Digital Learning Specialist Contracts

Digital Learning Specialist
UK

The median Digital Learning Specialist daily rate in the UK is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 - 661
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Digital Learning Specialist 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% - 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £713 - £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 - £330
75th Percentile £738 - £345
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £330

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 30,118 36,187 49,934
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.42% 92.91% 94.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,074 23,377 34,447
10th Percentile £281 £300 £306
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.93%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,499 2,043 1,488
10th Percentile £13.64 £14.16 £14.56
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.24 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%
75th Percentile £53.81 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.25 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -44.11% +20.00% +78.15%

Digital Learning Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Digital Learning Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Digital Learning Specialist in the UK

Digital Learning Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Digital Learning Specialist.

Daily rate trend for Digital Learning Specialist in the UK

Digital Learning Specialist
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Learning Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 8 August 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
England - 4 £725 - 3
Work from Home - 3 - - 2
UK excluding London - 2 - - 2
South West - 2 - - 1
London - 1 - - 1

Digital Learning Specialist Skill Set
Top 20 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 8 August 2025, Digital Learning Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring Digital Learning Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 4 (100.00%) SCORM
1 4 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) Migration
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) Infographics
3 2 (50.00%) Service Design
3 2 (50.00%) Camtasia
3 2 (50.00%) Snagit
3 2 (50.00%) Instructional Design
3 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
3 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
3 2 (50.00%) Adobe
4 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence

Digital Learning Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Camtasia
1 2 (50.00%) Snagit
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Learning Management System
1 4 (100.00%) SCORM
2 2 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Infographics
2 2 (50.00%) Instructional Design
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 2 (50.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Knowledge Transfer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Adobe