Service Design Manager Contracts in England

Service Design Manager
UK > England

The median Service Design Manager daily rate in England is £538, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 486 561 709
Rank change year-on-year +75 +148 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Service Design Manager 28 28 55
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.070% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.097% 0.074% 0.085%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 26 34
10th Percentile £508 £463 £466
25th Percentile £513 £502 £503
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.23% -12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £613 £597 £680
90th Percentile £626 £758 £700
UK median daily rate £591 £550 £625
% change year-on-year +7.45% -12.00% +19.05%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Service Design Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Service Design Manager in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design Manager in England

Service Design Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design Manager in England.

Daily rate trend for Service Design Manager in England

Service Design Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design Manager in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design Manager in England

Service Design Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +55 20 £538 -2.27%
South East +39 1 - -
South West +26 1 £525 -8.70%
West Midlands +2 1 £508 +27.67%
Midlands 0 1 £508 -0.98%
Service Design Manager
UK

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Service Design Manager contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Service Design Manager in the job title.

1 28 (100.00%) Service Design
2 20 (71.43%) ITIL
3 17 (60.71%) Service Management
4 15 (53.57%) SC Cleared
4 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
5 12 (42.86%) Onboarding
6 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
7 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
8 5 (17.86%) Transition Management
8 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
9 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (14.29%) Project Management
10 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
10 3 (10.71%) Finance
10 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
11 2 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
11 2 (7.14%) SAP
11 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
11 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
11 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
12 1 (3.57%) Service Catalogue
12 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
12 1 (3.57%) SLA
12 1 (3.57%) Microsoft
12 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (3.57%) Service Delivery

Service Design Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Firewall
1 1 (3.57%) Intrusion Detection
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (21.43%) Public Sector
3 3 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (10.71%) Finance
4 1 (3.57%) Military
4 1 (3.57%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 12 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 2 (7.14%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (100.00%) Service Design
2 20 (71.43%) ITIL
3 17 (60.71%) Service Management
4 5 (17.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (17.86%) Transition Management
5 4 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.29%) Project Management
6 3 (10.71%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.14%) Customer Service
7 2 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (7.14%) Impact Assessments
7 2 (7.14%) PRINCE2
7 2 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
7 2 (7.14%) Project Delivery
8 1 (3.57%) Impact Analysis
8 1 (3.57%) Journey Map
8 1 (3.57%) Knowledge Transfer
8 1 (3.57%) Service Catalogue
8 1 (3.57%) Technology Strategy
Qualifications
1 15 (53.57%) SC Cleared
1 15 (53.57%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.57%) Degree
2 1 (3.57%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (3.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (3.57%) NIST
1 1 (3.57%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (7.14%) SAP
2 1 (3.57%) Microsoft