I think there is a distinction between freelance and contracting which is often missed or at least misunderstood. For me Freelance is a short discreet work-package that has a fixed price and scope and could normally be finished in a couple of sprints. Contractors get signed up for a fixed period of time with the aim of completing longer development pieces.
Of course these are on a spectrum and some freelance can turn into contracts and people's definition of short will vary.
Other distinctions for me is that contract work on the UK normally comes via a recruitment agency so the risk of non payment is mitigated
Freelance requires much more time spent of marketing, pitching and networking and the general day to day activities of running a business
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I think there is a distinction between freelance and contracting which is often missed or at least misunderstood. For me Freelance is a short discreet work-package that has a fixed price and scope and could normally be finished in a couple of sprints. Contractors get signed up for a fixed period of time with the aim of completing longer development pieces.
Of course these are on a spectrum and some freelance can turn into contracts and people's definition of short will vary.
Other distinctions for me is that contract work on the UK normally comes via a recruitment agency so the risk of non payment is mitigated
Freelance requires much more time spent of marketing, pitching and networking and the general day to day activities of running a business