{"id":120593,"date":"2009-12-31T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=88936"},"modified":"2009-12-31T15:00:59","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T20:00:59","slug":"which-tech-skills-are-in-demand-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/120593","title":{"rendered":"Which Tech Skills Are in Demand Globally?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p>As we recently reported, oDesk, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based online staffing startup, has been <a href=\"http:\/\/webworkerdaily.com\/2008\/10\/16\/interview-odesks-ceo-on-opportunities-for-web-workers\/\">pioneering new ways<\/a> for tech workers distributed around the globe to find meaningful work. The company also collects a lot of data on the prevalent tech skill sets that workers have all over the world. Here&#8217;s a look.<\/p>\n<p>We asked the folks at oDesk for a map-based illustration of the top two tech skill sets found around various countries. The data shown below is based on the total number of providers offering tech services of various types, by location. Note how providers with Photoshop skills are in abundance in numerous countries, and Javascript and PHP skills are also prevalent in several locations.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-88935\" href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2009\/12\/31\/which-tech-skills-are-in-demand-globally\/skills\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  title=\"skills\" src=\"http:\/\/gigaom.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/12\/skills.png?w=610&#038;h=381\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-88935\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/88936\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=gigaom.com&#038;blog=1149864&#038;post=88936&#038;subd=gigaom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/proxy.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2Fopenx%2Fwww%2Fdelivery%2Fck.php%3Foaparams%3D2__bannerid%3D200__zoneid%3D1__cb%3D9463d83b76__oadest%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.gridrouter.com%252F' ><img src='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/images\/98389ae0cfe0804245b15175438316ce.jpg' width='300' height='250' alt='GridRouter by SmartSynch: The communications hub for the Smart Grid' title='GridRouter by SmartSynch: The communications hub for the Smart Grid' border='0' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='beacon_9463d83b76' style='position: absolute; left: 0px; top: 0px; visibility: hidden;'><img src='http:\/\/ads.gigaom.com\/openx\/www\/delivery\/lg.php?bannerid=200&amp;campaignid=24&amp;zoneid=1&amp;loc=http%3A%2F%2Fads.gigaom.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fgigaom.com%252Ffeed%252F%253Fnoredirect%253D1&amp;cb=9463d83b76' width='0' height='0' alt='' style='width: 0px; height: 0px;' \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?i=kJJGKMtpdU0:Af5Yc3dnGhI:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~4\/kJJGKMtpdU0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we recently reported, oDesk, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based online staffing startup, has been pioneering new ways for tech workers distributed around the globe to find meaningful work. 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