Service Designer Contracts

Service Designer
UK

The median Service Designer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 496 467 502
Rank change year-on-year -29 +35 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 79 222 384
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.40% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.42% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 157 276
10th Percentile £400 £446 £425
25th Percentile £488 £500 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £566
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +5.96% +17.97%
75th Percentile £575 £680 £638
90th Percentile £629 £709 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £561 £533
% change year-on-year -1.92% +5.31% +6.50%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,969 53,015 83,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,870 37,031 58,844
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,841 1,476 1,963
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +83.67% +12.28%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.33
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.13 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Service Designer in the UK

Service Designer
Top 11 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England -36 61 £519 -13.54% 15
London +9 44 £500 -16.67% 8
Work from Home +51 30 £550 -8.33% 7
UK excluding London -8 20 £550 -1.92% 5
Scotland +23 8 £550 +4.76%
North of England +1 8 £550 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +15 5 £550 +10.00%
North West +12 3 - - 3
Midlands +21 2 £488 -2.50% 1
West Midlands +13 2 £488 -4.88% 1
South West +6 2 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 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 featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 79 (100.00%) Service Design
2 30 (37.97%) Agile
3 24 (30.38%) Public Sector
4 22 (27.85%) User Research
5 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
6 19 (24.05%) Prototyping
6 19 (24.05%) Security Cleared
7 18 (22.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 18 (22.78%) Workshop Facilitation
7 18 (22.78%) Design Thinking
8 17 (21.52%) User Experience
9 16 (20.25%) ITIL
9 16 (20.25%) Journey Map
10 14 (17.72%) Coaching
11 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (16.46%) Service Management
11 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
12 10 (12.66%) Usability Testing
12 10 (12.66%) Change Management
13 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
13 9 (11.39%) User Stories
13 9 (11.39%) Customer Journey Map
13 9 (11.39%) Interaction Design
13 9 (11.39%) Strategic Thinking
14 8 (10.13%) Creative Thinking
14 8 (10.13%) Cybersecurity
14 8 (10.13%) Accessibility
15 7 (8.86%) Customer Experience
15 7 (8.86%) UX Design
15 7 (8.86%) Project Planning

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (5.06%) Confluence
2 1 (1.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.53%) Sketch
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (1.27%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 7 (8.86%) Figma
2 3 (3.80%) Miro
3 1 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.27%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.27%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) JIRA
General
1 24 (30.38%) Public Sector
2 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
3 7 (8.86%) Finance
4 6 (7.59%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.53%) Law
5 2 (2.53%) Legal
6 1 (1.27%) Banking
6 1 (1.27%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.27%) Police
6 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.27%) HTML
1 1 (1.27%) SAPUI5
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.86%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (3.80%) CMDB
2 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
2 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.53%) NHS
4 1 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.27%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.27%) Windows
1 1 (1.27%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Service Design
2 30 (37.97%) Agile
3 22 (27.85%) User Research
4 19 (24.05%) Prototyping
5 18 (22.78%) Design Thinking
5 18 (22.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 18 (22.78%) Workshop Facilitation
6 17 (21.52%) User Experience
7 16 (20.25%) ITIL
7 16 (20.25%) Journey Map
8 14 (17.72%) Coaching
9 13 (16.46%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (16.46%) Service Management
10 10 (12.66%) Change Management
10 10 (12.66%) Usability Testing
11 9 (11.39%) Customer Journey Map
11 9 (11.39%) Interaction Design
11 9 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 9 (11.39%) Strategic Thinking
11 9 (11.39%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 19 (24.05%) Security Cleared
2 13 (16.46%) SC Cleared
3 7 (8.86%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (6.33%) Degree
5 4 (5.06%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (3.80%) DBS Check
7 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.13%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.06%) WCAG
3 3 (3.80%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (2.53%) Adobe
1 2 (2.53%) Virgin Media
2 1 (1.27%) Brio
2 1 (1.27%) SAP
2 1 (1.27%) ServiceNow