Trends
Elance Talent Around the Globe
Overall
all
IT & Programming
it-programming
10183
Design & Multimedia
design-multimedia
10184
Writing & Translation
writing-translation
10180
Sales & Marketing
sales-marketing
10178
Admin Support
admin-support
10179
Engineering & Manufacturing
engineering-manufactuting
14000
Finance & Management
finance-management
10186
Legal
legal
10187
Lifetime Data
Registered Freelancers:
Lifetime Earnings (in USD):
Avg. Hourly Rate:
Freelancers Growth
3,627,017
Registered Freelancers
Freelancer Earnings
$1,737,984,079
Lifetime Earnings (in USD)
Elance Pulse
Every five minutes, there are 3 new skill certifications completed by freelancers
Every five minutes, there are 3 new skill certifications completed by freelancers
At least 7.9 job bids are proposed for every 1 job on Elance
1.25 million job proposals were submitted the past three months
Over 3,700 work samples are added to Freelancer Portfolios every day
89% of Elance freelancers state that freelancing is an important part of their career strategy
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Freelancers |
Earnings
| Top Countries | Registered Freelancers* | IT | Creative | Marketing | Operations | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  United States |
1,123,935 | 202,416 | 613,159 | 111,035 | 295,455 |
| 2. |  India |
649,566 | 295,407 | 249,874 | 58,945 | 126,338 |
| 3. |  Philippines |
178,725 | 24,414 | 81,210 | 20,595 | 74,371 |
| 4. |  Pakistan |
176,011 | 55,102 | 81,027 | 17,114 | 42,563 |
| 5. |  United Kingdom |
126,670 | 31,604 | 72,638 | 10,411 | 23,516 |
| 6. |  Canada |
85,639 | 19,886 | 48,997 | 8,164 | 17,917 |
| 7. |  Bangladesh |
66,970 | 22,948 | 31,365 | 11,685 | 15,937 |
| 8. |  Australia |
48,240 | 12,161 | 26,024 | 4,423 | 9,693 |
| 9. |  Romania |
44,305 | 14,198 | 25,058 | 3,991 | 7,046 |
| 10. |  Kenya |
41,865 | 7,157 | 20,659 | 3,361 | 12,027 |
| 11. |  South Africa |
36,394 | 6,396 | 16,366 | 3,011 | 10,519 |
| 12. |  Malaysia |
31,066 | 4,553 | 16,259 | 1,720 | 10,403 |
| 13. |  Indonesia |
30,510 | 7,345 | 17,008 | 2,097 | 5,197 |
| 14. |  Ukraine |
29,341 | 17,570 | 12,495 | 1,647 | 2,148 |
| 15. |  China |
28,752 | 18,697 | 9,441 | 1,798 | 2,079 |
| 16. |  United Arab Emirates |
27,417 | 5,687 | 8,750 | 2,707 | 7,748 |
| 17. |  Egypt |
23,725 | 7,339 | 12,537 | 1,778 | 3,437 |
| 18. |  Sri Lanka |
23,189 | 5,839 | 10,211 | 1,287 | 8,120 |
| 19. |  Italy |
21,618 | 6,100 | 13,314 | 1,578 | 1,976 |
| 20. |  Nigeria |
21,059 | 4,164 | 8,844 | 2,378 | 4,836 |
| 21. |  Russia |
21,045 | 12,824 | 8,279 | 705 | 1,153 |
| 22. |  Spain |
20,880 | 5,785 | 12,641 | 1,750 | 1,992 |
| 23. |  Serbia |
18,577 | 6,202 | 10,786 | 1,416 | 2,543 |
| 24. |  Brazil |
16,791 | 6,493 | 8,606 | 1,065 | 1,435 |
| 25. |  Singapore |
16,723 | 4,651 | 7,148 | 1,311 | 3,940 |
*Including Engineering & Manufacturing, Finance & Management, and Legal
