Reports / October 2026

October 2026 market snapshot

61,149 listings ingested (22,031 freelance/contract, 39,118 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 61,149

Projects 22,031 36%

Employment 39,118 64%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

36% projects

Projects 22,031 · 36%
Jobs 39,118 · 64%

Freelance budget range

Based on 19,422 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $38

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $2,574,415,483

$0 ~$2,960,577,805

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 3,518 graphic design 3,148 php 2,198 video editing 1,966 data entry 1,919 web development 1,747 html 1,745 website design 1,646 content writing 1,612 seo 1,531 social media marketing 1,530 video production 1,509 software-engineer 1,501 digital marketing 1,459 excel 1,450 photoshop 1,388 marketing 1,351 internet marketing 1,339

Highest median budgets by category

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

$1,000 Admin Support n=727 $800 Sales & BizDev n=117 $500 Web Development n=5054 $500 Finance & Legal n=351 $500 AI & Data n=1899 $500 Design & Creative n=5520 $500 Writing & Translation n=2570 $500 Marketing & SEO n=867

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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