Service Designer Job Trends in Scotland

Service Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Service Designer salary in Scotland is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 156 163
Rank change year-on-year +19 +7 +62
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Designer 3 1 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 0.11% 0.032% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.034% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £46,040
25th Percentile £47,250 - £51,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.33%
75th Percentile £47,750 - £69,800
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £56,250
% change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Scotland. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Scotland with a recognized job title 2,375 2,957 2,360
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.46% 94.65% 96.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,221 1,422 1,772
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £40,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £54,088 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year -16.80% +5.54% -6.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,446 £82,548
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,836 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.90% -3.61% -

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Service Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Scotland

Service Designer
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Scotland.

Salary distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Scotland

Service Designer
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 Designer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 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 2 - -
Glasgow - 1 £47,500 - 1
Service Designer
UK

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland

For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, Service Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Scotland region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
2 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) User Research

Service Designer Skill Set
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 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Design Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
2 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) User Research