Freelancer compass

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The Freelancer-Kompass is a representative online market study of the IT industry, which has been carried out annually by freelancermap GmbH in the German-speaking region ( DACH ) since 2016 . In around 70 questions, over 1,000 IT freelancers provide insights into the job description, demographics , financial situation, order situation and important future trends. The Freelancer Compass is a recognized trend indicator in the IT and self-employed industry. The survey, evaluation and analysis are carried out by the Nuremberg project placement platform freelancermap.

Content of the study

The Freelancer Compass examines the following areas:

Finances: The study examines all relevant information about the hourly rate, turnover, profit, net income and income satisfaction in the focus on "finances" and thus provides a concrete picture of the income situation of freelancers.

Self-employment: Under “self-employment”, freelancers answer questions about challenges, advantages and disadvantages, duration and workload in free project business. In this way, precise statements can be made about the freelance work.

Demography: The demographic complex includes, in particular, origin, education, specialist areas, industry, company size of the commissioning project partners and the income differences among freelancers.

Outlook: Questions about forecasts, current market developments and the future order situation can be found under “Outlook” and thus result in tendencies for the respective subsequent years.

Study results 2019

The Freelancer Compass 2019 is the fourth edition of the annual market study. The hourly rate for IT freelancers is currently 93.89 euros on average. On the basis of these results, specific conclusions can be drawn repeatedly about the situation of IT freelancers.

criteria Result (average)
Hourly rate 93.89 euros;

Women - 87.63 euros, men - 94.66 euros,

112.49 euros - freelancer in the SAP area

Age 47.4 years
Weekly working hours 44.8 hours
Work experience before becoming a freelancer 12.7 years
Current duration of self-employment 11.3 years

Media reception

The media reception in the project environment is evidenced by the large number of citations from this study.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Freelancer Compass - Download, source: freelancermap, accessed on December 24, 2019
  2. ↑ Study: IT freelancers are very popular due to a shortage of skilled workers , heise online (2018), accessed on December 24, 2019
  3. ↑ Experts: Digital change brings growth to freelancers , dpa u. a. published by Süddeutsche Zeitung and FOCUS (2019), accessed on December 24, 2019
  4. ↑ The hourly rate of the self-employed differs from that of permanent employees , Handelsblatt (2019), accessed on December 24, 2019
  5. ↑ Freelancers are getting better and better , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (2019), accessed on December 24, 2019
  6. ↑ Paradisiacal States , golem.de (2019), accessed on December 24, 2019
  7. ↑ Freelancers in the West earn significantly more than in the East , W&V (2019), accessed December 24, 2019
  8. ↑ Christian Allner, MA owner of type architect deAls type architect, Christian Allner has been advising and supporting SMEs in communicating better and understanding social media since 2011.With various educational institutions, he offers seminars and workshops and is active as a speaker at barcamps and events In addition, he writes statistics for social media, makes radio with #Onlinegeister and coaches at Self-employed in Central German, Enthusiastic hobby cook: Freelancer-Kompass 2017: Does Saxony-Anhalt offer good conditions for freelancers? December 7, 2017, accessed on January 19, 2020 (German).