Service Design Job Trends in Manchester

Service Design
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester 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 124 133 116
Rank change year-on-year +9 -17 +75
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 11 22 31
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.40% 0.80% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.49% 0.86% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 31
10th Percentile £36,250 - £36,270
25th Percentile £41,875 £45,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +5.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £74,375 £54,375 £68,775
90th Percentile £80,000 £59,200 £82,500
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
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,236 2,555 2,093
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.90% 93.15% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,307 1,196 1,664
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,815
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,433
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,964
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 Manchester

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Service Design
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in Manchester

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

Salary histogram for Service Design in Manchester

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
2 2 (18.18%) AWS
2 2 (18.18%) Figma
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Git
General
1 5 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 2 (18.18%) Law
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Marketing
4 1 (9.09%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Designer
1 4 (36.36%) Service Designer
2 2 (18.18%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Consultant
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Designer
2 2 (18.18%) Lead Service Designer
2 2 (18.18%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Angular Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (9.09%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (9.09%) Node.js Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) AngularJS
1 2 (18.18%) CSS
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
1 2 (18.18%) Node.js
2 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) User Experience
2 7 (63.64%) Agile
3 6 (54.55%) UX Design
4 4 (36.36%) Inclusive Design
4 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (36.36%) User Research
4 4 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (27.27%) Design Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (18.18%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (18.18%) Data Privacy
6 2 (18.18%) Design Sprint
6 2 (18.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 2 (18.18%) Performance Analysis
6 2 (18.18%) Performance Measurement
6 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
6 2 (18.18%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (18.18%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) Accessibility
2 2 (18.18%) Data Quality
2 2 (18.18%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft