Benchmarks: Global spend on contingent work
Companies worldwide spent US $4.5 trillion on contingent work in 2018, according to research from Staffing Industry Analysts.
Benchmarks: Do temps know about and use human cloud services to find work?
As part of its 2019 North America Temporary Worker Survey, Staffing Industry Analysts asked temporary workers to what degree they worked through freelance platforms focused on directly serving consumers such as Uber, Lyft or Handyman.
Premium research: US, Japan and UK dominate staffing agency spend
Worldwide, 14 countries accounted for 87% of the $490 billion in spend on staffing firm services.
US employment trends: IT vs. overall nonfarm
Over the past decade, employment in IT occupations has grown at a much faster rate than that of overall employment in the US.
Benchmarks: Temp occupations in the EU
There were 27.8 million temporary workers in the EU in the third quarter of 2018.
Data corner: US Temp Penetration Rate
The US temporary employment penetration rate was 2.03% in January, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Benchmarks: Global Spend on SOW
SIA estimates SOW consulting to be worth roughly 13.5% of the total $3.68 trillion in contingent workforce spend in 2017.
Benchmarks: VMS spend by client
The majority VMS spend in 2017 was via VMS clients that spent more than $100 million, and have more than 10,000 employees.
Benchmarks: MSP Market Occupational Mix
As part of our VMS and MSP landscape report series, we examine the types of workers that are typically sourced through MSPs. Information technology was the most prevalent skill category in 2017, aside from the catch-all “other professional” category.
Benchmarks: 2017 US contingent workforce spend
The US economy generated $864 billion in contingent workforce spend in 2017, according to Staffing Industry Analysts research.
