State of the Market

[Fraidycat]

Just seen a Service Desk Analyst role at £11.80ph PAYE advertised by Hays. That equates to £88.50 for a typical 7.5 hour working day
Must have security clearance too!

If the minimum wage was not in effect, i'm sure that role would be offered sub £10 ph today..

Self stacking now pays over 12ph and over 13ph within the M25. No english or eduction required.

[edison]

If the minimum wage being was not in effect, i'm sure that role would be offered sub £10 ph today..

Self stacking now pays over12ph and over 13ph within the M25. No english or eduction required.

It's such a shame really. It seems like it was only a few years ago that Service Desk Analyst still seemed to be a classic entry route into IT for the young and/or inexperienced. I've worked at several firms where they had good apprenticeship or other training schemes to develop such people.

Now firms only seem to care about short term results and development and training opportunities are so sparse.

[umeshk]

I've been benched for almost 5 months now, running on fumes now financially. I've been on a couple of permie interviews, but trying to explain why I want to go back to perm role after contracting seems to be a hurdle I'm not able to get over. I've even got to a point I'm going for perm roles with salaries when I first started in IT in my early 20's. Is that a mistake, or should I just take it on the chin, take the role to atleast have income?

Thanks for eveyones previous remarks.

So, after slogging for applying for numerous roles, I got a hit for a perm role. It's not ideal as its a role I did 20 years ago and its the only real offer I've got since being benched.

It's way below the contractor rate, or perm salary I would really go for, it's in the low £30's. Be onsite for initial on-boarding for a few weeks then 2 days on-site, with a 1.5hour drive each way.

Upside
Keep my toes dipped in IT until market picks
Have some money coming in even if it is tuppence.
Refresh basic IT support skillset

Downside
Low pay
Initial commute
Explaining if & when I decide to move on "why I took a low pay & lower skillset job" conversation with agencies and potential clients.

Appreciate what the forum thinks on this?

[gables]

Thanks for eveyones previous remarks.

So, after slogging for applying for numerous roles, I got a hit for a perm role. It's not ideal as its a role I did 20 years ago and its the only real offer I've got since being benched.

It's way below the contractor rate, or perm salary I would really go for, it's in the low £30's. Be onsite for initial on-boarding for a few weeks then 2 days on-site, with a 1.5hour drive each way.

Upside
Keep my toes dipped in IT until market picks
Have some money coming in even if it is tuppence.
Refresh basic IT support skillset

Downside
Low pay
Initial commute
Explaining if & when I decide to move on "why I took a low pay & lower skillset job" conversation with agencies and potential clients.

Appreciate what the forum thinks on this?

Well, you did say you were running on fumes, so needs must.

[pjt]

Thanks for eveyones previous remarks.

So, after slogging for applying for numerous roles, I got a hit for a perm role. It's not ideal as its a role I did 20 years ago and its the only real offer I've got since being benched.

It's way below the contractor rate, or perm salary I would really go for, it's in the low £30's. Be onsite for initial on-boarding for a few weeks then 2 days on-site, with a 1.5hour drive each way.

Upside
Keep my toes dipped in IT until market picks
Have some money coming in even if it is tuppence.
Refresh basic IT support skillset

Downside
Low pay
Initial commute
Explaining if & when I decide to move on "why I took a low pay & lower skillset job" conversation with agencies and potential clients.

Appreciate what the forum thinks on this?

A wage is a wage. If you need to take it then you need to take it. Just keep looking and for now I'd just leave this one off the CV. If it lasts a long time then you will just need to come clean and expain the reason you took the role was the market was difficult.

[rocktronAMP]

Typically around 18 months from the start of the hiking cycle is when the recession gets underway. Which is around now.

What does the y-axis mean?
Why are there black vertical bars along the x-axis time with a count number?

[Paracelsus]

Y axis looks to be dual-purpose and mean either interest rate (blue) or months from start of rate rises to recession (black bars)

[Fraidycat]

Explaining if & when I decide to move on "why I took a low pay & lower skillset job" conversation with agencies and potential clients.

When applying for the next job always spin the last job and big it up, nobody knows exactly what you did in the last role or how much you got paid.

[hobnob]

It's way below the contractor rate, or perm salary I would really go for, it's in the low £30's. Be onsite for initial on-boarding for a few weeks then 2 days on-site, with a 1.5hour drive each way.

The key question is whether it's enough for you to live off. If it will pay the bills then take it; if it's going to put you further into debt then I'd be more hesitant. (I did consider a "slow puncture" rate when I was desperate, but fortunately I found something better just in time.)

[Snooky]

At this rate, contractors will be working twenty nine hours a day down the mill, and paying the mill owner for permission to come to work.

To make it worse, the price of cold gravel has soared in recent years.