When do Instructional Design jobs post on Upwork
Instructional Design jobs peak between 3 and 5am ET, with Tuesday the busiest day to apply.
What hours do Instructional Design jobs post?
Based on 324 Instructional Design jobs over the last 90 days, shown in ET.
Number of jobs
Most Instructional Design jobs post around 3 to 5am ET.
When do Instructional Design jobs post, by day and hour?
The darker the cell, the more jobs posted that hour.
Instructional Design job posting activity
What are the best days to find Instructional Design jobs?
The days of the week with the most Instructional Design job posts.
Tuesday posts roughly 2.8x as many Instructional Design jobs as Saturday.
Where do Instructional Design jobs come from?
Top client countries, last 90 days.
United States55% (179)
United Kingdom7% (22)
Canada5% (16)
India4% (13)
Australia4% (13)
Nigeria3% (10)
Singapore3% (9)
United Arab Emirates2% (6)
New Zealand1% (4)
Israel1% (3)
What do Instructional Design jobs pay on Upwork?
Based on observed Instructional Design job budgets and hourly profiles.
Median
$28/hr
Typical range
$10 to $55/hr
Fixed-price median
$50
Hourly rate distribution for Instructional Design
Is Instructional Design demand growing on Upwork?
How Instructional Design demand has moved week to week, with the job-type and experience mix.
Weekly job demand
Down 9% over 8 weeksJobs per week
Instructional Design job type
58%
42%
Instructional Design experience level
0%
100%
0%
How we calculate this
- We analyzed 324 Instructional Design job posts from the last 90 days
- Peak hour is the 60-minute window with the highest average posting volume
- All times are shown in your selected timezone
Analysis by Shajeel Afzal · Founder & CEO at UpAlerts
Source: UpAlerts · 324 jobs analyzed · Updated August 24, 2026
Hourly breakdown
| Hour | Jobs | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2am | 12 | 4% |
| 3am | 19 | 6% |
| 4am | 17 | 5% |
| 5am | 9 | 3% |
| 6am | 14 | 4% |
| 7am | 8 | 2% |
| 8am | 10 | 3% |
| 9am | 14 | 4% |
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