Service Designer Jobs

Service Designer
UK

The median Service Designer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 681 864 914
Rank change year-on-year +183 +50 +211
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Designer 28 48 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.046% 0.049%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.049% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 21 12 33
10th Percentile £47,500 £53,404 £46,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,829 £47,672
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,732 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.03% -4.10% +10.53%
75th Percentile £58,750 £79,600 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,375 £82,650
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £72,500 £66,250
% change year-on-year -31.03% +9.43% +24.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Designer.

Salary trend for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Designer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +147 26 £55,000 -15.03% 231
London +115 16 £55,000 -4.35% 26
UK excluding London +176 12 £50,000 -31.03% 234
Work from Home +119 11 £55,000 -5.11% 93
North of England +50 9 £50,000 -33.33% 50
Yorkshire +64 6 £52,000 - 22
Scotland +116 2 - - 9
South East +87 2 - - 64
North East - 2 £50,000 - 7
Midlands +82 1 £72,500 +25.08% 45
West Midlands +56 1 £72,500 +25.08% 24
North West +1 1 £50,000 -33.33% 21

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Service Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Service Design
2 20 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 18 (64.29%) User Research
4 14 (50.00%) Agile
5 12 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (42.86%) Security Cleared
5 12 (42.86%) User Experience
5 12 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 11 (39.29%) Product Ownership
7 10 (35.71%) Prototyping
7 10 (35.71%) Accessibility
7 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
8 9 (32.14%) Journey Map
9 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
9 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
9 8 (28.57%) Design Thinking
9 8 (28.57%) UX Design
10 7 (25.00%) Scrum
10 7 (25.00%) Usability Testing
10 7 (25.00%) Law
10 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
10 7 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
11 6 (21.43%) Ideation Sessions
11 6 (21.43%) UX Research
11 6 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
11 6 (21.43%) Design Sprint
11 6 (21.43%) Co-Creation
11 6 (21.43%) User Stories
12 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
12 4 (14.29%) Degree

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.71%) Figma
1 3 (10.71%) Miro
2 1 (3.57%) AWS
2 1 (3.57%) Azure
2 1 (3.57%) GCP
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Axure RP
1 3 (10.71%) Balsamiq
General
1 8 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 7 (25.00%) Law
2 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.57%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 11 (39.29%) Product Ownership
2 2 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.14%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Service Design
2 20 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 18 (64.29%) User Research
4 14 (50.00%) Agile
5 12 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (42.86%) User Experience
5 12 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
6 10 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (35.71%) Prototyping
7 9 (32.14%) Journey Map
8 8 (28.57%) Design Thinking
8 8 (28.57%) UX Design
9 7 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
9 7 (25.00%) Scrum
9 7 (25.00%) Usability Testing
10 6 (21.43%) Co-Creation
10 6 (21.43%) Critical Thinking
10 6 (21.43%) Design Sprint
10 6 (21.43%) Ideation Sessions
10 6 (21.43%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 12 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 8 (28.57%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.29%) Degree
4 3 (10.71%) DBS Check
5 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 1 (3.57%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (35.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (10.71%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (10.71%) Adobe
2 2 (7.14%) Microsoft