Instructional Design Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Instructional Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 414 330 386
Rank change year-on-year -84 +56 +71
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 16 7 8
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.069% 0.055% 0.038%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.061% 0.045%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £300 £362 £206
25th Percentile £350 £369 £272
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £368 £388 £388
Median % change year-on-year -5.03% - -13.89%
75th Percentile £425 £422 £497
90th Percentile £494 £438 £559
UK median daily rate £401 £388 £475
% change year-on-year +3.48% -18.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £56.00 £82.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.50 £82.00 £51.00
% change year-on-year -32.32% +60.78% +47.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 18,989 11,494 17,731
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 81.82% 90.49% 85.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,569 7,286 10,740
10th Percentile £281 £238 £240
25th Percentile £400 £380 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £488 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -2.50% -
75th Percentile £583 £588 £600
90th Percentile £675 £663 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,979 782 1,993
10th Percentile £14.49 £14.67 £12.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £18.13 £15.00
Median hourly rate £38.25 £29.00 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year +31.90% -12.29% -8.47%
75th Percentile £65.60 £65.00 £59.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £76.25 £71.90
UK median hourly rate £37.16 £30.45 £33.55
% change year-on-year +22.04% -9.24% -7.45%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 16 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in the UK excluding London

Instructional Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Midlands -61 9 £350 -9.68%
West Midlands -55 6 £350 -9.68%
North of England - 4 £425 - 5
South West -26 3 - -
North West - 3 £425 - 3
East Midlands - 3 - -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2
Instructional Design
UK

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (6.25%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (6.25%) Canva
General
1 6 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Legal
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Local Government
3 2 (12.50%) Marketing
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
4 1 (6.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 9 (56.25%) Trainer
2 5 (31.25%) Designer
2 5 (31.25%) IT Trainer
3 4 (25.00%) Instructional Designer
4 3 (18.75%) Legal IT Trainer
5 2 (12.50%) Digital Designer
5 2 (12.50%) Lead
5 2 (12.50%) Salesforce Trainer
5 2 (12.50%) Systems Designer
6 1 (6.25%) Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) CRM Trainer
6 1 (6.25%) Digital Learning Designer
6 1 (6.25%) IT Consultant
6 1 (6.25%) SAP Trainer
6 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow Trainer
6 1 (6.25%) Training Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (50.00%) e-Learning
2 4 (25.00%) Web Conferencing
3 3 (18.75%) Driving Licence
4 2 (12.50%) Educational Technology
4 2 (12.50%) Learning Management System
4 2 (12.50%) Taxonomies
5 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
5 1 (6.25%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (18.75%) ERP
1 3 (18.75%) User Experience
2 2 (12.50%) Analytics
2 2 (12.50%) Business Strategy
2 2 (12.50%) Gamification
2 2 (12.50%) Line Management
2 2 (12.50%) Pedagogy
3 1 (6.25%) Adaptive Web Design
3 1 (6.25%) Agile
3 1 (6.25%) AI
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (6.25%) Content Development
3 1 (6.25%) CRM
3 1 (6.25%) ITSM
3 1 (6.25%) Machine Learning
3 1 (6.25%) Product Requirements
3 1 (6.25%) Production Planning
3 1 (6.25%) Service Management
3 1 (6.25%) Usability Testing
3 1 (6.25%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) iManage
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 2 (12.50%) SAP
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow