Elance-oDesk, the global leader in online work, released our first Global Online Work Report showing global trends in online work. As an increasingly connected and independent workforce goes online, talent—like software, shopping and communications before it—is shifting to the cloud. This shift is making it faster and easier for businesses to hire for the skills they need, when they need them, while freeing professionals from set time and place work.

1. Growth Rate of Categories
YoY GROWTH
Total Registered on Elance-oDesk
CUMULATIVE ALL TIME
Freelancer Earnings by Category
2014 YTD
Global Online Work Report
JANUARY – 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
Available2.5K
Annualized
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
PROJECTED
EOY 2014
PROJECTED
EOY 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