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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 632 740
Rank change year-on-year +11 +108 +199
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 15 21 19
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.025% 0.049% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.031% 0.052% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 11
10th Percentile £57,875 £51,500 -
25th Percentile £58,438 £53,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £36,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +59.72% +44.00%
75th Percentile £69,375 £61,250 £46,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £63,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +59.72% +44.00%

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 48,060 40,168 59,043
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.03% 92.78% 88.19%
Number of salaries quoted 29,483 20,051 46,662
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 23 February 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 +19 5 £62,500 - 3
South East - 3 - - 4
South West -12 2 - - 1
North of England -17 2 - -
Midlands - 2 - - 3
North East - 2 - -
East Midlands - 1 - - 1
West Midlands - 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WordPress
2 1 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (13.33%) Elementor
3 2 (13.33%) Photoshop
4 1 (6.67%) Camtasia
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 2 (13.33%) Vyond
2 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
2 1 (6.67%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
General
1 6 (40.00%) Legal
2 5 (33.33%) Multimedia
3 4 (26.67%) Law
4 3 (20.00%) Marketing
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Finance
5 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
6 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (13.33%) Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Designer
2 2 (13.33%) Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Digital Learning Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) e-Learning Specialist
2 2 (13.33%) IT Trainer
2 2 (13.33%) Senior Developer
2 2 (13.33%) Technical Coordinator
2 2 (13.33%) Trainer
2 2 (13.33%) Training Coordinator
3 1 (6.67%) Commercial Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Consultant
3 1 (6.67%) Content Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
3 1 (6.67%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (26.67%) HTML
2 2 (13.33%) Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) e-Learning
1 11 (73.33%) Learning Management System
2 3 (20.00%) Graphic Design
2 3 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (20.00%) Video Editing
3 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (6.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (6.67%) Animation
4 1 (6.67%) Educational Technology
4 1 (6.67%) FMCG
4 1 (6.67%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (6.67%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Content Development
2 4 (26.67%) Coaching
2 4 (26.67%) Storyboarding
3 3 (20.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
3 3 (20.00%) Project Management
3 3 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 2 (13.33%) Change Management
4 2 (13.33%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (13.33%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (13.33%) Copywriting
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) Document Management
4 2 (13.33%) Human-Centred Design
4 2 (13.33%) PRINCE2
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) User Experience
4 2 (13.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (13.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) CIPD
4 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (13.33%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (20.00%) Adobe
3 1 (6.67%) iManage
3 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (6.67%) Synthesia