In 2025, we asked 1000+ self-employed people about their mental health.

Every year, we ask hundreds of independent workers about their mental health - to create a clear picture of the challenges and gaps in support the self-employed face.

In the 6th edition, 1000+ individuals have told us their stories. This report aims to highlight the key insights which policymakers, hirers and community owners should be aware of.

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Leapers 2025 Mental Health and Self-Employment Survey is proudly supported by:
With Jack - Be a confident freelancer.

With Jack arranges insurance for freelancers to help with mistakes they make in their work, bad clients or late payments.

Ultimately they're here to help you be a confident freelancer!

To give you a feeling of support during difficult times, a place of knowledge so you can better handle tricky projects, and practical tools that actually help get you paid. Running into difficulties as a freelancer can be lonely and scary.

With Jack exists to reduce that burden by finding you the help you need.

"With Jack found so much value in previous Leapers studies on mental health and used a lot of the findings to educate and help our own customers.

This is why we wanted to support the 2025 study so more freelancers can be aware of the struggles of self-employment and feel less alone, which ties into our ethos of helping you be a confident freelancer."

-- Ashley Baxter, founder of With Jack.
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Since 2019, Leapers has been asking the self-employed community about the relationship between their work and their mental health.

Our work has informed content, community, support and policy for the self-employed community.

Browse the full archive of our research here.

 

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