2012 has seen a significant increase to the number of jobs available over the internet to freelancers and umbrella company workers, new figures show.
A recently conducted research survey has discovered that demand for copywriters has been growing like wildfire this year, especially between 2012’s second and third quarters. Other online freelancing positions, such as those that need a strong background in HTML5, have also undergone a strong increase according to the survey findings.
Matt Barrie, chief executive of the firm that conducted the research, commented on the findings by remarking that every single firm seems to be turning into software specialists rather abruptly. Mr Barrie added that cloud-based software tools have become ubiquitous in several employment fields, with every employment role calling for more and more online expertise.
Freelancing online has been massively popular since the advent of the modern age, with telecommuting making it possible to work from anywhere and at any time in the global marketplace. As technological advances have increased, telecommuting and mobile working has likewise become even more commonplace.
The big winners besides include IT contracting freelancers with web design skills, as demand has grown by 17 per cent for their services. Last year web design contracting positions numbered 23,078 according to the research survey, but this figure has since grown to 27,051 in 2012.
Blogging copywriters, while in less demand when compared to web designers, are likewise encountering higher demand fo their services as well. Blogging job opportunities stood at 4,074, a 14 per cent increase from 2011’s figure of 3,578, while the survey found that positions requiring expertise with search engine optimisation have also increased by a factor of 12 per cent.
