Instructional Design Jobs

Instructional Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Instructional Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Instructional Design over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 858 941 1214
Rank change year-on-year +83 +273 -287
Permanent jobs citing Instructional Design 49 6 47
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.006% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.056% 0.007% 0.029%
Number of salaries quoted 28 1 35
10th Percentile £27,750 - £29,500
25th Percentile £35,000 - £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £44,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +23.08%
75th Percentile £38,750 - £49,000
90th Percentile £48,563 - £61,988
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,000 - £35,500
% change year-on-year - - +3.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Instructional Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 87,829 90,354 161,874
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.68% 95.46% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 61,251 54,292 82,971
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Instructional Design in the UK

Instructional Design
Top 12 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 1 June 2024. 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 +78 48 £36,000 -18.18% 27
UK excluding London - 38 £36,000 - 16
Work from Home +65 21 £36,000 -18.18% 13
South East - 13 £36,000 - 4
London +118 10 £64,250 +46.02% 16
North of England - 10 £37,500 - 3
North West - 10 £37,500 - 2
East of England - 8 £28,500 -
East Midlands - 5 £35,500 - 1
Midlands - 5 £35,500 - 2
South West - 1 - - 4
Scotland - 1 - - 2

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:

Applications
1 20 (40.82%) Adobe Captivate
2 18 (36.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (18.37%) Adobe Illustrator
3 9 (18.37%) Photoshop
4 5 (10.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (8.16%) InDesign
6 1 (2.04%) Camtasia
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (2.04%) SAP ERP
2 1 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 17 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Influencing Skills
3 5 (10.20%) Marketing
3 5 (10.20%) Multimedia
4 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (4.08%) Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Finance
7 1 (2.04%) French Language
7 1 (2.04%) German Language
7 1 (2.04%) Law
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
Job Titles
1 20 (40.82%) Designer
2 13 (26.53%) Developer
2 13 (26.53%) Instructional Designer
3 9 (18.37%) Senior
3 9 (18.37%) Senior Developer
4 4 (8.16%) Junior
5 3 (6.12%) Lead
5 3 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.08%) Digital Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Digital Learning Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Graphic Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Junior Designer
6 2 (4.08%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.08%) Junior Graphic Designer
7 1 (2.04%) Agile Coach
7 1 (2.04%) Content Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Development Specialist
7 1 (2.04%) Digital Designer
7 1 (2.04%) Engagement Manager
7 1 (2.04%) Scrum Master
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (18.37%) HTML
1 9 (18.37%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 34 (69.39%) e-Learning
2 9 (18.37%) Animation
2 9 (18.37%) SCORM
3 5 (10.20%) Digital Media
3 5 (10.20%) Social Media
4 4 (8.16%) Graphic Design
4 4 (8.16%) Onboarding
4 4 (8.16%) Virtual Team
5 3 (6.12%) Learning Management System
5 3 (6.12%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (28.57%) Storyboarding
2 11 (22.45%) User Experience
3 10 (20.41%) Project Management
4 7 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (12.24%) Coaching
6 5 (10.20%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (8.16%) 3D Modelling
7 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.16%) CRM
7 4 (8.16%) Customer-Centricity
7 4 (8.16%) Innovative Thinking
7 4 (8.16%) Roadmaps
8 3 (6.12%) Analytical Thinking
8 3 (6.12%) Change Control
8 3 (6.12%) Client Onboarding
8 3 (6.12%) Customer Acquisition
8 3 (6.12%) Customer Retention
8 3 (6.12%) PRINCE2
8 3 (6.12%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.12%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 15 (30.61%) Degree
2 10 (20.41%) CIPD
3 3 (6.12%) DBS Check
4 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
4 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.04%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (30.61%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.12%) GDPR
3 2 (4.08%) QA
Vendors
1 24 (48.98%) Adobe
2 6 (12.24%) Microsoft
3 3 (6.12%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.04%) SAP