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Freelance Development Rates in 2026

What freelance developers charge per hour, based on real anonymous submissions.

Median hourly

$200/hr

Range (P25-P75)

$200 – $200

Submissions

51

Based on 51 data points

Rates by experience

Not enough data to break down by experience yet.

Specializations

Backend

10 submissionsNeeds more data

Frontend

9 submissionsNeeds more data

Full-Stack

8 submissionsNeeds more data

Mobile (iOS/Android)

8 submissionsNeeds more data

DevOps / Cloud

8 submissionsNeeds more data

WordPress / CMS

8 submissionsNeeds more data

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Rates are based on self-reported anonymous submissions, filtered for outliers and normalized to hourly equivalents. Learn more about our methodology.