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DDIM Forecast // 2022 – The high pre-Corona level is exceeded in all parameters.

• Interim management market to grow to over 2.5 billion euros in 2022
• 12,000 interim managers available to meet corporate challenges by the end of 2022
• Daily rates develop positively and reflect the high level of quality
• Interim manager utilisation rate will rise to over 90% in 2022

Cologne, 18 March 2022 – The umbrella organisation Deutsches Interim Management e.V. (DDIM), Germany’s industry and trade association for professional interim management, has once again presented the results of the DDIM Forecast Survey for 2022. It is the result of the annual survey among the more than 550 members of DDIM as well as the almost 30 interim management providers who are associated with DDIM as partners.

The development of the total market volume is probably the strongest indicator for determining the state of the entire interim management industry. The precise analysis with the subsequent task of drawing the right conclusions is a core task of DDIM. As a neutral authority, the association provides orientation in the market. After a Corona-related slump in 2020 and a recovery in 2021, there is now clearly positive news: The forecast is positive in all parameters that influence the overall market development.

The number of interim managers increased slightly to 11,500 in 2021, and both interim managers and providers forecast a further increase for 2022, so that a total of 12,000 interim managers can be assumed by the end of 2022.

The respondents forecast an average daily rate of 1,267 euros. of 1,267 euros. In 2021, the daily rate was just under 40 euros below the level forecast for 2022. It should be noted that this is an average value with a very wide range, which results, for example, from different tasks and functions or also responsibilities with regard to personnel management and results.

The utilisation rate of interim managers averaged 81% in 2021. This was a good 7 percentage points higher than in the first year of the pandemic, when managers achieved an average utilisation rate of 74%. For 2022, the interim managers forecast a further increase in the utilisation rate to 91%. The duration of mandates is forecast at 11.5 months for 2022. This is a good month higher than in 2019, the year before the pandemic. Total market volume of interim management rises to 2.5 billion euros at the end of the year. This results in a total market volume of 2.5 billion euros. The forecast value also takes into account the providers’ assessment that the market will develop slightly or even very positively in 2022.

Overall, there is a positive development on the demand side. Some issues that are now leading to increased demand for interim managers are the result of the pandemic: procurement bottlenecks, disrupted supply chains, project postponements as a direct result of Corona or upcoming financing rounds. However, the shortage of skilled workers is also clearly felt in companies, and digitisation and transformation projects are on the horizon. SMEs in particular are facing massive changes and challenges that can now be tackled with interim managers.

Source: Press release DDIM Forecast from 18.03.2022