"Britain’s labour market for contract IT staff actually expanded in the third quarter, a jobs site has shown, at odds with an agency body’s index for the period but in line with end-user optimism seen in the past few weeks. Releasing quarterly data for IT roles, jobadswatch.co.uk showed that the number of adverts for freelance candidates on the UK’s major IT and multi-sector recruitment sites increased by 4.7 %” -- Contractor UK
Considering how unstable the Market is at the moment, I think this is a fairly positive shift in favour of the contractor. I wrote a little while ago about how it’s a ‘contractors market’ at the moment, and these figures would seem to indicate the same. As the Contractor UK article quite rightly says, contractors are often the first in the door when the hiring boom starts and sadly often the first out when there’s a lull. A lot of contractors are also considering permanent placements at the moment, so it’s definitely a great way to scope out a company and see if you’re a good fit before potentially looking for a permanent career in either that location, or even just in that sector.
Chris White, Sales and Recruitment Manager at Testing Circle says “we are surprisingly busy in the run up to Christmas; the Market is a lot more buoyant than this time last year - with figures such as 40% more contract work than October/November 2010 and approaching the same amount for permanent.” So, positive news all round!
Considering how unstable the Market is at the moment, I think this is a fairly positive shift in favour of the contractor. I wrote a little while ago about how it’s a ‘contractors market’ at the moment, and these figures would seem to indicate the same. As the Contractor UK article quite rightly says, contractors are often the first in the door when the hiring boom starts and sadly often the first out when there’s a lull. A lot of contractors are also considering permanent placements at the moment, so it’s definitely a great way to scope out a company and see if you’re a good fit before potentially looking for a permanent career in either that location, or even just in that sector.
Chris White, Sales and Recruitment Manager at Testing Circle says “we are surprisingly busy in the run up to Christmas; the Market is a lot more buoyant than this time last year - with figures such as 40% more contract work than October/November 2010 and approaching the same amount for permanent.” So, positive news all round!
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