Upwork jobs by skill · October 2026
English jobs on Upwork: 129 a day at a median $18 an hour
Clients posted 3,863 new English jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 129 a day. 60% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price. Hourly English jobs offer a median $18 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $10 and $25. Free alerts for these jobs in Telegram, AI filter included.
A new English job about every 11 minutes
129 a day on average · busiest Wednesday, 11 am–12 pm US Eastern
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- 129/daynew English jobs, 3,863 in 30 days
- $18median hourly rate clients offer
- $80median fixed-price budget
- 35%of jobs from US clients
How many English jobs are on Upwork?
Clients posted 3,863 new English jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 129 a day. 60% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| English | 129 | 3,863 |
| Content Writing | 120 | 3,609 |
| Writing | 43 | 1,295 |
| Proofreading | 36 | 1,076 |
| Translation | 34 | 1,008 |
How much do English jobs on Upwork pay?
Hourly English jobs offer a median $18 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $10 and $25. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $80 (middle half $20–$350).
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | $10 | $18 | $25 | 1,609 |
| Content Writing | $12 | $18 | $28 | 1,574 |
| Writing | $14 | $22 | $32 | 394 |
| Proofreading | $18 | $21 | $28 | 280 |
| Translation | $15 | $20 | $25 | 359 |
Who hires for English on Upwork?
35% of English jobs come from US clients and 82% from clients with verified payment. Clients who have hired before spent a median $7,092 on Upwork; 28% spent over $10k.
- 82%from clients with verified payment
- $7,092median past spend of clients who have hired
- 28%from clients who spent over $10k
When is the best time to apply for English jobs on Upwork?
The best time to apply for English jobs on Upwork is right after they are posted, and the most new ones go live on Wednesdays and in the 11 am–12 pm hour, US Eastern. Wednesdays took 17.1% of the 5,256 new English jobs posted in the 42 days from 14 September to 25 October 2026. The busiest part of the day is 8 am–12 pm ET, with 23.2% of them.
- Wednesdaybusiest day, 17.1% of the week's jobs
- 11 am–12 pmbusiest hour, US Eastern
- 23.2%of jobs posted 8 am–12 pm ET
- 18.7%posted on weekends (all Upwork jobs: 19.3%)
Wednesday: 17.1% of the week's English jobs; Saturday: 8.9%.
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole, 42 days, 14 September to 25 October 2026. Share of all new English jobs; open data, CC BY 4.0.
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| Day (US Eastern) | Share of English jobs |
|---|---|
| Monday | 16.8% |
| Tuesday | 16.6% |
| Wednesday | 17.1% |
| Thursday | 16.0% |
| Friday | 14.8% |
| Saturday | 8.9% |
| Sunday | 9.8% |
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole, 42 days, 14 September to 25 October 2026. Share of all new English jobs; open data, CC BY 4.0.
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| Time of day (US Eastern) | Share of English jobs |
|---|---|
| 12–4 am ET | 12.3% |
| 4–8 am ET | 17.2% |
| 8 am–12 pm ET | 23.2% |
| 12–4 pm ET | 20.6% |
| 4–8 pm ET | 15.7% |
| 8 pm–12 am ET | 11.0% |
What it means for you: check Upwork for English jobs at the busy times above, and let alerts cover the rest. New English jobs keep arriving every day of the week, and flconsole sends them to Telegram within a minute of posting, so you can apply first even outside the peak. See any skill hour by hour in your own time zone in Best time to apply on Upwork.
Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole v2026.10 (CSV, CC BY 4.0): 5,256 new English jobs, 14 September to 25 October 2026, US Eastern time. A job counts for every skill it is tagged with.
Skills often hired with English
Clients who post English jobs also tag these skills most often.
- Content Writing: about 120 jobs a day, median $18/hr
- Writing: about 43 jobs a day, median $22/hr
- Proofreading: about 36 jobs a day, median $21/hr
- Translation: about 34 jobs a day, median $20/hr
- Data Entry: about 172 jobs a day, median $10/hr
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Clients posted 3,863 new English jobs on Upwork in the 30 days to 21 October 2026, about 129 a day. 60% of them are hourly, the rest fixed-price.
Hourly English jobs offer a median $18 an hour; the middle half of jobs sits between $10 and $25. Fixed-price jobs have a median budget of $80 (middle half $20–$350).
The best time to apply for English jobs on Upwork is right after they are posted, and the most new ones go live on Wednesdays and in the 11 am–12 pm hour, US Eastern. Wednesdays took 17.1% of the 5,256 new English jobs posted in the 42 days from 14 September to 25 October 2026. The busiest part of the day is 8 am–12 pm ET, with 23.2% of them. Source: Upwork jobs data by flconsole (https://github.com/droopboop/upwork-jobs-data).
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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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