5 Most Lucrative Freelance Jobs

by Jessee R

Freelancing takes under its account a whole lot of diversified and skilled talent pool. As it happens in any economic scenario, some skills and expertise are more in demand than the rest.

Various market research firms like Forbes and Odesk have compiled various lists of the most sought freelance jobs. Keeping them as source, we have compiled our own list.

 

Here are the 5 most lucrative freelance career options:

  1. Marketing

 

As the name suggests, it involves all the tools and strategies involved in promoting your skills and attracting prospective business to your firm. It is much diversified and includes fields like:

  • SEO marketing

  • Online Marketing

  • Social Media Marketing

  • Business promotions etc.

Jobs also have a varied range from business project coordinators to extensive market research.

Freelance market experts earn within the range of $46- $52 per hour which makes it a very lucrative offer if you the right marketing skills.

  1. Writing

 

Writing has always been a rare skill from ancient times. In the modern world of the 21st Century, the domain of writing has vastly expanded with the advent of the internet and online forms of business.

Exhaustive content writing and marketing strategies have become a staple part of all business firms and their promotion strategies. This has opened the platform for writers to move beyond books and novels and indulge in online freelance writing in the form of:

  • Articles

  • Blog Posts

  • Business Write-ups

  • Resume and Cover Letter Writing etc.

This has made good writers a much in demand entity and offers go in as high as $35 an hour. The quality which makes it number two on our list is the more balance between the demand and supply equation i.e. it is more easier to find writing jobs online than others.

  1. Teaching and Tutoring

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Education has always been a mainstream business across the globe. With the online platform offering a whole lot of new opportunities, the education business has transformed from only brick and mortar institutions to a more flexible and easily available commodity.

This expansion has created a demand for tutors and teachers with capabilities like

  • Subject Teaching

  • Instructional Designing

  • Education Coordinator

  • Teaching Consultant etc.

Online teaching has become a trend in modern, developed metropolitan societies which has made it a lucrative freelance career choice bringing in payments of $30 and hour on an average.

 

 

  1. Graphic Design

 

Graphic Design has evolved from being a very closed and niche operation and skill to a very popular form of business strategy.

People like Anna Vital have become famous in this field and made a brand and business out of their skills.

This has only been possible due to the explosive growth of the internet and the transformation of the world into a global village.

Artists with the right skills are in demand for various jobs like:

  • Digital Designer

  • Visual Designer

  • Communications Designer

  • Info Graphic Designer etc.

 

Its popularity can be seen in the form of facebook walls filled with numerous trolls, images and graphics depicting every emotion from sadness, joy and love to conscience, ethics and information. This makes Graphic Design a lucrative freelance career choice with remunerations up to $25 a month.

  1. Web Development

 

This has to be the most obvious skill to be on this list.

As more and more firms are looking up to the internet to get absorbed in the online commerce wave, the need for web developers and coders is at the all-time high. Some niche skills in demand are:

  • Web Applications Developer

  • Junior Developers

  • Leg Designers

  • Web Content Developers etc.

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Jobs range from creation to hosting, maintenance and development. Money starts at $30 an hour and can go as high as $35 an hour. This makes it another high profile freelance career choice.

Just to keep you updated, here is an info graphic showing the maximum rates charged per hour in popular freelancing gigs.

 

It is always advantageous to know about the trending demand and supply conditions in the various job platforms available so that one can plan his or her career with the right decisions.