![]() ![]() The following statistics have been sourced from a study done in 2018 by NatCen Panel Uber came onto the scene in 2010, which had a huge influence on the gig economy. Ten years later Airbnb was worth $38 billion. This enabled anyone who had a spare room available to let it out for an additional income. Many remote job platforms began to pop up, providing gig workers with a place to find jobs.Īirbnb was launched in 2008. When the internet really took off in the late 90’s, the gig economy took off with it. In the 1990’s around 10% of the workforce were employed as contractors, temporary workers or on-call workers. It is thought that the word ‘gig’ first originated in the 1920’s when musicians performed in Jazz clubs. The trends above are more easily seen in the chart below with just 4 popular search terms. The numbers picked up slightly after the lockdown but did not reach the height they were originally at. As the biggest drop in numbers comes around the time the first lockdown happened. With this table you can see the same pattern emerge, but in reverse. We can now look at the statistics for Google searches that involve people looking for gig work as an Uber driver. #Gigeconomy online statistics driversWith people being stuck at home and many non-essentially businesses closed, this of course means the taxi industry has taken a huge hit, which in turn means less work for Uber drivers and fewer people interested looking for work in this area. We may have seen a rise in the number of searches for these jobs, but there are other areas of the gig economy that have been affected negatively. ![]() The lockdown explains the jump as this could have been when many people lost their jobs, were furloughed or it could just be people taking an opportunity to bring in some extra money with the higher demand for these jobs. The biggest jump in numbers for all these searches comes between March and May 2020 which is when the UK first went into lockdown. There is a clear increase in all of the above Google searches between March 2019 and November 2020, showing the greatest interest in people wanting to either do courier work or fast food delivery. We have pulled up some data from Google searches where you can see the increase So there are plenty of jobs to go around for anyone wanting to do some extra gig work.īelow we can look at some statistics regarding the rise in searches online for gig work. Also, with the closure of non-essential shops, and people not wanting to leave their homes, there has been more parcel to home deliveries from places such as Amazon. More and more people have been ordering takeaway deliveries to their home, which means companies like Deliveroo are becoming increasingly popular. Secondly, whilst many businesses have suffered during the pandemic, many have thrived, and some of these thriving businesses are associated with the gig economy. Firstly, unfortunately during this pandemic many people have lost their jobs so are seeking a different source of income. This type of work was on the rise anyway but there has been a sharp increase in people seeking out this type of work during the pandemic. It is preferable for a lot of people to not be part of the typical Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 business hours, as they can choose when to work and make up their income with a few different gig jobs. As well as this, it has been clear in recent years that more and more people have chosen to be a gig worker. Many people are now working from home due to the current pandemic and this may be permanent for many workplaces even when the pandemic is over. It would be hard to argue that we are living in a new era of working. A gig worker would enter a formal agreement with a company to provide services to their clients. ![]() “The gig economy involves the exchange of labour for money between individuals or companies via digital platforms that actively facilitate matching between providers and customers, on a short-term and payment by task basis.”Įssentially this means that gig workers are independent contractors that find work through online platforms. The working definition of the term ‘gig economy’ is This is why you hear this word used by musicians, referring to a concert. The word ‘gig’ is a slang word which refers to a job that only lasts a certain amount of time. ![]()
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