UpWork releases 20 Fastest growing Freelance skills in Q4, 2018

Upwork.com is the world’s largest freelance marketplace where freelance matchmaking is done between clients and freelancers. The company releases quarterly fastest growing skills every year.

75% of the Top 20 fastest-growing skills were new to the index in Q4 2018.

“Businesses are placing a greater emphasis on skills training, investing in the workforces they have today and the one they will need tomorrow,” said Stephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork

The top 20 fastest-growing skills, Q4 2018:

1. Hadoop

2. Dropbox API

3. Genetic algorithms

4. Microbiology

5. Computational linguistics

6. Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

7. Digital signal processing

8. Intercom

9. Interactive advertising

10. Invision

11. Employee training

12. Kubernetes

13. OAuth

14. Autodesk Revit

15. App store optimization

16. App usability analysis

17. Vue.js framework

18. Learning Management Solution (LMS) consulting

19. 3D scanning

20. React.js framework

You can compare which skills were dominating and in demand in Q3, Q2 and Q1 of 2018.