Reports / September 2026

September 2026 market snapshot

65,345 listings ingested (27,960 freelance/contract, 37,385 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 65,345

Projects 27,960 42.8%

Employment 37,385 57.2%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

42.8% projects

Projects 27,960 · 42.8%
Jobs 37,385 · 57.2%

Freelance budget range

Based on 25,945 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $50

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $27,836

$0 ~$32,011

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 4,242 sales 3,658 php 2,911 video editing 2,642 data entry 2,359 html 2,309 web development 2,279 website design 2,199 content writing 2,134 video production 2,061 social media marketing 2,021 marketing 1,996 seo 1,962 photoshop 1,792 after effects 1,748 excel 1,726 digital marketing 1,685 video services 1,685

Highest median budgets by category

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

$575 Mobile Development n=1430 $500 Design & Creative n=7326 $500 Web Development n=6734 $500 Writing & Translation n=3305 $500 DevOps & SysAdmin n=369 $500 Admin Support n=837 $500 Finance & Legal n=485 $500 Sales & BizDev n=173

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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