Upwork Market Index
Week 29 · Jul 13 – Jul 19, 2026 — computed from 6,402 live Upwork job posts scanned via the official API.
Jobs scanned
6,402
↓ 53.6% WoWAvg fixed budget
$587
↑ 14.4% WoWAvg hourly rate
$23/hr
→ 0% WoWFixed-price share
43%
57% hourlyWeekly job volume — last 2 weeks
Categories this week
Share of scanned posts and typical money per category. Click a category for its full live rate report.
| Category | Jobs | Share | Avg fixed | Median fixed | Avg hourly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Design & Creative | 1,846 | $320 | $100 | $24/hr | |
| Sales & Marketing | 1,445 | $559 | $100 | $20/hr | |
| Web, Mobile & Software Dev | 1,287 | $896 | $120 | $27/hr | |
| Admin Support | 477 | $533 | $75 | $14/hr | |
| Engineering & Architecture | 323 | $674 | $110 | $28/hr | |
| Accounting & Consulting | 261 | $1,902 | $200 | $24/hr | |
| Writing | 176 | $228 | $73 | $30/hr | |
| Data Science & Analytics | 172 | $690 | $100 | $28/hr | |
| Customer Service | 138 | $161 | $30 | $13/hr | |
| IT & Networking | 126 | $1,217 | $400 | $40/hr | |
| Legal | 86 | $420 | $225 | $54/hr | |
| Translation | 65 | $447 | $70 | $18/hr |
Top client countries
United States2,213 · 35%
USA502 · 8%
United Kingdom376 · 6%
Unknown376 · 6%
India302 · 5%
Australia291 · 5%
Canada197 · 3%
GBR111 · 2%
Experience level demand
Entry level7%
Intermediate69%
Expert24%
Busiest category this week: Design & Creative with 29% of posts.
Methodology
SnipeWork continuously scans public job posts through the official Upwork GraphQL API. Each ISO week (Mon–Sun, UTC) the scanned posts are aggregated into this report: budget averages use the midpoint of posted ranges; hourly outliers above $500/hr and zero budgets are excluded; category shares are computed over posts with a known category. The week in progress is recomputed daily and finalized on Sunday night — archived weeks never change, so they are safe to cite. Data is free to reference with a link to this page; a machine-readable feed lives at /api/market/index.
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