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Fractionals Match | UK & EMEA Fractional Work Report 2026

2026 market study · 37 pages · free

The UK & EMEA Fractional Work Report

A scenario-based view of senior part-time leadership across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and Africa — what's measured, what's modeled, and which is which.

2.046m

High-skilled UK freelancers

measuredIPSE, 2025
~100k

Active UK fractional leaders — base case, in a 60k–160k range

modeledanalyst model, p.9
£800–£2,000

UK senior day-rate planning range

modeledanalyst range, p.3
18%

Base-case engagement growth to 2030

modeledscenarios, p.12
64%

UK freelancers with 7+ years as employees first

measuredMalt, 2024
33.5m

EU enterprises — 99% micro and small

measuredEurostat, 2024
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Eight sections. Sources cited.

/ ONS · Eurostat · HMRC · YunoJuno · Malt
  1. 1. Executive summaryp.3
  2. 2. Methodologyp.5
  3. 3. Market size & growthp.7
  4. 4. Compensationp.11
  5. 5. Demandp.15
  6. 6. Talent & engagementp.19
  7. 7. Regulation & riskp.23
  8. 8. AI & outlookp.26

Rate bands for seven functions, the buyer playbook, IR35 and cross-border risk, and three scenarios to 2030 — the detail is in the report, not on this page.

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“Measured figures are shown as facts; modeled ranges are explicitly labelled. EMEA figures should be read as directional.” — page 1

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