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Freelance Statistics 2016: The Freelance
Economy in Numbers
by Ben Matthews | Sep 9, 2014 | 39 comments
Freelance statistics are a great way toshow you how youre not alone in
wanting to go freelance, how others are nding the freelance environment
and how freelancers contribute to the overall economy.
Following yesterdays post and discussion on the 5 new types of
freelancers,Ive pulled together more freelance statsfrom the US, UK and
further aeldfor you to get an idea of how freelancers are faring across the
world. Arm yourself with these stats if anyone asks you Why would you want
to go freelance? and show them that youre not alone!
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UK Freelance Statistics
In the UK, the Professional Contractors Group estimates that:
There are 1.4 million Britishfreelancers working across all sectors
This has grown 14% in the past decade
The exibility oered by Britains freelancers is worth 21 billion to the UK
economy in added value
78% of the UK public think that freelancing and exible working help
promote a good work/life balance
72% think freelancinghasa positive eect on family life
According to a report
by freelance job site, Elance:
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Writing & Translation (18%) make up the majorityof freelance jobs online
A February 2014 report on Gen Y and Freelancing looked at the
transformation of UK graduate career aspirations and what this means for
businesses. Here are the key stats from the report:
Freelancing is now seen as a highly attractive and lucrative career option
by 87% of students with rst or second class degrees
his compares to 77% of those with lower class degrees.
21% of graduates with rst class honours say they have already chosen to
work as a freelancer, suggesting that the freelanceeconomy is beginning
to take hold among those graduates with the strongest degree results
29% of all graduates say freelancing is part of their career strategy for the
next ve years, a fact that suggests the freelanceeconomy will continue to
gather pace in the UK
The exibility oered by freelancing is cited as the biggest career draw,
with over two thirds (69%) of all graduates saying they feel independent
work oers them a better work-life balance.
The opportunity to work on a variety of dierent projects and across
sectors is also appealing, with over a third (38%) saying this is a signicant
pull
Respondents are also attracted to the earning potential of freelance work
with 38% saying they feel they can earn as much, if not more than they
could in a traditional job
Elance data shows that the average hourly rate for UK freelancers
increased 6.7% in 2013
The Labour Force Survey, conducted by the Oce of National Statistics,
showed a breakdown of the self-employed by sector:
Senior Managers 15% self-employed
IT Professionals 13% self-employed
Engineering Professionals 12 %
Associate Professionals in Design and Media 40%
Skilled tradespeople in construction 56%
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According to a report called Future Working:The Rise of Europes
Independent Professionals, the European freelance economy looks like the
following:
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Freelance numbers have increased by 45% from just under 6.2 million to
8.9 million in 2013, making them the fastest growing group in the EU
labour market
According to theProfessional Contractors Group:
Spain and Slovakia have both have 13% rates of self-employment
Italyhas a 21% rates of self-employment
Ill keep adding to theseas I come across more research, but if you nd any
freelance statistics that would be worth adding here then leave a comment
and a link below.
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Thanks for the awesome post. I have been struggling to explain
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Interesting and motivating stats for the lot of us freelancers.
I just wrote an article about freelancing and have mentioned
you and your statistics. I hope thats okay.
There is also a link which will bring the reader here
here is the link to my article
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Thank you for gathering all these statistics Ben, this is very
informative.
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Hey, the information is very helpful indeed. Being an Asian
Freelancer I would urge you to create such a post about Asian
and Indian freelance too! These are undoubtedly big freelance
markets
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