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How many freelance software developers are there in the United Kingdom?
Hello! Thanks for your question about the number of freelance software developers in the United Kingdom. The most useful sources that I found to answer your question are EMP04: Employment by Occupation - Office for National Statistics and Exploring the UK Freelance Workforce in 2016. The short version is that there are 6,924 freelance software developers in the United Kingdom. Below you will find a deep dive of my findings.
METHODOLOGY
I searched through industry reports, trusted media sites, government reports and databases, and academic databases for the number of freelance software developers in the United Kingdom; however I could not find a number already available, so I searched for the number of freelancers and software developers in order to calculate the total number of freelance software developers in the United Kingdom.
NUMBER OF FREELANCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS
There are 2 million freelancers in the United Kingdom as of 2016 total with 1.77 million being primarily freelancers and 234,000 working freelance as their second job. Freelancers account for 42% of the 4.8 million self-employed population. There are 308,000 programmers and software development professionals with 30,000 being self-employed as of June 2016. 30,000 self-employed programmers and software developers is 9.74% of the total of 308,000 (30,000 divided by 308,000 equals 9.74%) employed programmers and software developers, so 9.74% of programmers and software developers are self-employed. IBIS reports 169,257 software development employees. 9.74% of programmers and software developers are self-employed, so 9.74% of 169,257 software developers equals 16,485.6318, which rounds up to 16,486 software developers that are self-employed. Freelancers equal 42% of the self-employed population, so 42% of the 16,486 self-employed software developers equals 6,924.12, which rounds down to 6,924 freelance software developers.
CONCLUSION
To wrap it up, there are 6,924 freelance software developers in the United Kingdom. Thanks for using Wonder! Please let us know if we can help with anything else!