Freelancing on Upwork isn’t a walk in the park. Given the current stats of more than 20 million freelancers hustling for projects online, successful bidding goes beyond skills. It means you must identify trends, clients’ needs, and opportunities that can potentially grow your business. Enter UpAutomate Analytics which gives you the market intelligence to make better decisions and ditch the never-ending bidding tug-of-wars.
This guide will walk you through how to leverage the UpAutomate Analytics feature to supercharge your freelancing workflow, find high-value clients, and optimize your bidding strategy on Upwork.
Overview of UpAutomate Analytics
UpAutomate's comprehensive Upwork Analytics is divided into two key areas:
1. 🛠️ Analytics Filters
The Analytics Filters allow you to refine job searches based on a multitude of criteria, ensuring that only the most relevant opportunities surface in your feed.
These attributes include:
1.1 Job Relevance
Experience Level: Filter jobs based on the required experience (e.g., Entry, Intermediate, or Expert).
Categories: Narrow down listings to specific domains such as Content Writing, Design, or Sales & Marketing Copywriting.
1.2 Client Background
Client Rating: Use the slider to filter clients based on their feedback scores like 4.8, 5 star ratings.
Company Size: Target clients of specific sizes (e.g., small-sized, medium-sized or large company).
Industry: Filter by industries like IT & Technology, Art & Design, etc.
Location Filters: Include or Exclude specific client locations in terms of countries, regions and sub-regions.
1.3 Client Spent & Rates
Client Total Spent: Filter client stats based on their spending history (e.g., minimum of $500 to maximum of $10,000 spent).
Average Spend per Hire: Ensure clients have consistently high-value projects like $500.
Average Hourly Rate: Customize your filters for clients who pay within specific hourly ranges e.g. 20 to 100.
Payment Method Verified: This option once checkmarked, ensures that you only get verified clients statistics. This reduces the risk of working with clients who may not pay on time or at all.
Include Unspecified (Client Total Spent or Client Avg Spent per Hire): Enable this option to include analytics where the client’s total spending or average spending is not mentioned.
1.4 Budget
Toggle between Hourly Rate and Fixed Price job stats.
Use the Required Connects toggle to focus on stats that match your bidding strategy.
Checkmark or uncheck Jobs with Unspecified Budget stats.
1.5 Job Duration
Filter stats by project length (e.g. 1 to 3 months) and hourly workload (e.g. Less than 30 hrs/week).
Target specific contract-to-hire stats for permanent opportunity trends.
1.6 Hiring Preferences
Refine results based on hire type (Independent Contractor or Agency).
Specify preferred vendor locations with contains or not contains modes to align with your location strategy.
In case vendor location is not specified, you can still get results on them with the Also include jobs where vendor location is not specified option.
2. 📊 Intuitive Analytics Dashboard
The Analytics Dashboard is where all your toggled, tailored, and filtered analytics in graph and chart forms, compile and come into view. The Analytics Dashboard is divided into 2 subareas:
2.1 🔑 Keyword Search for Analytics and Overview
The Keyword Search for Analytics and Overview is designed for precision and speed, allowing freelancers and agencies to filter job opportunities and client data with ease. By using simple, comma-separated keywords, you can unlock targeted insights in seconds.
Enter Keywords: Just type your relevant keywords, separated by commas.
Example: writing, novel
You can also create templates based on Keyword combinations to view very targeted analytics. You can also specify dates between which you want to see analytics from.
Instant Filtering: The dashboard overview instantly updates with analytics based on the keywords entered.
Pro Tips for Using Keyword Search for UpAutomate Analytics Effectively
Niche Targeting:
Example: fiction, novel, editing to focus on niche analytics like creative writing.
Refine with Filters:
Use Analytics Filters like Job Relevance, Client Background, etc alongside keywords for even sharper analytics results.
Save Custom Searches:
Click Save Template to quickly access your favorite keyword combinations anytime.
This data helps you decide how to target your proposals for maximum impact.
2.2 The Analytics
Access real-time, actionable data with a sleek, user-friendly dashboard. Navigate across four specialized tabs designed for strategic decision-making:
2.2.1 💼 General Job Stats
Visualize trends in job postings, categories, and pricing models for a big-picture view, or you can further narrow down through keywords of your choice.
Using General Job Stats:
Purpose: Discover the best jobs based on ideal working days, budgets, and project types.
Explore General Job Stats: View metrics like Average Client Hourly Rate, Job Volume, and Average Fixed Price per Job.
Apply Filters: Use filters such as Job Relevance, Job Duration, etc. to narrow down job listings.
Monitor Trends: Check graphs and charts showing the number of jobs by type, budget, and industry to identify high-demand skills.
2.2.2 🧑 Client Stats
Dive into client behavior—spending patterns, feedback ratings, and hiring frequency—to identify top-tier clients, or you can further narrow down through keywords of your choice.
Leveraging Client Stats:
Purpose: Find clients with higher budgets and better project opportunities.
Client Stats: Analyze the Average Spend per Hire, Total Client Spend, and Average Client Hire Percentage.
Segment Clients: Filter clients by Client Background, Client Spent & Rates, etc.
Client Behavior Tracking: Understand trends in how premium clients post jobs and how much they typically spend.
Pro Tip: Use insights to target enterprise clients or those with verified payment methods for better project security.
2.2.3 💹 Market Analysis:
Stay ahead with insights on niche demand, skill trends, and market saturation to align your services accordingly, either with a generic overview or boiling down to specific niches.
Exploring Market Analysis
Purpose: Stay ahead of the curve by understanding market demand and trends.
Market Categories: Analyze job distribution across industries like Web Development, Sales & Marketing, and Data Science.
Regional Analysis: See which regions post the most jobs and pay higher rates.
Trending Skills: Identify in-demand skills and services on Upwork.
Pro Tip: Adjust your Upwork profile and skillset based on trending skills and industries to increase job matches.
2.2.4 💻 Jobs Feed:
Discover, sort, and prioritize jobs using your custom filters, scoring system, and real-time alerts.
Analyzing Job Feed
Unified Feed: View all job searches in one streamlined feed.
Validation Filters: Sort jobs by custom flags or scoring systems.
Client Filters: Apply additional layers to focus on verified or high-budget clients.
🗺️ How to Use Comprehensive Upwork Analytics
Step 1: Sign In and Access Analytics
Log in to UpAutomate and navigate to the Analytics tab.
Explore the General Job Stats, Client Stats, Market Analysis, and Jobs sections by clicking on each tab.
You can further narrow down the analytics to niches of your choice by entering keywords on the keyword search bar.
Step 2: Apply Advanced Filters
Use Analytics Filters to fine-tune your job feed.
Set Hiring Preferences, Budget, and other preferences to focus on high-paying gigs.
Step 3: Analyze & Act
Use the dashboard to monitor trends and client behaviors.
Apply to jobs that align perfectly with your strategy, or fine-tune your own strategy.
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