Reports / October 2026

October 2026 market snapshot

46,569 listings ingested (17,072 freelance/contract, 29,497 employment).

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

Listings 46,569

Projects 17,072 36.7%

Employment 29,497 63.3%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

36.7% projects

Projects 17,072 · 36.7%
Jobs 29,497 · 63.3%

Freelance budget range

Based on 15,218 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $38

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $17,574

$0 ~$20,210

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.

sales 2,717 graphic design 2,434 php 1,748 video editing 1,545 data entry 1,542 html 1,363 web development 1,350 website design 1,278 content writing 1,243 seo 1,199 video production 1,186 social media marketing 1,180 excel 1,172 software-engineer 1,162 digital marketing 1,158 photoshop 1,066 internet marketing 1,057 marketing 1,046

Highest median budgets by category

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

$1,000 Admin Support n=590 $500 Web Development n=3953 $500 AI & Data n=1488 $500 Sales & BizDev n=83 $500 Design & Creative n=4282 $500 Writing & Translation n=1996 $500 Finance & Legal n=283 $500 Mobile Development n=789

Browse live listings

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

Freelance projects · Remote jobs · Web Development · Other · Design & Creative · AI & Data · Sales & BizDev

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