The 50 Fastest Growing Online Jobs

This year, online employers are looking for workers skilled in mobile development and 3D technologies, new research shows.

Of the top 11 fastest-growing online jobs in 2014, more than half are related to either mobile development or 3D work, according to the study by the freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com.

The research shows that in the first quarter of 2014, all work related to 3D technologies took a dramatic leap forward. The fastest-growing online job was 3D rendering, with the number of open positions increasing by nearly 44 percent since the first of the year to 2,784. Additionally, 3D animation — the fourth fastest growing online position — increased 35 percent to 3,183 jobs, while the sixth fastest growing online job, 3D modeling, saw a 34 percent increase in the number of open jobs. [50+ Job Skills You Should List on Your Resume]

Continuing a trend that began last year, the study revealed that mobile developers with Android skills are still more sought after than those with iPhone talents. Android development, the seventh fastest growing online job, saw a 34 percent increase, to 11,141 open positions in the first three months of the year, versus iPhone's 32 percent increase to 10,207 jobs. In this year's rankings, iPhone development ranked 11th.

Based on the analysis of more than 270,000 job postings, the research uncovered the 50 fastest growing freelance jobs and skill areas for online work:

1. 3D Rendering

2. Ghostwriting

3. Software Development

4. 3D Animation

5. Mobile Phone

6. 3D Modeling

7. Android Development

8. Logo Design

9. Illustration

10. Telemarketing

11. iPhone Development

12. Objective C

13. Brochure Design

14. Photoshop Design

15. Accounting

16. Photo Editing

17. Visual Basic

18. After Effects

19. User Interface

20. Graphic Design

21. Engineering

22. iPad Development

23. Animation

24. Sales

25. Web Scraping

26. Video Services

27. Wordpress

28. Database Administration

29. HTML5

30. Leads

31. Copywriting

32. ASP

33. .NET

34. Website Design

35. Business Analysis

36. Software Architecture

37. C# Programming

38. Photoshop

39. Web Hosting

40. PSD to HTML

41. Copy Typing

42. Advertising

43. Shopping Carts

44. Software Testing

45. E-commerce

46. Javascript

47. HTML

48. Virtual Assistant

49. Data Processing

50. SQL

The listing provides an accurate picture of the skills online employers want, said Matt Barrie, Freelancer.com's chief executive. "The Freelancer Fast 50 data is the leading forward indicator of trends in online jobs related to industries, technologies, products and companies," he said.

Originally published on Business News Daily.

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