I haven't been freelance for long enough to have a good grip on what demand is like normally, but I certainly haven't had a shortage of work coming my way recen

I haven't been freelance for long enough to have a good grip on what demand is like normally, but I certainly haven't had a shortage of work coming my way recently. It seems to me that the amount of projects hasn't dropped much, but many companies who might have hired someone permanently to implement them previously are now taking on external contractors instead. The financial risk is, after all, easier to control.