Service Design Contracts in the UK excluding London

Service Design
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 200 153 140
Rank change year-on-year -47 -13 -3
Contract jobs citing Service Design 191 359 589
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.94% 1.57% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.75% 2.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 272 432
10th Percentile £390 £400 £405
25th Percentile £460 £450 £462
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £593
90th Percentile £750 £725 £659
UK median daily rate £530 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.64% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 5
10th Percentile - - £22.30
25th Percentile £17.80 - £25.00
Median hourly rate £33.07 - £26.40
75th Percentile £34.53 - £57.38
90th Percentile £72.90 - £59.94
UK median hourly rate £33.07 £57.50 £35.08
% change year-on-year -42.50% +63.93% -26.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,095 20,476 27,091
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.93% 89.37% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,219 14,070 18,908
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £377 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £483
Median % change year-on-year - +3.63% +9.66%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £656
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +8.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,090 1,248 1,358
10th Percentile £12.37 £10.63 £12.29
25th Percentile £15.31 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.40
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.63 £62.18
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year - +40.19% +7.00%

Service Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Service Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Service Design in the UK excluding London

Service Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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
North of England -5 51 £525 -4.55% 23
Scotland -11 45 £494 -5.00% 4
South East -16 41 £600 +23.08% 10
North West +13 28 £450 -15.89% 15
South West -9 24 £530 -19.24% 12
Midlands +34 23 £688 +52.78% 14
Yorkshire +6 23 £525 -4.55% 5
West Midlands +19 21 £700 +55.56% 11
East of England +7 10 £750 +11.61% 7
Wales +16 2 £569 +13.75% 2
East Midlands +15 2 £500 -6.54% 3
North East +2 2 - - 3
Service Design
UK

Service Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 10 (5.24%) Confluence
2 3 (1.57%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.05%) WordPress
4 1 (0.52%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.52%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (3.14%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (2.62%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (1.57%) Sketch
4 2 (1.05%) InVision
Business Applications
1 5 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle AGIS
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Assets
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle Retail
Cloud Services
1 23 (12.04%) Azure
2 15 (7.85%) Azure DevOps
3 8 (4.19%) AWS
4 6 (3.14%) Amazon S3
4 6 (3.14%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (3.14%) Serverless
5 5 (2.62%) OpenShift
5 5 (2.62%) SaaS
5 5 (2.62%) Textract
6 4 (2.09%) Entra ID
6 4 (2.09%) Figma
6 4 (2.09%) PaaS
7 2 (1.05%) Amazon SageMaker
7 2 (1.05%) Google Analytics
7 2 (1.05%) IaaS
7 2 (1.05%) Rekognition
8 1 (0.52%) Cloudflare
8 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.52%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.62%) VPN
2 3 (1.57%) WAN
3 2 (1.05%) MPLS
4 1 (0.52%) 5G
4 1 (0.52%) NAS
4 1 (0.52%) PBX
4 1 (0.52%) SMS
4 1 (0.52%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.66%) Amazon Aurora
2 6 (3.14%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.05%) Big Data
4 1 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) Looker
4 1 (0.52%) MariaDB
4 1 (0.52%) MySQL
4 1 (0.52%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 11 (5.76%) JIRA
2 3 (1.57%) Jenkins
2 3 (1.57%) webpack
General
1 48 (25.13%) Public Sector
2 37 (19.37%) Social Skills
3 27 (14.14%) Finance
4 9 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (3.66%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.66%) Law
6 6 (3.14%) Retail
6 6 (3.14%) Telecoms
7 5 (2.62%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.62%) Manufacturing
7 5 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
8 4 (2.09%) Electronics
8 4 (2.09%) Marketing
9 3 (1.57%) Health Technology
9 3 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.05%) Banking
10 2 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.52%) Billing
11 1 (0.52%) Legal
11 1 (0.52%) Military
Job Titles
1 47 (24.61%) Architect
2 31 (16.23%) Designer
3 30 (15.71%) Senior
4 23 (12.04%) Service Architect
5 22 (11.52%) Service Designer
5 22 (11.52%) Service Manager
6 18 (9.42%) Solutions Architect
7 17 (8.90%) Lead
8 13 (6.81%) Senior Designer
8 13 (6.81%) Service Transition Manager
8 13 (6.81%) Transition Manager
9 12 (6.28%) User Researcher
10 10 (5.24%) Analyst
10 10 (5.24%) Developer
11 9 (4.71%) Business Analyst
11 9 (4.71%) Service Design Manager
12 7 (3.66%) IT Manager
12 7 (3.66%) Senior Service Designer
13 6 (3.14%) IT Services Manager
13 6 (3.14%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.66%) HTML
2 6 (3.14%) AWS CDK
3 5 (2.62%) CSS
4 3 (1.57%) CSS3
4 3 (1.57%) HTML5
4 3 (1.57%) Node.js
4 3 (1.57%) PyTorch
4 3 (1.57%) React
4 3 (1.57%) Redux
4 3 (1.57%) RESTful
4 3 (1.57%) SpaCy
5 2 (1.05%) Web Services
6 1 (0.52%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.52%) COM+
6 1 (0.52%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.19%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.09%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.09%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.09%) Mobile App
2 4 (2.09%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.05%) CMDB
3 2 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (1.05%) PMI
4 1 (0.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.52%) Blackberry
4 1 (0.52%) Blog
4 1 (0.52%) NHS
4 1 (0.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.52%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.52%) Android
1 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.52%) Linux
1 1 (0.52%) Windows
1 1 (0.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (47.64%) Agile
2 49 (25.65%) ITIL
3 45 (23.56%) User Experience
4 39 (20.42%) Service Management
4 39 (20.42%) User Research
5 36 (18.85%) Roadmaps
6 30 (15.71%) Project Delivery
7 24 (12.57%) Project Management
8 23 (12.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 22 (11.52%) Continuous Improvement
10 21 (10.99%) Change Management
10 21 (10.99%) Coaching
10 21 (10.99%) DevOps
10 21 (10.99%) Migration
11 20 (10.47%) Mentoring
12 18 (9.42%) Architectural Design
12 18 (9.42%) UX Design
13 17 (8.90%) Product Management
14 16 (8.38%) User Stories
15 15 (7.85%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.71%) TypeScript
2 8 (4.19%) Python
3 3 (1.57%) Java
3 3 (1.57%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.52%) Bash
4 1 (0.52%) R
4 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
4 1 (0.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (20.42%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.23%) Degree
3 17 (8.90%) SC Cleared
4 10 (5.24%) DV Cleared
5 5 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.62%) Master's Degree
6 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (1.57%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.05%) CCIE
7 2 (1.05%) ISEB
7 2 (1.05%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.52%) CCNP
8 1 (0.52%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.52%) IIBA
8 1 (0.52%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.99%) Accessibility
2 15 (7.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 6 (3.14%) Actionable Recommendations
4 5 (2.62%) Disclosure Scotland
4 5 (2.62%) WCAG
5 2 (1.05%) COBIT
5 2 (1.05%) GRC
5 2 (1.05%) PMO
5 2 (1.05%) SLA
6 1 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.52%) JSP 440
6 1 (0.52%) NIST
6 1 (0.52%) QA
6 1 (0.52%) RMADS
System Software
1 6 (3.14%) Docker
2 5 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (3.14%) Grafana
2 5 (2.62%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (6.28%) SAP
2 9 (4.71%) Cadence
3 8 (4.19%) ServiceNow
4 6 (3.14%) Microsoft
5 3 (1.57%) Adobe
5 3 (1.57%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) BT
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco
6 2 (1.05%) Oracle
6 2 (1.05%) Sophos
7 1 (0.52%) Avaya
7 1 (0.52%) BMC
7 1 (0.52%) Brio
7 1 (0.52%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.52%) Citrix
7 1 (0.52%) Ericsson
7 1 (0.52%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.52%) Juniper
7 1 (0.52%) Nokia
7 1 (0.52%) VMware