Service Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Service Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 456 326
Rank change year-on-year +91 -130 -30
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 132 123 217
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.32% 0.32% 0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 0.37% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 86 83 177
10th Percentile £46,125 £42,200 £36,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,750 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £55,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% +1.85% -1.82%
75th Percentile £75,938 £66,967 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,750 £80,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,430 £60,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% -0.95% -

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 33,620 33,684 26,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.81% 87.57% 93.66%
Number of salaries quoted 19,188 15,784 19,726
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,617 £41,250 £38,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +4.76% -2.78%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.60%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Service Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Service Design

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 18 December 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 18 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
North of England +23 45 £63,076 +20.14% 71
South East +59 33 £60,000 +3.90% 66
Midlands +15 29 £60,625 -3.00% 49
West Midlands +37 26 £62,163 -0.54% 26
Yorkshire -1 24 £63,076 +20.14% 30
North West +18 16 £63,076 +20.14% 31
Scotland +12 9 £48,500 -22.04% 16
South West +22 8 £68,525 +52.26% 29
North East +2 5 £63,076 +8.63% 10
Northern Ireland -2 4 - - 4
East of England - 4 £71,250 - 41
East Midlands -13 3 £45,135 -37.75% 20
Wales -2 1 - - 9
Service Design
UK

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.52%) Confluence
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.76%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.27%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.76%) PeopleSoft HRMS
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.67%) Azure
2 13 (9.85%) SaaS
3 10 (7.58%) AWS
4 7 (5.30%) Figma
5 6 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (3.03%) Miro
6 4 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (1.52%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) Adobe Analytics
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.76%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.76%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.76%) IaaS
8 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.76%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.27%) Firewall
2 2 (1.52%) Network Security
2 2 (1.52%) SD-WAN
2 2 (1.52%) VLAN
2 2 (1.52%) WAN
3 1 (0.76%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.27%) Power BI
2 2 (1.52%) EDMS
2 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.76%) Apache Hive
3 1 (0.76%) Big Data
3 1 (0.76%) Impala
3 1 (0.76%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (5.30%) JIRA
2 3 (2.27%) Axure RP
2 3 (2.27%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.52%) Git
General
1 41 (31.06%) Social Skills
2 35 (26.52%) Public Sector
3 24 (18.18%) Finance
4 11 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (7.58%) Influencing Skills
5 10 (7.58%) Presentation Skills
6 9 (6.82%) Law
7 8 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (6.06%) Marketing
8 5 (3.79%) Legal
8 5 (3.79%) Police
8 5 (3.79%) Retail
9 4 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
10 3 (2.27%) Telecoms
11 2 (1.52%) Banking
11 2 (1.52%) Electronics
11 2 (1.52%) Military
12 1 (0.76%) Games
Job Titles
1 39 (29.55%) Designer
2 32 (24.24%) Service Designer
3 21 (15.91%) Senior
4 19 (14.39%) Lead
5 16 (12.12%) Architect
6 14 (10.61%) Analyst
7 12 (9.09%) User Researcher
8 11 (8.33%) Lead Designer
8 11 (8.33%) Lead Service Designer
9 10 (7.58%) Senior Designer
9 10 (7.58%) Service Analyst
10 9 (6.82%) Senior Service Designer
10 9 (6.82%) Service Transition Analyst
10 9 (6.82%) Transition Analyst
11 8 (6.06%) Service Design Analyst
12 7 (5.30%) Service Architect
12 7 (5.30%) Service Manager
13 5 (3.79%) Delivery Manager
13 5 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (3.79%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) HTML
2 3 (2.27%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.52%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.52%) CSS
3 2 (1.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.76%) Framer.js
4 1 (0.76%) JSON
4 1 (0.76%) Kafka
4 1 (0.76%) PySpark
4 1 (0.76%) React
4 1 (0.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.82%) Product Ownership
2 5 (3.79%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (3.79%) Onboarding
3 4 (3.03%) CMDB
3 4 (3.03%) NHS
4 3 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
4 3 (2.27%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.52%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.52%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.52%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.76%) Animation
6 1 (0.76%) Blog
6 1 (0.76%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.76%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.76%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.76%) Podcast
6 1 (0.76%) SCADA
6 1 (0.76%) Smart Meter
6 1 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.03%) Windows
1 4 (3.03%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.76%) Android
2 1 (0.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (34.09%) Agile
2 41 (31.06%) ITIL
3 31 (23.48%) User Experience
4 30 (22.73%) Service Management
4 30 (22.73%) User Research
5 29 (21.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 27 (20.45%) ITSM
7 24 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (15.91%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (15.15%) Service Delivery
10 18 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
11 17 (12.88%) Coaching
11 17 (12.88%) Mentoring
11 17 (12.88%) Project Delivery
12 15 (11.36%) Actionable Insight
12 15 (11.36%) Change Management
12 15 (11.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 14 (10.61%) Business Strategy
13 14 (10.61%) Decision-Making
13 14 (10.61%) Product Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (3.79%) SQL
2 2 (1.52%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.52%) TypeScript
3 1 (0.76%) C#
3 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 29 (21.97%) Security Cleared
2 24 (18.18%) Degree
3 21 (15.91%) SC Cleared
4 10 (7.58%) ITIL Certification
5 9 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 7 (5.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 5 (3.79%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.70%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.06%) QA
3 6 (4.55%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (3.79%) SLA
5 4 (3.03%) COBIT
5 4 (3.03%) WCAG
6 3 (2.27%) Data Quality
6 3 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.76%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (3.79%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (2.27%) VMware NSX
3 2 (1.52%) Docker
4 1 (0.76%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.27%) vRealize
2 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.76%) SCCM
2 1 (0.76%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 7 (5.30%) BMC
4 5 (3.79%) HubSpot
4 5 (3.79%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.03%) Adobe
5 4 (3.03%) CrowdStrike
5 4 (3.03%) Fortinet
5 4 (3.03%) Palo Alto
6 3 (2.27%) Oracle
6 3 (2.27%) SAP
6 3 (2.27%) VMware
7 2 (1.52%) Cisco
7 2 (1.52%) Remedy
7 2 (1.52%) SolarWinds
7 2 (1.52%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.76%) Cloudera
8 1 (0.76%) HP
8 1 (0.76%) Informatica
8 1 (0.76%) OneLogin