Top Industries for Freelancers on LinkedIn [Infographic]

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According to a LinkedIn survey, the top industries for freelancers are arts and design (46%), media and communication (34%), and business consulting (6%). Within arts and design, the most common roles for freelancers are graphic designer (29%), photographer (20%), and artist (19%). The information technology and program/project management industries each make up only 1% of freelancers.

Top Industries for Freelancers on LinkedIn
46%
34%
6%
4%
2%
Arts & Design
Media & Communication
Business Consulting
Engineering
Education
Information Technology 1%
Program & Project Mgmt 1%
Marketing 1%
Sales 1%
Research 1%
Other 3%
*Freelancers deﬁned as members with “freelance” in their
job title on their LinkedIn proﬁle.
Top Arts &
Design Roles
29%
20%
19%
graphic designer
photographer
artist
7%
illustrator
5%
producer
4%
web designer
4%
makeup artist
4%
videographer
3%
musician
2%
art director
2%
other

Members who list skills on their LinkedIn profiles receive an average of 13 times more profile views than those who don’t. In today's era of technology, it's easy to assume assume that technical skills would be the the fastest growing area of expertise. Our analysis of the top skills, however, revealed a surprising trend: non-IT skills are on the rise on LinkedIn. The data shows that skills related to health care, administration, hospitality, retail, and education are seeing the most significant growth. In fact, eight of the 10 skills that have grown the most in popularity ranking over the past year are non-technical and nearly half of these are healthcare related.

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