Online jobs report: tremendous growth in iPad jobs, Microsoft a dead duck?

February 29th, 2012

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Freelancer.com, the world’s largest outsourcing marketplace, has disclosed its findings on the fastest growing online jobs with the release of the Freelancer Fast 50 for 2011, together with the company’s predictions for 2012.

“We are uniquely positioned to comment on jobs conducted online, with over 3.2 million users and 1.5 million jobs posted on Freelancer.com to date,” said CEO Matt Barrie.

The Freelancer.com Fast 50 charts the top 50 rising job categories in the online labor market quarter by quarter. The 2011 Freelancer Fast 50 is the amalgamation of those results for the year.

“Each year we examine hundreds of thousands of jobs posted on Freelancer.com. This year our team of data analysts uncovered insights, backed by empirical evidence, regarding trends that are frequently commented on by the press. The techniques we use enable us to gauge community and developer interest more accurately than the traditional methods,” Barrie concluded.

TOP TRENDS OF THE FREELANCER FAST 50 FOR 2011

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Microsoft is a dead duck

View the full Freelancer.com Fast 50 2011

About the Freelancer Fast 50

This data was extracted from the skills specified in 783,373 jobs posted on Freelancer.com in 2010 and 2011. The Freelancer.com Freelancer Fast 50 is the leading gauge of online hiring trends. The Fast 50 is calculated by looking at the fastest rising and falling job sectors on Freelancer.com where job volumes exceed 1,000.

Online jobs report: tremendous growth in iPad jobs, Microsoft a dead duck?

TOP TRENDS OF THE FREELANCER FAST 50 FOR 2011

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