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React apps, WordPress and Shopify sites built, fixed and kept fast. Every developer here passed an English test, a typing test and a developer quiz before you see them.

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What developers cost

Freelance rate, worldwide
$15–50/hr

Typical range for web developers on past Upwork contracts. Upwork (opens in a new tab), checked Oct 2026

Full-time salary in the Philippines
$500–3,000/month

Beginner $500–1,000 to expert $1,500–3,000, as workers report them. OnlineJobs.ph salary guide (opens in a new tab), updated April 2026

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What a developer does

  • Front-end builds in React and Next.js
  • WordPress and Shopify sites and fixes
  • API integrations and back-end work
  • Page speed fixes and image optimisation
  • Bug fixes from your logs and error reports
  • Code reviews and clear commit messages

How we test developers

Everyone takes the same tests before a business sees them, and the scores stay on the profile. You judge the work, not the photo.
English
Read a client's email, answer five questions about it and write a reply of 80 to 150 words. AI grades the reply for grammar, clarity, tone and whether it answers the email. The result is a CEFR band from A2 to C2 with a score out of 100.
Typing
A 60-second passage written like a launch checklist update. Scored on words per minute and accuracy, with 5 characters counted as a word. Only correct characters count.
Developer quiz
Six situations from client projects, like a bug that only shows on the live site, where API keys belong and a hacked WordPress site, plus a short written reply to a client whose checkout broke after a deploy. Scored out of 100.
ID check
A person on our team checks a government ID against a selfie. The images are deleted after review.
Chinedu O., example profile

Chinedu O.

Developer, Nigeria

English C2
90
Typing
81wpm
Developer quiz
92
Example profile. Real profiles show the same three scores, each with the date of the test.

Tested developers on StaffPick

Live profiles. Each person passed the tests above, and we reviewed the profile before it went live.

A US Eastern 9-to-5 is 10 pm to 6 am in Manila, 3 pm to 11 pm in Lagos and 9 am to 5 pm in Bogotá (on EST). A Sydney 9-to-5 is 7 am to 3 pm in Manila (AEST). Every profile shows which business hours the person covers.

IANA time zone database (opens in a new tab), checked Oct 2026

Questions about hiring a developer

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Upwork puts the typical rate for web developers at $15–50 an hour, from past contracts worldwide. OnlineJobs.ph's April 2026 guide lists $500–1,000 a month full-time for a beginner web developer in the Philippines and $1,500–3,000 for an expert. Each StaffPick profile shows the person's own rate.

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