Instructional Design Job Trends in England

Instructional Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Instructional Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 681 614 777
Rank change year-on-year -67 +163 +119
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 11 15 40
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.013% 0.039% 0.047%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.018% 0.042% 0.056%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 22
10th Percentile - - £27,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £34,000 £34,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £43,750 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +21.53% -18.18%
75th Percentile £72,500 £58,875 £44,281
90th Percentile £76,250 £70,800 £53,438
UK median annual salary £62,500 £53,250 £36,000
% change year-on-year +17.37% +47.92% -18.18%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Instructional Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,779 35,855 71,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.78% 93.41% 84.74%
Number of salaries quoted 40,146 19,238 53,727
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,288
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,648 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +8.45% -9.84%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Instructional Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Instructional Design job vacancy trend in England

Instructional Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Instructional Design

Instructional Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Instructional Design within the England region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -30 9 £62,500 -19.35% 6
West Midlands -27 1 - - 2
Midlands -38 1 - - 2
Instructional Design
UK

Instructional Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 6 (54.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe Captivate
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Vyond
General
1 8 (72.73%) Law
1 8 (72.73%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Senior
1 6 (54.55%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Designer
2 2 (18.18%) e-Learning Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) IT Trainer
2 2 (18.18%) Trainer
3 1 (9.09%) Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) e-Learning Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) e-Learning
2 3 (27.27%) Video Editing
3 2 (18.18%) Learning Management System
3 2 (18.18%) Management Information System
4 1 (9.09%) Animation
4 1 (9.09%) Educational Technology
4 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
4 1 (9.09%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (54.55%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (63.64%) Coaching
1 7 (63.64%) Storyboarding
2 2 (18.18%) Change Management
2 2 (18.18%) Content Development
2 2 (18.18%) Contract Negotiation
2 2 (18.18%) Document Management
3 1 (9.09%) AI
3 1 (9.09%) Analytics
3 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (9.09%) Data Science
3 1 (9.09%) Gamification
3 1 (9.09%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (9.09%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics
3 1 (9.09%) Machine Learning
3 1 (9.09%) Mobile First
3 1 (9.09%) Project Management
3 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
1 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) iManage
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Synthesia