Instructional Designer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Instructional Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Instructional Designer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 397 370 -
Rank change year-on-year -27 - -
Contract jobs requiring an Instructional Designer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% 0.006% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.007% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
UK median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 15,757 15,247 19,247
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.79% 92.28% 93.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,739 8,746 12,684
10th Percentile £209 £219 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £378
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.06% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £590 £600
90th Percentile £675 £676 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,569 1,041 1,261
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.10 £14.42
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +85.74%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.33 £73.75 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.63 £45.00
% change year-on-year -29.40% -20.83% +55.17%

Instructional Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Instructional Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Instructional Designer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Instructional Designer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Instructional Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Instructional Designer
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 Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
South West - 2 £500 - 2
Instructional Designer
UK

Instructional Designer Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 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 UK excluding London region featuring Instructional Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Instructional Design
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Camtasia
2 1 (50.00%) Content Writing
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Vyond

Instructional Designer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Vyond
General
1 1 (50.00%) Multimedia
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 2 (100.00%) Learning Management System
2 1 (50.00%) Educational Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Instructional Design
2 1 (50.00%) Content Writing
2 1 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Master's Degree
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe