Service Design Contracts in the Midlands

Service Design
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for Service Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Service Design over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 137 134
Rank change year-on-year +25 -3 -26
Contract jobs citing Service Design 23 23 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.85% 0.71% 1.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.81% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 18 59
10th Percentile £400 £328 £411
25th Percentile £500 - £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £450 £563
Median % change year-on-year +52.78% -20.00% +6.33%
75th Percentile £1,025 £550 £638
90th Percentile £1,110 - £688
England median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £70.97 - -
Median hourly rate £71.93 - -
75th Percentile £72.90 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £33.07 £57.50 £35.07
% change year-on-year -42.50% +63.96% -26.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Service Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,203 2,852 4,400
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.87% 87.94% 87.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,485 2,002 3,238
10th Percentile £233 £250 £246
25th Percentile £356 £369 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% +5.26% +14.46%
75th Percentile £595 £597 £575
90th Percentile £700 £688 £663
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 101 147
10th Percentile £11.06 £12.50 £10.61
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.00 £13.74
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.41 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +28.06% +16.67%
75th Percentile £32.53 £40.25 £22.75
90th Percentile £55.00 £57.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.67% +50.00% +8.70%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Service Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the Midlands

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in the Midlands

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the Midlands

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Service Design within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 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
West Midlands +25 21 £700 +55.56% 13
East Midlands +7 2 £500 -6.54% 3
Service Design
England

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (4.35%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Azure
1 1 (4.35%) Figma
1 1 (4.35%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
General
1 12 (52.17%) Finance
2 7 (30.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (21.74%) Social Skills
4 4 (17.39%) Law
5 2 (8.70%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 6 (26.09%) Architect
2 5 (21.74%) Service Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Change Manager
3 4 (17.39%) Designer
3 4 (17.39%) Service Architect
3 4 (17.39%) Service Designer
4 3 (13.04%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (13.04%) Senior
4 3 (13.04%) Service Delivery Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Change Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Data Centre Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Enterprise Consultant
5 2 (8.70%) Programme Manager
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Senior Service Designer
5 2 (8.70%) Service Design Architect
5 2 (8.70%) Service Design Manager
6 1 (4.35%) Lead
6 1 (4.35%) Service Design Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.70%) CSS
1 2 (8.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Data Centre
2 2 (8.70%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) PMI
3 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Roadmaps
2 7 (30.43%) Change Management
3 6 (26.09%) Agile
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Programme Management
4 5 (21.74%) Service Delivery
4 5 (21.74%) Service Management
4 5 (21.74%) User Experience
5 4 (17.39%) Decision-Making
6 3 (13.04%) Architectural Design
6 3 (13.04%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.04%) CRM
6 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
6 3 (13.04%) Journey Map
6 3 (13.04%) Migration
6 3 (13.04%) Open Source
6 3 (13.04%) Password Management
6 3 (13.04%) Prototyping
6 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (8.70%) Analytics
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (4.35%) PMI Certification
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Adobe
1 1 (4.35%) Oracle
1 1 (4.35%) ServiceNow