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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 611 734 737
Rank change year-on-year +123 +3 +344
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 20 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.047% 0.025% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.052% 0.031% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 8
10th Percentile £34,000 - £32,100
25th Percentile £40,125 £36,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £39,250 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.21% -27.31% +35.00%
75th Percentile £56,875 £50,844 £55,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £58,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £39,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +33.76% -27.31% +35.00%

All Process and 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 38,123 55,583 52,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.74% 81.32% 94.35%
Number of salaries quoted 21,792 32,261 39,094
10th Percentile £28,571 £32,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Instructional Design 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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 15 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Instructional Design in England

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 15 September 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +90 7 £55,750 -25.67% 6
Midlands - 6 £36,000 - 7
South West - 5 £51,500 -
West Midlands - 5 £36,000 - 2
East of England -5 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 5
Instructional Design
UK

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 3 (15.00%) InDesign
3 2 (10.00%) Camtasia
3 2 (10.00%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.00%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (5.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.00%) ChatGPT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
1 2 (10.00%) Power Query
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 8 (40.00%) Multimedia
3 4 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (20.00%) Legal
3 4 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (15.00%) Finance
5 2 (10.00%) Law
6 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Designer
2 3 (15.00%) Content Designer
2 3 (15.00%) Digital Learning Specialist
2 3 (15.00%) e-Learning Designer
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Development Manager
3 2 (10.00%) e-Learning Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Trainer
4 1 (5.00%) Audit Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Instructional Designer
4 1 (5.00%) Lead
4 1 (5.00%) Senior
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Audit Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.00%) Training Manager
4 1 (5.00%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) EDI
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 13 (65.00%) Learning Management System
2 11 (55.00%) e-Learning
3 4 (20.00%) Animation
3 4 (20.00%) Graphic Design
3 4 (20.00%) Video Editing
4 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (10.00%) Educational Technology
6 1 (5.00%) FMCG
6 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.00%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 6 (30.00%) User Experience
2 4 (20.00%) Content Development
2 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (20.00%) Time Management
2 4 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (15.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Coaching
3 3 (15.00%) Copywriting
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.00%) Mentoring
3 3 (15.00%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (15.00%) Roadmaps
4 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 2 (10.00%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (10.00%) Psychology
4 2 (10.00%) UX Design
4 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) CIPD
3 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
4 1 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (5.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.00%) GRC
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Adobe
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow