Jobs posted
Earnings
43,611
$8,650,526
Available providers
Hours worked
552,565
771,474
Rank ChangeRank Skill MoM YoY
1 PHP — —2 HTML — +13 Data Entry +6 +94 Adobe Photoshop -1 —5 English -1 +26 SEO +1 +37 Writing -1 +28 MS Excel +3 +59 CSS -2 -7
10 Graphic Design +2 —11 .Net -3 —12 Flash -2 -713 Java +1 +314 iPhone +2 +615 JavaScript — -916 C++ -3 +717 C# +0 —18 Facebook — +1319 Web Research +2 +720 Adobe Illustrator +3 -121 Blogging -2 —22 XHTML — -7
23SEM - Search Engine
Marketing-3 +2
24 Magento +1 +1225 MS Word -1 +4
Rank ChangeRank Skill MoM YoY
26 3D Design — +227 ASP +1 -528 XML +1 -1329 Web Design +5 -1130 Marketing -3 +331 Sales +1 +932 Linux +3 -833 Video Production +9 +534 Ruby on Rails +6 —35 C +8 -536 Network Solutions -3 -137 Transcription +4 +838 Typepad -7 +639 Ebay -9 -240 Link Building +10 NA41 Dreamweaver +7 -1442 MS Powerpoint +17 +1643 Twitter +3 NA44 ActiveX — -245 Sibelius +22 NA46 Android +3 +2347 Customer Service -11 +2048 Python -3 -749 Wordpress -10 +350 WebLogic +10 +5
Top Skills (by jobs posted)
Rank ChangeRank Category MoM YoY
1 Web Programming — —2 Web Design — —3 Data Entry +1 +14 Blog & Article Writing -1 -15 Graphic Design — +16 SEO — +1
7Other - Software
Development— +6
8 Other - Web Development — —9 Website Content +2 +2
10 Web Research -1 -111 Personal Assistant -1 -1
12Other - Administrative
Support+2 -7
13 Mobile Apps — +314 Logo Design -2 +415 Ecommerce — -1
16Other - Writing &
Translation— +1
17 Desktop Applications — -218 Sales & Lead Generation — +2619 SMM +1 +4120 Other - Sales & Marketing -1 +3021 Other - Business Services +5 +2122 Translation -1 —23 Creative Writing +1 +2524 Telemarketing & Telesales +6 +2825 SEM -2 +27
Rank ChangeRank Category MoM YoY
26 Advertising -1 +3127 Technical Writing -5 -728 Video Production +3 —29 Scripts & Utilities -1 -8
30Other - Design &
Multimedia-1 -13
31 Transcription -4 +14
32Website Project
Management+2 -5
33 Copywriting -1 -1434 Server Administration +2 -1135 Print Design — -936 3D Modeling & CAD -3 -737 Illustration +1 -1238 UI Design -1 -6
39Customer Service &
Support— +14
40 Email Marketing — +1941 Network Administration +5 -342 Animation -1 -2
43Other - Networking &
Information Sys.— -13
44 Technical support — +11
45Software Project
Management— -4
46 Market Research -4 +1747 Audio Production +3 +948 Game Development — -1449 Presentations +5 +1750 Application Interface Design -2 -14
Top Categories (by jobs posted)
Online Employment Situation SummaryA companion to the Employment Situation Summary issued by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Online Employment Data courtesy of oDesk, the largest and fastest-growing marketplace for online work
Non-traditional "contract" workers make up more than one-third of the US workforce, a segment growing at twice the rate of the standard workforce (source: Human CapitalInstitute). Online work - also commonly referred to as remote, contract, freelance or contingent work - is fast becoming a mainstream alternative to full-time employment. Morethan 90% of U.S. firms now use contract talent on a regular basis and are spending $120 billion on it each year.
oDesk, the world's largest and fastest-growing marketplace for online work, connects employers with hundreds of thousands of skilled workers. Here are the highlights of oDeskdata from April 2010:
Highlights
US Opportunities Account for More Than Half of All Online Work
Marketing Demand Grows - SMM, Lead Generation and Telemarketing Jobs Join Top 25
Demand for Flash Developers Drops nearly 50% from 2009
Businesses "Like" Facebook Developers, Jobs Quadruple Over Last Year
Growth in Demand for Android Developers Passes Demand for iPhone Developers by 40%
April Snapshot
1 California (13%)2 Texas (8.2%)3 Florida (12%)4 Illinois (11.7%)5 New York (8.8%)
6 Georgia (10.4%)7 Pennsylvania (9.4%)8 North Carolina (10.9%)9 Michigan (14.9%)
10 Ohio (11.5%)
11 Virginia (7.6%)12 Massachussetts (9.3%)13 New Jersey (10.2%)14 Oregon (11.7%)15 Washington (9.9%)
16 Indiana (10.2%)17 Colorado (8.4%)18 Arizona (9.4%)19 South Carolina (11.7%)20 Minnesota (8.2%)
21 Tennessee (10.8%)22 Montana (10.2%)23 Utah (7.4%)24 Alabama (10.9%)25 Maryland (7.7%)
1 New York2 San Diego3 Los Angeles4 Austin5 Tampa
6 Charlotte7 Miami8 Las Vegas9 Houston
10 San Francisco
11 Fairfax (VA)12 Dallas13 Philadelphia14 Portland15 Orlando
16 Atlanta17 Omaha18 San Jose19 Fort Worth20 Pittsburgh
21 Sacramento22 Torrance (CA)23 Raleigh24 Tuscon25 Phoenix
Top Provider Countries
1 Philippines2 India3 United States4 Ukraine5 Pakistan6 Russia7 Bangladesh8 United Kingdom9 Canada
10 China
1 Chandigarh, India2 Dhaka, Bangladesh3 Mohali, India4 Quezon City, Philippines5 Bangalore, India6 Lahore, Pakistan7 Cebu City, Philippines8 Manila, Philippines9 Iligan City, Phillipines
10 Ahmedabad, India11 Indore, India12 Karachi, Pakistan13 Taganrog, Russia14 New Delhi, India15 Kiev, Ukraine16 Dumaguete City, Philippines17 Hyderabad, India18 Pune, India
19 Rawalpindi, Pakistan20 Kolkata, India21 Bacolod City, Philippines22 Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines23 Trivandrum, India24 Noida, India25 Sevastopol, Ukraine
Top Cities (by available providers April 2010)
Global Online Work
BUYER SPEND (in USD) USA Australia Canada India Philippines Russia Ukraine UK Other Total Earned
USA 739,055 35,272 57,315 659 246 47 22,385 327,105 1,182,085
Australia 12,285 15,193 511 247 6,172 34,439
Canada 87,661 7,267 10,825 14 3,197 6,371 115,336
India 1,510,218 191,429 113,834 3,490 2,714 14 3 154,432 585,420 2,561,555
Philippines 734,682 130,526 59,865 1,359 4,853 163 3 71,545 148,492 1,151,488
Russia 594,879 46,419 36,220 44 252 56 37,840 149,801 865,512
Ukraine 458,752 63,788 55,955 205 842 551 57,363 189,650 827,107
UK 67,564 4,390 1,143 160 118 20,703 16,254 110,332
Other 1,082,706 125,894 115,894 1,820 672 524 22 122,890 352,161 1,802,673
Totals 5,287,802 620,179 451,653 7,592 8,645 1,912 682 490,632 1,781,428 8,650,526
U.S. Average Hourly Rates
Top States (rank, state, unemployment rate)
Top Cities (by available providers April 2010)
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