Global Freelance Market Overview for 2024

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Total project count (approx.)

10 667

Total budget in USD (approx.)

$1.4m

Average budget in USD (approx.)

$288/project $15/hour

Rating of top freelance site

Upwork.com

8 550 / $1.1m

Peopleperhour.com

8 / $1.3k

Guru.com

35 / $7k

Rating of categories

Web, Mobile & Software Dev

3 369
$577.8k

IT & Networking

278
$27k

Data Science & Analytics

357
$47.9k

Engineering & Architecture

577
$69.8k

Design & Creative

2 975
$380.3k

Writing

877
$126.8k

Translation

228
$33.8k

Legal

321
$50.3k

Admin Support

1 041
$87.8k

Customer Service

150
$5.4k

Sales & Marketing

1 820
$244.6k

Accounting & Consulting

549
$68.7k