WORKING WITH FREELANCE TALENT ISN’T JUST FOR TECH TEAMS

Companies in traditional industries often think remote work only works in the tech industry—but the research tells a different story. Upwork’s report, Not Just Tech: Remote Freelancing Across Industries, shows how companies in traditional industries like manufacturing, mining, utilities, and more are tapping into the remote workforce to give their in-house teams the control that comes from the freedom to scale. In this report, you’ll see: On average, 23% of workers across all “traditional industries” were remote as of January 2021. 37% of jobs in “non-tech industries” in the U.S. could be done by remote freelancers—that’s 25.7 million jobs. In 2020, Upwork’s top non-tech clients increased spending on Upwork by 44%