Freelancer.com has identified a rise in Windows-related skills in the job market, with more employers wanting their workers to be skilled in the software.
The uptick is thanks to the launch of Windows 10 plus devices such as Surface Book.
Freelancer.com, the world’s largest crowdsourcing marketplace for freelancers, said the launch of the new products has brought about a surge in Windows desktop projects, up 62.7 percent (to 2,121 jobs) in third quarter of this year.
This increase has also brought growth in Microsoft Office work – Word projects have grown by 29.3 percent (to 3,455 jobs), while other Microsoft Office jobs have increased by 8.3 percent (to 1,323 jobs). Excel jobs also grew by 26.6 percent (to 25,215 jobs) in the quarter.
These findings were taken from Freelancer.com’s quarterly Fast 50 report, a trend indicator in online jobs related to industries, technologies, products and companies. The report had reviewed 370,901 jobs for the third quarter of this year, up 4 percent from 356,876 jobs in last quarter.
Freelancer.com chief executive Matt Barrie said in statement: “We can glean from the increasing demand in Windows-related skills that Microsoft is still a giant player in its field and will continue to assert its dominance. What remains to be seen is how long it will be among the top players in the industry.”
The report found that Microsoft Word remains the preferred word processing software for professionals, despite competition from Google Docs.
“Microsoft has made an extra effort to ensure it doesn’t lose its market share to alternatives such as Google Apps. Office 2016, which was rolled out in September, boasts real-time collaboration, OneDrive integration, cross-platform and cross-device functionality. These features at the very least match, if not exceed, those of Google Apps,” according to the statement.
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