The 50 Fastest Growing Online Jobs

This year, online employers are looking for workers skilled in mobile development and 3D technologies, new research shows.

Of the top 11 fastest-growing online jobs in 2014, more than half are related to either mobile development or 3D work, according to the study by the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com.

Based on the analysis of more than 270,000 job postings, the research uncovered the 50 fastest growing freelance jobs and skill areas for online work:

1. 3D Rendering
2. Ghostwriting
3. Software Development
4. 3D Animation
5. Mobile Phone
6. 3D Modeling
7. Android Development
8. Logo Design
9. Illustration
10. Telemarketing
11. iPhone Development
12. Objective C
13. Brochure Design
14. Photoshop Design
15. Accounting
16. Photo Editing
17. Visual Basic
18. After Effects
19. User Interface
20. Graphic Design
21. Engineering
22. iPad Development
23. Animation
24. Sales
25. Web Scraping
26. Video Services
27. Wordpress
28. Database Administration
29. HTML5
30. Leads
31. Copywriting
32. ASP
33. .NET
34. Website Design
35. Business Analysis
36. Software Architecture
37. C# Programming
38. Photoshop
39. Web Hosting
40. PSD to HTML
41. Copy Typing
42. Advertising
43. Shopping Carts
44. Software Testing
45. E-commerce
46. Javascript
47. HTML
48. Virtual Assistant
49. Data Processing
50. SQL

The listing provides an accurate picture of the skills online employers want, said Matt Barrie, Freelancer.com's chief executive. "The Freelancer Fast 50 data is the leading forward indicator of trends in online jobs related to industries, technologies, products and companies," he said.

 

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