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Employment Status:<br />

Probably <strong>the</strong> most interesting characteristic <strong>of</strong> Employment status is <strong>the</strong> split between those employed<br />

and those self-employed. Figure 11 shows <strong>the</strong> fraction <strong>of</strong> Computing Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals in employment<br />

represented by those self-employed (with or without employees).<br />

Figure 11<br />

Self-employment <strong>of</strong> Computing Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />

(Source: Eurostat Holdings <strong>of</strong> Member State LFS Quarter 2 data)<br />

(Source figures for Sweden and Ireland lie below <strong>the</strong> statistical reliability threshold)<br />

Percent <strong>of</strong> all in employment that are self-employed<br />

14<br />

12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

9<br />

4<br />

2<br />

Germany<br />

Ireland<br />

Sweden<br />

U.K.<br />

0<br />

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000<br />

Year<br />

As can be seen, <strong>the</strong> fraction <strong>of</strong> self-employed “independent contractors” is largest in <strong>the</strong> United Kingdom,<br />

with getting on for twice as many (in proportion) as in Germany. The figures in Sweden seem to have<br />

changed ra<strong>the</strong>r dramatically in 1999, but <strong>the</strong> variations over time in Germany and in <strong>the</strong> UK seem broadly<br />

“in phase”. Interestingly, <strong>the</strong>re are clear falls in <strong>the</strong> percentage in Britain and Ireland between 1999 and<br />

2000 (assumed to be influenced by Y2K date-change activity), whereas <strong>the</strong> fraction <strong>of</strong> contractors rose<br />

over that period in Sweden and Germany.<br />

C E P I S I.T. PRACTITIONER SKILLS IN EUROPE | Section 4 | 59

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