Looking to freelance? Here are the highest paying fields globally

Looking to freelance? Here are the highest paying fields globally

Feb 21, 2022

By: kritti.bhalla@timesinternet.in

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Global Freelancer Income Report of 2022

Online payment solutions firm Payoneer launched its fourth edition of ‘Global Freelancer Income Report 2022’ to provide insight into how the global freelancing industry has fared since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The top nine highest paying fields

The report is based on a survey of 2,300 freelancers from over 100 countries.

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Finance

The fastest growing specialities — finance, marketing, and programming — are among the top earning segments, the Payoneer report said. | Average salary per hour: $41

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Marketing

Marketing is among the top 10 most popular fields of work for freelancers. | Average salary per hour: $34

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Multimedia Production

Even though the demand for freelancers in the multimedia production domain has reduced a little, it is still among the highest paying freelancing work available. | Average salary per hour: $33

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IT

Freelancing jobs in the information technology (IT) industry include user experience designer, systems analyst, software application packager, full-stack developer and others. | Average salary per hour: $29

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Project Management

Project management is the process of leading the work of a team to achieve all project goals within the given constraints. | Average salary per hour: $28

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Programming

The Payoneer report revealed that fields like programming have seen higher demand for freelance workers. | Average salary per hour: $25

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Content Writing

Content writing gigs — especially for planning, writing and editing for web content — have witnessed high demand for freelancers. This is particularly true for content writing for digital marketing purposes. | Average salary per hour: $24

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HR

A freelance human resources (HR) consultant helps companies manage their human capital, offer HR advice and recommendations for different clients on a contract basis.| Average salary per hour: $22

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Web and Graphic design

A web and graphic designer is responsible for the creation of graphics, typography, graphs, and images to communicate an idea. | Average salary per hour: $21

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