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When do Instructional Design jobs post on Upwork

Timezone

Instructional Design jobs peak between 12 and 2pm ET, with Tuesday the busiest day to apply.

12 to 2pm
PEAK HOUR
Tuesday
BEST DAY
38
JOBS PER WEEK
United States
TOP COUNTRY
Hour of day

What hours do Instructional Design jobs post?

Based on 332 Instructional Design jobs over the last 90 days, shown in ET.

Number of jobs

Most Instructional Design jobs post around 12 to 2pm ET.

Day and hour

When do Instructional Design jobs post, by day and hour?

The darker the cell, the more jobs posted that hour.

Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
FewerMore
Day of week

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 2.6x as many Instructional Design jobs as Sunday.

Top 10 countries

Where do Instructional Design jobs come from?

Top client countries, last 90 days.

  • United States
    58% (194)
  • Australia
    5% (15)
  • India
    4% (14)
  • Canada
    4% (14)
  • NGA
    4% (13)
  • United Kingdom
    3% (9)
  • Singapore
    2% (6)
  • Ireland
    1% (3)
  • Spain
    1% (3)
  • Netherlands
    1% (3)
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Budget and rate

What do Instructional Design jobs pay on Upwork?

Based on observed Instructional Design job budgets and hourly profiles.

Median

$34/hr

Typical range

$13 to $47/hr

Fixed-price median

$135

Hourly rate distribution for Instructional Design

Demand trend and job mix

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 14% over 8 weeks

Jobs per week

Instructional Design job type

Hourly

56%

Fixed

44%

Instructional Design experience level

Entry

0%

Intermediate

73%

Expert

27%

How we calculate this

  • We analyzed 332 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 · 332 jobs analyzed · Updated July 14, 2026

Hourly breakdown

Hourly posting volume for Instructional Design jobs, with each hour's share of the full day.
HourJobsShare
11am216%
12pm237%
1pm165%
2pm185%
3pm165%
4pm185%
5pm103%
6pm134%
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