January 23, 2007
Top programming jobs in 2006 - oDesk List
Today I got an email from oDesk (Yes. I am getting it regularly) about their performance in the year 2006. They have served a total of 35000 manhours of work through around 8555 jobs posted.
| Skill Set | Job Openings | Average Expected Duration (hours) | Average Payout |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHP/MySQL |
1632 |
187 |
$411 |
| Flash/Macromedia |
535 |
178 |
$174 |
| ASP.NET+ADO |
396 |
332 |
$488 |
| PHP |
387 |
151 |
$403 |
| C#/.NET |
338 |
483 |
$668 |
| AJAX |
299 |
340 |
$194 |
| Graphics |
283 |
176 |
$154 |
| ASP |
279 |
289 |
$608 |
| HTML/DHTML/Javascript |
251 |
263 |
$530 |
Interesting thing is that PHP/MySQL duo continues to excel in the job market with the largest number of projects posted. But when it comes to payout, .Net with C\# gets an upper hand with ASP in the second (Never thought ASP is still alive?). I love these kind of statistics. It gives a good direction to people where to go for his bread and butter. Of course, It will be interesting to watch what will happen this year.








