Service Designer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Service Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Designer daily rate in Work from Home is £550 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 375 374
Rank change year-on-year +61 -1 +6
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 31 95 252
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.21% 0.39% 0.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.41% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 73 190
10th Percentile £429 £450 £425
25th Percentile £500 £513 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.10% +19.67%
75th Percentile £649 £638 £638
90th Percentile £650 £703 £688
UK median daily rate £513 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -10.87% +4.55% +12.82%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,707 23,282 42,199
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 95.29% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,257 16,477 30,548
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 561 537 589
10th Percentile £14.25 £17.17 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.71 £19.35
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +50.00% +48.94%
75th Percentile £64.53 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £77.50 £68.17
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%

Service Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Service Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Designer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Designer.

Service Designer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Service Designer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Service Designer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 23 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 31 (100.00%) Service Design
2 13 (41.94%) Public Sector
3 9 (29.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
4 8 (25.81%) ITIL
4 8 (25.81%) User Experience
4 8 (25.81%) User Research
5 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
5 7 (22.58%) Service Delivery
5 7 (22.58%) Agile
6 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
6 6 (19.35%) Interaction Design
7 5 (16.13%) Coaching
7 5 (16.13%) Prototyping
7 5 (16.13%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (16.13%) Design Thinking
7 5 (16.13%) Service Management
7 5 (16.13%) Usability Testing
8 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
8 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (12.90%) Journey Map
9 3 (9.68%) Impact Assessments
9 3 (9.68%) Customer Journey Map
9 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
9 3 (9.68%) Customer Experience
9 3 (9.68%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (9.68%) Strategic Thinking
9 3 (9.68%) SIPOC

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (6.45%) Figma
2 1 (3.23%) Google Docs
2 1 (3.23%) Google Sheets
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.23%) Miro
General
1 13 (41.94%) Public Sector
2 7 (22.58%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.45%) Finance
4 2 (6.45%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Banking
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Police
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.23%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.68%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) NHS
2 1 (3.23%) Product Ownership
2 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Windows
1 1 (3.23%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (100.00%) Service Design
2 9 (29.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (25.81%) ITIL
3 8 (25.81%) User Experience
3 8 (25.81%) User Research
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
4 7 (22.58%) Service Delivery
5 6 (19.35%) Interaction Design
6 5 (16.13%) Coaching
6 5 (16.13%) Design Thinking
6 5 (16.13%) Prototyping
6 5 (16.13%) Service Management
6 5 (16.13%) Usability Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (12.90%) Decision-Making
7 4 (12.90%) Journey Map
7 4 (12.90%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (9.68%) DevOps
8 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
8 3 (9.68%) SIPOC
Qualifications
1 9 (29.03%) Security Cleared
2 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared
3 4 (12.90%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
4 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
1 3 (9.68%) SLA
2 2 (6.45%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (3.23%) Google
1 1 (3.23%) SAP