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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 601 719 702
Rank change year-on-year +118 -17 +354
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 19 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.045% 0.022% 0.014%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.027% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £48,050 £43,000 £31,800
25th Percentile £50,750 £45,625 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £61,500 £62,000 £59,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.50% -9.09% +37.50%

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 37,821 52,182 47,072
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 88.84% 82.64% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 21,941 27,921 35,941
10th Percentile £28,325 £33,250 £32,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.32% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 16 October 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 16 October 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 +55 7 £55,750 - 7
South West - 5 £51,500 - 1
Midlands - 4 - - 6
West Midlands - 3 - -
North of England +19 2 - - 3
North East - 2 - -
South East +32 1 - - 5
East Midlands - 1 - - 6
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 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) InDesign
3 1 (5.26%) Camtasia
3 1 (5.26%) Chatbot
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
1 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
1 1 (5.26%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Legal
2 5 (26.32%) Multimedia
3 3 (15.79%) Law
3 3 (15.79%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing
5 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (21.05%) Designer
2 3 (15.79%) Content Designer
2 3 (15.79%) Digital Learning Specialist
2 3 (15.79%) e-Learning Designer
3 2 (10.53%) Coordinator
3 2 (10.53%) Development Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Coordinator
3 2 (10.53%) Training Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Audit Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Content Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Senior
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Audit Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Training Manager
4 1 (5.26%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) CSS
1 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 14 (73.68%) Learning Management System
2 13 (68.42%) e-Learning
3 4 (21.05%) Graphic Design
3 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
3 4 (21.05%) Web Conferencing
4 3 (15.79%) Animation
4 3 (15.79%) Video Editing
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (5.26%) Educational Technology
5 1 (5.26%) FMCG
5 1 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (5.26%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (26.32%) AI
1 5 (26.32%) User Experience
2 4 (21.05%) Coaching
2 4 (21.05%) Content Development
2 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
2 4 (21.05%) Time Management
2 4 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 3 (15.79%) Copywriting
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.79%) Mentoring
3 3 (15.79%) Product Roadmap
3 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Agile
4 2 (10.53%) Analytics
4 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (10.53%) Focus Group
4 2 (10.53%) Matrix Organization
4 2 (10.53%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) CIPD
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (21.05%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 3 (15.79%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce