Service Design Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Service Design
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 156 185 162
Rank change year-on-year +29 -23 +34
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 18 1 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.46% 0.027% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.030% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 16
10th Percentile £51,250 - £35,625
25th Percentile £54,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £40,000 £51,300
Median % change year-on-year +55.00% -22.03% -10.78%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £63,750
90th Percentile £76,250 - £68,125
South East median annual salary £60,000 £57,750 £51,300
% change year-on-year +3.90% +12.57% -17.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,247 3,321 2,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 82.27% 90.49% 92.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,738 1,602 2,115
10th Percentile £28,675 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £89,875 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Service Design
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Design in the Thames Valley

Service Design
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 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
Berkshire +6 9 £66,250 +65.63% 3
Buckinghamshire - 9 £62,000 - 1
Service Design
South East

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Figma
1 4 (22.22%) Miro
2 2 (11.11%) AWS
2 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
Development Applications
1 3 (16.67%) Axure RP
1 3 (16.67%) Balsamiq
1 3 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 9 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (38.89%) Finance
2 7 (38.89%) Law
3 6 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (22.22%) Marketing
4 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
5 2 (11.11%) Electronics
5 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (27.78%) Architect
1 5 (27.78%) Lead
2 4 (22.22%) Delivery Manager
2 4 (22.22%) Designer
3 3 (16.67%) Lead Architect
3 3 (16.67%) Service Designer
4 2 (11.11%) Business Sales Executive
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 2 (11.11%) New Business Sales Executive
4 2 (11.11%) Sales Executive
4 2 (11.11%) Service Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Sales Executive
4 2 (11.11%) Team Leader
5 1 (5.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Content Designer
5 1 (5.56%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Agile
1 9 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 9 (50.00%) User Experience
2 7 (38.89%) Community of Practice
2 7 (38.89%) User Research
3 6 (33.33%) ITIL
3 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (27.78%) Prototyping
4 5 (27.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (27.78%) Usability Testing
4 5 (27.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (22.22%) Analytics
5 4 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 4 (22.22%) Service Management
5 4 (22.22%) SIAM
6 3 (16.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 3 (16.67%) Journey Map
6 3 (16.67%) Network Design
6 3 (16.67%) Security Testing
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 7 (38.89%) SC Cleared
3 3 (16.67%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) Accessibility
2 4 (22.22%) WCAG
3 1 (5.56%) QA
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) vRealize
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) BMC
3 2 (11.11%) HubSpot
3 2 (11.11%) Salesforce
3 2 (11.11%) SAP
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow