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Upwork jobs by category: live demand this week

SnipeWork's scanner saw 23,968 new Upwork jobs in the last 7 days, 4,119 of them in the last 24 hours. Design & Creative is the busiest category with 6,599 posts. Pick a category for its median budgets, top skills, client countries and the latest posts.

CategoryJobs (7 days)Jobs (24h)Median fixedMedian hourly
Design & Creative6,5991,105$80$23/hr
Sales & Marketing5,502954$100$17/hr
Web, Mobile & Software Dev4,174692$150$24/hr
Admin Support2,070363$70$10/hr
Engineering & Architecture1,274226$130$23/hr
Accounting & Consulting1,143211$150$18/hr
Writing810156$90$25/hr
Data Science & Analytics61289$100$30/hr
Customer Service52282$73$9/hr
IT & Networking45985$100$35/hr
Translation45480$50$19/hr
Legal34976$200$45/hr

Rolling 7-day window, sorted by volume. Medians use the midpoint of the budget range stated in each post and appear only for categories with at least 10 jobs this week and 5 posts of that type; a dash means not enough data. Last computed: October 7, 2026, 05:52 UTC.

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