Instructional Design Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Instructional Design
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 11 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.95% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £410 - -
25th Percentile £553 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 - -
75th Percentile £620 - -
90th Percentile £624 - -
North West median daily rate £610 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £45.33 - -
25th Percentile £46.94 - -
Median hourly rate £51.25 - -
75th Percentile £53.94 - -
90th Percentile £54.58 - -
North West median hourly rate £51.25 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,039 969 1,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.80% 89.56% 88.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 582 980
10th Percentile £303 £295 £298
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -5.50% -
75th Percentile £588 £575 £588
90th Percentile £650 £675 £675
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 78 39 48
10th Percentile £17.30 £15.98 £15.74
25th Percentile £19.52 £22.75 £17.37
Median hourly rate £22.82 £32.50 £24.75
Median % change year-on-year -29.80% +31.31% -33.65%
75th Percentile £53.94 £44.38 £57.19
90th Percentile £64.13 £65.00 £76.10
North West median hourly rate £34.50 £32.01 £35.50
% change year-on-year +7.78% -9.83% +37.54%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in Manchester

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in Manchester over the 6 months to 15 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in Manchester

Instructional Design
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

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

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in Manchester

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 Manchester region over the 6 months to 15 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
Bolton - 5 £613 -
Instructional Design
North West

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Vyond
General
1 8 (72.73%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Manufacturing
3 2 (18.18%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
4 1 (9.09%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Designer
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Learning Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Fibre Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Design Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Support Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Fibre Optics
2 3 (27.27%) Learning Management System
3 1 (9.09%) Educational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) e-Learning
3 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (63.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 6 (54.55%) Knowledge Transfer
4 4 (36.36%) User Experience
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Project Management
5 2 (18.18%) Storyboarding
5 2 (18.18%) UX Design
5 2 (18.18%) Waterfall
6 1 (9.09%) Analytics
6 1 (9.09%) Commercial Awareness
6 1 (9.09%) Content Curation
6 1 (9.09%) Content Development
6 1 (9.09%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (9.09%) Gamification
6 1 (9.09%) Generative AI
6 1 (9.09%) Network Design
6 1 (9.09%) Pedagogy
6 1 (9.09%) Product Requirements
6 1 (9.09%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 4 (36.36%) SC Cleared
3 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft