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 22 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 373 311
Rank change year-on-year +86 -62 +34
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 86 99 183
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.56% 0.49% 0.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.55% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 65 61 165
10th Percentile £43,419 £42,200 £39,748
25th Percentile £48,238 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% -7.50% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £76,709 £73,750 £87,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £60,234
% change year-on-year -7.45% -1.33% +0.39%

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 13,960 17,980 20,394
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 91.28% 89.12% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 8,790 10,859 16,513
10th Percentile £29,500 £36,250 £36,644
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 £98,000 £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 22 November 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 (3.49%) Confluence
2 2 (2.33%) CMS
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.16%) SAS
3 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 19 (22.09%) Adobe XD
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 25 (29.07%) Figma
2 22 (25.58%) Miro
3 10 (11.63%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.63%) SaaS
4 7 (8.14%) AWS
5 6 (6.98%) GCP
6 4 (4.65%) Azure
6 4 (4.65%) Power Platform
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Copilot
7 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
8 1 (1.16%) Amazon EventBridge
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.16%) AWS Step Functions
8 1 (1.16%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.16%) GitHub
8 1 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (1.16%) Google Tag Manager
8 1 (1.16%) PowerApps
8 1 (1.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.65%) Power BI
2 2 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Hive
3 1 (1.16%) Big Data
3 1 (1.16%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.16%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.16%) Impala
3 1 (1.16%) Looker
3 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) Axure RP
1 12 (13.95%) Balsamiq
2 3 (3.49%) JIRA
3 1 (1.16%) Git
3 1 (1.16%) GitLab
General
1 31 (36.05%) Public Sector
2 23 (26.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
4 18 (20.93%) Law
5 15 (17.44%) Finance
6 7 (8.14%) Digital Health
6 7 (8.14%) Retail
7 4 (4.65%) Financial Institution
7 4 (4.65%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (4.65%) Legal
7 4 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Back Office
8 3 (3.49%) Banking
9 2 (2.33%) Military
10 1 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Health Technology
10 1 (1.16%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 34 (39.53%) Designer
2 29 (33.72%) Service Designer
3 12 (13.95%) Lead
4 9 (10.47%) Analyst
4 9 (10.47%) Senior
5 6 (6.98%) Consultant
6 5 (5.81%) IT Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Architect
7 4 (4.65%) SAP Financial Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Senior Oracle Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Senior SAP Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Senior SAP Financial Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Service Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Service Design Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Service Transition Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) Transformation Consultant
7 4 (4.65%) Transition Analyst
7 4 (4.65%) User Researcher
7 4 (4.65%) Workday Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (2.33%) CSS
2 2 (2.33%) HTML
2 2 (2.33%) OpenAPI
2 2 (2.33%) RESTful
2 2 (2.33%) Swagger
3 1 (1.16%) JSON
3 1 (1.16%) MACH
3 1 (1.16%) REST
3 1 (1.16%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 16 (18.60%) Product Ownership
2 4 (4.65%) CMDB
3 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.33%) Blog
4 2 (2.33%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.33%) NHS
5 1 (1.16%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.16%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.16%) Windows
1 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (45.35%) Agile
2 30 (34.88%) User Experience
3 29 (33.72%) User Research
4 26 (30.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 23 (26.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 20 (23.26%) Analytics
6 20 (23.26%) Community of Practice
7 18 (20.93%) Prototyping
7 18 (20.93%) Usability Testing
8 17 (19.77%) UX Design
9 16 (18.60%) Journey Map
10 15 (17.44%) Business Strategy
10 15 (17.44%) Coaching
10 15 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (17.44%) Problem-Solving
10 15 (17.44%) Service Delivery
10 15 (17.44%) Technology Strategy
11 14 (16.28%) Change Management
11 14 (16.28%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 14 (16.28%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.14%) SQL
2 2 (2.33%) Java
2 2 (2.33%) Python
3 1 (1.16%) ABAP
3 1 (1.16%) Go
3 1 (1.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.16%) R
3 1 (1.16%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 29 (33.72%) Degree
1 29 (33.72%) Security Cleared
2 27 (31.40%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.33%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
3 2 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (2.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.16%) Six Sigma Green Belt
4 1 (1.16%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (34.88%) Accessibility
2 14 (16.28%) WCAG
3 7 (8.14%) QA
4 6 (6.98%) COBIT
5 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.16%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (1.16%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (1.16%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.33%) Terraform
2 1 (1.16%) Grafana
2 1 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (22.09%) Adobe
2 9 (10.47%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.14%) Oracle
4 5 (5.81%) SAP
5 4 (4.65%) Workday
6 3 (3.49%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.16%) Cloudera
7 1 (1.16%) Google
7 1 (1.16%) HP
7 1 (1.16%) Informatica