Hybrid/Remote Service Design Job Trends

Service Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Service Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 372 294
Rank change year-on-year +83 -78 +41
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 87 91 176
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.57% 0.48% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.52% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 69 58 160
10th Percentile £47,334 £42,200 £39,748
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,233 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.48% -7.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,669 £76,375 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,430 £62,000
% change year-on-year +0.96% -4.15% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,659 17,335 19,699
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 90.20% 90.79% 94.98%
Number of salaries quoted 8,596 10,457 15,949
10th Percentile £29,250 £36,250 £36,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £46,306
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £80,070
90th Percentile £98,750 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Service Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Service Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Service Design
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Service Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Service Design

Service Design
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Service Design over the 6 months to 2 December 2025.

Service Design salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Service Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (3.45%) Confluence
2 2 (2.30%) CMS
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.15%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (22.99%) Adobe XD
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.15%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 26 (29.89%) Figma
2 23 (26.44%) Miro
3 10 (11.49%) SaaS
4 9 (10.34%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (8.05%) AWS
6 6 (6.90%) GCP
7 4 (4.60%) Azure
8 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.30%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (1.15%) Amazon EventBridge
10 1 (1.15%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (1.15%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
10 1 (1.15%) GitHub
10 1 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (1.15%) Google Analytics
10 1 (1.15%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (1.15%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.15%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) Power BI
2 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.15%) Big Data
3 1 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.15%) Impala
3 1 (1.15%) Looker
3 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.15%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 13 (14.94%) Axure RP
1 13 (14.94%) Balsamiq
2 3 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) GitLab
General
1 31 (35.63%) Public Sector
2 25 (28.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (22.99%) Law
3 20 (22.99%) Social Skills
4 15 (17.24%) Finance
5 7 (8.05%) Digital Health
6 6 (6.90%) Retail
7 5 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (4.60%) Financial Institution
8 4 (4.60%) Influencing Skills
9 3 (3.45%) Back Office
9 3 (3.45%) Banking
10 2 (2.30%) Legal
10 2 (2.30%) Military
11 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 31 (35.63%) Designer
2 26 (29.89%) Service Designer
3 14 (16.09%) Senior
4 12 (13.79%) Lead
5 10 (11.49%) User Researcher
6 8 (9.20%) Analyst
7 6 (6.90%) Senior User Researcher
8 5 (5.75%) Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Oracle Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) SAP Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Senior Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Senior Oracle Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Senior SAP Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Service Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Service Design Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Service Transition Analyst
9 4 (4.60%) Transformation Consultant
9 4 (4.60%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.30%) CSS
2 2 (2.30%) HTML
2 2 (2.30%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.30%) RESTful
2 2 (2.30%) Swagger
3 1 (1.15%) JSON
3 1 (1.15%) MACH
3 1 (1.15%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.39%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.60%) CMDB
3 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.30%) Blog
4 2 (2.30%) NHS
5 1 (1.15%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) Windows
1 1 (1.15%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (51.72%) Agile
2 36 (41.38%) User Experience
3 35 (40.23%) User Research
4 32 (36.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 24 (27.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 22 (25.29%) Community of Practice
7 21 (24.14%) Analytics
8 20 (22.99%) Coaching
9 19 (21.84%) Usability Testing
10 18 (20.69%) Prototyping
11 17 (19.54%) Technology Strategy
12 16 (18.39%) Journey Map
12 16 (18.39%) UX Design
13 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (17.24%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 14 (16.09%) Business Strategy
14 14 (16.09%) Mentoring
14 14 (16.09%) Problem-Solving
14 14 (16.09%) Roadmaps
14 14 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.75%) SQL
2 2 (2.30%) Java
2 2 (2.30%) Python
3 1 (1.15%) Go
3 1 (1.15%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.15%) R
3 1 (1.15%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 30 (34.48%) Degree
2 29 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 27 (31.03%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (2.30%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.15%) Six Sigma Green Belt
5 1 (1.15%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (41.38%) Accessibility
2 15 (17.24%) WCAG
3 7 (8.05%) Actionable Recommendations
3 7 (8.05%) QA
4 5 (5.75%) COBIT
5 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Terraform
2 1 (1.15%) Grafana
2 1 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (22.99%) Adobe
2 8 (9.20%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.05%) Oracle
4 4 (4.60%) SAP
4 4 (4.60%) Workday
5 2 (2.30%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.15%) Cloudera
6 1 (1.15%) Google
6 1 (1.15%) HP
6 1 (1.15%) Informatica