Upwork jobs by skill · October 2026
API jobs on Upwork: 38 a day at a median $29 an hour
Clients posted 1,142 new API jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 38 a day. 58% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price. Hourly API jobs offer a median $29 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $20 and $40. Free alerts for these jobs in Telegram, AI filter included.
A new API job about every 38 minutes
38 a day on average · busiest Tuesday around 10 am US Eastern
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- 38/daynew API jobs, 1,142 in 30 days
- $29median hourly rate clients offer
- $200median fixed-price budget
- 36%of jobs from US clients
How many API jobs are on Upwork?
Clients posted 1,142 new API jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 38 a day. 58% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price.
Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Average new jobs a day.
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| Skill | New jobs a day | Jobs in 30 days |
|---|---|---|
| API | 38 | 1,142 |
| JavaScript | 105 | 3,157 |
| Python | 75 | 2,238 |
| API Integration | 55 | 1,653 |
| Web Development | 167 | 4,999 |
How much do API jobs on Upwork pay?
Hourly API jobs offer a median $29 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $20 and $40. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $200 (middle half $40–$750).
- Middle half of jobs
- Median
Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Hourly rate = middle of the client's range. Box = middle half of hourly jobs, mark = median.
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| Skill | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile | Hourly jobs with a rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| API | $20 | $29 | $40 | 446 |
| JavaScript | $20 | $26 | $36 | 1,211 |
| Python | $20 | $30 | $42 | 859 |
| API Integration | $20 | $28 | $38 | 498 |
| Web Development | $18 | $22 | $30 | 1,642 |
Who hires for API on Upwork?
36% of API jobs come from US clients and 70% from clients with verified payment. Clients who have hired before spent a median $3,238 on Upwork; 16% spent over $10k.
- 70%from clients with verified payment
- $3,238median past spend of clients who have hired
- 16%from clients who spent over $10k
When are most API jobs posted?
The most new API jobs go live on Tuesday around 10 am US Eastern. New jobs keep coming all week, so an alert for new jobs is more reliable than checking at a set hour. See the full week by hour in Best time to apply on Upwork.
Skills often hired with API
Clients who post API jobs also tag these skills most often.
- JavaScript: about 105 jobs a day, median $26/hr
- Python: about 75 jobs a day, median $30/hr
- API Integration: about 55 jobs a day, median $28/hr
- Web Development: about 167 jobs a day, median $22/hr
- Node.js: about 39 jobs a day, median $35/hr
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Clients posted 1,142 new API jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 38 a day. 58% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price.
Hourly API jobs offer a median $29 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $20 and $40. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $200 (middle half $40–$750).
The most new API jobs go live on Tuesday around 10 am US Eastern. New jobs keep coming all week, so an alert for new jobs is more reliable than checking at a set hour.
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Source: new Upwork jobs flconsole tracked in the 30 days to 21 October 2026. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with. Rates and budgets are what clients offer in job posts, not what freelancers earn.
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