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=== Fast 50 Quarterly Index ===
=== Fast 50 Quarterly Index ===
Based on Freelancer.com data  
Based on Freelancer.com data  
==== Q2 2023 ====
Analyzed over 280,000 jobs posted to Freelancer.com between April and June 2023.
“AI can’t replace creativity yet. While workers and businesses are benefiting from productivity gains offered by generative AI, the data suggests that the technology in its current form isn’t able to replace creative work. We saw a similar trend occur in the first quarter of the year, as creative design jobs were flourishing despite interest for generative AI tripling,” said Matt Barrie, Chief Executive at Freelancer.com.
* Freelancer.com’s data science team revealed interest for freelance writing jobs are increasing on the platform over the last quarter.
* Other jobs which have been deemed as ‘at risk’ of being automated by AI, such as data entry, have also seen an increase over the quarter.
* The Fast 50 Q2 2023 report also reveals an increase in businesses investing heavily in freelance marketing support. This trend comes off the back of an unprecedented rise in jobs usually associated with the creation of new businesses and new ventures as found in the Fast 50 Q1 2023 report.
* This quarter saw Local Jobs grow by 37%, from 2,122 to 2,905. The two key drivers for growth for these types of jobs relate to Photography and Videography which are up by 40% (from 2,101 to 2,945) and 32% (from 3,095 to 4,097), respectively.
* The latest figures from the Fast 50 report for Q2 2023 shows interest is beginning to slow down as 16 of the top 25 fastest falling jobs are related to tech, which are the same jobs which climbed heavily towards the end of last year.
===== Fastest Growing Jobs - Q1 2023  vs. Q2 2023 =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Skill
!Job Count Q1 '23
!Job Count Q2 '23
!% Increase
|-
|1
|Creative Writing
|1868
|2961
|58.51%
|-
|2
|User Interface Design
|2017
|3075
|52.45%
|-
|3
|Twitter Marketing
|1650
|2334
|41.45%
|-
|4
|Photography
|2101
|2945
|40.17%
|-
|5
|Microsoft Word
|3175
|4401
|38.61%
|-
|6
|Statistics
|1359
|1862
|37.01%
|-
|7
|Local Job
|2122
|2905
|36.90%
|-
|8
|Videography
|3095
|4097
|32.37%
|-
|9
|Copy Typing
|4867
|6389
|31.27%
|-
|10
|Search Engine Marketing
|1840
|2328
|26.52%
|-
|11
|Objective C
|1207
|1505
|24.69%
|-
|12
|Sales
|2614
|3233
|23.68%
|-
|13
|Ghostwriting
|5212
|6404
|22.87%
|-
|14
|Data Processing
|9076
|11024
|21.46%
|-
|15
|Business Analysis
|1967
|2389
|21.45%
|-
|16
|Web Search
|4782
|5795
|21.18%
|-
|17
|Marketing
|8269
|9867
|19.33%
|-
|18
|Video Production
|5391
|6369
|18.14%
|-
|19
|Social Media Marketing
|6524
|7574
|16.09%
|-
|20
|Excel
|13246
|15301
|15.51%
|-
|21
|Research
|4238
|4887
|15.31%
|-
|22
|Corporate Identity
|3067
|3536
|15.29%
|-
|23
|PDF
|2474
|2852
|15.28%
|-
|24
|Caricature & Cartoons
|2033
|2342
|15.20%
|-
|25
|Facebook Marketing
|5602
|6410
|14.42%
|}
===== Fastest Falling Jobs - Q1 2023  vs. Q2 2023 =====
{| class="wikitable"
!Rank
!Skill
!Job Count Q1 '23
!Job Count Q2 '23
!% Increase
|-
|1
|Blockchain
|1339
|859
| -35.85%
|-
|2
|Digital Marketing
|1717
|1169
| -31.92%
|-
|3
|Metatrader
|1471
|1006
| -31.61%
|-
|4
|Arabic Translator
|1245
|895
| -28.11%
|-
|5
|Software Development
|1308
|942
| -27.98%
|-
|6
|API
|1516
|1109
| -26.85%
|-
|7
|iOS Development
|1220
|894
| -26.72%
|-
|8
|.NET
|3029
|2234
| -26.25%
|-
|9
|Microsoft SQL Server
|1309
|975
| -25.52%
|-
|10
|YouTube
|1575
|1175
| -25.40%
|-
|11
|Node.js
|4077
|3047
| -25.26%
|-
|12
|German Translator
|1209
|904
| -25.23%
|-
|13
|ASP.NET
|1370
|1034
| -24.53%
|-
|14
|Academic Writing
|1219
|937
| -23.13%
|-
|15
|Blog
|2324
|1790
| -22.98%
|-
|16
|Article Rewriting
|6045
|4663
| -22.86%
|-
|17
|Web Development
|1531
|1188
| -22.40%
|-
|18
|C# Programming
|5625
|4423
| -21.37%
|-
|19
|SQL
|1981
|1608
| -18.83%
|-
|20
|React.js
|3606
|2939
| -18.50%
|-
|21
|Linux
|4990
|4067
| -18.50%
|-
|22
|Amazon Web Services
|2354
|1928
| -18.10%
|-
|23
|Unity 3D
|1194
|987
| -17.34%
|-
|24
|AngularJS
|2084
|1723
| -17.32%
|-
|25
|React Native
|1380
|1148
| -16.81%
|}


==== Q1 2023 ====
==== Q1 2023 ====