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-market

1. Growth Rate of Categories
YoY GROWTH
Total U.S.Registered on Elance-oDesk
CUMULATIVE ALL TIME
U.S. Online Work Report
JANUARY–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
openings reported in the most recent month by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Online
Job Postings +22%
+3%
Freelancer Earnings by Category
2014 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%
Clockwise from top
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
Engineering & Sales & Design & Legal Admin IT & Finance & Writing &
88%
52%
44%
33%
30%
27% 26% 25%
New U.S. Online Job Postings
626K 20% YoY GROWTH
Skills with Growing Demand
Data Science
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
Infographics
PROJECTED
EOY 2014
BUSINESSES: 1.1M
Technology Finace &
Managment
Writing &
Translation
Admin
Support
LegalDesign &
Multimedia
Sales &
Marketing
Engineering &
Manufacturing
FREELANCERS: 2M

2. U.S. Online Work Report
JANUARY–MAY 2014
Spotlight on Technology
Current Top Skills
with Highest Demand
PHP
HTML
Wordpress
MySQL
Hot Skills
with Growing Demand
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.