Reports / August 2026

August 2026 market snapshot

63,405 listings ingested (29,649 freelance/contract, 33,756 employment).

Demand this month clustered around Web Development, Design & Creative and Other. Frequently tagged skills included graphic design, php and sales. Figures below are from GetFreelancer’s aggregated sources — open a category or skill to browse live listings.

Listings 63,405

Projects 29,649 46.8%

Employment 33,756 53.2%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

46.8% projects

Projects 29,649 · 46.8%
Jobs 33,756 · 53.2%

Freelance budget range

Based on 28,164 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $50

Median $500

P75 $1,125

Average $28,000

$0 ~$32,200

Demand by category

Share of listings posted this month — click through to live feeds.

Top skills & tags

Most common tags on listings this month. Larger chips appeared more often.

graphic design 4,919 php 3,291 sales 3,199 video editing 2,957 html 2,644 web development 2,562 website design 2,485 video production 2,304 social media marketing 2,257 seo 2,167 photoshop 2,164 data entry 2,155 content writing 2,143 after effects 2,047 digital marketing 1,898 video services 1,843 marketing 1,821 internet marketing 1,794

Highest median budgets by category

Freelance/contract only, categories with at least 2 priced listings.

$700 Mobile Development n=1574 $500 Web Development n=7518 $500 Design & Creative n=8139 $500 Writing & Translation n=3140 $500 Marketing & SEO n=1181 $500 Admin Support n=796 $500 DevOps & SysAdmin n=439 $500 Product & Project Management n=55

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Jump from this August 2026 snapshot into open freelance projects and remote jobs.

Freelance projects · Remote jobs · Web Development · Design & Creative · Other · AI & Data · Writing & Translation

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