Freelancer.com, a large outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, has announced the most recent Freelancer Fast 50, a list of its 50 fastest-growing online job categories for the last quarter of 2011. the Freelancer.com Fast 50 charts the fastest-moving job categories quarter by quarter, and provides an up-to-date account of jobs being done over the Internet. Essentially, Freelancer.com helps match employers with workers who can fit their needs. Demand for workers on Freelancer.com reflects the demand for certain job skills in the market overall. According to the new Freelancer Fast 50, software development jobs are up overall. the fourth quarter saw a strong increase in applications developed in C++, which were up 38 percent, to 2,214. Java was up 36 percent, to 2,513; C language development was up 27 percent, to 1,953; .NET development also rose, up 27 percent, to 346; and C# was up 20 percent, to 2,124. However, PHP still dominates the Web and was up 13 percent, to 28,872 online projects. the Freelancer.com outsourcing marketplace enables businesses to connect with more than 3 million independent professionals from all over the world. Employers can hire freelancers in areas such as software, writing, data entry and design, engineering and the sciences, sales and marketing, accounting and legal services. the average job for the freelance employee is less than $200, making Freelancer.com cost-effective for small businesses, which often need a wide variety of jobs to be done, but cannot justify the expense of hiring full time.
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Data Entry
the fastest growing job category on the Freelancer.com list was data entry, growing 54 percent—from 10,146 applications in the third quarter to 15,651 in the fourth.
Excel
Jobs requiring Excel skills were the second fastest growing, rising 51 percent, from 4,673 to 7,056 quarter to quarter.
Academic Writing
Academic writing ranked third on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for the fourth quarter. this category rose 42 percent, from 2,723 to 3,862.
Data Processing
Data processing jobs ranked fourth on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011, rising 39 percent, from 4,819 to 6,705.
C++ Programming
C++ programming ranked fifth on the Freelancer.com Fast 50, rising 38 percent, from 1,610 to 2,214.
Java
Java coding jobs ranked sixth on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011. Java job applications rose 36 percent, from 1,854 to 2,513.
Web Search
Web search-related jobs ranked seventh, moving up 33 percent, from 1,540 to 2,053.
Android
Jobs related to Google's Android mobile operating system also rose 33 percent, from 1,848 to 2,454, hitting number eight.
Facebook
Fast-growing Facebook continues to generate job applications, ranking ninth on the Freelancer.com list, with applications jumping 29 percent, from 6,145 to 7,947.
C Programming
Demand for C programming jobs in the fourth quarter was No. 10 on the list, growing 27 percent, from 1,541 to 1,953.
.NET
.NET-related jobs ranked 11th on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011. Net programming jobs rose 27 percent, from 2,732 to 3,460.
Social Networking
Overall, applications for social networking jobs ranked 12th on the Freelancer.com list, rising 26 percent, from 4,191 to 5,276.
Article Writing
there were 25 percent more applications for article writing jobs in the fourth quarter, from 5,394 to 6,762.
Magento
Magento jobs ranked 14th on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011. Magento jobs rose 21 percent, from 1,500 to 1,818.
C# Programming
Coming in 15th on the Freelancer.com list was C# programming jobs, growing 20 percent, from 1,764 to 2,124.
iPhone
Job applications related to Apple's popular iPhone ranked 16th on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011, rising 18 percent, from 3,108 to 3,682.
Translation
Translation jobs ranked 17th on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011. Translation jobs rose 17 percent, from 1,524 to 1,787.
AJAX
AJAX-related jobs came in 18th on the list, jumping 17 percent, from 3,441 to 4,010.
e-Commerce
the demand for e-commerce jobs pushed the segment to 19th on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011, with a 17 percent increase, from 2,889 to 3,366.
Twitter
Job applications for Twitter-related jobs jumped 16 percent, from 1,521 to 1,767.
Illustrator
Adobe Illustrator jobs ranked 21st on the Freelancer.com list, rising 15 percent, from 1,710 to 1,970.
Shopping Carts
Shopping carts-related jobs came in 22nd, with the number of applications growing 13 percent, from 2,144 to 2,426.
JavaScript
JavaScript jobs ranked 23rd on the Freelancer.com Fast 50 for Q4 2011. JavaScript jobs rose 13 percent, from 5,539 to 6,257.
PHP
Coming in 24th on the list was PHP jobs, jumping 13 percent, from 25,600 to 28,872.
WordPress
Job applications for the WordPress blogging tool hit 25th on the Freelancer.com list, rising 13 percent, from 5,020 to 5,657.
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Freelancer.com, a large outsourcing and crowdsourcing marketplace, has announced the most recent Freelancer Fast 50, a list of its 50 fastest-growing online job categories for the last quarter of 2011. the Freelancer.com Fast 50 charts the fastest-moving job categories quarter by quarter, and provides an up-to-date account of jobs being done over the Internet. Essentially, Freelancer.com helps match employers with workers who can fit their needs. Demand for workers on Freelancer.com reflects the demand for certain job skills in the market overall. According to the new Freelancer Fast 50, software development jobs are up overall. the fourth quarter saw a strong increase in applications developed in C++, which were up 38 percent, to 2,214. Java was up 36 percent, to 2,513; C language development was up 27 percent, to 1,953; .NET development also rose, up 27 percent, to 346; and C# was up 20 percent, to 2,124. However, PHP still dominates the Web and was up 13 percent, to 28,872 online projects. the Freelancer.com outsourcing marketplace enables businesses to connect with more than 3 million independent professionals from all over the world. Employers can hire freelancers in areas such as software, writing, data entry and design, engineering and the sciences, sales and marketing, accounting and legal services. the average job for the freelance employee is less than $200, making Freelancer.com cost-effective for small businesses, which often need a wide variety of jobs to be done, but cannot justify the expense of hiring full time.