Reports / September 2026

September 2026 market snapshot

77,143 listings ingested (34,024 freelance/contract, 43,119 employment).

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

Listings 77,143

Projects 34,024 44.1%

Employment 43,119 55.9%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

44.1% projects

Projects 34,024 · 44.1%
Jobs 43,119 · 55.9%

Freelance budget range

Based on 31,720 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $48

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $24,389

$0 ~$28,047

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 5,225 sales 4,000 php 3,494 video editing 3,289 data entry 2,958 html 2,807 web development 2,752 website design 2,673 content writing 2,649 video production 2,572 social media marketing 2,513 marketing 2,427 seo 2,412 photoshop 2,237 after effects 2,193 excel 2,146 digital marketing 2,112 video services 2,109

Highest median budgets by category

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

$613 Mobile Development n=1694 $500 Design & Creative n=9135 $500 Web Development n=8155 $500 Writing & Translation n=4083 $500 DevOps & SysAdmin n=423 $500 Admin Support n=1057 $500 Finance & Legal n=574 $500 Sales & BizDev n=216

Browse live listings

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

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

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