Produced by the specialized platform Malt and in partnership with the strategy consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a study focuses on freelancing in Europeand in particular with a zoom on France, Spain and Germany.
The 2022 edition of this study is based on the testimonies of 3,334 French, Spanish and German freelancers who were collected between July and September 2021. Based on Eurostats data which are cited, a quarter of digital professionals in Europe – out of a total of 13 million – are freelancers.
To underline the impact of the period of health crisis of the Covid-19 marked by teleworking and a boost to the digital transformation (or digital according to the dedicated formula). With the recovery in 2021, it has finally been conducive to digital professionals wishing to embark on an activity as a freelancer, even if it is an exercise which by nature requires strong motivation.
Freelancing is seen as a career choice in its own right with the main drivers of membership independence and flexibility in the organization of time. A corollary is the balance to be found between professional life and personal life. And for most freelancers, one goal is not to become an employee.
With an average of 9 to 10 years of prior experience as a full-time employee and devoting 4 hours a week to developing and improving their skills for solid continuing education, the vast majority of freelancers show confidence in their future. This confidence is all the more marked in the fashionable professions of Tech and Data. See more in IT (developer, data scientist, webmaster, DevOPs, IT engineer, etc.).
In the client portfolios of freelancers, very small companies are largely the most represented. However, large companies are the most inclined to use freelancers when it comes to absorbing peaks in activity. The integration of freelancers into the teams in place within a company is in any case assimilated to a common practice according to the study.
The composite portrait of the freelancer in France
With a focus on France, there emerges a sort of robot portrait of the freelancer. It is a rather masculine profile (57%) aged 37 with at least a Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent level) and having past experience as an employee (91%).
The standard working week is 37 hours and with 27% of the time dedicated to so-called secondary tasks (training, sales, activation and maintenance of a professional network, administrative, etc.). The difficulties encountered relate mainly to negotiation with customers, timely payment and financial instability. With nevertheless a high overall satisfaction of 73%.
Among the job categories, the average daily rate reaches €546 in the Tech and Data sector. At €795, it is the highest in consulting, ahead of €692 per day for project manager and agile coach. For support and other functions (finance, legal, purchasing, operations management, etc.), it falls on average to €462, then between €410 and €419 for graphics, design, marketing and communication.
A notable point is that the motivation to earn more money with freelance work comes out at almost a parity score (51%).
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