Service Design Job Trends in Scotland

Service Design
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 143 157
Rank change year-on-year +14 +14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 9 4 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.33% 0.15% 0.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.16% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 7
10th Percentile £46,450 £57,096 £44,912
25th Percentile £46,750 £57,996 £46,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £62,215 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -22.04% -4.28% +8.33%
75th Percentile £65,375 £66,216 £68,650
90th Percentile £74,150 £66,987 £69,800
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,217 2,496 2,799
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 81.03% 92.10% 94.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,101 1,070 1,759
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,475 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,808 £41,250 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +4.76% -7.08%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £88,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in Scotland

Service Design
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Design in Scotland

Service Design
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Edinburgh -2 7 £48,500 -18.39% 10
Glasgow +15 1 £47,500 -26.92% 5
Service Design
UK

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (55.56%) Influencing Skills
1 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Manufacturing
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) IT Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Service Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Service Design Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Service Transition Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Transition Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Designer
2 3 (33.33%) Service Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Service Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Lead
4 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 1 (11.11%) Service Transition Leader
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) CMDB
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (11.11%) Operational Technology
2 1 (11.11%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
1 5 (55.56%) Risk Management
1 5 (55.56%) Service Management
2 4 (44.44%) Asset Management
2 4 (44.44%) Business Strategy
2 4 (44.44%) Coaching
2 4 (44.44%) Configuration Management
2 4 (44.44%) Impact Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) IT Governance
2 4 (44.44%) ITSM
2 4 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 1 (11.11%) Agile
5 1 (11.11%) AI
5 1 (11.11%) Change Management
5 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) COBIT