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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 393 405
Rank change year-on-year +158 +12 -56
Permanent jobs citing Service Design 192 40 163
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.00% 0.27% 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.29% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 123 31 93
10th Percentile £44,972 £47,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £48,984 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% -1.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,886 £62,200
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £73,750
UK median annual salary £66,250 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +10.42% +2.04% -5.92%

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 15,885 14,034 29,900
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.77% 94.81% 90.07%
Number of salaries quoted 11,369 8,239 23,472
10th Percentile £35,000 £30,450 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +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 £57,610 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%

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 30 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 (1.56%) Confluence
1 3 (1.56%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.04%) Camunda
3 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 4 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.52%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.52%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 39 (20.31%) Adobe Analytics
2 30 (15.63%) AWS
2 30 (15.63%) Azure
3 27 (14.06%) GCP
4 14 (7.29%) Power Platform
4 14 (7.29%) SaaS
5 11 (5.73%) Google Analytics
6 6 (3.13%) PaaS
6 6 (3.13%) Serverless
7 5 (2.60%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.60%) Miro
8 4 (2.08%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.56%) Figma
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (1.04%) Slack
11 1 (0.52%) Asana
11 1 (0.52%) Azure Data Factory
11 1 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 39 (20.31%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (7.29%) Power BI
2 5 (2.60%) Metadata
3 4 (2.08%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
4 2 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.52%) Big Data
5 1 (0.52%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Git
1 5 (2.60%) JIRA
2 3 (1.56%) Axure RP
2 3 (1.56%) Balsamiq
General
1 69 (35.94%) Public Sector
2 48 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 47 (24.48%) Law
4 42 (21.88%) Finance
5 41 (21.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 40 (20.83%) Games
7 23 (11.98%) Analytical Skills
8 18 (9.38%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (5.73%) Financial Institution
10 10 (5.21%) Retail
11 9 (4.69%) Legal
12 8 (4.17%) Banking
13 7 (3.65%) Back Office
14 6 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (2.08%) Telecoms
16 3 (1.56%) Social Science
17 1 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
17 1 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 54 (28.13%) Lead
2 44 (22.92%) Designer
3 36 (18.75%) Senior
3 36 (18.75%) Service Designer
4 28 (14.58%) Lead Designer
5 25 (13.02%) Service Manager
6 23 (11.98%) Delivery Manager
7 21 (10.94%) Lead Service Designer
8 20 (10.42%) Architect
8 20 (10.42%) IT Manager
8 20 (10.42%) IT Services Manager
9 19 (9.90%) Senior Manager
10 18 (9.38%) Analyst
10 18 (9.38%) Digital Designer
11 17 (8.85%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 15 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (6.77%) Service Design Manager
14 12 (6.25%) User Researcher
15 11 (5.73%) Digital Service Designer
15 11 (5.73%) Senior Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.65%) OpenAPI
1 7 (3.65%) RESTful
1 7 (3.65%) Swagger
2 2 (1.04%) Kafka
2 2 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.04%) REST
2 2 (1.04%) Spring
2 2 (1.04%) XBRL
2 2 (1.04%) XML
3 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 1 (0.52%) NumPy
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.52%) Pandas
3 1 (0.52%) PyTorch
3 1 (0.52%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.52%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 39 (20.31%) Social Media
2 26 (13.54%) Cloud Native
2 26 (13.54%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.60%) Blog
3 5 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.08%) Algorithms
5 3 (1.56%) AI Agents
6 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.52%) CMDB
7 1 (0.52%) Life Science
7 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Linux
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (57.81%) Agile
2 73 (38.02%) User Research
3 61 (31.77%) Analytics
4 59 (30.73%) Roadmaps
5 55 (28.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 52 (27.08%) Mentoring
7 51 (26.56%) Product Roadmap
8 49 (25.52%) AI
8 49 (25.52%) Journey Map
9 48 (25.00%) Customer Experience
10 44 (22.92%) Workshop Facilitation
11 40 (20.83%) Empathy Maps
11 40 (20.83%) Storytelling
12 39 (20.31%) DesignOps
12 39 (20.31%) Digital Customer Experience
12 39 (20.31%) Stakeholder Map
12 39 (20.31%) Systems Thinking
13 36 (18.75%) Community of Practice
14 35 (18.23%) Technology Strategy
14 35 (18.23%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.29%) SQL
2 5 (2.60%) Python
3 4 (2.08%) Go
3 4 (2.08%) Java
4 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 47 (24.48%) Security Cleared
2 41 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 37 (19.27%) Degree
4 4 (2.08%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.56%) ICAEW
6 1 (0.52%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.52%) CCNA
6 1 (0.52%) CCNP
6 1 (0.52%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.52%) ISEB
6 1 (0.52%) LPIC
6 1 (0.52%) MCSE
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.52%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.52%) PMP
6 1 (0.52%) RHCSA
6 1 (0.52%) VCAP
6 1 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (29.17%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.60%) GDPR
3 4 (2.08%) QA
3 4 (2.08%) WCAG
4 1 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.52%) PMO
4 1 (0.52%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.04%) Docker
1 2 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.52%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (3.13%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.56%) Terraform
3 1 (0.52%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 43 (22.40%) Adobe
2 18 (9.38%) Microsoft
3 12 (6.25%) Google
4 6 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.08%) Freshdesk
6 2 (1.04%) BMC
6 2 (1.04%) Databricks
6 2 (1.04%) Progress
6 2 (1.04%) VMware
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco
7 1 (0.52%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.52%) Nexthink
7 1 (0.52%) Oracle