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 84,492 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.

PPH Small Business Reviews

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 »

If you'd like to know more about this new, growing and fascinating space and how it's changing the way we work, just contact us contact us.

Data on our 21,110 Clients

By Sector (Top 10)

By Number of Employees

By Country

Job postings by Category

Freelancers by Continent

Europe73.9%
Asia17.8%
North America4.1%
Africa2.1%
South America0.9%
Middle East0.6%
Oceania0.6%
Antarctica0.0%

Job Index

The PPH Economy

Job-o-meter
£
Estimated Value of Jobs posted *

Data on our 63,382 Freelancers

Map of UK counties
Hover over the map to get details about a county.
Data only includes users who have given a valid postcode

Bids awarded on PPH

By Country

By Feedback

  •   88.4%
  •   9.2%
  •   1.0%
  •   0.3%
  •   1.1%

By Price

Bid awarded to:
Lowest bidder7.4%
Mid-range90.2%
Highest bidder3.4%

* Data from Jan 2008 - current