Upwork releases most-in-demand Freelance skills of 2023

Upwork, the world’s largest freelance marketplace has released its yearly most-in-demand freelance skills for technology, creativity, marketing & advertisement, and others. It was previously reported that around $59 million Americans do freelance work as independent contractors as reported by McKinsey, an American opportunity survey.

There has been an enormous increase in freelance work in recent years, particularly during the current recession. Independent GIG workers can make money online while working from home by offering services on different freelance websites. Upwork has issued the top-10 skills for different categories. Let’s take a look.

Upwork Top-10 Tech skills for 2023:

1. Full Stack Development
2. Front-End Development
3. Back-End Development
4. Mobile App Development
5. Web Design
6. Ecommerce Website Development
7. UX/UI Design
8. CMS Development
9. Manual Testing
10. Scripting & Automation

Upwork Top-10 Marketing skills for 2023:

1. SEO
2. Social Media Marketing
3. Other Digital Marketing
4. Lead Generation
5. Sales & Business Development
6. Telemarketing
7. Search Engine Marketing
8. Email Marketing
9. Marketing Strategy
10. Marketing Automation

Upwork Top-10 Customer Service & Admin Support Skills for 2023:

1. Email, Phone & Chat Support
2. General Virtual Assistance
3. Data Entry
4. Digital Project Management
5. General Research Services
6. Tech Support
7. Dropshipping & Order Processing
8. Community Management
9. Market Research
10. Transcription

Upwork Top-10 Accounting & Consulting skills for 2023:

1. Accounting
2. Recruiting & Talent Sourcing
3. Bookkeeping
4. Financial Analysis & Modeling
5. Management Consulting
6. Instructional Design
7. HR Administration
8. Business Analysis & Strategy
9. Tax Preparation
10. Financial Management/CFO

Upwork Top-10 Design & Creative skills for 2023:

1. Graphic Design
2. Video Editing
3. Illustration
4. 3D Animation
5. Presentation Design
6. Image Editing
7. Cartoons & Comics
8. Product & Industrial Design
9. 2D Animation
10. Video Production

In terms of the most in-demand skills, those with the highest year-over-year growth on the Upwork platform are sales & business development (54%), data entry (47%), accounting (45%), and 3D animation (44%).