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 9 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 593 698 672
Rank change year-on-year +105 -26 +316
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 19 16 8
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.039% 0.029% 0.018%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.033% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 5 3 7
10th Percentile £50,750 £43,000 £31,800
25th Percentile £57,500 £45,625 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% -9.09% +37.50%
75th Percentile £66,250 £57,500 -
90th Percentile £73,750 £62,000 £59,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.00% -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 41,486 48,456 42,166
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.29% 87.03% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 25,004 25,273 32,594
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,313 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 9 December 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 9 December 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 +62 6 £59,500 - 3
Midlands - 4 - - 6
South East - 3 - - 9
South West - 3 - - 7
West Midlands - 3 - - 1
North of England +32 2 - - 10
North East - 2 - - 1
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
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
1 2 (10.53%) WordPress
2 1 (5.26%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (15.79%) InDesign
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe Captivate
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (10.53%) Elementor
3 2 (10.53%) Photoshop
4 1 (5.26%) Camtasia
4 1 (5.26%) Chatbot
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) ChatGPT
2 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (5.26%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
General
1 7 (36.84%) Multimedia
1 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Legal
3 4 (21.05%) Law
4 3 (15.79%) Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
5 2 (10.53%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 1 (5.26%) Manufacturing
6 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%) Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Digital Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Technical Coordinator
3 2 (10.53%) Training Coordinator
4 1 (5.26%) Commercial Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Consultant
4 1 (5.26%) Content Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Development Manager
4 1 (5.26%) e-Learning Specialist
4 1 (5.26%) IT Trainer
4 1 (5.26%) Lead
4 1 (5.26%) Trainer
4 1 (5.26%) Training Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (21.05%) HTML
2 2 (10.53%) Bootstrap
3 1 (5.26%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (84.21%) Learning Management System
2 14 (73.68%) e-Learning
3 5 (26.32%) Graphic Design
4 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
4 4 (21.05%) Video Editing
4 4 (21.05%) Web Conferencing
5 3 (15.79%) Animation
6 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (5.26%) Educational Technology
6 1 (5.26%) FMCG
6 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
6 1 (5.26%) Marketing Technology
6 1 (5.26%) SCORM
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) Content Development
2 5 (26.32%) AI
2 5 (26.32%) Copywriting
2 5 (26.32%) User Experience
3 4 (21.05%) Coaching
3 4 (21.05%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (21.05%) Roadmaps
3 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (21.05%) Time Management
3 4 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
4 3 (15.79%) Product Roadmap
4 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Functional Testing
5 2 (10.53%) Machine Learning
5 2 (10.53%) PRINCE2
5 2 (10.53%) Use Case
5 2 (10.53%) UX Design
5 2 (10.53%) Validation
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) CIPD
2 3 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.26%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) OpenAI
3 1 (5.26%) Salesforce