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 29 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 728 639 728
Rank change year-on-year -89 +89 +9
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 21 18 21
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.022% 0.041% 0.030%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% 0.046% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 9
10th Percentile £32,000 £34,000 -
25th Percentile - £40,125 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £51,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -32.04% +21.18% -19.81%
75th Percentile - £56,875 £46,125
90th Percentile - £67,500 £52,400
UK median annual salary £35,000 £52,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -33.33% +23.53% -19.81%

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 71,056 38,940 57,758
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 73.41% 88.80% 81.14%
Number of salaries quoted 50,487 22,637 35,999
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%

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 29 August 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 -48 9 - - 18
North of England - 8 £35,000 - 9
Yorkshire - 4 £35,000 - 3
North West - 4 - - 6
West Midlands -24 2 - - 1
Midlands -39 2 - - 1
South East - 2 £30,000 - 12
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 1 (4.76%) IIS
1 1 (4.76%) Moodle
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.76%) Camtasia
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.76%) Vyond
General
1 7 (33.33%) Law
1 7 (33.33%) Legal
2 6 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Multimedia
4 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (61.90%) Designer
2 11 (52.38%) Instructional Designer
3 7 (33.33%) Senior
3 7 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
4 5 (23.81%) Consultant
4 5 (23.81%) Development Consultant
5 2 (9.52%) e-Learning Designer
6 1 (4.76%) Digital Designer
6 1 (4.76%) Digital Learning Designer
6 1 (4.76%) Learning Technologist
6 1 (4.76%) Technologist
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) e-Learning
2 2 (9.52%) Learning Management System
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (4.76%) Educational Technology
3 1 (4.76%) New Media
3 1 (4.76%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Coaching
2 7 (33.33%) Storyboarding
3 5 (23.81%) AI
4 3 (14.29%) Content Development
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (4.76%) Behavioural Change
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.76%) Logistics
6 1 (4.76%) Pedagogy
6 1 (4.76%) Portfolio Management
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft
2 7 (33.33%) iManage
3 5 (23.81%) Synthesia
4 2 (9.52%) Adobe
5 1 (4.76%) Blackboard