Service Designer Contracts in England

Service Designer
UK > England

The median Service Designer daily rate in England is £519 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 482 454 524
Rank change year-on-year -28 +70 -15
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 61 185 265
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.17% 0.39% 0.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.41% 0.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 135 196
10th Percentile £400 £444 £425
25th Percentile £450 £500 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -13.54% +5.26% +17.83%
75th Percentile £574 £687 £638
90th Percentile £649 £718 £691
UK median daily rate £525 £600 £566
% change year-on-year -12.50% +5.96% +18.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised 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 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in England

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in England

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in England

Service Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Designer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Service Designer in England

Service Designer
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 Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 May 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 +1 44 £500 -16.67% 8
North of England +4 8 £550 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +13 5 £550 +10.00%
North West +10 3 - - 3
Midlands +20 2 £488 -2.50% 1
West Midlands +15 2 £488 -4.88% 1
South West +9 2 - -
Service Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, Service Designer 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 Designer in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) Service Design
2 23 (37.70%) Agile
3 21 (34.43%) Public Sector
4 16 (26.23%) User Research
5 15 (24.59%) Workshop Facilitation
5 15 (24.59%) ITIL
6 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
7 13 (21.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
7 13 (21.31%) User Experience
8 12 (19.67%) Design Thinking
8 12 (19.67%) Journey Map
8 12 (19.67%) Prototyping
9 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
9 10 (16.39%) Service Management
10 9 (14.75%) Interaction Design
10 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (13.11%) Coaching
12 7 (11.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (11.48%) Figma
12 7 (11.48%) Finance
12 7 (11.48%) Mentoring
13 6 (9.84%) UX Design
13 6 (9.84%) User Stories
13 6 (9.84%) Usability Testing
13 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
13 6 (9.84%) Customer Journey Map
13 6 (9.84%) Strategic Thinking
14 5 (8.20%) Collaborative Working
14 5 (8.20%) Degree

Service Designer 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.64%) Confluence
1 1 (1.64%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Sketch
2 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.64%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.48%) Figma
2 3 (4.92%) Miro
3 1 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.64%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.64%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.64%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.64%) JIRA
General
1 21 (34.43%) Public Sector
2 14 (22.95%) Social Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Finance
4 5 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.28%) Law
5 2 (3.28%) Legal
6 1 (1.64%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.64%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.64%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.64%) HTML
1 1 (1.64%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.56%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.92%) CMDB
2 3 (4.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (3.28%) NHS
3 2 (3.28%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.64%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.64%) Windows
1 1 (1.64%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) Service Design
2 23 (37.70%) Agile
3 16 (26.23%) User Research
4 15 (24.59%) ITIL
4 15 (24.59%) Workshop Facilitation
5 13 (21.31%) User Experience
5 13 (21.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 12 (19.67%) Design Thinking
6 12 (19.67%) Journey Map
6 12 (19.67%) Prototyping
7 10 (16.39%) Service Management
8 9 (14.75%) Interaction Design
8 9 (14.75%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (13.11%) Coaching
10 7 (11.48%) Mentoring
11 6 (9.84%) Customer Journey Map
11 6 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
11 6 (9.84%) Usability Testing
11 6 (9.84%) User Stories
11 6 (9.84%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 13 (21.31%) Security Cleared
2 10 (16.39%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (8.20%) Degree
5 4 (6.56%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (4.92%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.56%) Accessibility
1 4 (6.56%) WCAG
2 3 (4.92%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (3.28%) Adobe
1 2 (3.28%) Virgin Media
2 1 (1.64%) Brio
2 1 (1.64%) SAP
2 1 (1.64%) ServiceNow