Instructional Design Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Instructional Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 407 562 676
Rank change year-on-year +155 +114 +125
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 10 22 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.066% 0.065% 0.002%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.071% 0.071% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 18 1
10th Percentile - £27,750 -
25th Percentile £34,000 £34,500 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £36,000 £44,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% -
75th Percentile £38,000 £43,844 -
90th Percentile - £48,563 -
UK median annual salary £53,250 £36,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year +47.92% -18.18% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Instructional Design
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Instructional Design trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Instructional Design
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Instructional Design.

Instructional Design salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (10.00%) Moodle
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 2 (20.00%) Adobe Premiere
2 2 (20.00%) Final Cut Pro
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 2 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (10.00%) Canva
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
1 2 (20.00%) Power Query
General
1 4 (40.00%) Multimedia
2 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Digital Learning Manager
1 2 (20.00%) e-Learning Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Trainer
2 1 (10.00%) Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Learning Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Learning Technologist
2 1 (10.00%) Technologist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Learning Management System
2 4 (40.00%) e-Learning
3 2 (20.00%) Educational Technology
4 1 (10.00%) Podcast
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) User Experience
2 2 (20.00%) Agile
2 2 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Content Development
2 2 (20.00%) Content Strategy
2 2 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 2 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (20.00%) Psychology
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Visualisation
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Gamification
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
1 2 (20.00%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Adobe