UK tech freelancer numbers down for first time in 5 years since IR35 tax reforms hit public sector
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/22/number_of_it_contractors_drops_ir35/
After a boom in IT contractors over the last decade, the number of freelance techies working in the UK dropped last year in the wake of public sector off-payroll working reforms.
According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data, there was a 2.4 per cent fall in IT contractors to 121,989 in 2018 compared with the previous year.