Instructional Design Contract Job Trends in London

Instructional Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 347 374
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 +148
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 7 17 18
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.048% 0.12% 0.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 7 11
10th Percentile £384 £301 £301
25th Percentile £427 £331 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £363 £475
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% -23.68% -30.91%
75th Percentile £575 £412 £613
90th Percentile £620 £438 -
England median daily rate £550 £363 £475
% change year-on-year +51.72% -23.68% -30.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £34.00 -
England median hourly rate £55.00 £34.00 -
% change year-on-year +61.76% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,346 12,596 16,382
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.12% 90.41% 88.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,853 8,021 11,715
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -4.67% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 155 306
10th Percentile £18.25 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £24.77 £24.71 £19.65
Median hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £30.08
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% +16.36% -15.86%
75th Percentile £56.00 £53.75 £53.06
90th Percentile £70.80 £80.45 £73.20
England median hourly rate £25.15 £34.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -26.03% -9.33% +11.41%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in London

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in London over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in London

Instructional Design
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 24 January 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
Central London - 1 £500 - 1
Instructional Design
England

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 (14.29%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Camtasia
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Canva
2 1 (14.29%) ChatGPT
2 1 (14.29%) Google Gemini
2 1 (14.29%) Google Workspace
General
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Multimedia
3 1 (14.29%) Advertising
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Coordinator
1 2 (28.57%) Training Coordinator
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (14.29%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
2 1 (14.29%) Instructional Designer
2 1 (14.29%) IT Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Software Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Training Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Training Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) e-Learning
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
2 2 (28.57%) Learning Management System
2 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Marketing Technology
3 1 (14.29%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Storytelling
2 2 (28.57%) Information Security
2 2 (28.57%) Logistics
2 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (28.57%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) AI
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Business Enablement
3 1 (14.29%) Change Management
3 1 (14.29%) Clean Code
3 1 (14.29%) Content Development
3 1 (14.29%) CRM
3 1 (14.29%) Data Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Generative AI
3 1 (14.29%) Project Management
3 1 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) Sales Enablement
3 1 (14.29%) UX Design
3 1 (14.29%) Web Design
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) DV Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe
1 1 (14.29%) Salesforce