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Methodology
See: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HEX9PT_YXkz-eua9tR-FFx-s6gAr-7ZoTmbW8RbRqYE/edit#gid=1524496488&range=A67:C78
Average Number of Open Jobs
| Month and Year
|
Average number of open jobs
|
M/M (%)
|
Y/Y (%)
|
Average number of less than 30 hrs jobs
|
M/M Growth
|
Y/Y Growth
|
Average number of more than 30 hrs jobs
|
M/M Growth
|
Y/Y Growth
|
| July 2022
|
164,310
|
|
|
63,823
|
|
|
18,778
|
|
|
| August 2022
|
165,350
|
0.63%
|
|
86,540
|
35.59%
|
|
18,056
|
-3.84%
|
|
| September 2022
|
163,634
|
-1.04%
|
|
85,002
|
-1.78%
|
|
17,316
|
-4.10%
|
|
| October 2022
|
168,623
|
3.05%
|
|
86,111
|
1.30%
|
|
17,880
|
3.26%
|
|
| November 2022
|
177,527
|
5.28%
|
|
91,567
|
6.34%
|
|
18,366
|
2.71%
|
|
| December 2022
|
182,623
|
2.87%
|
|
92,730
|
1.27%
|
|
19,531
|
6.35%
|
|
| January 2023
|
191,081
|
4.63%
|
|
92,131
|
-0.65%
|
|
22,094
|
13.12%
|
|
| February 2023
|
199,302
|
4.30%
|
|
95,108
|
3.23%
|
|
23,994
|
8.60%
|
|
| March 2023
|
203,238
|
1.98%
|
|
95,722
|
0.65%
|
|
24,712
|
2.99%
|
|
| April 2023
|
200,385
|
-1.40%
|
|
91,292
|
-4.63%
|
|
24,008
|
-2.85%
|
|
| May 2023
|
194,580
|
-2.90%
|
|
90,384
|
-1.00%
|
|
24,279
|
1.13%
|
|
| June 2023
|
196,526
|
1.00%
|
|
93,313
|
3.24%
|
|
24,240
|
-0.16%
|
|
| July 2023
|
192,269
|
-2.17%
|
17.02%
|
91,329
|
-2.13%
|
43.10%
|
23,907
|
-1.37%
|
27.32%
|
| August 2023
|
191,217
|
-0.55%
|
15.64%
|
90,030
|
-1.42%
|
4.03%
|
25,116
|
5.06%
|
39.10%
|
| September 2023
|
184,587
|
-3.47%
|
12.80%
|
86,565
|
-3.85%
|
1.84%
|
31,540
|
25.58%
|
82.15%
|
| October 2023
|
170,863
|
-7.43%
|
1.33%
|
79,617
|
-8.03%
|
-7.54%
|
23,691
|
-24.88%
|
32.50%
|
| November 2023
|
169,064
|
-1.05%
|
-4.77%
|
79,109
|
-0.64%
|
-13.61%
|
23,502
|
-0.80%
|
27.97%
|
| December 2023
|
160,970
|
-4.79%
|
-11.86%
|
75,771
|
-4.22%
|
-18.29%
|
22,625
|
-3.73%
|
15.84%
|
| January 2024
|
155,154
|
-3.61%
|
-18.80%
|
72,992
|
-3.67%
|
-20.77%
|
22,091
|
-2.36%
|
-0.01%
|
| February 1, 2024
|
176,099
|
13.50%
|
-11.64%
|
84,145
|
15.28%
|
-11.53%
|
25,209
|
14.11%
|
5.06%
|
| June 5, 2024
|
159,082
|
-9.66%
|
-19.05%
|
62,037
|
-26.27%
|
-33.52%
|
25,623
|
1.64%
|
5.71%
|
Average number of open jobs by new clients (those that don't have any hires)
| Period
|
Jobs by new clients
|
M/M Growth(%)
|
Y/Y Growth (%)
|
Proportion of jobs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| July 2022
|
59,993
|
|
|
|
| August 2022
|
60,097
|
0.2%
|
|
|
| September 2022
|
58,117
|
-3.3%
|
|
|
| October 2022
|
59,080
|
1.7%
|
|
|
| November 2022
|
64,625
|
9.4%
|
|
|
| December 2022
|
69,328
|
7.3%
|
|
|
| January 2023
|
78,201
|
12.8%
|
|
|
| February 2023
|
84,007
|
7.4%
|
|
|
| March 2023
|
85,040
|
1.2%
|
|
|
| April 2023
|
84,085
|
-1.1%
|
|
|
| May 2023
|
80,029
|
-4.8%
|
|
|
| June 2023
|
83,980
|
4.9%
|
|
|
| July 2023
|
80,266
|
-4.4%
|
33.8%
|
|
| August 2023
|
78,342
|
-2.4%
|
30.4%
|
|
| September 2023
|
68,970
|
-12.0%
|
18.7%
|
|
| October 2023
|
59,145
|
-14.25%
|
0.11%
|
|
| November 2023
|
61,259
|
3.58%
|
-5.21%
|
|
| December 2023
|
58,535
|
-4.45%
|
-15.57%
|
|
| January 2024
|
56,976
|
-2.66%
|
-27.14%
|
|
| February 1, 2024
|
65,697
|
15.31%
|
-21.80%
|
|
| June 5, 2024
|
51,184
|
-22.09%
|
|
|
Data
Check: Upwork: Total Number of Open Jobs / Weekly | Google sheet data