us online work report
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Elance-oDesk, the global leader in online work, released our first official report documenting the state of the online work market in the United States. The U.S. Online Work Report draws from the Elance-oDesk data warehouse, which contains the world’s largest and most comprehensive set of data available regarding independent work happening online. U.S. businesses posted more than half a million jobs year to date—out of 1.2 million job postings globally—in order to hire and work with a growing network of independent professionals who work online. View the press release here: http://elance-odesk.com/press/elance-odesk-issues-first-ever-report-on-us-online-work-marketTRANSCRIPT
Growth Rate of Categories
YoY GROWTHTotal U.S.Registered on Elance-oDesk
CUMULATIVE ALL TIME
U.S. Online Work ReportJANUARY – MAY 2014
All data is sourced from the combined Elance and oDesk databases. © Elance-oDesk, Inc. 2014. All rights reserved.
This report represents U.S. activity only. For worldwide statistics, see the Global Online Work Report.
U.S. Online Work Spend
$231M 29% YoY GROWTH
New U.S. Freelancers Looking for Work
248K 6% YoY GROWTH
Movers & Shakers
Offline Job Openings
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Online Job Postings +22%
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Freelancer Earnings by Category2014 YEAR TO DATE
Writing & Translation . . . . . . . . . 30%
Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29%
Admin Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12%
Design & Multimedia . . . . . . . . . 11%
Sales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9%
Finance & Management . . . . . . . . 5%
Engineering & Manufacturing . . . . . 2%
Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1%
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New U.S. Online Job Postings
626K 20% YoY GROWTH
Skills with Growing Demand
Data Science
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Content Marketing
Android App Development
3D Modeling
Skills with Highest Paying Rate
Patent Law $112.20
Ruby Programming $61.00
Startup Consulting $54.00
Django Development $45.70
Animation $35.90
Skills with Decreasing Demand
Facebook Development
SEM
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PROJECTEDEOY 2014
BUSINESSES: 1.1M
Technology Finace & Managment
Writing & Translation
Admin Support
LegalDesign & Multimedia
Sales & Marketing
Engineering & Manufacturing
FREELANCERS: 2M
U.S. Online Work ReportJANUARY – MAY 2014
Spotlight on Technology
Current Top Skills with Highest Demand
PHP
HTML
Wordpress
MySQL
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Hot Skills with Growing Demand
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Woocommerce
HTML5
Internet Security
Data Science
U.S. Tech Online Work Spend
U.S. Tech Online Postings
$127M 229K
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All data is sourced from the combined Elance and oDesk databases. © Elance-oDesk, Inc. 2014. All rights reserved.
This report represents U.S. activity only. For worldwide statistics, see the Global Online Work Report.