Instructional Design Contract Job Trends in England

Instructional Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 510 482 525
Rank change year-on-year -28 +43 +193
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 35 23 28
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.11% 0.081% 0.076%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.091% 0.086%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 11 12
10th Percentile £376 £300 £302
25th Percentile £431 £328 £322
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £363 £475
Median % change year-on-year +51.72% -23.68% -30.91%
75th Percentile £619 £386 £613
90th Percentile £624 £438 -
UK median daily rate £575 £363 £475
% change year-on-year +58.62% -23.68% -29.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £46.40 £19.40 -
25th Percentile £49.63 £21.50 £16.61
Median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £17.25
Median % change year-on-year +107.55% +53.62% -54.00%
75th Percentile £55.50 £32.00 £17.89
90th Percentile £55.80 £34.40 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £26.50 £17.25
% change year-on-year +107.55% +53.62% -54.00%

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 28,126 25,301 32,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.47% 88.70% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,892 15,616 22,141
10th Percentile £301 £311 £310
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £645 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £528
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.47% -4.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,807 836 1,442
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.98 £20.30 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%
75th Percentile £56.69 £64.79 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -22.62% -23.53% +21.43%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Instructional Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in England

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 27 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design

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 27 December 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
North of England -36 13 £604 - 31
North West - 12 £608 - 16
London -23 7 £489 +32.81% 6
Midlands - 6 - - 28
South West - 6 - - 13
East Midlands - 4 - - 11
West Midlands - 2 - - 15
South East - 1 - - 27
Yorkshire - 1 £450 - 13
Instructional Design
UK

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) Moodle
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Camtasia
2 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (8.57%) Snagit
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.43%) Vyond
2 2 (5.71%) SaaS
3 1 (2.86%) Canva
3 1 (2.86%) ChatGPT
3 1 (2.86%) Google Gemini
3 1 (2.86%) Google Workspace
3 1 (2.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
General
1 17 (48.57%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Manufacturing
3 5 (14.29%) Marketing
4 4 (11.43%) Legal
5 3 (8.57%) Finance
5 3 (8.57%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.86%) Advertising
7 1 (2.86%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (25.71%) Designer
2 6 (17.14%) Trainer
3 5 (14.29%) Instructional Designer
3 5 (14.29%) IT Trainer
4 4 (11.43%) Consultant
4 4 (11.43%) Training Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Digital Learning Specialist
5 3 (8.57%) IT Consultant
5 3 (8.57%) Legal IT Trainer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.71%) Developer
6 2 (5.71%) Digital Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Systems Designer
6 2 (5.71%) Training Coordinator
7 1 (2.86%) Design Engineer
7 1 (2.86%) Security Specialist
7 1 (2.86%) Support Consultant
7 1 (2.86%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) CSS
1 1 (2.86%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (57.14%) e-Learning
2 10 (28.57%) Learning Management System
3 7 (20.00%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (14.29%) Onboarding
5 4 (11.43%) SCORM
6 3 (8.57%) Driving Licence
6 3 (8.57%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (5.71%) Digital Media
7 2 (5.71%) Educational Technology
7 2 (5.71%) Taxonomies
8 1 (2.86%) Marketing Technology
8 1 (2.86%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 10 (28.57%) User Experience
2 9 (25.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (17.14%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (11.43%) Storytelling
4 4 (11.43%) UX Design
5 3 (8.57%) Analytics
5 3 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (8.57%) Infographics
5 3 (8.57%) Project Management
5 3 (8.57%) Storyboarding
6 2 (5.71%) Agile
6 2 (5.71%) AI
6 2 (5.71%) Change Management
6 2 (5.71%) Content Development
6 2 (5.71%) Gamification
6 2 (5.71%) Information Security
6 2 (5.71%) Logistics
6 2 (5.71%) Pedagogy
6 2 (5.71%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 6 (17.14%) SC Cleared
3 3 (8.57%) Degree
4 2 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.86%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Adobe
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) iManage
3 2 (5.71%) Salesforce