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Editing & Proofreading Services jobs on Upwork

In the 30 days to 2 November 2026, 875 Editing & Proofreading Services jobs posted on Upwork crossed Upsight's feed, about 29 a day, down 10% on the 30 days before. Twelve hours after posting, a Editing & Proofreading Services job had 16.7 proposals on average, against 20.8 across all of Upwork's categories, the 31st 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 202621114015.4
11 October 2026 to 17 October 202624117016.0
18 October 2026 to 24 October 202618516216.3
25 October 2026 to 31 October 202617214618.9
1 November 2026 to 2 November 2026665017.8

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

The skills posted most in Editing & Proofreading Services

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
Proofreading1,23339%
Copy Editing37056%
Editing & Proofreading33930%
Error Detection15361%
Book Editing14353%
Academic Editing13849%
Beta Reading11866%
Essay Writing9436%
Developmental Editing6766%
Editorial Writing5439%
AI Content Editing5240%
Academic Proofreading4943%
Line Editing4982%
Proofreading Feedback3967%
Commenting3256%

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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