Upwork releases latest Skills Index, ranking the 20 fastest-growing skills for independent professionals
All of the top 20 fastest-growing skills were new to the index in Q2 2019
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The 20 fastest-growing skills on Upwork.com in Q2 2019 experienced more than 120 percent year-over-year growth, while demand for the top 10 skills grew more than 400 percent year-over-year.
The top 20 fastest-growing skills, Q2 2019:
ServiceNow - DaVinci Resolve
- Social video marketing
- Highcharts
- PyTorch
- Keras
- Caspio
- LearnDash
- Kendo UI
- Technical recruiter
- Neo4j
- Statistical modeling
- Salesforce Lightning
- Relational databases
- d3.js
- Motion graphics
- MATLAB
- Packaging design
- SEOMoz
- Microsoft Azure
Key Insights
Big data, big data, big data
As the volume of data grows exponentially and becomes more complex, businesses are investing more in solutions that help ingest, store and analyze it in order to optimize how they derive meaningful insights that inform business decisions. Forty-four percent of CIOs cite big data and analytics as the most scarce tech skill, according to a recent survey by
Video content boosts customer engagement
Eighty-seven percent of online marketers use video content; with video being one of the most effective methods of engagement, both DaVinci Resolve (#2), a video-editing application, and motion graphics (#16) saw an uptick in demand as companies hire specialists to create compelling video content. Social video marketing (#3) also appeared on the list, showcasing demand for experts who can develop social media marketing strategies that leverage video to increase customer engagement with a brand. Consumer-generated video content such as unboxing videos are also becoming more popular as consumers showcase the products they love, accounting for growth in packaging design (#18), part of a growing
Open-source artificial intelligence (AI) solutions spur growth
A growing number of organizations have strong feelings that AI will be essential for our future, according to a recent study by Deloitte Insights. As businesses invest more in AI, they’re increasingly relying on independent talent to explore its applications and use cases. PyTorch (#5), an open source deep learning platform that provides a path from research prototyping to production deployment, appeared on the list for the first time, as did Keras (#6), an API used to build and train deep learning models.
Low-code development solutions gain popularity
Mobile apps are projected to have the most impact on business success by 2020, according to a new report by
Tech talent shortage impacts approaches to hiring, L&D
Hiring has become harder, and access to skills and talent scarcity are the biggest hiring challenges, according to a new report. As a result, businesses are leveraging independent professionals adept in technical recruiting (#10) to source talent. Organizations are also doubling down on learning and development, and a greater desire to train workers spurred demand for LearnDash (#8), a WordPress Learning Management System (LMS) plug-in that developers can use to build LMS systems.
Relevant Course List
According to a recent report, younger generations are more than twice as likely than Baby Boomers to have increased their usage of freelancers in the past three years and are projected to continue increasing their usage in 2019. At the same time, a study shows freelancers are more proactively updating their skills to remain marketable as the workforce evolves compared to non-freelancers with 70 percent of full-time freelancers participating in skills training in the past six months compared to 49 percent of full-time non-freelancers.
Here is a list of relevant online courses from online learning platforms, including Coursera, edX,
ServiceNow : The Complete ServiceNow Developer Course (Udemy)- DaVinci Resolve: Complete DaVinci Resolve 15 Video Editing (Skillshare)
- Social video marketing:
Digital Media and Marketing Strategies (Coursera) - Highcharts: Learning Highcharts (Udemy)
- PyTorch: Deep Learning with Python and PyTorch (edX)
- Keras: Deep Learning Fundamentals with Keras (edX)
- Caspio: How to Build an Approval Workflow Application with Caspio (Udemy)
- LearnDash: How To Create A Learning Management System With Wordpress (Skillshare)
- Kendo UI: Introduction To Kendo UI (
Pluralsight ) - Technical recruiter: IT Basics For Technical Recruiters (Udemy)
- Neo4j graph platform: Hands-On: Getting Started With Neo4j (Coursera)
- Statistical modeling: Data Science: Inference and Modeling (edX)
- Salesforce Lightning: Salesforce Lightning Experience Training - Part 1 - Getting Started with Lightning Experience (Skillshare)
- Relational databases: Intro to Relational Databases (Udacity)
- d3.js framework: Learn and Understand D3.js for Data Visualization (Udemy)
- Motion graphics: Grow Your Motion Graphics Skills (
Pluralsight ) - MATLAB: MATLAB and Octave for Beginners (edX)
- Packaging design: Packaging Design: Sketching Concepts That Surprise and Delight (Skillshare)
- SEOMoz: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialization (Coursera)
- Microsoft Azure: Orchestrating Big Data with
Azure Data Factory (edX)
The Upwork Skills Index calculates year-over-year growth rates based on freelancer billings through
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Christina Schultz
Upwork
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