Instructional Design Contracts in the North of England

Instructional Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 179 -
Rank change year-on-year +15 - -
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 1 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.030% 0.086% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.034% 0.100% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £600 -
England median daily rate £425 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -10.53% +5.56% +146.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £45.50 - -
Median hourly rate £49.00 - -
75th Percentile £52.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £65.50 - £34.50
% change year-on-year - - +35.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,979 4,003 5,154
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.95% 85.61% 90.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,913 2,440 3,571
10th Percentile £263 £300 £300
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £564 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 157 362 201
10th Percentile £13.62 £11.07 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.51 £12.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £27.50 £17.72 £29.00
Median % change year-on-year +55.19% -38.90% +55.98%
75th Percentile £58.27 £45.00 £47.00
90th Percentile £83.85 £57.50 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.04 £36.50 £37.30
% change year-on-year -20.44% -2.14% +52.24%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Instructional Design in the North of England

Instructional Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Instructional Design in the North of England

Instructional Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Instructional Design in the North of England

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 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
North West - 1 - - 2
Instructional Design
England

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Development
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Thought Leadership
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design