PPH Economy

PeoplePerHour.com is a global marketplace connecting businesses with a vibrant community of independent, self-employed service Freelancers (freelancers) spanning a vast array of skills and talents.

The PPH Economy is where we showcase data from our 281,395 registered users revealing fascinating insights and trends.
We also frequently conduct surveys and publish our findings in our regular PPH Small Business Review. Below are the latest editions.

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205,546Freelancers
75,849Clients
143,735 Jobs Posted
£47 avg hourly rate
£
Estimated Value of Jobs posted *

Data on our 205,546 Freelancers

Map of UK & Ireland
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Data only includes users who have given a valid postcode

Data on our 75,849 Clients

By Country

By Sector (Top 10)

By Number of Employees

Job postings by Category

Bids awarded on PeoplePerHour.com

By Country

By Feedback

  •   87.7%
  •   9.7%
  •   1.4%
  •   0.4%
  •   0.8%

By Price

Bid awarded to:
Lowest bidder9.1%
Mid-range86.5%
Highest bidder5.9%

PPH Small Business Reviews

Jan 2012 - Small Business Survey 2012 »
Jan 2011 - Small Business Survey 2011 »
Jul 2010 - Small Business Survey 2010 »
Jun 2010 - How the public sector is overspending »
Jan 2010 - Job Index »
Jan 2010 - Flexible working: how traditional recruitment is being replaced by short term, flexible, online hiring »
Dec 2009 - An analysis of the highest growth sector of freelancing: Sales and Telesales »
* Data from Jan 2008 - current