My Account
Follow us on:
CO-PRESENTING PARTNER
LIVE COVERAGE AND VIDEO PARTNERS
Powered By
Find & Invest in bonds issued by top corporates, PSU Banks, NBFCs, and much more. Invest as low as 10,000 and earn better returns than FD
Invest Now
Find safe & high-yielding bonds for your buck. Discover the right bonds meeting your investment amount & investment horizon
Invest Now
Powered By 
Diversify your portfolio by investing in Global brands.
Invest Now
Pre-configured baskets of stocks & ETFs that you can invest
in with a single click. Developed by hedge funds, global
asset management companies, experienced wealth
management firms and portfolio managers.
Invest Now
AMBAREESH BALIGA
Fundamental, Stock Ideas, Multibaggers & Insights
Subscribe
CK NARAYAN
Stock & Index F&O Trading Calls & Market Analysis
Subscribe
SUDARSHAN SUKHANI
Technical Call, Trading Calls & Insights
Subscribe
T GNANASEKAR
Commodity Trading Calls & Market Analysis
Subscribe
MECKLAI FINANCIALS
Currency Derivatives Trading Calls & Insights
Subscribe
SHUBHAM AGARWAL
Options Trading Advice and Market Analysis
Subscribe
MARKET SMITH INDIA
Model portfolios, Investment Ideas, Guru Screens and Much More
Subscribe
TraderSmith
Proprietary system driven Rule Based Trading calls
Subscribe
Curated markets data, exclusive trading recommendations, Independent equity analysis & actionable investment ideas
Subscribe
Curated markets data, exclusive trading recommendations, Independent equity analysis & actionable investment ideas
Explore
STOCK REPORTS BY THOMSON REUTERS
Details stock report and investment recommendation
Subscribe
POWER YOUR TRADE
Technical and Commodity Calls
Subscribe
INVESTMENT WATCH
Set price, volume and news alerts
Subscribe
STOCKAXIS EMERGING MARKET LEADERS
15-20 High Growth Stocks primed for price jumps
Subscribe
When it comes to freelancing, Indians prefer programming and design projects, according to data from Freelancer.com, shared exclusively with Moneycontrol.
Currently, Indians make up the highest percentage of users on the Sydney-based freelance marketplace, with over 1.73 crore registered as freelancers and clients on the platform. This number has grown significantly since 2020.
In 2020, during the pandemic, the registered user count in India grew by more than 34 lakh to reach over 1.2 crore. The next year saw over 29 lakh additions.
Overall, Indian users’ main contribution is in supporting clients with graphic design, marketing and tech-related jobs. India has one of the highest numbers of completed jobs for PHP and graphic design in the world. Last year, clients across the world posted over 5.6 lakh projects and India-based freelancers completed 73,558 of them.
Indian freelancers synonymous with tech skills
Historically, clients from all around the world have turned to Indian freelancers for tech-related skills, Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie told Moneycontrol. “India has a well-developed education system focused on science and technology, so it makes a lot of sense that great programmers from India are hired by businesses worldwide,” he said.
ALSO READ | Despite tech disruption, non-tech jobs continue to hold their own
The most in-demand tech skill for Indian freelancers is PHP (hypertext preprocessor), which is a general-purpose scripting language generally used for web development. This is followed by HTML, WordPress and SEO projects.
When it comes to demand for IT skills in India since 2020, four skills have always been on top: PHP, HTML, WordPress and SEO.
The last quarter of 2022 was the first time since 2020 that SEO overtook the number of WordPress jobs. While there were only two more SEO jobs than WordPress in Q4 2022, this is significant as it shows changes in demand for different business needs.
“Businesses are investing more in Search Engine Optimisation and are aiming to improve their website ranks,” Barrie said. Places 5-9 always shuffle between JavaScript, Link Building, MySQL, Android and Mobile App Development. These skills are typically always quite close to one another in terms of job count.
Unusually at Freelancer.com, the 10th place has always been taken by Software Architecture, but for the first time since 2020, demand for Python has overtaken Software Architecture.
According to Barrie, the main reason tech-related skills are surging is due to mass global layoffs in the tech industry. “The macroeconomic environment, tech winter and nosebleed inflation have led to almost daily announcements of layoffs.”
ALSO READ | Adjacent skills can be a major driver of one’s career prospects
More than 1.5 lakh employees were laid off in 2022 and this is expected to continue this year, as per Layoff.fyi data, a website tracking layoffs. Over 23,000 employees have already been laid off in the first two weeks of 2023.
“As companies continue to lay off staff, we see the ripple effects on the platform, as companies turn to on-demand freelancer support to plug skill gaps within their organisations,” said Barrie, adding, “This is the trend we observed for a majority of 2022 and we expect it to continue in 2023.”
Designers in demand
Globally, jobs for programming and design are the most in demand across the entire platform. They range anywhere from low-paying logo design jobs to some of the highest-paying jobs on the platform, which involve large-scale graphic design or programming support. These skills are always in demand globally as many businesses lack this talent.
In particular, graphic design and website design rank as the most popular skills as these are the areas entrepreneurs tend to focus on first when they start a business, Barrie said. “They start with hiring a freelancer to design a logo, then a website, then visuals for their website or social media accounts.”
Skills in demand across the world
Across the world, ‘Report Writing’, with around 60 percent growth, has the highest rate of growth across more than 2,000 skills available on Freelancer.com.
Coming in a close second are Matlab and Mathematica skills, with 56 percent growth. These are separate programming languages used by engineers and scientists to analyse data. Research jobs and Research Writing rank as the third and fifth fastest-growing skills.
In Q4 2022, data reveals that the new trend is employers hiring for programming jobs, as skills specific to programming dominated the rankings. Web Scraping, often used for lead generation and price monitoring, came in as the fourth fastest-growing skill, increasing 32.6 percent.
ALSO READ | Psychometric tests are popular. Here are some tips to crack them during the recruitment process
C Programming and C++ Programming, which are general-purpose programming and coding languages used to develop systems and applications, increased 28.9 percent and 23.7 percent, respectively. Jobs requiring skills in Python, a high-level, general-purpose programming language, also grew 20.7 percent.
Adding to the growth of engineering-related programming, Matlab and Mathematica projects seeking skills in engineering increased in Q4 2022, with Electrical Engineering jobs growing by 25.6 percent and Mechanical Engineering jobs increasing 17.3 percent.
ALSO READ | With ESG gaining focus, professionals can command a premium
Copyright © e-Eighteen.com Ltd. All rights reserved. Reproduction of news articles, photos, videos or any other content in whole or in part in any form or medium without express writtern permission of moneycontrol.com is prohibited.
You are already a Moneycontrol Pro user.
source
—
Note that any programming tips and code writing requires some knowledge of computer programming. Please, be careful if you do not know what you are doing…