4.4 KiB
Market evidence report — outdoor-activities-instructor
Source: 53 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: gb 37, us 16), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-18. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 29 | 55 % |
| n/a | 18 | 34 % |
| junior | 4 | 8 % |
| lead | 2 | 4 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | outdoor education | 12 | 23 % |
| 2 | group leadership | 7 | 13 % |
| 3 | outdoor activity instruction | 7 | 13 % |
| 4 | activity instruction | 6 | 11 % |
| 5 | equipment maintenance | 6 | 11 % |
| 6 | first aid | 6 | 11 % |
| 7 | outdoor instruction | 5 | 9 % |
| 8 | risk assessment | 5 | 9 % |
| 9 | lesson planning | 4 | 8 % |
| 10 | program planning | 4 | 8 % |
| 11 | activity delivery | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | archery instruction | 3 | 6 % |
| 13 | child welfare | 3 | 6 % |
| 14 | curriculum development | 3 | 6 % |
| 15 | environmental education | 3 | 6 % |
| 16 | first aid administration | 3 | 6 % |
| 17 | hiking | 3 | 6 % |
| 18 | hiking leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 19 | program delivery | 3 | 6 % |
| 20 | risk management | 3 | 6 % |
| 21 | rock climbing | 3 | 6 % |
| 22 | safety management | 3 | 6 % |
| 23 | team building | 3 | 6 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | activity delivery | 6 | 11 % |
| 2 | equipment maintenance | 6 | 11 % |
| 3 | activity leadership | 5 | 9 % |
| 4 | activity facilitation | 4 | 8 % |
| 5 | activity instruction | 4 | 8 % |
| 6 | activity planning | 4 | 8 % |
| 7 | pastoral care | 4 | 8 % |
| 8 | session delivery | 4 | 8 % |
| 9 | policy adherence | 3 | 6 % |
| 10 | program assistance | 3 | 6 % |
| 11 | program leadership | 3 | 6 % |
| 12 | safety assurance | 3 | 6 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 53 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 16 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
37 ads.
Top hard skills:
- outdoor education — 24 % (9 ads)
- group leadership — 16 % (6 ads)
- outdoor activity instruction — 16 % (6 ads)
- activity instruction — 14 % (5 ads)
- equipment maintenance — 11 % (4 ads)
- program delivery — 8 % (3 ads)
- risk assessment — 8 % (3 ads)
- activity delivery — 5 % (2 ads)
- activity planning — 5 % (2 ads)
- archery instruction — 5 % (2 ads)
Seniority: mid 54 % · n/a 35 % · junior 5 % · lead 5 %
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Outdoor Activity Instructor | 4 |
| Outdoor Education Instructor | 4 |
| Outdoor Specialty Instructor | 2 |
| 2 year Trainee Instructor programme | 1 |
| Activities Instructor | 1 |
| Activity Instructor | 1 |
| Activity Instructors | 1 |
| Adjunct Outdoor & Community Recreation Instructor | 1 |
| Adventure Camp Field Instructor at The Mountaineers Washington DC | 1 |
| Adventure Program Instructor | 1 |
| Field Studies Instructor: Outdoor Education & Adventure | 1 |
| Lead Instructor | 1 |
| Mobile Outdoor Instructor | 1 |
| Multi-Activity Instructors | 1 |
| Outdoor Activities Instructor — Training & Youth Impact | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor - Brentwood, Essex | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor - Godalming, Surrey | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor - Haywards Heath, West Sussex | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor — Lead Thrills in Scotland | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor Apprentice | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Instructor: Lead Fun and Safe Adventures | 1 |
| Outdoor Activity Leader | 1 |
| Outdoor Adventure Educator - Seasonal Programs | 1 |
| Outdoor Adventure Instructor (Staff Wage) | 1 |
| Outdoor Adventure Leader — Kayak, Climb & Hike | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.