AgentScout · AI Freelance Market

AI Agent Market Intelligence, Week of 2026-08-17

Median budgets, top skills, and tool momentum. · August 17, 2026

447

AI-agent and automation jobs scored this week

$6000

median budget, highest on n8n

Across 447 AI-agent and automation postings sampled in the 7 days ending August 17, 2026, the platforms quoting fixed project budgets ran: n8n ~$6,000, pph ~$900, freelancer ~$866, reddit ~$800 (median stated price).

Top skills in demand: —.

Tool-mention momentum vs last week: insufficient prior-week data.

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.

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← All 8 weekly reports · Aggregate data from 447 AI-agent & automation postings AgentScout scored across Freelancer, LinkedIn, Reddit, Hacker News, RemoteOK and the n8n community board.