Reports / October 2026

October 2026 market snapshot

85,873 listings ingested (31,003 freelance/contract, 54,870 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 85,873

Projects 31,003 36.1%

Employment 54,870 63.9%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

36.1% projects

Projects 31,003 · 36.1%
Jobs 54,870 · 63.9%

Freelance budget range

Based on 27,541 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $38

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $1,815,490,635

$0 ~$2,087,814,230

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 4,891 graphic design 4,490 php 3,102 video editing 2,763 data entry 2,649 web development 2,443 html 2,433 website design 2,284 content writing 2,246 social media marketing 2,203 seo 2,144 software-engineer 2,116 video production 2,106 digital marketing 2,073 photoshop 2,006 excel 1,974 internet marketing 1,911 marketing 1,895

Highest median budgets by category

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

$575 Admin Support n=1007 $538 Sales & BizDev n=182 $510 Mobile Development n=1483 $500 Web Development n=7085 $500 Finance & Legal n=492 $500 AI & Data n=2729 $500 Design & Creative n=7801 $500 Writing & Translation n=3595

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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