Market very quiet

[DannyF1966]

Only 40 miles away, that's practically next door in contract terminology

Yeah but it's 40 miles along the M62 which means it'll take two hours to get anywhere.

[SpontaneousOrder]

I thought it was really busy. Getting calls and emails nearly every day, and haven't uploaded a CV in 2 years.

[theroyale]

I am in SQL Server dev and just started looking out and thought the market looked very good. Rates much higher than in '12 and '13 (when I was last out looking) with even the non-financial and non-insurance contracts hitting the £500 mark.

Surprised to hear that your experience of the .NET market being such a contrast.

[SueEllen]

I thought it was really busy. Getting calls and emails nearly every day, and haven't uploaded a CV in 2 years.

Depends on sector, skills and experience.

[Ebenezer]

My recent experience is that there are two kinds of vacancies on Jobswerve etc.

• £1000/day dream jobs that don't really exist
• sub £300/day stuff in Wolverhampton intended for new arrivals to the contract market

The "in between" ground seems to be serviced by agents going through their existing contacts, so these positions tend not to get advertised.

[Gumbo Robot]

I thought it was really busy. Getting calls and emails nearly every day, and haven't uploaded a CV in 2 years.

Getting plenty of calls but not about anything concrete.

It's all along the lines of "can we go over your CV so that we can match you to anything that may come up in the future".

Though 75% relate to perm positions.

[quackhandle]

My last two gigs (inc current) have been direct. Have extended to July but really not looking forward to dealing with pimps again.

qh

[BolshieBastard]

I thought it was really busy. Getting calls and emails nearly every day, and haven't uploaded a CV in 2 years.

Means squat if they are just spamming you with roles because one word in the spec matches your cv or you live in the location of the role!

Id say 80% of mails dont match my skillset and only about 50% of calls are relevant.

[ChimpMaster]

Pre-election jitters/end of financial year for some companies. Most of the recruiters I speak to say they expect it to change in early May once the general election result is known & a new government formed until then unless its a business critical role the market is treading water & has been most of 2015 IME.


Rates are also terrible unless its a niche role like one for Murex I saw yesterday @ £800-1000 per day!

It would be a rate cut for me , but how does one get into Murex (as in learning/experience)- either through a permanent or contract opportunity?

[MyUserName]

It would be a rate cut for me , but how does one get into Murex (as in learning/experience)- either through a permanent or contract opportunity?

Seriously? What on earth do you do?