Instructional Design Contracts in England

Instructional Design
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Instructional Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Instructional Design over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 526 630 755
Rank change year-on-year +104 +125 -167
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 17 18 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.046% 0.036% 0.039%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.040% 0.043%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 23
10th Percentile £243 £421 -
25th Percentile £301 £436 £130
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £150
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +200.00% -28.57%
75th Percentile £488 £509 £344
90th Percentile £670 £541 £415
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £262
% change year-on-year +5.56% +71.76% +20.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 1
10th Percentile - £20.14 -
25th Percentile - £25.43 £24.25
Median hourly rate - £34.50 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year - +35.29% +70.00%
75th Percentile - £36.75 £26.75
90th Percentile - £37.95 -
UK median hourly rate £51.00 £34.50 £25.50
% change year-on-year +47.83% +35.29% +70.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Instructional Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,201 45,536 64,490
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.24% 90.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,119 31,974 45,794
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,240 1,592 1,770
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.50 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -4.83% +49.20% -

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in England.

Daily rate trend for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Instructional Design within the England region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
London +104 9 £475 -5.00% 9
North of England - 5 £600 - 3
Yorkshire - 4 £600 - 1
Midlands +28 1 - - 1
West Midlands +28 1 - - 1
South East +18 1 £175 -61.11% 5
North West - 1 - - 1
Instructional Design
UK

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 1 (5.88%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Adobe Captivate
2 5 (29.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (29.41%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (29.41%) Photoshop
3 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (5.88%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 6 (35.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) OCI
3 1 (5.88%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Power BI
General
1 6 (35.29%) Multimedia
2 5 (29.41%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 3 (17.65%) Games
5 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (11.76%) Finance
5 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Digital Designer
2 3 (17.65%) Lead
2 3 (17.65%) Trainer
3 2 (11.76%) Digital Learning Designer
3 2 (11.76%) IT Trainer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Senior Digital Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Administrator
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Learning Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Instructional Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Training Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) e-Learning
2 5 (29.41%) Digital Media
3 4 (23.53%) Learning Management System
4 1 (5.88%) Housing Association
4 1 (5.88%) Life Science
4 1 (5.88%) Podcast
4 1 (5.88%) VLE
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) User Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (17.65%) Mentoring
3 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (17.65%) Strategic Planning
4 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.76%) Content Development
4 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 1 (5.88%) Analytics
5 1 (5.88%) Content Management
5 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (5.88%) Copywriting
5 1 (5.88%) Data Analysis
5 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
5 1 (5.88%) ETRM
5 1 (5.88%) Gamification
5 1 (5.88%) Organisational Learning
5 1 (5.88%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (5.88%) Portfolio Management
5 1 (5.88%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Adobe
2 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 5 (29.41%) Oracle
3 1 (5.88%) Blackboard