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Art & Illustration jobs on Upwork

In the 30 days to 2 November 2026, 1,614 Art & Illustration jobs posted on Upwork crossed Upsight's feed, about 54 a day, down 5% on the 30 days before. Twelve hours after posting, a Art & Illustration job had 15.8 proposals on average, against 20.8 across all of Upwork's categories, the 34th most contested of 58 categories measured.

Window 4 October 2026 to 2 November 2026, read nightly.

Week by week

WeekJobs postedMeasured at 12 hAvg proposals at 12 h
4 October 2026 to 10 October 202642530416.8
11 October 2026 to 17 October 202640428815.1
18 October 2026 to 24 October 202635231015.3
25 October 2026 to 31 October 202635431615.7
1 November 2026 to 2 November 2026795617.1

An average on fewer than 20 measured jobs is not shown.

The skills posted most in Art & Illustration

Skills are Upwork's own tags on the job post. Each skill is listed under the category where most of its jobs sit; the last column says how many of its jobs that is.

SkillJobs, 30 daysShare in this category
Illustration2,08341%
Character Design65161%
Drawing34977%
Cartoon Art31385%
Children's Book Illustration15584%
Vector Art12546%
2D Illustration12178%
Colorful Style11779%
Concept Artistry11271%
Sketching11240%
Sketch11159%
Comic Art10887%
2D Art10280%
Digital Illustration9083%
Game Art8534%

How this is measured

Upsight reads the proposal count Upwork shows on every open job once an hour and keeps the reading nearest 12 hours after posting; the average is total proposals divided by measured jobs. A job that closed or filled before then has no reading and is left out, never counted as zero. Jobs are the ones that crossed Upsight's feed, not every job on Upwork, and no invite-only posts. The same reading per keyword is Upsight's keyword difficulty; see also proposals at 12 hours and search volume.

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