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GDS service standard contracts

6 open GDS service standard contracts, typically £450–£530 a day.

Open contracts
6
Typical day rate
£450–£530Median £490, from 6 contracts stating a rate
Outside IR35
33%of the 6 that state a status

At the median £490 a day over 220 working days, you'd take home about £68,893 a year outside IR35, or £65,001 inside IR35. Work out your own take-home pay

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6 contracts found

  1. Service DesignerRemote

    Central government

    £550–£575/dayInside IR35

    London · 3 months · SC clearance · Posted 35 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • Service design
    • Workshop facilitation
    • Agile
    • Process improvement
    • +2 more
  2. User Researcher

    Home Office

    £530/dayInside IR35

    London · 3 months · SC clearance · Posted 34 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • User research
    • Agile
    • Stakeholder management
    • Accessibility (WCAG)
    • +1 more
  3. User ResearcherRemote

    Home Office

    £525–£530/dayInside IR35

    London · 4 months · SC clearance · Posted 34 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • User research
    • Interaction design
    • Accessibility (WCAG)
    • Agile
    • +2 more

    2 adverts

  4. Content Design ManagerHybrid

    Public sector government website

    £310/dayInside IR35 (implied)

    Coventry · 3 months · Posted 8 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • Content design
    • Accessibility (WCAG)
    • HTML / CSS

    2 adverts

  5. Content Designer

    Government digital team

    £400–£500/dayOutside IR35

    London · SC clearance · Posted 6 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • Content design
    • Agile
  6. Senior User ResearcherRemote

    Government or defence programme

    £450/dayOutside IR35

    London · SC clearance · Posted 6 days ago

    • GDS service standard
    • User research
    • Interaction design

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