In Demand Top 10 Freelance Skills In 2020

A skill that is high in demand for a couple of years goes out of demand in the future and is replaced by another skill. Every freelance marketplace publishes their in-demand skills on the basis of the trend's followed in their marketplace.

1-Website Development

With a boom in internet access, small businesses are turning up in huge numbers to get their websites developed.
Keep it or erase it, yes__ the website development had always been and will continue to surface up as the most in-demand freelancing skill.
Du to COVID-19, the demand for e-commerce websites has increased a lot as can be seen from this report.
Website developers, regardless of the platform they choose to build the website are in good demand on all freelance marketplaces.

2-Software Development

When I look at the projects posted on Upwork, I see good demand for desktop software developers. Clients are still looking for quality software developers to build their desktop and cloud-based software.
why Software development misses out as a top skill for freelancers I fail to understand that?

3- Graphics Designing

The computer needs graphic so therefore the demand for graphic designers will also be there.
Be it social media, website, or a print media requirement, graphic design projects are posted in a good number on all freelance marketplace.
Also with more websites being built, the demand for UI/UX is increasing. It is also increasing in designing the user interface of mobile apps.

4- Mobile App Development

This huge traffic has increased the demand for mobile app developers in recent years.
80%  and above of the internet population use smartphones to perform daily activities.
Instead of developing native apps for IOS and Android, clients demand hybrid mobile app developers who can create apps for both iOS and Android.

5- SEO(Search Engine Optimization)

There are tons of courses out there on the internet but the one I like is on Udemy. within 6 months you can master this skill and practice it to learn more. Keep in mind, this field change quickly because the algorithm for SEO on Google changes quickly.
Every day needs a website but without traffic, the site is good for nothing. SEO(search engine optimization) helps in the better ranking of a website in major search engines, Google primarily.

6-WordPress/React Native/Angular Js

On Guru.com and Upwork.com is a demand for react native, Angular Js, and also WordPress can be seen in a good number of projects posted. It won't be a bad idea to learn these skills and muster up the courage to land a proposal on these projects.

 7-Social Media Marketing/Digital Marketing

The demand for Digital Marketing, social media marketing has surfaced up in recent years because of an increase in the usage of popular social media websites such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.
This tells us that they are going to hold a prominent place in the future as in-demand skills.
Small businesses are looking for DM(Digital Marketing) and SMMA(Social Media Marketing Agency) experts to help them reach out to their potential clients and do business online.

8- Animation/Video Creation

YouTube has grown in huge popularity in the recent past. This has also raised the demand for animation and video creation. Software such as Filmora, Adobe Premiere is very popular for video editing jobs.
All major social media websites prefer video content over pictures and text posts. This has increased the demand for animation, video creation because they gain better engagement. Even when advertised, they fetch better results.

9-Creative Writer

I have observed, all freelancer websites have a huge influx of frequent new projects looking for content writers, bloggers.
Usually, the requirement is to look for a writer who can write an SEO researched article that has a typical word length ranging from 500 to2000.
Often in such posts, the client specifically requests writer's to do the keyboard research so the article gets ranked when published.
Similarly, there is a huge demand to write frequently blogs and as well for bloggers.

10-Data entry /virtual assistant

Regardless of all major technical skills, data entry and virtual assistant jobs have always been in demand. These skills do not require any four-year college degree and are in demand on all freelancer websites.

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