Upwork Insights Dashboard

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Data snapshot: 62,174 jobs included for Last Month.

Metrics like total jobs, hires, client verification, hourly rates, and fixed budgets are based on this current dataset.

15,996 hiring jobs 25.7% hire rate 47,493 verified-client jobs

Key Metrics

Jobs Posted

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62,174

Total job postings found

Hires This Period

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18,853

Freelancers hired

Avg. Lifetime Hires

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65.04

Per client average

Avg. Open Jobs

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4.7

Per client

Avg. Client Rating

4.83/5

Average rating

Payment Verified

76.4%

Share of matched jobs from verified clients

Verified Client Jobs

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47,493

Matched jobs from payment-verified clients

Jobs With Hires

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15,996

Matched jobs where at least one freelancer was hired

Avg. Spend Per Hire

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$474

Period spending / hires

Est. Period Spending

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$8,945,300

From job budgets

Avg. Hourly Rate

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$26.03/hr

Average rate paid

Avg. Fixed Budget

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$1,122

Project budget average

Trends & Analysis

Jobs Posted Trend

Historical trend showing job posting volume over time

Mar 2026
36,171
Apr 2026
26,003

Top 10 Countries by Jobs Posted

Countries with the most job postings for this query

1
United States
20,978
2
USA
6,890
3
United Kingdom
2,747
4
Australia
2,046
5
India
2,018
6
Canada
1,841
7
GBR
899
8
Pakistan
862
9
AUS
739
10
CAN
597

Jobs Posted by Hour of Day (UTC)

Distribution of job postings throughout the day

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Jobs Posted by Day of Week

Distribution of job postings across the week

Sunday
7,696
Monday
9,244
Tuesday
9,691
Wednesday
9,581
Thursday
9,342
Friday
9,778
Saturday
6,842

Most Searched Skills

Top 20 most frequently searched skills in job postings

Web Development (8,529) Web Design (7,251) WordPress (6,621) Lead Generation (6,442) Graphic Design (6,220) Data Entry (4,388) JavaScript (4,227) Shopify (3,839) Social Media Marketing (3,611) HTML (3,228) Administrative Support (3,111) Communications (3,088) PHP (2,960) Marketing Strategy (2,936) Email Communication (2,857) Python (2,831) Adobe Illustrator (2,817) Virtual Assistance (2,768) Customer Service (2,726) CSS (2,723)

Client Analysis

Client Breakdown by Total Spent

Distribution of clients across different total spent ranges

53,719

Jobs with Client Spend Data

0-1K 50.5%
27,140 clients
1-10K 23.7%
12,714 clients
10-50K 14.7%
7,906 clients
50-100K 4.4%
2,378 clients
100K-500K 5.4%
2,891 clients
500K+ 1.3%
690 clients
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More Analytics Coming

We're working on additional client insights and analytics features. Stay tuned!

Top 20 Countries by Hourly Rate Paid

Average hourly rate actually paid by clients in each country

1
FIN
$107/hr
2
San Marino
$65/hr
3
THA
$47.9/hr
4
OMN
$47.5/hr
5
HUN
$47/hr
6
PAN
$47/hr
7
Italy
$46.22/hr
8
Mozambique
$45/hr
9
Guinea
$45/hr
10
Dominican Republic
$44.33/hr
11
Poland
$44/hr
12
Uganda
$43.33/hr
13
UKR
$43.04/hr
14
Taiwan
$41.14/hr
15
Bulgaria
$40.02/hr
16
BEL
$38.5/hr
17
MKD
$38.5/hr
18
PER
$37/hr
19
Liberia
$37/hr
20
ROU
$37/hr

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