Instructional Design Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

Instructional Design
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Lancashire requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - -
North West median daily rate £450 £613 -
% change year-on-year -26.53% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 263 171 158
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 79.94% 88.14% 73.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 82 60
10th Percentile £210 £364 £205
25th Percentile £350 £425 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -2.44% -2.38%
75th Percentile £658 £579 £638
90th Percentile £712 £656 £741
North West median daily rate £492 £453 £500
% change year-on-year +8.55% -9.35% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 25 46
10th Percentile £21.14 £16.49 -
25th Percentile £37.25 £23.32 £16.06
Median hourly rate £64.09 £40.59 £25.45
Median % change year-on-year +57.90% +59.49% -44.53%
75th Percentile £71.91 £63.40 £43.10
90th Percentile £74.26 £70.93 £46.18
North West median hourly rate £50.00 £27.90 £32.75
% change year-on-year +79.20% -14.80% -0.76%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 5 August 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
Lancaster - 1 £650 -
Instructional Design
North West

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Captivate
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Vyond
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe