Career Management of Worldwide IT Jobs from Australia
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This information was compiled from analysing Elance Trends information in 2013.
The information below include the popular ICT skills in demand. Other skills are can be seen via the link.
This information only represents one freelancing jobs website. Others exist.
Worldwide Geography of ICT Project work demands
| Country | Jobs Posted Total / $ | IT Jobs / $ | Creative Jobs / $ | Marketing Jobs / $ | Operations Jobs / $ |
|---|
| USA | 1969000 | 830000 | 770000 | 142144 | 154289 |
| $2.3B | $1.4B | $476M | $191M | $123M |
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| UK | 255000 | 113000 | 100000 | 18000 | 16000 |
| $241M | $141M | $56M | $25M | $10M |
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| Australia | 227000 | 88000 | 99000 | 15000 | 18000 |
| $189M | $101M | $54M | $17M | $10M |
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| Canada | 192000 | 79000 | 79000 | 13000 | 13000 |
| $192M | $105M | $51M | $19M | $8M |
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| Ireland | 22000 | 10000 | 8000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| $19M | $11M | $4M | $1M | $600k |
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| NZ | 19000 | 8000 | 7000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| $16M | $9M | $4M | $1M | $600k |
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IT and Programming Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| PHP Programmer | 374032 | 3314 | $2024 | $20 | -7 |
| HTML Programmer | 248591 | 2711 | $1651 | $20 | 0 |
| CSS Jobs | 175167 | 1526 | $1883 | $20 | -9 |
| MySQL Programmer | 174010 | 1411 | $2578 | $21 | -8 |
| WordPress Designer | 161888 | 1529 | $989 | $19 | 0 |
| JavaScript Programmer | 83102 | 866 | $4015 | $24 | -4 |
| iPhone Programmer | 76051 | 863 | $3371 | $23 | -9 |
| SEO Consultant | 55154 | 771 | $1414 | $16 | 10 |
| .NET Jobs | 53855 | 637 | $5636 | $23 | -6 |
| Android Programmer | 50539 | 898 | $3694 | $22 | -4 |
| iPad Programmer | 46484 | 675 | $3403 | $23 | -5 |
| Joomla Programmer | 39532 | 237 | $1278 | $18 | -13 |
| iOS Programmer | 34887 | 542 | $4265 | $25 | -3 |
| HTML5 Programmer | 34630 | 550 | $3730 | $23 | 4 |
| Flash | 32672 | 148 | $1997 | $21 | -13 |
| jQuery | 30318 | 314 | $3631 | $23 | 1 |
| Java Programmer | 30228 | 368 | $9338 | $24 | -14 |
| Facebook Programmer | 23476 | 199 | $1970 | $19 | -4 |
| ASP.NET Programmer | 22481 | 160 | $6054 | $23 | -20 |
| Ecommerce Programmer | 20303 | 239 | $2655 | $20 | -7 |
| Magento Programmer | 19714 | 237 | $1929 | $22 | -5 |
| Drupal Programmer | 19127 | 117 | $2995 | $24 | -20 |
| XHTML | 18584 | 37 | $2091 | $20 | -28 |
| Mobile Programmer | 16657 | 277 | $3547 | $23 | -6 |
| Linux Programmer | 15869 | 205 | $5106 | $26 | 3 |
| Web Services | 15671 | 91 | $4783 | $22 | -9 |
| Google Website Optmization | 15181 | 195 | $1124 | $17 | 9 |
| C# | 14798 | 211 | $7225 | $24 | -11 |
| SQL | 14353 | 2 | $8884 | $26 | -100 |
| Objective-C | 13393 | 118 | $4108 | $25 | -15 |
| Ruby on Rails | 11938 | 134 | $9646 | $29 | -2 |
| Social Networking | 11686 | 0 | $3535 | $18 | -100 |
| Database | 11370 | 2 | $4443 | $24 | -100 |
| SQL Server Programmer | 10829 | 2 | $10778 | $26 | -100 |
| ActionScript | 10723 | 54 | $2647 | $23 | -6 |
| PayPal | 10322 | 53 | $1270 | $19 | -12 |
| C++ | 10033 | 198 | $6361 | $26 | -3 |
| C | 9118 | 97 | $4343 | $26 | -13 |
| API | 9071 | 137 | $3832 | $24 | -12 |
| Amazon Web Services | 8605 | 117 | $3358 | $25 | -5 |
| ASP | 8399 | 0 | $3931 | $23 | -100 |
| Python | 8315 | 147 | $6152 | $27 | 0 |
| Content Management Systems | 7971 | 101 | $4392 | $21 | 1 |
| Microsoft Access | 7932 | 87 | $1882 | $22 | -3 |
| Link Building | 7003 | 0 | $1084 | $14 | -100 |
| osCommerce | 6283 | 31 | $1068 | $18 | -19 |
| Windows | 6086 | 71 | $4785 | $25 | -1 |
| Twitter | 6033 | 63 | $1386 | $17 | 36 |
| Cocoa | 5938 | 34 | $4301 | $24 | -20 |
| LAMP Programmer | 5621 | 32 | $7969 | $26 | -13 |
| Apache | 5601 | 43 | $4629 | $26 | -14 |
| Mac OS X | 5288 | 52 | $3300 | $24 | 1 |
| Google Maps | 5216 | 57 | $2229 | $23 | 5 |
| Visual Basic | 5150 | 44 | $1999 | $24 | -11 |
| Xcode | 5102 | 49 | $2663 | $23 | -2 |
| Flex | 5086 | 32 | $5107 | $24 | 3 |
| DHTML | 4988 | 19 | $2591 | $22 | -11 |
| VBA | 4902 | 42 | $1311 | $22 | -5 |
| Blackberry | 4847 | 28 | $3690 | $22 | -15 |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | 4589 | 34 | $6379 | $27 | -25 |
| Salesforce.com | 4513 | 68 | $7938 | $27 | -1 |
| CRM | 4403 | 85 | $6891 | $22 | -3 |
| VB.Net | 4392 | 36 | $8537 | $24 | -27 |
| Internet Security | 4230 | 43 | $4741 | $23 | -6 |
| Perl | 4191 | 31 | $4293 | $26 | -1 |
| Zen Cart | 4006 | 13 | $1036 | $19 | -8 |
| CakePHP | 3723 | 45 | $3505 | $20 | -4 |
| Google App Engine | 3604 | 31 | $3028 | $22 | -14 |
| Computer Graphics | 3532 | 45 | $2100 | $20 | -7 |
| JSON | 3530 | 53 | $6492 | $26 | -5 |
| Social Media Optimization | 3519 | 0 | $2133 | $17 | -100 |
| Acrobat | 3244 | 62 | $2253 | $19 | 12 |
| Game Development | 3134 | 62 | $4323 | $22 | -19 |
| Ruby | 3093 | 43 | $9849 | $29 | -9 |
| Codelgniter | 2977 | 46 | $3470 | $21 | -1 |
| Game Programming | 2939 | 38 | $4008 | $23 | -26 |
| Django | 2912 | 52 | $7671 | $28 | 3 |
| ColdFusion | 2819 | 24 | $7134 | $26 | -5 |
| Data Structure | 2779 | 14 | $6535 | $26 | -50 |
| eBay Web Services | 2761 | 28 | $1494 | $16 | -7 |
| Microsoft Sharepoint | 2709 | 28 | $9403 | $30 | 37 |
| J2EE | 2561 | 38 | $33044 | $28 | -15 |
| PrestaShop | 2494 | 42 | $884 | $17 | -14 |
| Shopify | 2445 | 43 | $1257 | $20 | 13 |
| Dot Net Nuke | 2273 | 13 | $1914 | $22 | -20 |
| Data Modeling | 2265 | 19 | $9761 | $30 | -44 |
| Asterisk | 2189 | 36 | $3806 | $20 | 11 |
| RSS | 2104 | 3 | $1030 | $21 | 11 |
| cPanel | 2081 | 0 | $1276 | $20 | -100 |
| AIR | 2040 | 20 | $5631 | $24 | -29 |
| Zend | 2037 | 28 | $7142 | $23 | -6 |
| SharePoint | 2013 | 25 | $13910 | $31 | -3 |
| Vbulletin | 2001 | 13 | $1044 | $24 | 0 |
| YouTube | 1987 | 28 | $1949 | $16 | 11 |
| Programming Aptitude | 1982 | 0 | $5162 | $27 | -100 |
| Technical Support | 1960 | 37 | $3677 | $19 | -21 |
| SOAP | 1954 | 19 | $7154 | $26 | -4 |
| X-Cart | 1917 | 11 | $1568 | $19 | 6 |
Design and Multimedia Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| Graphic Design | 274971 | 2450 | $820 | $20 | -7 |
| Photoshop Designer | 180291 | 1810 | $863 | $19 | -4 |
| Illustrator | 141479 | 1342 | $717 | $20 | -4 |
| Logo Designer | 102763 | 671 | $533 | $18 | -8 |
| Web Design | 96728 | 1159 | $1355 | $20 | -6 |
| Animation | 48801 | 379 | $1180 | $20 | -15 |
| Illustration | 39430 | 373 | $790 | $20 | -5 |
| 3d | 31580 | 333 | $1231 | $20 | -5 |
| InDesign Designer | 26127 | 248 | $1022 | $19 | -12 |
| Video Production | 25939 | 268 | $1073 | $21 | -7 |
| Video Editing | 25527 | 265 | $1028 | $20 | -2 |
| Cartoon | 21730 | 133 | $820 | $19 | -19 |
| Cover Design | 20905 | 137 | $694 | $19 | -22 |
| After Effects | 16530 | 187 | $1216 | $21 | -11 |
| Voice Over | 15204 | 156 | $583 | $29 | 0 |
| Voice Talent | 12839 | 135 | $498 | $30 | 2 |
| Creative Suite | 11602 | 85 | $1523 | $22 | 1 |
| Art Direction | 11306 | 34 | $1677 | $23 | -45 |
| Banner Ads | 10629 | 79 | $1068 | $19 | -25 |
| Audio Editing | 10471 | 0 | $1131 | $19 | -100 |
| Business Card Design | 9629 | 47 | $757 | $19 | -38 |
| Photography | 9271 | 148 | $1085 | $18 | 2 |
| Voice Acting | 9128 | 113 | $459 | $29 | 3 |
| Corporate Brand Indentity | 8607 | 44 | $1097 | $21 | -59 |
| Digital Photography | 8131 | 1 | $1162 | $18 | -100 |
| Dreamweaver | 8081 | 47 | $1424 | $19 | -27 |
| Presentation Design | 7760 | 105 | $982 | $22 | -9 |
| Videography | 7618 | 86 | $1037 | $23 | -7 |
| Music | 5628 | 106 | $845 | $21 | 8 |
| Coreldraw | 5517 | 56 | $1506 | $18 | -12 |
| Infographics | 5031 | 50 | $1026 | $24 | -27 |
| User Interface | 4853 | 0 | $3547 | $27 | -100 |
| Freehand | 4799 | 12 | $799 | $19 | -44 |
| Fashion Design | 4695 | 39 | $1216 | $22 | -26 |
| Label and Package Design | 4227 | 36 | $866 | $22 | -41 |
| Camtasia | 3327 | 19 | $1489 | $22 | -27 |
| Electronic Design | 3325 | 32 | $1492 | $23 | -33 |
| Final Cut | 3056 | 1 | $1440 | $19 | -100 |
| Fireworks | 2779 | 18 | $1092 | $19 | -36 |
| Microsoft Publisher | 2630 | 0 | $1304 | $19 | -100 |
| Newsletter Design | 2613 | 0 | $963 | $20 | -100 |
| Calligraphy | 2181 | 8 | $703 | $20 | -47 |
| Premiere | 1774 | 33 | $1685 | $21 | -6 |
| Cinema 4d | 1732 | 17 | $1549 | $22 | -39 |
| Quark Xpress | 1701 | 5 | $1020 | $22 | -28 |
| Frontpage | 1592 | 1 | $2358 | $18 | -100 |
| Pagemaker | 1558 | 0 | $1225 | $19 | -100 |
| Landscape Design | 1289 | 6 | $1224 | $20 | -50 |
| Lightwave 3d | 1075 | 4 | $1141 | $20 | -40 |
| DVD Studio Pro | 831 | 3 | $1087 | $19 | -26 |
| Director | 673 | 0 | $1898 | $20 | -100 |
| Zbrush | 652 | 11 | $1504 | $18 | -55 |
| Sony Vegas | 548 | 5 | $1434 | $20 | -24 |
| InCopy | 530 | 3 | $1157 | $19 | -42 |
| Microsoft Visio | 525 | 16 | $1928 | $21 | 28 |
| Avid | 480 | 3 | $2198 | $23 | -42 |
| Microsoft Expression | 381 | 5 | $1220 | $22 | -69 |
| Framemaker | 349 | 9 | $1211 | $18 | -49 |
| PCB Design | 339 | 18 | $2513 | $21 | -17 |
| Ext Designer | 287 | 1 | $2400 | $17 | -65 |
| Corel Ventura | 100 | 0 | $906 | $16 | -100 |
Writing Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| Content Writing | 133114 | 1478 | $833 | $17 | -1 |
| Web Content | 70956 | 449 | $862 | $17 | -11 |
| eBook | 20144 | 1 | $712 | $18 | -100 |
| Online Writing | 16565 | 51 | $954 | $17 | -45 |
| Microsoft Word | 9307 | 81 | $844 | $16 | 38 |
| Work Processing | 8548 | 56 | $754 | $14 | -5 |
| User Guide | 6251 | 42 | $1050 | $20 | -15 |
Sales and Marketing Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| Internet Marketing | 77563 | 1255 | $1998 | $16 | -2 |
| Social Media Marketing | 47928 | 712 | $1910 | $15 | 1 |
| SEM Consultants | 25408 | 299 | $1778 | $16 | -1 |
| Google Adwords Consultant | 19513 | 236 | $2077 | $19 | -4 |
| Google Analytics | 9214 | 96 | $2549 | $20 | -9 |
| Google Adsense | 3893 | 34 | $2217 | $17 | -15 |
| Mailchimp | 1990 | 42 | $1160 | $17 | 19 |
| Google+ | 1708 | 18 | $1798 | $15 | -38 |
| Google Webmaster Central | 1617 | 16 | $1614 | $17 | -8 |
Admin Support Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| Research | 62687 | 467 | $1000 | $12 | -9 |
| Microsoft Excel | 36734 | 308 | $1029 | $12 | 29 |
| Microsoft Powerpoint | 6522 | 99 | $1511 | $16 | 6 |
| Helpdesk | 2746 | 15 | $4171 | $13 | -44 |
| Content Moderation | 2284 | 16 | $1760 | $12 | -49 |
Engineering Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| 3d Modelling | 12628 | 329 | $2261 | $22 | 12 |
| AutoCAD | 8299 | 128 | $2739 | $20 | 3 |
| 3ds Max | 3599 | 88 | $1536 | $19 | 14 |
| Solidworks | 3482 | 61 | $2861 | $23 | 6 |
| Computer Engineer | 1402 | 1 | $12634 | $30 | -100 |
| Wireless | 1321 | 27 | $7458 | $28 | -25 |
| Maya | 982 | 17 | $1191 | $19 | -24 |
| Sketchup | 756 | 0 | $1429 | $18 | -100 |
| Google Sketchup Pro | 733 | 20 | $1612 | $19 | -14 |
| Autodesk Inventor | 673 | 13 | $3116 | $21 | 4 |
| Digital | 622 | 0 | $4648 | $25 | -100 |
| Scientific Computation | 563 | 10 | $3384 | $23 | -29 |
Management Skills jobs demand
| Skill | Jobs | Open Jobs | Ave. Job Budget | Ave. Hourly Rate | Quarter Growth % |
|---|
| Business Analysis | 6923 | 124 | $3332 | $23 | -2 |
| Business Plans | 4682 | 98 | $3175 | $23 | 17 |
| Strategic Planning | 2306 | 27 | $5827 | $25 | -21 |
| Project Management | 2045 | 88 | $9273 | $23 | 2 |
| Analytics | 1997 | 39 | $2749 | $23 | -17 |
| Data Interpretation | 1546 | 18 | $2933 | $22 | -15 |
| Management | 1312 | 1 | $8490 | $22 | -100 |
| Business Mathematics | 1230 | 10 | $2780 | $21 | -48 |
| Operations Management | 921 | 17 | $7135 | $21 | -43 |
| Six Sigma | 103 | 5 | $13137 | $24 | -36 |
| TQM | 48 | 0 | $2612 | $17 | -83 |
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