Platform employment in IT (on the example of the Habr Freelance service)

Authors

  • Guzel Rimovna Baimurzina Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Ekaterina Alekseevna Chernykh Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Alsu Ilshatovna Battalova Ufa University of Science and Technology
  • Vladimir Artemovich Chernykh Research University Higher School of Economics

Keywords:

digital labor platforms, platform employment, platform worker, freelancer, portrait of a platform worker, digital traces, parsing

Abstract

The article analyzes platform-based employment in the Russian IT sector using data scraping from Habr Freelance. It examines freelancers’ profiles, demographics, and activity. The study demonstrates the potential of digital traces for labor market research and reveals trends in informal work.

About authors

Guzel Rimovna Baimurzina

Institute of Sociology of the Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Leading researcher, head of Laboratory for regional studies of quality of life

Ufa University of Science and Technology
Leading researcher, chief specialist

Candidate of Sciences (Economics)

Ekaterina Alekseevna Chernykh

Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Leading researcher

Ufa University of Science and Technology
Leading researcher

Candidate of Sciences (Economics)

 

Alsu Ilshatovna Battalova

Ufa University of Science and Technology

Research intern

Vladimir Artemovich Chernykh

Research University Higher School of Economics

Faculty of computer science
3rd year bachelor’s student

Информационное общество, 2026, выпуск 2

Published

30.04.2026

How to Cite

Baimurzina, G. R., Chernykh, E. A., Battalova, A. I., & Chernykh, V. A. (2026). Platform employment in IT (on the example of the Habr Freelance service). Information Society, (2), 7-16. Retrieved from http://infosoc.iis.ru/article/view/1403

Issue

No. 2 (2026): Digital transformation at a turning point: economics, ethics, and human experience

Section

The digital economy

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