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AI Agent Freelance Market, Week of 2026-07-12

What AI-agent, n8n and automation gigs are paying right now · July 12, 2026

200

AI-agent and automation jobs scored this week

$340

median budget, highest on freelancer

ai agents

most-requested skill (23 mentions)

Across 200 AI-agent jobs sampled this week, median budgets by platform were: linkedin: n/a, freelancer: $340, curated: n/a, n8n: n/a, reddit: n/a.

How the pay was stated: 34 stated a fixed budget (median $557), 10 quoted hourly (median $26/hr), 7 were salaried roles, 68 stated no pay at all.

Top skills in demand: ai agents (23), api integration (21), automation (20), api-integration (17), llm (11).

Tool-mention momentum vs last week: ai agents (new), api integration (new), automation (new), api-integration (new), llm (new).

Takeaway: budgets and tool demand show where paid AI-agent work is concentrating right now. Bid where the median budget clears your floor and the trending tools match your stack.

How the pay was stated

No budget stated	68 postings
Fixed-price projects	34 postings	median $556.5 fixed
Hourly contracts	10 postings	median $26/hr
Salaried roles	7 postings	median $145k/yr

Most in-demand skills

ai agents · 23api integration · 21automation · 20api-integration · 17llm · 11

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← All 2 weekly reports · Aggregate data from 200 AI-agent & automation postings AgentScout scored across Freelancer, LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News, RemoteOK and the n8n community board.