Top freelancers in the United Arab Emirates

Of the freelancers from the United Arab Emirates on Upwork, 285 of 2,720 earn $1k+ a month; the typical one makes $2.5k, the top $20k.

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Showing 50 of 2,720Data updated Nov 8

# Freelancer		SinceMember since
Waqar A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Data Engineer \| Airflow, Matillion, BigQuery, Snowflake, dbt	$20k↓ 3%	Aug 2019Aug 16, 2019
Kamal B. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 SEO \| Link Building \| Blogger Outreach	$18k↓ 2%	Mar 2019Mar 29, 2019
Sardar Usairem A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Electronics Engineer \| Product Design Expert \| Idea to MVP in 10 Days	$16k↑ 3%	Jul 2019Jul 8, 2019
4 Asuncion R. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs based in the Middle East	$15k↑ 9%	Oct 2025Oct 2, 2025
5 Sanchit Singh K. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Data & AI Engineer \| ETL Architect (Snowflake, Power BI, Domo)	$14k↓ 3%	Jul 2015Jul 29, 2015
6 Hakim A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Solution Architect \| AI Expert \| Tech Lead	$13k↑ 2%	Mar 2015Mar 10, 2015
7 Ronan M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Sr. AI & Software Engineer \| Agent, Automation, Data Analysis, Finance	$12k↓ 1%	Mar 2024Mar 14, 2024
8 Marina M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Business Consultant	$12k↑ 25%	Sep 2025Sep 7, 2025
9 Anthony M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Google Ads & Meta Ads Expert \| eCommerce Tracking & AI Automation	$11k↑ 5%	Apr 2014Apr 29, 2014
10 Abdul Qudoos A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Google Ads \| Shopping & PMax Expert for eCommerce & Lead Generation	$11k↑ 1%	Nov 2010Nov 3, 2010

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
11 Vishnu K. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Sustainability and Carbon Consultant	$11k↑ 2%	May 2021May 31, 2021
12 Tilek C. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Data Engineer AI Developer LLM RAG Python ETL dbt Databricks	$11k↑ 19%	Feb 2019Feb 5, 2019
13 Mikhail B. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Sn Fullstack Developer	$10k↑ 2%	May 2016May 23, 2016
14 Mujtaba A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Fractional CTO, AI/ML, Automations, Web/App UI/UX Design & Development	$9k↓ 31%	Jan 2014Jan 17, 2014
15 Arvind R. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 3D Modeling\| Arduino\| MATLAB\| Simulink\| C++\| Aerospace\| Drones\|	$8k↓ 1%	Sep 2022Sep 1, 2022
16 Afroz M. 🇦🇪Private profile: Upwork shows its earnings only to signed-in members, so we check it every few weeks, not daily. MRR here is a rough estimate (Upwork's six-month earnings ÷ months active). Last read Nov 8, 2026.🇦🇪 Senior Software Developer \|\| Java \|\| Spring Boot \|\| Full Stack	≈$8k–	Oct 2022Oct 3, 2022
17 Adrees T. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Software Architect \| Full Stack Developer \| Retool Developer	$8k↑ 2%	Feb 2019Feb 17, 2019
18 Vikramjit K. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Business Development	$8k↓ 5%	Apr 2024Apr 22, 2024
19 Valentina A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 #1 Social Media Expert \| Creative Strategy \| Content Creation	$8k↑ 17%	Feb 2021Feb 12, 2021
20 Hamna Z. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Corporate & Commercial Lawyer for Cross Border Deals	$8k↑ 14%	Jan 2017Jan 13, 2017

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
21 Ivan L. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Software Developer & Architect \| Rails, Laravel, React, AWS, AI	$7k↑ 2%	Feb 2011Feb 24, 2011
22 Ashwini K. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 4x AWS Certified \| DevOps \| IAC \| CI/CD \| K8S \| Security \| Agentic AI	$7k↑ 3%	Dec 2012Dec 21, 2012
23 Irfan Ahmed S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 SaaS Support \| Solutions Architect \| Team Building \| Technical Suppor	$7k↓ 2%	Jun 2024Jun 21, 2024
24 Maksym D. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Software Engineer	$7k↑ 2%	Aug 2025Aug 18, 2025
25 Saeed M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Flutter & Mobile App Developer	$7k0%	Jul 2014Jul 31, 2014
26 Sayed Shaista A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 QA Manager \| Software Testing Consultant	$7k↑ 2%	Dec 2016Dec 20, 2016
27 Hisham B. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Business/Marketing/Data Analyst with 5 years of experience	$7k↑ 2%	Jun 2021Jun 18, 2021
28 NourEddine Y. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Linux, DevOps and Cloud Engineer \| Ansible \| Terraform \| Containers	$7k↑ 11%	Jul 2018Jul 20, 2018
29 Sheetal M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Full-Stack Developer \| Client Portals, SaaS & AI Agents \| MERN Stack	$7k↑ 6%	Dec 2007Dec 19, 2007
30 Kapil S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 SEO \| Core Web Vitals & PageSpeed Expert \| Website Speed Optimization	$7k↓ 3%	Jul 2012Jul 25, 2012

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
31 Evgenii P. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Backend Engineer \| Banking, SQL & APIs	$7k↑ 7%	Apr 2016Apr 15, 2016
32 Walid L. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 B2B SaaS Demand Gen & PLG Growth \| Lifecycle, Webinars, AI Automation	$7k↑ 2%	Mar 2020Mar 27, 2020
33 Ahmed M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 GoHighLevel Expert \| Sales funnel \| Automation & CRM specialist	$6k↑ 9%	Feb 2016Feb 10, 2016
34 Mehrdad S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Senior Video Editor & Motion Designer \| Corporate, SaaS & Marketing	$6k↑ 4%	May 2020May 14, 2020
35 Polina S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Telemedicine Medical Imaging HIPAA WebRTC EHR Developer	$6k↓ 14%	Feb 2014Feb 7, 2014
36 Natascha E. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Executive Coach \| Corporate Consultant \| Leadership Development	$6k↓ 2%	Jun 2025Jun 3, 2025
37 Alexander N. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Certified Oracle DBA \| Database Architect \| Database Expert \| DevOps	$6k↓ 3%	May 2016May 27, 2016
38 Mahbub S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Trading Bot & Blockchain Developer \| Crypto, Forex, Solidity, Rust	$6k↓ 3%	Feb 2020Feb 9, 2020
39 Aazar N. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Python \| GoLang \| JS \| LLM \| Globally Ranked 1 on HackerRank in Python	$6k↑ 2%	Sep 2021Sep 10, 2021
40 Shahid T. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Data analysis and reporting to increase your returns and productivity	$5k↑ 13%	May 2012May 7, 2012

Freelancer	MRR	Member since
41 Helen A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 CPG Packaging Designer \| Food, Beverage, Snack & Supplement Labels	$5k↑ 2%	Jul 2020Jul 18, 2020
42 Aly A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Google Sheets & Automation Expert \| Apps Script, Zapier	$5k–	Jul 2023Jul 9, 2023
43 Zainab S. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Klaviyo Expert \| Email Automation, Flows & Campaigns \| 800K+ Revenue	$5k↑ 4%	May 2021May 24, 2021
44 Yaqub A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Dynamics 365 Developer & Power Platform Consultant \| Copilot Studio	$5k↑ 9%	Sep 2010Sep 17, 2010
45 Hafiz Z. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Web & Mobile App Development \| CMS Development \| eCommerce Development	$5k↑ 2%	Feb 2024Feb 16, 2024
46 Jessica D. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Webflow Developer & Figma Web Designer \| UI/UX, CMS, GSAP	$5k↓ 5%	Sep 2023Sep 16, 2023
47 Hamed M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Klaviyo email marketing specialist \| E-Commerce dtc \| Email flows	$5k↓ 4%	Nov 2023Nov 14, 2023
48 Roman A. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Certified HubSpot Solutions Architect	$5k↓ 4%	Oct 2020Oct 17, 2020
49 Eslam M. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Ethical Hacker & Pen Tester \| Bugs Reported to Microsoft & Facebook	$5k↑ 2%	Nov 2011Nov 19, 2011
50 Vadym Z. 🇦🇪🇦🇪 Full Stack Developer \| Next.js, Python, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Supabase	$5k↓ 7%	Apr 2013Apr 20, 2013

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