Announced details
Project-to-candidate ratio: 4.65x in July 2026, 3.67x in August, 3.32x in September, and 3.88x for the quarter cumulative
Upstream project share: 16.1% (up 7.1 percentage points from 9.0% in the same period of the previous year)
Average contract rate in the Tokyo metropolitan area: up 2.0% year on year
High-value project share: 18.1% (13.7% in the same period of the previous year)
Number of PM-related projects secured: up 30.0% year on year
AI project share: 16.1% (13.6% in the previous quarter, 6.3% in the same period of the previous year)
Number of AI projects: approximately 1.8 times the level in the same period of the previous year
Share of implementation, solutions and product-related projects: 32.3%
Share of conversational AI and agent-related projects: 17.3%
Share of machine learning and model development-related projects: 5.5%
Companies that have implemented or are trialing AI: 58.0%
Companies reporting that the benefits of AI implementation met or exceeded expectations: approximately 30%
Companies using AI to enhance their own products and services: 10.9%
Companies citing a shortage of specialized personnel as a challenge in AI implementation and operations: 50.1%
Network of more than 24,000 IT freelancers (as of an unspecified date)
39th floor, Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (within WeWork)
In this announcement the company addresses none of Contract Value / Offering price / Impact on Business Performance.
Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), "DX Trends 2026"
Project data compiled by ギークス (since 2019)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Names of Products / Services Covered | IT Freelance Job Ratio Report, Engineer Base, Update Guild, FDE training program |
| Launch date | FDE training program launched on 13 July 2026 (actual) |
| Applicable area | IT freelance market, Generative AI and LLMs, RAG, Conversational AI and agents, AI implementation, solutions and products, Machine learning and model development, Applications such as AI recognition, prediction and recommendation, Model improvement, inference, evaluation and operations |
| Location | 39th floor, Shibuya Scramble Square, 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (within WeWork) |
| Quantitative Effects | Project-to-candidate ratio: 4.65x in July 2026, 3.67x in August, 3.32x in September, and 3.88x for the quarter cumulative, Upstream project share: 16.1% (up 7.1 percentage points from 9.0% in the same period of the previous year), Average contract rate in the Tokyo metropolitan area: up 2.0% year on year, High-value project share: 18.1% (13.7% in the same period of the previous year), Number of PM-related projects secured: up 30.0% year on year, AI project share: 16.1% (13.6% in the previous quarter, 6.3% in the same period of the previous year), Number of AI projects: approximately 1.8 times the level in the same period of the previous year, Share of implementation, solutions and product-related projects: 32.3%, Share of conversational AI and agent-related projects: 17.3%, Share of machine learning and model development-related projects: 5.5%, Companies that have implemented or are trialing AI: 58.0%, Companies reporting that the benefits of AI implementation met or exceeded expectations: approximately 30%, Companies using AI to enhance their own products and services: 10.9%, Companies citing a shortage of specialized personnel as a challenge in AI implementation and operations: 50.1% |
| Usage history | Network of more than 24,000 IT freelancers (as of an unspecified date) |
| Source | Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA), "DX Trends 2026", Project data compiled by ギークス (since 2019) |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.While the use of generative AI continues to replace implementation hours, particularly coding work, demand is increasing for upstream projects such as PM, consulting and tech lead roles, as well as for personnel capable of introducing and using AI in business operations.