Demand for Online Writing and Content Creation Jobs Intensifies, finds Freelancer.com

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(via NewsDirect) Freelancer.com (ASX: FLN) (OTCQX: FLNCF), the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users and jobs posted, today released its quarterly report revealing the most in-demand online jobs on the platform for Q3 2023. The Fast 50 Q3 2023 report, a quarterly dataset ranking the fastest growing and falling jobs on the platform, analyzed over 277,000 jobs posted by employers to Freelancer.com between July and September 2023 . According to the data, the fastest growing freelance jobs by percentage growth in Q3 2023 were mostly writing, content creation and marketing related. Rank Skill Growth Q2 2023 Q3 2023 1 Copy Typing +28.7% 6,381 8,213 2 Microsoft Word +24.7% 4,396 5,485 3 Search Engine Marketing +24.1% 2,321 2,881 4 Copywriting +23.8% 8,737 10,817 5 Ghostwriting +23.1% 6,377 7,852 As AI continues to advance, the need for human creativity remains strong. Employers are once again seeking freelancers to support with Creative Writing and Content Writing projects, which are up 22.4% and 19.4% respectively. A surge in demand for writing skills across the platform means there were more than 10,000 additional writing projects available in Q3 2023, which were already a trending skill evident in the previous quarter . The Q3 2023 data also indicates a consistent trend in businesses seeking freelance marketing support, with Search Engine Marketing (up 24.1%), Videography (up 17.4%) and Telemarketing (up 16.5%) seeing notable growth across the quarter. This aligns with the previous quarter's emphasis on business marketing activities. “Our Freelancer Fast 50 Report is a forward leading indicator of the skills and expertise businesses need today. Artificial Intelligence is powering a boom in content creation, particularly focusing on writing, marketing and video production skills” said Matt Barrie , Chief Executive at Freelancer . “Generative AI is superskilling freelancers and their ability to produce extremely high quality content and faster than ever before. Tools like ChatGPT and Bard have changed the game when it comes to producing and refining written content, while advances in video AI such as Runway Gen-2, HeyGen and Pika Labs means that video production and editing can be done with a click of a button.” Growth in skills like User Interface / IA (up 17.4% from 3,071 to 3,607) and UX / User Experience (up 13.9% from 1,193 to 1,359) highlight the importance of user-centric design in today's digital landscape. Data Mining (up 14.9% from 2,374 to 2,728) and Data Processing (up 10% from 11,013 to 12,115) were also amongst the top growing jobs. These skills are often associated with Sales functions and Lead Generation, which are also growing in the quarter, up 13.3% and 11.4% respectively. By leveraging freelancers to research leads, businesses can operate more efficiently and focus more on relationship building in the sales process. Design, Marketing and Video Creation Jobs Lead Year-on-Year Growth Several skills have surged in demand when comparing Q3 2022 and Q3 2023. Jobs for User Interface (UI) Design have doubled, growing by 101.9% to 3,607 from 1,786 in the same period last year. Search Engine Marketing jobs grew 80.4% (from 1,597 to 2,881) and Videography jumped by 77.1% (from 2,716 to 4,809). Rank Skill Growth Q2 2023 Q3 2023 1 User Interface / IA +101.9% 1,786 3,607 2 Search Engine Marketing +80.4% 1,597 2,881 3 Videography +77.1% 2,716 4,809 4 Microsoft Word +61.3% 3,400 5,485 5 Video Production +58.1% 4,472 7,071 Fastest Falling Jobs of Q3 2023 The recent data highlights a shift in the demand for specific technical skills, which saw a significant increase last year as many tech companies laid off technical staff. There's a noticeable decline in jobs for certain established programming languages and frameworks. For instance, Matlab and Mathematica saw a 25.1% decrease (from 1,349 to 1,011 jobs). Similarly, projects requiring skills in AngularJS jobs dropped by 23.5% (from 1,722 to 1,318), while those requiring Django experts experienced a decline of 23.4% (from 1,216 to 932). C Programming, C++ Programming, and Python, which were all in-demand skills in Q3 2022 , also all decreased on the platform in Q3 2023. While algorithms remain integral to many processes, there's been a reduction in specialized roles in this domain. This trend is evident in the decrease in demand for Algorithm skills, which saw a decrease of 22.5% (from 1,438 to 1,114 jobs). This might be a consequence of the advent of more intuitive tools and platforms that simplify algorithmic tasks. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Fast 50 Q1 2023 - Data Analysis Writing Jobs Show No Sign Of Slowing Down The introduction of highly sophisticated and powerful generative AI tools have led many experts and commentators to predict that skills such as writing will be replaced by AI. However, the latest Fast 50 Q3 data demonstrates that writing jobs are here to stay, as content writing, creative writing, copy typing and ghostwriting jobs increase by more than 20% over the last quarter. These skills continue to flourish after reporting growth in the previous quarter on Freelancer.com , with Creative Writing ranked as the fastest growing skills in Q2 2023 (up 58%, from 1,868 to 2,961). An Increase in writing skills for two quarters in a row suggest that businesses are placing more emphasis on content creation by hiring freelancers to write articles and produce creative content. Copy Typing, the fastest growing skill for Q3’23 (up 28.7% from 6,381 to 8,213) encompasses all types of jobs from data entry to helping write e-books to transcription and typist projects. While technical projects do require degrees and past experience, most copy typing jobs can be performed by freelancers with no prior knowledge, making it a lucrative side hustle for freelancers globally. AI’s Impact on Whitecollar Jobs While writing jobs continue to flourish over the past 6 months, there is a need to understand how generative AI will impact jobs and various freelancing skills. In a longform essay titled ‘ AI know what you did last summer ’ , Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie discusses the bleeding edge of AI technology and how he predicts these will go on the shape white-collar jobs. Barrie suggests that to be competitive in a world of AI, workers will need to adapt or move up the stack: “Those in white collar jobs will need to move ‘up the stack’. Illustrators become cinematographers. Writers become editors. Software developers become product managers. Grad students now run a research group.” Barrie also highlights that there is a major opportunity for freelancers, arguing that AI-powered freelancers will ultimately be the winners as they have the ability to compete against middle class workforces all around the world. AI’s impact on work productivity is evident in a recent AI study conducted by Freelancer.com which found that in a survey of over 1,300 US workers, a majority of those US workers (75%) are using generative AI tools in their work. One in three (33%) workers are using AI tools all the time in their work, while one quarter of US workers (25%) are using these tools sometimes and one sixth (16%) admit to never using AI at work. Marketing & Video Production Sustain Growth, Growing Every Quarter in 2023 Marketing and Video Production skills are one of the most in-demand skill categories on the platform, with data showing they’ve now grown every quarter since the beginning of the year. Search Engine Marketing (up 24.1%, from 2,321 to 2,881) ranked as the third fastest growing skill on the platform. Telemarketing (up 16.5%, from 1,054 to 1,228) has grown in Q3 as businesses turn towards more traditional marketing tactics. Sustained growth in different types of marketing skills means there are many opportunities for skilled freelancers to find unique projects on the platform. As for video production, not only is the skill up quarter-on-quarter, but both Video Production and Videography have almost doubled when compared to the same time last year, up 58.1% and 77.1% respectively. The surge in freelancer video production jobs can be attributed to the booming demand for online content, especially on platforms like YouTube (up 10.3%, from 1,174 to 1,295 jobs in Q3) and TikTok . As content is a staple in many marketing strategies, businesses are turning to freelancers to help them produce content, boosting this as a potential category for workers. Businesses Delegating Sales Functions to Freelancers As found in the Freelancer.com World’s Most Boring Job research , businesses often delegate research heavy tasks to on-demand freelancers. In turn, this allows businesses the ability to operate more efficiently and focus on more impact-based tasks. A unique trend uncovered in the Fast 50 Q3 2023 shows that businesses are leaning on freelancers to help with the research portion of the sales function. Sales and Lead Generation ranked as some of the fastest growing jobs in the quarter, up 13.3% and 11.4% respectively. Interestingly, Sales and Lead Generation both featured in the top 25 fastest growing jobs in Q2 2023. Growth in sales and lead generation is an example of how businesses are employing freelancers to help them streamline the sales process. ###### Freelancer Fast 50 The Freelancer Fast 50 report is the world’s largest forward indicator of trends in online jobs related to industries, technologies, products, and companies. The data is based on 277,000 jobs posted to the Freelancer.com platform between July 1 to September 30 2023 . Fast 50 Q3 2022 vs Q3 2023 Fastest Growing Jobs - Q2 2023 vs. Q3 2023 Rank Skill Job Count Q3 '22 Job Count Q3 '23 % Increase 1 User Interface / IA 1786 3607 101.9% 2 Search Engine Marketing 1597 2881 80.4% 3 Videography 2716 4809 77.1% 4 Microsoft Word 3400 5485 61.3% 5 Video Production 4472 7071 58.1% 6 Web Search 4107 6353 54.7% 7 Video Editing 5983 8894 48.7% 8 Photography 2206 3275 48.5% 9 Creative Writing 2443 3613 47.9% 10 Data Mining 1860 2728 46.7% Fast 50 Q2 2023 vs Q3 2023 Data Fastest Growing Jobs - Q2 2023 vs. Q3 2023 Rank Skill Job Count Q2 '23 Job Count Q3 '23 % Increase 1 Copy Typing 6381 8213 28.7% 2 Word 4396 5485 24.8% 3 Search Engine Marketing 2321 2881 24.1% 4 Copywriting 8737 10817 23.8% 5 Ghostwriting 6377 7852 23.1% 6 Creative Writing 2952 3613 22.4% 7 Content Writing 10718 12794 19.4% 8 User Interface / IA 3071 3607 17.5% 9 Videography 4096 4809 17.4% 10 Telemarketing 1054 1228 16.5% 11 Data Mining 2374 2728 14.9% 12 Shopify Templates 1373 1566 14.1% 13 UX / User Experience 1193 1359 13.9% 14 T-Shirt Design 2020 2301 13.9% 15 Sales 3218 3647 13.3% 16 PDF 2847 3208 12.7% 17 Leads 1654 1843 11.4% 18 Photography 2943 3275 11.3% 19 Excel 15281 17001 11.3% 20 Video Production 6363 7071 11.1% 21 Home Design 1259 1399 11.1% 22 Corporate Identity Design 3535 3927 11.1% 23 Research 4870 5377 10.4% 24 YouTube 1174 1295 10.3% 25 Data Processing 11013 12115 10.0% Fastest Falling Jobs - Q2 2023 vs. Q3 2023 Rank Skill Job Count Q2 '23 Job Count Q3 '23 % Decrease 1 Matlab and Mathematica 1349 1011 -25.1% 2 AngularJS 1722 1318 -23.5% 3 Django 1216 932 -23.4% 4 Algorithm 1438 1114 -22.5% 5 Customer Service 1338 1068 -20.2% 6 C Programming 4550 3643 -19.9% 7 Microcontroller 1237 991 -19.9% 8 .NET 2230 1800 -19.3% 9 Electrical Engineering 2468 2001 -18.9% 10 Report Writing 3547 2892 -18.5% 11 Mathematics 1415 1159 -18.1% 12 Electronics 2191 1822 -16.8% 13 C++ Programming 3983 3340 -16.1% 14 API 1105 927 -16.1% 15 Engineering 2933 2470 -15.8% 16 Machine Learning (ML) 2238 1890 -15.6% 17 Flutter 2161 1830 -15.3% 18 Web Development 1187 1011 -14.8% 19 Java 6303 5373 -14.8% 20 Web Hosting 1943 1662 -14.5% 21 Customer Support 1544 1324 -14.3% 22 Business Plans 1237 1075 -13.1% 23 Research Writing 7218 6310 -12.6% 24 ASP.NET 1033 907 -12.2% 25 Python 10560 9283 -12.09% About Freelancer Twelve-time Webby award-winning Freelancer.com is the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by total number of users and projects posted. More than 69 million registered users have posted over 23.1 million projects and contests to date in over 2,000 areas as diverse as website development, logo design, marketing, copywriting, astrophysics, aerospace engineering and manufacturing. Freelancer owns Escrow.com , the leading provider of secure online payments and online transaction management for consumers and businesses on the Internet with over US$5 billion in transactions secured. Freelancer also owns Freightlancer & Loadshift, enterprise freight marketplaces with over 550 million kilometers of freight posted since inception. Freelancer Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker ASX:FLN and is quoted on OTCQX Best Market under the ticker FLNCF. Forward-looking statements This document contains certain "forward-looking statements". 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