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (57.14%) COBIT