It is estimated that more than half of the world's workforce will be contingent workers by 2030 and these platforms provide discovery, matching and quality control to support connection and transaction between 'gig' workers and those who need a project or task completed. Like many peer platforms, typically all parties have a profile and transparent mutual ratings systems and payment ranges from flat fees, 'bidding' for jobs or per hour arrangements. Systems such as these are likely to become a more accepted and popular way of fulfilling specific projects or tasks as skills shortages in some geographies are balanced by a large number of trained and ready workers in other parts of the world, in particular in emerging economies.