Freelancers in IT and engineeringHow did hourly rates develop in 2016?
What is the project situation like for IT and engineering freelancers? To what extent do they get the hourly rate they demand? The project portal Gulp provides answers with the first results of its Freelancer Study 2016 and its Project Market Index 2016.
To what extent are IT and engineering freelancers correct in their assessment of market value during negotiations? According to the Gulp survey, freelancers seem to know exactly what to do: 60.4% stated that their hourly rate demands were correct. 25.9% usually overestimated and 13.7% usually underestimated their value. Compared to 2015, the proportion of those who were usually spot on has hardly changed. However, the proportion of "over-claimers" was still 17.7% in 2015, meaning that more and more freelancers appear to be building a significant negotiation buffer into their claims in 2016 in order to achieve the desired result.