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 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 389 432
Rank change year-on-year +153 +43 -101
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 176 32 152
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.96% 0.22% 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 0.23% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 114 26 89
10th Percentile £44,972 £50,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,313 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +20.76% +0.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £67,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £96,250 £73,846
UK median annual salary £64,038 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.29% -2.00%

All Process & 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 15,177 13,659 29,626
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.05% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,750 8,839 23,447
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

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 9 May 2026.

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 (1.70%) Confluence
2 2 (1.14%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.57%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.57%) Camunda
Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.57%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 39 (22.16%) Adobe Analytics
2 27 (15.34%) AWS
2 27 (15.34%) Azure
3 25 (14.20%) GCP
4 13 (7.39%) SaaS
5 8 (4.55%) Figma
6 7 (3.98%) Miro
6 7 (3.98%) Power Platform
7 6 (3.41%) Google Analytics
7 6 (3.41%) PaaS
7 6 (3.41%) Serverless
8 3 (1.70%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.70%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.14%) Slack
10 1 (0.57%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 39 (22.16%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.98%) Power BI
2 5 (2.84%) Metadata
3 4 (2.27%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.14%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.57%) Big Data
5 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (3.98%) Axure RP
1 7 (3.98%) Balsamiq
2 5 (2.84%) Git
2 5 (2.84%) JIRA
General
1 62 (35.23%) Public Sector
2 45 (25.57%) Law
3 42 (23.86%) Social Skills
4 39 (22.16%) Games
5 37 (21.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 35 (19.89%) Finance
7 17 (9.66%) Presentation Skills
8 15 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (5.68%) Financial Institution
10 8 (4.55%) Banking
10 8 (4.55%) Retail
11 7 (3.98%) Legal
12 6 (3.41%) Back Office
12 6 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.14%) Telecoms
14 1 (0.57%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 54 (30.68%) Lead
2 47 (26.70%) Designer
3 39 (22.16%) Service Designer
4 36 (20.45%) Senior
5 28 (15.91%) Lead Designer
6 21 (11.93%) Lead Service Designer
6 21 (11.93%) Service Manager
7 19 (10.80%) IT Manager
7 19 (10.80%) IT Services Manager
8 18 (10.23%) Architect
8 18 (10.23%) Digital Designer
9 16 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
9 16 (9.09%) Senior Manager
10 15 (8.52%) User Researcher
11 14 (7.95%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 14 (7.95%) Analyst
11 14 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (6.82%) Service Design Manager
13 11 (6.25%) Digital Service Designer
14 7 (3.98%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (3.41%) OpenAPI
1 6 (3.41%) RESTful
1 6 (3.41%) Swagger
2 2 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.14%) XBRL
2 2 (1.14%) XML
3 1 (0.57%) Kafka
3 1 (0.57%) NumPy
3 1 (0.57%) Pandas
3 1 (0.57%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.57%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.57%) REST
3 1 (0.57%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.57%) Spring
3 1 (0.57%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (22.16%) Social Media
2 27 (15.34%) Product Ownership
3 24 (13.64%) Cloud Native
4 5 (2.84%) Blog
5 4 (2.27%) Algorithms
6 3 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.14%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.57%) Life Science
8 1 (0.57%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.57%) Linux
1 1 (0.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (61.36%) Agile
2 78 (44.32%) User Research
3 64 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 59 (33.52%) Analytics
5 55 (31.25%) Roadmaps
6 54 (30.68%) Mentoring
7 49 (27.84%) Journey Map
8 48 (27.27%) Product Roadmap
9 47 (26.70%) AI
10 45 (25.57%) Customer Experience
11 42 (23.86%) Workshop Facilitation
12 40 (22.73%) Empathy Maps
12 40 (22.73%) Stakeholder Map
12 40 (22.73%) Storytelling
12 40 (22.73%) User Experience
13 39 (22.16%) DesignOps
13 39 (22.16%) Digital Customer Experience
13 39 (22.16%) Systems Thinking
14 36 (20.45%) Community of Practice
15 34 (19.32%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 10 (5.68%) SQL
2 5 (2.84%) Python
3 4 (2.27%) Go
4 3 (1.70%) Java
Qualifications
1 44 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 38 (21.59%) SC Cleared
3 33 (18.75%) Degree
4 3 (1.70%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.57%) CCNA
5 1 (0.57%) CCNP
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.57%) ICAEW
5 1 (0.57%) ISEB
5 1 (0.57%) LPIC
5 1 (0.57%) MCSE
5 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.57%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.57%) PMP
5 1 (0.57%) RHCSA
5 1 (0.57%) VCAP
5 1 (0.57%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (36.93%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.98%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (3.98%) WCAG
3 4 (2.27%) QA
4 3 (1.70%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.57%) Docker
2 1 (0.57%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 46 (26.14%) Adobe
2 10 (5.68%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.98%) Google
4 2 (1.14%) Databricks
4 2 (1.14%) Freshdesk
4 2 (1.14%) Oracle
4 2 (1.14%) ServiceNow
4 2 (1.14%) VMware
5 1 (0.57%) Cisco
5 1 (0.57%) Cognizant