Blockchain moves into top spot for hottest job skills
Developers with blockchain skills have become the hottest commodity in the freelance marketplace, according to a new study.
Freelance employment website Upwork released its latest quarterly index of the 20 hottest job skills, which shows that job postings for workers with blockchain skills have grown exponentially this year.
In its last quarterly report, blockchain technologists were in second place behind those with skills in robotics.
"Blockchain appears to be the next uncharted, highly talked about technology similar to what the 'cloud' was back in the mid-2000's," the Upwork report says. "Its growth exceeded 2,000% for three quarters in a row on Upwork.com, and in Q1 it experienced more than 6,000% year-over-year growth, making it the fastest-growing skill out of more than 5,000 skills on the site."