Instructional Design Jobs in England

Instructional Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring Instructional Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Instructional Design over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 802 898
Rank change year-on-year +140 +96 +247
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 17 48 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.034% 0.053% 0.008%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.037% 0.064% 0.009%
Number of salaries quoted 5 28 1
10th Percentile - £27,750 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £36,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +43.06% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £53,750 £38,750 -
90th Percentile £68,750 £48,563 -
UK median annual salary £52,500 £36,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +45.83% -18.18% +10.00%

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 46,342 75,409 81,364
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 93.97% 83.96% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23,102 54,812 48,959
10th Percentile £29,250 £29,000 £34,452
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,528 £93,750 £102,500
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

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

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in England.

Salary trend for Instructional Design in England

Instructional Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in England over the 6 months to 31 May 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 31 May 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 +104 9 £65,000 +1.17% 20
South West +115 4 £51,500 - 2
Midlands +62 2 £36,000 +1.41% 5
East of England +44 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 £36,000 -
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:

Applications
1 5 (29.41%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (11.76%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (5.88%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
1 2 (11.76%) Power Query
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Multimedia
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Legal
4 1 (5.88%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) Designer
1 3 (17.65%) Digital Learning Manager
1 3 (17.65%) Senior
1 3 (17.65%) Senior Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) e-Learning Consultant
2 2 (11.76%) Network Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Network Operations Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior Network Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Trainer
3 1 (5.88%) Audit Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Development Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Instructional Designer
3 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Audit Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Training Manager
3 1 (5.88%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Learning Management System
2 6 (35.29%) e-Learning
3 3 (17.65%) Video Editing
4 2 (11.76%) SCORM
5 1 (5.88%) Animation
5 1 (5.88%) Educational Technology
5 1 (5.88%) Graphic Design
5 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Project Management
2 4 (23.53%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (17.65%) User Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Agile
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
4 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
4 2 (11.76%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.76%) Process Improvement
4 2 (11.76%) Psychology
4 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (11.76%) UX Design
4 2 (11.76%) Visualisation
5 1 (5.88%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (5.88%) Content Development
5 1 (5.88%) Focus Group
5 1 (5.88%) Generative AI
5 1 (5.88%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) R
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) DBS Check
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
2 2 (11.76%) MBA
3 1 (5.88%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (5.88%) GRC
Vendors
1 7 (41.18%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) ServiceNow