Research shows increase in digital workers choosing to go freelance

Recruiter Magazine reported that On Pointe Marketing, Gabriele Skeleton and Fairly & Associates conducted the research which revealed an increase in the number of people choosing to freelance over the last year.

Last year figures showed most workers were in permenant employement, with a 95 – 5 split, but figures for 2010 showed an increase in freelance workers to 26 percent, with just 69 percent holding permenant contracts and 5 percent out of work altogether.

Over the coming months some 56 percent of those who surveyed said they will be seeking change, compared with 38 percent who said the same thing last year, according to the study.