Content remains the king in online labour market as this field provides continuous job activity, while blockchain, AI and user data protection appear as the upcoming trends for this year, says a report. According to Freelancer.com's latest Fast 50 Report, which charts the top 50 fastest growing and declining job types in the online labour market, the number of freelancers is on an uptrend. The report noted that jobs linked to .NET and Web Content jumped 58.4 per cent in just one quarter. While 4,314 freelancing jobs were posted in the last quarter of 2017, this figure has risen to 8,633 in the first quarter of 2018.

"Content is very much still king in an year-over-year comparison, in response to Google algorithm updates. Blockchain, AI and User Data Protection after Facebook's/Cambridge Analytica scandal appear as the upcoming trends for 2018," the report noted. Meanwhile, the number of Data Mining jobs posted in the first quarter of 2018 grew 51.5 per cent as compared to the last quarter of 2017, while Data Processing jobs increased 16.9 per cent in the same period. Data Entry jobs also jumped from 24,903 in the last quarter of 2017 to 25,539 in the January-March period of this year.