If you google high paying online jobs in 2022, most articles will tell you to become a virtual assistant or start a blog. It seems like all those texts are a bad rewriting result of someone following these kinds of advice.
While there is nothing wrong with being a social media manager or a copywriter, and many freelancers successfully make $1-5K in these jobs, we don’t think it will bring you any value to read about the jobs you’ve known for at least the last 3 years.
So, in this post, we’ve tried to list jobs that are just starting to grow in the freelance market. They do require a few months(to be honest from 3 to 8). But you can get hired right after passing a course or start a contract on Upwork during learning a course.
The job is to gather, study, and interpret data to transform it into valuable business insights. It is used to improve business operations and foster data-driven decision-making. The average salary of a data analyst in Ukraine is 31000 UAH/month. In the USA, it’s $69,517/yr, so we suggest going for international clients.
This job is boosting in demand because it has proven to automate and dramatically increase the quality of customer service. You can start with no coding skills using Dialogflow, Luis, or other platforms with a visual builder that simplify chatbot building. At the same time, if you find a passion for it, you can start learning development and offer your client more complex solutions.
Since AI is among the top markets, predicted to grow over 20% in 2022, there is a critical need for specialists there. At the beginning, you can get a simple job for labelling datasets. Start by enrolling in free AI and ML courses on Coursera, for example.
No-code development is a type of web development that allows non-programmers and programmers to create software using a graphical user interface instead of writing code. By 2030, the global low-code and no-code development platform market is expected to produce $187 billion in revenue. It will account for more than 65% of app development activity by 2024.
Low and No code developers make from $30-40/hour on Upwork with an average rate of $60-80/hour. A few companies are hiring in house for this position yet, but some of them are willing to pay $2-3k per month. You can find courses on how to become a low/no-code developer on Udemy or Coursera, but the best way to become an excellent professional after you know the basics is to get as much practice as you can.

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