Instructional Design Contracts in England

Instructional Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Instructional Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Instructional Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 460 525 635
Rank change year-on-year +65 +110 +119
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 25 17 18
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.10% 0.046% 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% 0.053% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 8
10th Percentile £326 £243 £421
25th Percentile £357 £301 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -18.42% +5.56% +200.00%
75th Percentile £469 £488 £509
90th Percentile £518 £670 £541
UK median daily rate £388 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -18.42% +5.56% +71.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £41.30 - £20.14
25th Percentile £55.25 - £25.43
Median hourly rate £82.00 - £34.50
75th Percentile £85.50 - £36.75
90th Percentile - - £37.95
UK median hourly rate £82.00 £51.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year +60.78% +47.83% +35.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Instructional Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +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 1 May 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram 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 1 May 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
London +47 18 £406 -14.47% 41
Midlands +24 3 £388 -
West Midlands +16 3 £388 -
South East +47 2 - - 12
South West - 2 £395 - 9
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 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Camtasia
2 4 (16.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (4.00%) Final Cut Pro
Cloud Services
1 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
1 3 (12.00%) Snowflake
2 2 (8.00%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
2 3 (12.00%) Power BI
General
1 21 (84.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (28.00%) Multimedia
3 4 (16.00%) Finance
3 4 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.00%) Billing
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (36.00%) Developer
2 7 (28.00%) Designer
2 7 (28.00%) Trainer
3 6 (24.00%) Instructional Designer
4 5 (20.00%) e-Learning Developer
5 2 (8.00%) Architect
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Developer
5 2 (8.00%) SAP Trainer
6 1 (4.00%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (4.00%) IT Trainer
6 1 (4.00%) Lead
6 1 (4.00%) Lead Architect
6 1 (4.00%) Performance Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Team Leader
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Specialist
6 1 (4.00%) Technical Trainer
6 1 (4.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (60.00%) e-Learning
2 9 (36.00%) Learning Management System
3 6 (24.00%) Educational Technology
4 4 (16.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (8.00%) SCORM
6 1 (4.00%) Animation
6 1 (4.00%) Augmented Reality
6 1 (4.00%) FMCG
6 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (4.00%) Video Editing
6 1 (4.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (20.00%) Content Development
2 5 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (20.00%) Storyboarding
2 5 (20.00%) User Experience
3 4 (16.00%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (16.00%) Project Management
4 3 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (12.00%) Computer Science
4 3 (12.00%) Data Science
4 3 (12.00%) Data Strategy
4 3 (12.00%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (12.00%) Resource Management
4 3 (12.00%) Statistics
4 3 (12.00%) Time Management
5 2 (8.00%) Analytics
5 2 (8.00%) Data Protection
5 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (4.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) Python
1 3 (12.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (56.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (8.00%) GRC
2 2 (8.00%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (20.00%) Adobe
2 4 (16.00%) Google
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.00%) Ariba
4 2 (8.00%) SAP
4 2 (8.00%) ServiceNow