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 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 367 410
Rank change year-on-year +114 +43 -87
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 153 34 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.26% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.27% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 92 25 103
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,243 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £70,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -9.89% +20.76% +0.81%
75th Percentile £75,313 £73,886 £69,800
90th Percentile £80,000 £99,500 £77,846
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +4.00% +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 14,776 12,587 29,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 83.16% 94.78% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 10,325 8,918 23,667
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £44,972 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 19 April 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 (1.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.65%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.65%) Camunda
2 1 (0.65%) CMS
2 1 (0.65%) SAS
Applications
1 9 (5.88%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.65%) Chatbot
2 1 (0.65%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 39 (25.49%) Adobe Analytics
2 20 (13.07%) AWS
3 19 (12.42%) GCP
4 18 (11.76%) Azure
5 11 (7.19%) Figma
5 11 (7.19%) SaaS
6 10 (6.54%) Miro
7 4 (2.61%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.96%) Google Analytics
9 2 (1.31%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.31%) Slack
10 1 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
10 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 39 (25.49%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.61%) NoSQL
1 4 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (2.61%) Power BI
2 3 (1.96%) Metadata
3 2 (1.31%) Big Data
4 1 (0.65%) Apache Hive
4 1 (0.65%) Impala
4 1 (0.65%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (5.88%) Axure RP
1 9 (5.88%) Balsamiq
2 5 (3.27%) Git
2 5 (3.27%) JIRA
General
1 50 (32.68%) Public Sector
2 39 (25.49%) Games
3 38 (24.84%) Law
3 38 (24.84%) Social Skills
4 36 (23.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (20.92%) Finance
6 14 (9.15%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (7.84%) Financial Institution
8 11 (7.19%) Retail
9 10 (6.54%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (6.54%) Banking
10 8 (5.23%) Back Office
11 5 (3.27%) Legal
12 4 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 52 (33.99%) Lead
2 50 (32.68%) Designer
3 42 (27.45%) Service Designer
4 28 (18.30%) Lead Designer
5 27 (17.65%) Senior
6 21 (13.73%) Lead Service Designer
7 18 (11.76%) Digital Designer
8 14 (9.15%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (7.84%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 12 (7.84%) Architect
9 12 (7.84%) User Researcher
10 11 (7.19%) Analyst
10 11 (7.19%) Digital Service Designer
10 11 (7.19%) Senior Manager
10 11 (7.19%) Service Manager
11 10 (6.54%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (5.88%) IT Manager
12 9 (5.88%) IT Services Manager
13 7 (4.58%) Business Analyst
13 7 (4.58%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.23%) OpenAPI
1 8 (5.23%) RESTful
1 8 (5.23%) Swagger
2 4 (2.61%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.31%) XBRL
3 2 (1.31%) XML
4 1 (0.65%) CSS
4 1 (0.65%) HTML
4 1 (0.65%) Kafka
4 1 (0.65%) NumPy
4 1 (0.65%) Pandas
4 1 (0.65%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.65%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.65%) REST
4 1 (0.65%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.65%) Spring
4 1 (0.65%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (25.49%) Social Media
2 30 (19.61%) Product Ownership
3 16 (10.46%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.27%) Blog
5 4 (2.61%) Algorithms
5 4 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.31%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.65%) Life Science
7 1 (0.65%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.65%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.65%) Linux
1 1 (0.65%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (63.40%) Agile
2 75 (49.02%) User Research
3 66 (43.14%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 59 (38.56%) Roadmaps
5 57 (37.25%) Analytics
6 50 (32.68%) Product Roadmap
7 49 (32.03%) AI
7 49 (32.03%) Journey Map
8 43 (28.10%) Customer Experience
9 41 (26.80%) Workshop Facilitation
10 40 (26.14%) Empathy Maps
10 40 (26.14%) Stakeholder Map
10 40 (26.14%) Storytelling
11 39 (25.49%) DesignOps
11 39 (25.49%) Digital Customer Experience
11 39 (25.49%) Mentoring
11 39 (25.49%) Systems Thinking
12 33 (21.57%) Community of Practice
13 31 (20.26%) Technology Strategy
14 30 (19.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.23%) SQL
2 5 (3.27%) Java
2 5 (3.27%) Python
3 4 (2.61%) Go
Qualifications
1 36 (23.53%) Security Cleared
2 34 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 29 (18.95%) Degree
4 2 (1.31%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.65%) CCNA
5 1 (0.65%) CCNP
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (0.65%) ISEB
5 1 (0.65%) LPIC
5 1 (0.65%) MCSE
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.65%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.65%) PMP
5 1 (0.65%) RHCSA
5 1 (0.65%) VCAP
5 1 (0.65%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (43.79%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.88%) WCAG
3 7 (4.58%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (2.61%) QA
5 1 (0.65%) GDPR
5 1 (0.65%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.65%) Docker
1 1 (0.65%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.65%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (31.37%) Adobe
2 5 (3.27%) Microsoft
3 4 (2.61%) Google
3 4 (2.61%) Oracle
4 2 (1.31%) Databricks
4 2 (1.31%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.65%) Cisco
5 1 (0.65%) Cloudera
5 1 (0.65%) Cognizant
5 1 (0.65%) Informatica
5 1 (0.65%) VMware