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:
Hadoop
Dropbox API
Genetic algorithms
Microbiology
Computational linguistics
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Digital signal processing
Intercom
Interactive advertising
Invision
Employee training
Kubernetes
OAuth
Autodesk Revit
App store optimization
App usability analysis
Vue.js framework
Learning Management Solution (LMS) consulting
3D scanning
React.js framework
You can compare which skills were dominating and in demand in Q3, Q2, and Q1 of 2018.
Impressed?. do you want to quit your full-time nine to five job?. You can learn any of the above in-demand skill and make good money by offering that service. If you are unable to learn these high-end skills, you can still make money by offering your services as a writer in a freelance marketplace.
All you need is a creative mind, the ability to write grammatically correct English. All freelance marketplaces have good projects posted daily for content writing services.