FreelanceSwitch

I like reading articles on FreelanceSwitch. They give me good ideas and resources as a freelancer. It also has a portion dedicated to freelance jobs.

This is one article that's worth reading. Online Jobs are on the Rise

Elance also tracked the top skills in demand for the following three categories: Creative, Marketing, and IT. Here are the changes from Q1 of 2011:

Creative: +32%

• Web Design +101%
• Photoshop +71%
• Graphic Design +70%
• Video Production +68%
• Content Writing +56%

Marketing: +22%

• SEM +65%
• Internet Marketing +49%
• Social Media Marketing +41%
• Marketing Strategy +41%
• Lead Generation +39%

IT: +14%

• Android +35%
• PHP +33%
• JavaScript +31%
• HTML +29%
• CSS +29%

I'm trying to learn more SEO/SEM stuff. These as skills that are in demand.