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Upwork’s 100 skills with fastest growth: ‘.NET Core’ tops list

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Upwork’s 100 skills with fastest growth: ‘.NET Core’ tops list

December 19, 2019
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The fastest-growing skill in the third quarter on Upwork Inc. (NASDAQ: UPWK) was “.NET Core,” an open-source development platform maintained by Microsoft. That’s according to a report released by online staffing firm Upwork that lists the 100 skills with the fastest growth. The second fastest-growing skill was TypeScript, an open source programming language developed by Microsoft.

Many of the skills were related to technology, but not all; romance writing ranked No. 86.

Upwork’s report noted the average hourly rate for the top 100 skills in the third quarter was $43.72. That’s higher than the $28 median hourly rate overall for freelancers providing skilled services. And demand for the top 100 skills grew more than 45% year over year in the third quarter with the top 10 growing by more than 260%.

The Upwork 100 skills list is based on skills sought on the its online staffing platform. The analysis to find the 100 fastest-growing skills starts by including only skills that have been in the top 500 in terms of freelancer billings over the past four complete quarters. From that, the 100 fastest-growing skills are ranked based on year-over-year growth rates in freelancer billings for the third quarter of 2019.

Here’s the list of the top 100 skills:

  1. .NET Core

  2. TypeScript

  3. Landing pages

  4. eBooks

  5. Android

  6. Electronic design

  7. Presentation

  8. Sketch

  9. Research

  10. Technical recruiter

  11. Bank reconciliation

  12. Slack

  13. Google Tag Manager

  14. Sourcing

  15. Amazon Web Services

  16. Video post-editing

  17. LinkedIn recruiting

  18. Data visualization

  19. Interviewing

  20. Interior design

  21. System administration

  22. Kubernetes

  23. Data scraping

  24. Technical documentation

  25. Project scheduling

  26. Adobe Premiere Pro

  27. 2D animation

  28. Firebase

  29. Customer retention marketing

  30. Salesforce Lightning

  31. DevOps

  32. Selenium

  33. Accounts receivable management

  34. Microsoft Windows Azure

  35. Database design

  36. AutoCAD

  37. Usability testing

  38. C development

  39. Accounts payable management

  40. Lead generation

  41. Product descriptions

  42. Certified Public Accountant

  43. Circuit design

  44. eLearning

  45. Google Docs

  46. Docker

  47. GitHub

  48. Redux for JavaScript

  49. Business planning

  50. Data entry

  51. Motion graphics

  52. Infographics

  53. Architecture

  54. ASP.NET

  55. Asana

  56. Instagram marketing

  57. Shopify development

  58. Search engine optimization

  59. Architectural rendering

  60. PostgreSQL administration

  61. Salesforce app development

  62. Python

  63. Magento 2

  64. Link building

  65. MongoDB

  66. Bootstrap

  67. SEO writing

  68. Web scraping

  69. Animation

  70. Network security

  71. 3D rendering

  72. Agile project management

  73. Administrative support

  74. Data mining

  75. Internet research

  76. English grammar

  77. Squarespace

  78. Elasticsearch

  79. Startup consulting

  80. AWS Lambda

  81. Branding

  82. Media relations

  83. Appointment setting

  84. 3D design

  85. Bookkeeping

  86. Romance writing

  87. Budgeting and forecasting

  88. Product design

  89. Financial accounting

  90. Adobe After Effects

  91. Zendesk

  92. Accounting

  93. Virtual assistant

  94. Google Cloud Platform

  95. Postgre SQL programming

  96. Tax preparation

  97. Embedded systems

  98. Audio editing

  99. Google Analytics

  100. Amazon S3

The top 10 industries hiring the top 100 skills included:

  1. Consulting

  2. Internet software and services

  3. Internet

  4. Consumer discretionary

  5. Healthcare

  6. Consumer staples

  7. Publishing

  8. Education

  9. Advertising

  10. Specialized consumer services