Service Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

Service Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Service Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Service Design over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 392 364
Rank change year-on-year -123 -28 -131
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 58 432 482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.61% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.72% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 29 166 209
10th Percentile £45,740 £38,792 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,063 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £58,513
Median % change year-on-year - -6.00% +6.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £62,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £73,886 £71,625 £101,225
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.04% -2.00% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,295 59,625 57,307
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.88% 84.00% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 41,241 29,486
10th Percentile £27,000 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £66,200 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
North of England -20 28 £55,000 -5.11% 36
North West -41 22 £55,000 -12.54% 18
East of England +24 10 £47,500 +11.76% 6
South East +50 8 £60,000 +20.00% 35
West Midlands +38 7 £66,250 +14.29% 8
Midlands +29 7 £66,250 +15.22% 20
Scotland +25 5 £49,091 -9.75% 18
Yorkshire +42 4 £50,000 -13.74% 13
North East +36 2 £50,000 -13.74% 6
South West +40 1 - - 15
Wales +27 1 £68,500 +45.74% 4
Service Design
UK

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.72%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (10.34%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 9 (15.52%) SaaS
2 8 (13.79%) Azure
3 6 (10.34%) GCP
4 3 (5.17%) AWS
5 2 (3.45%) Figma
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub
6 1 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.72%) Google Workspace
6 1 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 6 (10.34%) DNS
2 5 (8.62%) DHCP
2 5 (8.62%) NAS
2 5 (8.62%) SAN
2 5 (8.62%) VSAN
3 1 (1.72%) Firewall
3 1 (1.72%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.62%) MongoDB
1 5 (8.62%) PostgreSQL
1 5 (8.62%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.72%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (8.62%) Oracle Forms
General
1 25 (43.10%) Social Skills
2 13 (22.41%) Finance
3 9 (15.52%) Banking
3 9 (15.52%) Electronics
4 8 (13.79%) Public Sector
5 4 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (5.17%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.45%) Legal
7 2 (3.45%) Marketing
8 1 (1.72%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.72%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 15 (25.86%) Designer
2 14 (24.14%) Service Designer
3 10 (17.24%) Architect
4 9 (15.52%) Managed Services Architect
4 9 (15.52%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (13.79%) Service Manager
6 7 (12.07%) Lead
7 6 (10.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (10.34%) Service Design Manager
8 5 (8.62%) Cloud Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
8 5 (8.62%) Service Transition Manager
8 5 (8.62%) Transition Manager
9 3 (5.17%) Service Transition Leader
10 2 (3.45%) Analyst
10 2 (3.45%) Cybersecurity Manager
10 2 (3.45%) Product Manager
10 2 (3.45%) Service Analyst
10 2 (3.45%) Team Leader
10 2 (3.45%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.62%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (8.62%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (5.17%) NHS
3 2 (3.45%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 2 (3.45%) Private Cloud
3 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Windows
2 6 (10.34%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.03%) Agile
2 17 (29.31%) ITIL
3 16 (27.59%) Service Management
4 15 (25.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (20.69%) ITSM
5 12 (20.69%) Roadmaps
5 12 (20.69%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (18.97%) Performance Metrics
6 11 (18.97%) Portfolio Management
6 11 (18.97%) Product Management
7 10 (17.24%) Matrix Organization
7 10 (17.24%) Service Delivery
8 9 (15.52%) Business Enablement
8 9 (15.52%) Business Strategy
8 9 (15.52%) Mentoring
8 9 (15.52%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (15.52%) User Experience
8 9 (15.52%) User Research
8 9 (15.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 9 (15.52%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (1.72%) Bash
2 1 (1.72%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.72%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.62%) Azure Certification
2 5 (8.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (8.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 3 (5.17%) SC Cleared
3 3 (5.17%) Security Cleared
4 2 (3.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.72%) CCDP
5 1 (1.72%) CCNP
5 1 (1.72%) CCSP
5 1 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.72%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.72%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (17.24%) SLA
2 3 (5.17%) Accessibility
3 2 (3.45%) PMO
4 1 (1.72%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (8.62%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (10.34%) Terraform
2 5 (8.62%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 17 (29.31%) Microsoft
2 6 (10.34%) Google
3 5 (8.62%) Oracle
3 5 (8.62%) VMware
4 2 (3.45%) Bloomberg
4 2 (3.45%) IBM
5 1 (1.72%) BMC
5 1 (1.72%) Remedy
5 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow