Service Designer Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Service Designer
North East > Tyne and Wear

The median Service Designer daily rate in Tyne and Wear is £420, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 June 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 31 -
Rank change year-on-year -30 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Service Designer 9 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.45% 0.85% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.91% -
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 0
10th Percentile - £501 -
25th Percentile £410 £503 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £513 -
Median % change year-on-year -18.05% - -
75th Percentile £450 £528 -
90th Percentile £516 £534 -
North East median daily rate £420 £513 -
% change year-on-year -18.05% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Tyne and Wear

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Tyne and Wear. 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 Tyne and Wear with a recognized job title 588 220 213
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 94.02% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 363 164 94
10th Percentile £313 £222 £333
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £460 £478
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -3.66% -13.18%
75th Percentile £576 £558 £581
90th Percentile £650 £634 £634
North East median daily rate £455 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +1.00% -5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 10 43
10th Percentile £17.00 £11.60 £11.50
25th Percentile £62.50 £12.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -25.71% -45.31%
75th Percentile £70.00 £19.54 £50.00
90th Percentile - £23.76 £68.75
North East median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £15.75
% change year-on-year +400.00% -17.43% -51.55%

Service Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear.

Service Designer job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Service Designer
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Service Designer job vacancies in Tyne and Wear

Service Designer
Daily Rate Histogram in Tyne and Wear

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Service Designer in Tyne and Wear over the 6 months to 19 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Service Designer in Tyne and Wear

Service Designer
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 19 June 2026. 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -27 9 £420 -18.05%
Service Designer
North East

Service Designer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear

For the 6 months to 19 June 2026, 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 Tyne and Wear region featuring Service Designer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Service Design
2 5 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (44.44%) Agile
4 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (22.22%) Journey Map
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Journey Map
6 1 (11.11%) Design Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) ITIL
6 1 (11.11%) Service Management
6 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (11.11%) User Experience
6 1 (11.11%) User Research
6 1 (11.11%) Validation
6 1 (11.11%) Visualisation

Service Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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:

General
1 4 (44.44%) Public Sector
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (44.44%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
4 2 (22.22%) Journey Map
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Journey Map
5 1 (11.11%) Design Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) ITIL
5 1 (11.11%) Service Management
5 1 (11.11%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (11.11%) User Experience
5 1 (11.11%) User Research
5 1 (11.11%) Validation
5 1 (11.11%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) BPSS Clearance