Turning point or just a blip?

At Brainville, we track thousands of assignments every month, and March 2025 showed clear signs of increased activity:
📌 Total assignments: up 13.2% vs. March 2024 and 8.9% compared to February 2025
📌 Available consultants: up 14.6% vs. March 2024 and 7.7% compared to February 2025

Even though some segments are based on small sample sizes and should be interpreted with care, we still spot some year-over-year trends worth noting:
✅ Developer roles continue their upward trend – up 4% compared to March 2024
✅ Data-related roles (analytics, engineering, science) – up 2.5% year-over-year
🔻 Slight decline for system integrators and solution architects – both down 1% vs. March 2024

🌍 Remote work? Still strong.
📍 Remote assignments are up 1% vs. March 2024 and roughly unchanged from February 2025
📍 Geographically, the market remains stable

All in all: more assignments, more applicants, more consultants getting placed. That might be a healthy sign.

That said, the freelance and consulting market doesn’t operate in a vacuum. The current US administration’s economic policies – including protectionist measures – are contributing to global uncertainty and inflation. And that kind of turbulence tends to ripple outward.
So: is this a turning point or just a blip?
We’ll be watching. 💪

📥 Brainville Statistics 2024
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📷 Photo from a trail run around Lake Muskan near Körunda, just outside Ösmo – a great way to clear the head before diving into market data.