Service Design Job Trends in the North West

Service Design
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 189 127
Rank change year-on-year +27 -62 +101
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 17 27 51
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.51% 1.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.56% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 12 17 49
10th Percentile £37,375 £44,750 £39,114
25th Percentile £50,125 £45,250 £49,502
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,288 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.36% -4.55% +0.22%
75th Percentile £80,000 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £60,466 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year -4.00% +5.04% -0.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,126 4,784 3,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.30% 90.04% 93.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,385 2,462
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,269 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £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 West

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the North West

Service Design
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the North West over the 6 months to 21 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Design in the North West

Service Design
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Manchester +24 11 £62,500 +19.05% 4
Lancashire +10 6 £77,647 +41.18% 2
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (23.53%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (11.76%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) AWS
2 2 (11.76%) Figma
2 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Public Sector
3 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Law
5 1 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Legal
5 1 (5.88%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Retail
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Designer
1 7 (41.18%) Service Designer
2 5 (29.41%) Lead
2 5 (29.41%) Lead Designer
2 5 (29.41%) Lead Service Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Consultant
3 2 (11.76%) Performance Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Service Design Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Service Transition Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Transition Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Angular Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 1 (5.88%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 1 (5.88%) Node.js Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Product Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (5.88%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) AngularJS
1 2 (11.76%) CSS
1 2 (11.76%) HTML
1 2 (11.76%) Node.js
2 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (58.82%) User Experience
2 8 (47.06%) Agile
3 6 (35.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 6 (35.29%) UX Design
4 5 (29.41%) Product Strategy
4 5 (29.41%) User Research
5 4 (23.53%) Inclusive Design
5 4 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (23.53%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (17.65%) Actionable Insight
6 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (17.65%) Design Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) Clean Code
7 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
7 2 (11.76%) Design Sprint
7 2 (11.76%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 2 (11.76%) Performance Measurement
7 2 (11.76%) Proactive Management
7 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (11.76%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
1 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
1 2 (11.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (47.06%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
2 2 (11.76%) QA
3 1 (5.88%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) Microsoft