Hybrid/Remote Service Design Manager Job Trends

Service Design Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Design Manager salary for remote or hybrid work is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 September 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 423 496 519
Rank change year-on-year +73 +23 +296
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Design Manager 1 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.006% 0.034% 0.045%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.035% 0.046%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 9
10th Percentile - £56,000 £46,458
25th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +13.64% -8.33%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,750 £57,500
90th Percentile - £69,000 £58,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -8.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 15,114 22,579 23,806
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 96.27% 96.48%
Number of salaries quoted 9,007 14,453 19,724
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £37,399
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,738 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,458 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Service Design Manager
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Service Design Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Design Manager trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Service Design Manager
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for remote Service Design Manager job vacancies.

Salary distribution trend for remote Service Design Manager job vacancies

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, Service Design Manager 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Service Design Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft