Elance.com recently published a breakdown of the state of online employment. The article discusses various factors about earnings by category, by providers, by countries, and other general statistics.
The article also shared their results in ranking the top 100 skills in demand. The results may surprise you – they did me.
Some of the things that immediately stood out:
- jQuery’s jump by 42 positions and a drop by two points for general JavaScript
- A 185 point jump for Google Maps
- HTML5 debuting at 71
- A drop across the board for .NET, Rails, and ASP.NET
Checkout the full article on employment trends, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts on the position of some – or any – of these technologies.
Ben says
WordPress is #5 WIN!
Tom says
Totally
Chris McGrath says
Most of the ups and downs don’t surprise me, however, the Ruby on Rails spot is somewhat surprising. It’s also nice to see WordPress in the top 5.
Tom says
It’s nice to see WordPress high on the list, but I’ll be honest: back in the earlier days of WordPress, I never considered it a true platform for development – only blogging and/or content.
As it has grown and I’ve developed plugins, themes, and other things on top of it, I’ve definitely begun to see how having experience working with it would be a marketable skill.
I think it’s important to distinguish the difference between a platform like WordPress and Drupal from a platform like .NET or Rails, but recognizing that its a platform in its own respect, as well.