Instructional Designer Contract Job Trends in the North West

Instructional Designer
England > North West

The median Instructional Designer daily rate in the North West is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 24 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Instructional Designer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.041% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £463 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 2,208 2,176 2,525
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.20% 93.03% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,465 1,156 1,758
10th Percentile £214 £265 £275
25th Percentile £358 £384 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £678 £650 £675
England median daily rate £507 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -3.43% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 155 169
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.41 £16.15
25th Percentile £19.29 £17.72 £18.00
Median hourly rate £29.60 £29.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.07% -17.14% +75.00%
75th Percentile £51.02 £46.18 £46.88
90th Percentile £70.16 £70.44 £63.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £45.21
% change year-on-year -37.13% -11.52% +39.11%

Instructional Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Instructional Designer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Instructional Designer job vacancy trend in the North West

Instructional Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the North West.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the North West

Instructional Designer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Instructional Designer within the North West region over the 6 months to 24 November 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
Manchester - 1 £425 -
Instructional Designer
England

Instructional Designer Skill Set
Top 8 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 24 November 2025, Instructional Designer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North West region featuring Instructional Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Pedagogy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience

Instructional Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
1 1 (100.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Gamification
1 1 (100.00%) Instructional Design
1 1 (100.00%) Pedagogy
1 1 (100.00%) Product Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility