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Upwork jobs by category: live demand this week

SnipeWork's scanner saw 14,116 new Upwork jobs in the last 7 days, 1,717 of them in the last 24 hours. Design & Creative is the busiest category with 4,286 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 & Creative4,286552$76$20/hr
Sales & Marketing3,217379$138$17/hr
Web, Mobile & Software Dev2,529290$150$23/hr
Admin Support1,052123$70$10/hr
Engineering & Architecture69896$100$23/hr
Accounting & Consulting62577$100$18/hr
Writing38258$75$28/hr
Data Science & Analytics38160$100$28/hr
IT & Networking28931$150$33/hr
Customer Service27723$100$10/hr
Translation20515$20$19/hr
Legal17513$150$52/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: September 27, 2026, 14:48 UTC.

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