Knowledge of web
development is also one of the most asked for IT skills in 2011
Social web
programming is in the Top Ten for the first time
Demand for
iPhone and iPad App-developers is growing steadily
Berlin, 20.12.2011. Expert knowledge of web
technologies is, for freelancers and service-providers, the most
requested demand in 2011. This is illustrated by a new study ?Top
Skills 2011? from the online marketplace twago (www.twago.com),
which deals with digital services. The ranking shows that the web
development skills PHP, HTML, MySQL, CSS, and Javascript are on the
first five positions. Therefore, they are the most requested skills
for project-based work in 2011.
Also app-programming
for social networks like Facebook and mobile devices ? especially
iPhone and iPad ? are requested more and more for IT-projects.
Alongside this the development of Apple's iOS gets more important
i.e. skills in programming Objective-C are getting more vital in this
branch.
The professional use
of blog software like Joomla or WordPress is staying as important
this year as in 2010. and was even just entering the top skills list
in 2011. This is due to the rising degree of popularity for company
pages to stay in contact with their customers.
In general in 2011
the job situation for IT-freelancers was very good. ?The request
for qualified experts in the field of programming didnīt drop in
2011. For 2012 we are expecting an even higher request. The growth in
this market is really impressive?, says Gunnar Berning, founder and
Managing Director of twago.
?There has already
been a high demand for iOS developers on our projects for some time,
and also for Android programmers?, continues Berning. ?Because of
the mobile internet trend the demand for App developers is very high.
?Sometimes project-givers may even have to wait until a suitable
App developer has a free schedule; especially in Europe, the waiting
time is high. But if you have the possibility to also use programmers
from different continents the waiting time drops significantly. For
an international marketplace like twago this trend is of course an
optimal condition?, adds Berning.