5 In-Demand Skills with low Competition on Fiverr, Upwork, and other online marketplaces in 2023

Covid has changed the old ways of doing things. During Lockdown in 2020, most people started looking for online opportunities to make an income. They learned new skills to prove them on the online Marketplaces. Some of them were successful and got their first job within few days while others were disappointed due to high competition on the platforms. It’s obvious that when the number of people in a specific niche increases the probability of getting a job will decrease in that niche. In a highly saturated niche apart from having great skills, you will also need to have Good Luck because most of the time client receives too many proposals that he can’t go through all of them. So, in this article, we will cover skills that have low competition and are worth it to learn to get the first job easily as a Freelancer in 2023. If you already have Profile on Freelancing Platforms like Upwork then you should Optimize your Upwork Profile to attract more clients win more jobs.

As Fiverr is a highly saturated freelancing platform so we will take Fiverr as a reference for this article to find skills with low competition for Freelancers.

Wikipedia Writing

Recently, one of my clients asked me to search for a Wikipedia writer for him on Linkedin or on Fiverr. When I searched for “Wikipedia Writer” to my surprise only 82 Gigs came up and none of them was relevant to this specific search phrase.

For the more generic keyword “Wikipedia” there was only one Gig appearing in search results.

Python Developer

There were only 1,431 Gigs available for “Python Developer” and 2,432 when I searched “python programming”. The number of Gigs is nowhere near the number of Gigs for Android App Development(30,000+ Gigs), iOS Development(28,000+ Gigs), and WordPress development (100,000+ Gigs).

Python is one of the most used programming languages for building AI-based apps. So learning python in 2023 can increase the chances of getting hired on freelancing platforms as there is comparatively less competition.

Django Developer

Django is a Python-based web framework that has good demand on Freelancing platforms with less competition. The number of Gigs for the key phrase “Django developer” is 880 on Fiverr.

For the generic keyword “Django” there are 1990 Gigs in total.

Game Development

In the “Game Development” niche there are only 4877 services available on Fiverr. These are highly paid services. So it’s worth it to learn game development in 2023.

Twitch Emotes

You will see only 2,960 services for “twitch emotes”. Most of the gigs in this niche have a good number of orders in queue. The number of orders on the Gigs and the total number of Gigs indicate higher chances of success in this niche.

Conclusion

In 2023, there are many online opportunities for skilled people. Choosing the right niche at right time is important to make the most of these opportunities. Freelancers who make deep research before choosing their niche have a high success rate. If you haven’t yet decided which skill you should choose, it’s worth reading the above article and then research about mentioned skills to get more insights. If you already have Profile on Upwork or are looking to create a Profile then you should go through Upwork profile Optimization tips to get noticed by more clients.