Growth Rate of CategoriesYoY GROWTH

Total Registered on Elance-oDeskCUMULATIVE ALL TIME

Freelancer Earnings by Category2014 YTD

Global Online Work ReportJANUARY – MAY 2014

Clockwise from right

Online Work Earnings CUMULATIVE ALL TIME

31 May 2014

Technology

Admin Support

Writing & Translation

Design & Multimedia

Sales & Marketing

Finance & Management

Engineering & Manufacturing

Legal

Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%

Admin Support . . . . . . . . . . 12%

Writing & Translation . . . . . . 12%

Design & Multimedia . . . . . . . 9%

Sales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . 6%

Finance & Management . . . . . 3%

Engineering & Manufacturing . . 1%

Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . < 1%

Skills Available2.5KAnnualized

Freelancer Earnings$930M Annualized Job Postings2.7M

Skills with Growing Demand

Customer Support

Social Media Optimization

Mobile Advertising

3D Modeling & Animation

Data Science

Skills with Decreasing Demand

Business Card Design

Facebook Development

SEM

Banner Ad Design

Infographics

PROJECTEDEOY 2014

PROJECTEDEOY 2014

CUMULATIVE TOTAL $2.6B

FREELANCERS: 8M

BUSINESSES: 2.5M

All data is sourced from the combined Elance and oDesk databases . © Elance-oDesk, Inc . 2014 . All rights reserved .

Movers & Shakers

0%

20%

40%

60%

Legal Engineering & Manufacturing

Sales & Marketing

Admin Support Design & Multimedia

Finance & Management

Writing & Translation

Technology

56%53%

40% 39% 37% 36% 35%

22%

31 May 2014