State of the London IT Finance contract market

[ChimpMaster]

Quite likely they asked you the most ridiculous questions because, frankly, they didn't like you - for whatever reason - and hence wanted to make you look bad. The more questions you failed to answer, the easier it was for them to give reasons to management to reject you. Perhaps they are protecting their own jobs, or maybe they're just having jokes and you'll be on some crackpot hidden-cam TV show.

£800 is still a high rate for the City. £500 is more the norm for middle/back office.

[Scary]

algorithmix and Solvency II

Ah, a bit more niche than the generic .NET stuff mentioned elsewhere in the thread.

[AnthonyQuinn]

Ah, a bit more niche than the generic .NET stuff mentioned elsewhere in the thread.

I agree. And yet Solvency ii is still very woolly at the moment. what skills (aprt from being aware of general legislation) do you need, i cant imagine