Growth Rate of CategoriesYoY GROWTH

Total Registered on Elance-oDeskCUMULATIVE ALL TIME

Freelancer Earnings by Category2014 YTD

Global Online Work ReportJANUARY – MAY 2014

Clockwise from right

Online Work Earnings CUMULATIVE ALL TIME

31 May 2014

Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 57%

Admin Support . . . . . . . . . . 12%

Writing & Translation . . . . . . 12%

Design & Multimedia . . . . . . . 9%

Sales & Marketing . . . . . . . . . 6%

Finance & Management . . . . . 3%

Engineering & Manufacturing . . 1%

Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #͍��

Skills

Available2.5KAnnualized

Freelancer Earnings$900M+ 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.

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31 May 2014