Service Designer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Service Designer
England > North East

The median Service Designer daily rate in the North East is £454, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 39 32
Rank change year-on-year -3 -7 +33
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 6 3 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 1.61% 0.96% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.70% 1.08% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 1
10th Percentile £381 - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £450 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.89% -18.18% +9.73%
75th Percentile - £475 -
90th Percentile £504 £491 -
England median daily rate £500 £575 £545
% change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -5.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 352 278 241
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.37% 89.39% 93.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 246 140 167
10th Percentile £170 £273 £225
25th Percentile £338 £353 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £448 £450 £435
Median % change year-on-year -0.56% +3.45% -20.91%
75th Percentile £539 £588 £572
90th Percentile £600 £650 £689
England median daily rate £505 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -3.81% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 19 14
10th Percentile £14.13 £17.70 £15.47
25th Percentile £17.88 £37.98 £16.25
Median hourly rate £32.46 £46.18 £32.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.72% +43.19% +61.25%
75th Percentile £53.75 £48.09 £46.18
90th Percentile £54.38 £70.00 £55.85
England median hourly rate £25.32 £39.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.08% -13.33% +38.46%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Service Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North East.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in the North East

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in the North East

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in the North East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in the North East over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in the North East

Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
Tyne and Wear -2 6 £454 +0.89% 3
Service Designer
England

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 29 November 2025, Service Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North East region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 6 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 6 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 6 (100.00%) Service Design
2 5 (83.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Co-Creation
3 4 (66.67%) Ethnography
3 4 (66.67%) User Journey Map
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) User Research
5 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
5 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
5 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
5 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
5 2 (33.33%) Data Management
5 2 (33.33%) Empathy Maps
5 2 (33.33%) Ergonomics
5 2 (33.33%) Ethnographic Research
5 2 (33.33%) Figma
5 2 (33.33%) Human Factors
5 2 (33.33%) Lucidchart
5 2 (33.33%) Miro
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
5 2 (33.33%) Usability Testing
5 2 (33.33%) User Experience
5 2 (33.33%) User Stories

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Figma
1 2 (33.33%) Lucidchart
1 2 (33.33%) Miro
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 6 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 6 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 6 (100.00%) Service Design
2 5 (83.33%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (66.67%) Agile
3 4 (66.67%) Co-Creation
3 4 (66.67%) Ethnography
3 4 (66.67%) User Journey Map
4 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (50.00%) User Research
5 2 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
5 2 (33.33%) Backlog Management
5 2 (33.33%) Customer Journey Map
5 2 (33.33%) Empathy Maps
5 2 (33.33%) Ethnographic Research
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) Systems Thinking
5 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (33.33%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 2 (33.33%) WCAG