I think yes, of course: the high rate of unemployment that affected the traditional offline jobs among many countries (even many years before the pandemic event), forced many people to turn to the online gigs market, so freelancing platforms became overpopulated. We can see the difference between 10 years ago and today: at the beginning, it was very easy to get a gig, when content marketplaces and platforms like Fiverr only counted on few users. Customers didn't ask for sophisticated articles, translations and crafts. I remember a Spanish colleague who easily got English translations and earning well in spite of his B2 level. Now customers require translators owning a very high language level, if not mother tongue, even in the case of a gig paid 5 dollars as Fiverr's (remembering that 5 dollars for a long text to translate it's less than crumbs, it's panhandling). But this situation only shows how overpopulated became sites like Fiverr, that's why the requirements to participate go on increasing and intermediate skills are not enough any more to earn a salary.