UK Freelance: Interesting Statistics
The UK freelance economy is booming with more and more workers leaving their full-time jobs to work for themselves.
Here are some interesting statistics about UK Freelance economy from the past couple of years.
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- According to Recruitment International, 63% of UK employees says they are willing to consider freelancing.
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- Signature Works states that the UK freelance economy is worth £119bn per annum.
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- Money Supermarket recently posted an interesting article about the best places in the UK to be a freelancer. In it they highlighted the most popular freelance careers.
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- Did you know, UK freelancers get more exercise than full-time employees each week? According to Live Force.
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- There has been a 66% rise in the number of 26 to 29 year old’s choosing a freelance career in the past decade.
- If the UK freelance economy continues to grow at its current rate, it is expected that 50% of the UK workforce could be self-employed by 2020!
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