State of the Market

[achilles]

Doing a search on Jobserve for my preferred roles, there was a 55% to 45% split in favor of the Outside IR35 ones. It seems that employers are finally getting the message that skilled contractors do not want to work Inside IR35.

[SueEllen]

I haven't followed this debate at all, I'm not really interested, but I'm calling out how cheap it is to accuse someone of [X]phobia these days. Accusations of 'ist' or 'phobic' are everywhere.

-ist!

[northernladuk]

I haven't followed this debate at all, I'm not really interested, but I'm calling out how cheap it is to accuse someone of [X]phobia these days. Accusations of 'ist' or 'phobic' are everywhere.

Yeah, what happened to just calling someone an idiot? Ah I miss the god old days.

[Destiny2]

I see the misinformed village idiot xenophobe is unfortunately still with us.

Poland is a country in central Europe. Timezone is also central European time. Thought this dafty had a lifetime ban? About time he was out of here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland

eek is correct

[quackhandle]

The Cold War phoned and wants it's map back.

qh

[ladymuck]

The Cold War phoned and wants it's map back.

qh

its

[edison]

Its a troll post but i will point out to lesser experienced readers of this post that said wide-boys have been eating dry porridge, water and driving ubers for almost two years waiting for the market to turn.

Not sure why you think I'm trolling? I'm describing exactly how I'm finding the market at the moment along with several other people who do similar roles to me.

Conversely, December to March was absolutely dire.

This week the Economist reported that there is the start of a global boom in capex investment worldwide which will soon be a fifth higher than it was before the pandemic. A big chunk of this is surely going to find its way into technology spending so I think there is some evidence to suggest things will be picking up.

[_V_]

I think there are still growth prospects in

Cloud computing (partly driven by green initiatives, cloud provider are ESG focused)
AI and machine learning (these areas can lead to cost savings and new opportunities)
Dev Ops
Dispruptive FinTech (removing the old, expensive, slow ways)

I believe if you can align yourself with these trends, a slice of the $11 trillion that has been printed over the last 12 months globally might find it's way into your bank account.

[Destiny2]

I am seeing a demand for PM's all of a sudden. This is good news for us Support guys as that means there will be Projects and then there will be demand for us

[BigDataPro]

I think there are still growth prospects in

Cloud computing (partly driven by green initiatives, cloud provider are ESG focused)
AI and machine learning (these areas can lead to cost savings and new opportunities)
Dev Ops
Dispruptive FinTech (removing the old, expensive, slow ways)

I believe if you can align yourself with these trends, a slice of the $11 trillion that has been printed over the last 12 months globally might find it's way into your bank account.

Data Engineering is another growth area. Moved into it from testing and I never looked back, even at hard times like the current one.