Graphic design, PHP and MySQL top Elance’s most-wanted skill list

If it seems to you that everyone is using PHP and MySQL now, well… that’s because everyone is. PHP and MySQL rank number 2 and 3 respectively on Elance’s most-wanted skill chart published March 3rd 2009. Graphic design topped the list for the second straight month.

Companies and consultants are looking for and getting help building world-class websites, hiring experts in PHP (#2), MySQL (#3), HTML (#6), CSS (#8), XHTML (#17 – up ten spots), Joomla (#19) and AJAX (#25).

Other web technologies didn’t fare so well. ASP.NET fell 7 points to #52, and ASP fell 8 points to #74. Javascript fell 10 points to #28… however DHTML, which is essentially Javascript,  jumped 27 points to #71.

Web Content, WordPress, and Blogs all ranked higher than SEO, indicating that perhaps people are realizing that good content is the key to high search engine ranking.