Service Design Job Trends in Lancashire

Service Design
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Lancashire 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 57 72 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 6 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.54% 0.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.54% -
Number of salaries quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £54,804 - -
25th Percentile £60,511 £52,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,647 £55,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.18% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 -
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
North West median annual salary £65,288 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +24.36% -4.55% +0.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 971 738 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 86.77% 89.24% 81.65%
Number of salaries quoted 287 450 247
10th Percentile £25,087 £36,700 £27,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £41,053 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,055 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.10% +5.38% +5.56%
75th Percentile £54,793 £58,943 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,743 £67,971 £70,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% -

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Service Design
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

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

Salary histogram for Service Design in Lancashire

Service Design
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Lancashire 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
Blackpool - 4 £78,823 -
Preston +8 2 £51,000 -7.27%
Service Design
North West

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (33.33%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
1 3 (50.00%) Lead Designer
1 3 (50.00%) Lead Service Designer
1 3 (50.00%) Service Designer
2 2 (33.33%) Service Design Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Service Transition Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Transition Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) Coaching
2 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 2 (33.33%) Proactive Management
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
2 2 (33.33%) Six Sigma
2 2 (33.33%) Transition Management
2 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Interaction Design
3 1 (16.67%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) User Research
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft