Instructional Design Jobs

Instructional Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 687 867 946
Rank change year-on-year +180 +79 +247
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 21 47 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.038% 0.046% 0.007%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.054% 0.008%
Number of salaries quoted 6 28 1
10th Percentile £34,000 £27,750 -
25th Percentile £38,188 £35,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,250 £36,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year +47.92% -18.18% +10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £38,750 -
90th Percentile £68,125 £48,563 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 £36,000 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,417 86,448 93,028
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.74% 84.24% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 25,323 60,550 54,986
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Instructional Design in the UK

Instructional Design
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Instructional Design in the UK

Instructional Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Instructional Design in the UK

Instructional Design
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Instructional Design within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +146 16 £43,750 +21.53% 43
Work from Home +107 10 £36,000 - 21
UK excluding London +165 8 £36,000 - 23
London +100 8 £77,500 +20.62% 22
South West +120 4 £51,500 - 2
Midlands +57 2 £36,000 +1.41% 3
East of England +35 2 - - 1
West Midlands - 2 £36,000 -

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Moodle
Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Adobe Captivate
2 3 (14.29%) Final Cut Pro
3 2 (9.52%) Adobe Premiere
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (4.76%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.52%) Power Automate
1 2 (9.52%) Power Platform
2 1 (4.76%) Canva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.52%) Power BI
1 2 (9.52%) Power Query
General
1 8 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Multimedia
3 3 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
4 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.76%) Law
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
5 1 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (28.57%) Designer
2 3 (14.29%) Digital Learning Manager
2 3 (14.29%) Instructional Designer
2 3 (14.29%) Senior
2 3 (14.29%) Senior Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) e-Learning Consultant
3 2 (9.52%) Network Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Network Operations Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Senior Network Manager
3 2 (9.52%) Trainer
4 1 (4.76%) Audit Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Digital Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Digital Learning Designer
4 1 (4.76%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Learning Technologist
4 1 (4.76%) Senior Audit Manager
4 1 (4.76%) Technologist
4 1 (4.76%) Training Manager
4 1 (4.76%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) e-Learning
2 9 (42.86%) Learning Management System
3 3 (14.29%) Video Editing
4 2 (9.52%) Educational Technology
4 2 (9.52%) SCORM
5 1 (4.76%) Animation
5 1 (4.76%) Graphic Design
5 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
5 1 (4.76%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Project Management
2 5 (23.81%) User Experience
3 4 (19.05%) Artificial Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Psychology
5 2 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (9.52%) Content Development
5 2 (9.52%) Content Strategy
5 2 (9.52%) Customer Experience
5 2 (9.52%) Data Modelling
5 2 (9.52%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
5 2 (9.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (9.52%) UX Design
5 2 (9.52%) Visualisation
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (4.76%) Gamification
6 1 (4.76%) Generative AI
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.52%) SQL
2 1 (4.76%) R
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Degree
2 2 (9.52%) DBS Check
2 2 (9.52%) Master's Degree
2 2 (9.52%) MBA
2 2 (9.52%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) GRC
Vendors
1 8 (38.10%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) ServiceNow