If you jump into the freelance WordPress development market as a developer what’s your earning potential?

How much can I make as a remote freelance WordPress developer?

Here are the stats on the current state of the WordPress job and freelancing market.

$50 per hour is the median hourly rate according to a study conducted in by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg.

is the median hourly rate according to a study conducted in by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. According to SimplyHired, the average salary for “Wordpress jobs” is $63,092.

In 2014, WordPress was the most requested skill in the world according to Sketch Themes.

according to Sketch Themes. The most successful Envato Power Elite author has sold over 100,000 copies of one theme alone.

A full site WordPress design can cost between $3,000 and $15,000 according to ManageWP.com.

However, custom-built WordPress websites can go up to $100,000, according to PostStatus.

25% of all WordPress themes on ThemeForest have made at least $2,500 in a month, according to Envato.

Where can I find these remote freelance WordPress jobs?

The good clients avoid websites like UpWork, Freelancer, and Fiverr like the plague. They know it always dissolves into a bidding war with inexperienced overseas developers. That’s never fun for both the client and developer. As a remote freelancer, you want to avoid the low-ball clients that tend to flock to places like UpWork.

I’ve been lucky enough to not have to use these websites because I know where to find good clients and you don’t have to put up with it anymore either.

The usual problems a freelancer goes through when using Upwork, Freelancer, or Fiverr.

How to find good clients

So where do you find the good clients? They post all over the internet in various communities, job boards, and forums. Clients post their job on job boards like WordPress Jobs and Angel List. When it comes to freelance projects they post on Reddit, comment on a thread in Hacker News, and post on a variety of other places like Twitter and Facebook Groups. It can be overwhelming and take hours a week if you don’t know where to look, but the good ones are definitely out there posting and looking for talent.

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Conclusion: Putting everything together

WordPress is a huge market with plenty of opportunity for remote freelance web developers. There is good money to be made. I’ve had a lot of success freelancing in this space. Ultimately, it comes down to finding good clients. You can do that by avoiding marketplaces like Upwork, Freelancer, and Fiverr, searching for the good clients in the right places, and then clearly communicating your value proposition to them.