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Podcast #11: The growth in the Freelancer Marketplace – Fact or Fiction (Part 2)

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In the wake of the results of the Kingston University survey on freelancers, we get reactions and opinions from John Kell of the Professional Contractors Group and Nathan Pope of Latitude Hosting and the Brighton Farm.

Topics Covered:

  • Growth in the freelance market
  • Freelancer figures, statistics and research
  • Male and Female freelancing split in IT contracting and creative industries
  • Response and reflection from John Kell (PCG), Nathan Pope (Brighton ) Darren Fell (Crunch)

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  • http://www.crunch.co.uk/ Darren Fell

    If you can’t imagine for 1 second how the credit crunch will win for us Freelancers then listen in.

    This survey provides the proof of what is yet to come and if you are well placed, you’ll not only survive but be pretty damn successful!

  • http://www.crunch.co.uk Darren Fell

    If you can’t imagine for 1 second how the credit crunch will win for us Freelancers then listen in.

    This survey provides the proof of what is yet to come and if you are well placed, you’ll not only survive but be pretty damn successful!

  • http://www.projectpilots.net/ Richard Robson

    There’s some useful information in these podcasts, but I found the speculation about change/growth particularly interesting too.

    The two core figures seem to be the 4 million freelancers if you count virtually all self employed people and the 1.4 million if you take the narrrower definition. These shouldn’t come as a surprise, PCG’s former marketing advisor did some research in 2003 and identified that there were 4.3 million self employed or temporary workers and between 1 to 1.2 million freelancers.

    My take on this is that the earlier research was remarkably good and that there’s been little change in the last 5 years. It’s great to see the numbers firmed up, but very dangerous to assume that they indicate some sort of growth on the contrary it would appear that the market has been surprisingly stable, given anecdotal evidence.

  • http://www.projectpilots.net Richard Robson

    There’s some useful information in these podcasts, but I found the speculation about change/growth particularly interesting too.

    The two core figures seem to be the 4 million freelancers if you count virtually all self employed people and the 1.4 million if you take the narrrower definition. These shouldn’t come as a surprise, PCG’s former marketing advisor did some research in 2003 and identified that there were 4.3 million self employed or temporary workers and between 1 to 1.2 million freelancers.

    My take on this is that the earlier research was remarkably good and that there’s been little change in the last 5 years. It’s great to see the numbers firmed up, but very dangerous to assume that they indicate some sort of growth on the contrary it would appear that the market has been surprisingly stable, given anecdotal evidence.