Reports / October 2026

October 2026 market snapshot

85,525 listings ingested (30,971 freelance/contract, 54,554 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 85,525

Projects 30,971 36.2%

Employment 54,554 63.8%

Median budget $500 freelance / contract

Listing mix

Freelance/contract vs employment-style roles.

36.2% projects

Projects 30,971 · 36.2%
Jobs 54,554 · 63.8%

Freelance budget range

Based on 27,540 priced freelance/contract listings (USD).

P25 $38

Median $500

P75 $1,050

Average $1,815,556,557

$0 ~$2,087,890,041

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 4,847 graphic design 4,490 php 3,101 video editing 2,763 data entry 2,649 web development 2,443 html 2,432 website design 2,284 content writing 2,246 social media marketing 2,203 seo 2,144 software-engineer 2,107 video production 2,106 digital marketing 2,073 photoshop 2,005 excel 1,973 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=2728 $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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