Service Design Job Trends in the North of England

Service Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England 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 215 235 186
Rank change year-on-year +20 -49 +73
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 47 53 80
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.44% 0.55% 1.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.61% 1.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33 32 68
10th Percentile £41,110 £45,250 £36,270
25th Percentile £47,500 £49,063 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.14% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £78,957 £59,200 £69,850
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,835 8,681 6,349
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 83.58% 89.45% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,604 3,973 4,922
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,938 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.91% -4.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £83,750
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 North of England

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Service Design
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Service Design in the North of England

Service Design
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the North of England 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
Yorkshire +9 25 £63,076 +20.14% 8
North West +27 17 £65,288 +24.36% 6
North East +6 5 £63,076 +8.63% 8
Service Design
England

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.13%) Confluence
1 1 (2.13%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.51%) Azure
2 2 (4.26%) AWS
2 2 (4.26%) Figma
2 2 (4.26%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (2.13%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.26%) Power BI
1 2 (4.26%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.13%) Apache Hive
2 1 (2.13%) Big Data
2 1 (2.13%) Impala
2 1 (2.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Git
2 1 (2.13%) JIRA
General
1 13 (27.66%) Public Sector
2 11 (23.40%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Finance
4 2 (4.26%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Law
4 2 (4.26%) Military
5 1 (2.13%) Banking
5 1 (2.13%) Legal
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 23 (48.94%) Designer
2 19 (40.43%) Service Designer
3 11 (23.40%) Lead
3 11 (23.40%) Senior
4 10 (21.28%) Lead Designer
4 10 (21.28%) Lead Service Designer
5 9 (19.15%) User Researcher
6 6 (12.77%) Senior Designer
6 6 (12.77%) Senior Service Designer
7 4 (8.51%) Senior User Researcher
8 3 (6.38%) Analyst
8 3 (6.38%) Interaction Designer
9 2 (4.26%) Administrator
9 2 (4.26%) Consultant
9 2 (4.26%) Data Engineer
9 2 (4.26%) Performance Analyst
9 2 (4.26%) Service Design Manager
9 2 (4.26%) Service Manager
9 2 (4.26%) Service Transition Manager
9 2 (4.26%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.26%) AngularJS
1 2 (4.26%) CSS
1 2 (4.26%) HTML
1 2 (4.26%) Node.js
2 1 (2.13%) JSON
2 1 (2.13%) PySpark
2 1 (2.13%) React
2 1 (2.13%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.38%) NHS
3 1 (2.13%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Agile
2 18 (38.30%) User Research
3 17 (36.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 16 (34.04%) User Experience
5 11 (23.40%) Actionable Insight
5 11 (23.40%) Mentoring
6 9 (19.15%) Interaction Design
6 9 (19.15%) Product Strategy
7 7 (14.89%) Coaching
7 7 (14.89%) Product Management
7 7 (14.89%) UX Design
8 6 (12.77%) Software Engineering
8 6 (12.77%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (10.64%) Culture Change
9 5 (10.64%) Information Management
9 5 (10.64%) Project Delivery
9 5 (10.64%) Prototyping
9 5 (10.64%) Qualitative Research
9 5 (10.64%) Quantitative Research
9 5 (10.64%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.26%) JavaScript
1 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
2 1 (2.13%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (17.02%) Security Cleared
2 7 (14.89%) SC Cleared
3 6 (12.77%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (29.79%) Accessibility
2 7 (14.89%) QA
3 5 (10.64%) Actionable Recommendations
4 3 (6.38%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.13%) Cloudera
2 1 (2.13%) Informatica