Thu, 22 Aug 2013IT & programming work continues to see the largest demand on online freelance marketplace Elance, while engineering & manufacturing was the job category showing the largest growth, the firm’s Q2 Global Online Employment Report shows.

Making up 35% of all work posted on Elance, IT & programming remains the biggest sector, with design & multimedia (25%) and writing & translation (23%) continuing to be the other major areas – despite the embryonic rise as reported by recruiter.co.uk in May of more white collar work coming through the site.

Engineering & manufacturing, sales & marketing and administrative support job categories saw the greatest growth in demand in Q2, at 173%, 87% and 85%.

The number of businesses hiring freelancers online through Elance increased by 51%, and total payments rose by 47% year-on-year in the month of June.

• Click for more on how Elance came to the rescue on an urgent deadline for project management and business continuity firm SKT Consulting, in The Challenge from the July edition of Recruiter.