State of the market

[eek]

Just found another crap contract

Web Systems Developer C# VB ASP XML .NET HTML JavaScript Edinburgh Contract IT Job

£500 a week if you are lucky. I doubt even your typical bob would be interested.

[nomadd]

Just found another crap contract

Web Systems Developer C# VB ASP XML .NET HTML JavaScript Edinburgh Contract IT Job

£500 a week if you are lucky. I doubt even your typical bob would be interested.

Yikes! Just read the complete job spec. for that one. Madness. And for £10 and hour. Just slightly more than the guy who cleans the bogs. And, of course, you'd be a lot less stressed just cleaning the bogs...

[jmo21]

Just found another crap contract

Web Systems Developer C# VB ASP XML .NET HTML JavaScript Edinburgh Contract IT Job

£500 a week if you are lucky. I doubt even your typical bob would be interested.

Yeah, saw that in my feed this morning, brutal!

[DimPrawn]

Just found another crap contract

Web Systems Developer C# VB ASP XML .NET HTML JavaScript Edinburgh Contract IT Job

£500 a week if you are lucky. I doubt even your typical bob would be interested.

Step 1.

Advertise role at super low rate. Document no takers from any EU worker.

Step 2.

Apply for a bunch of work permits, submitting evidence of the appalling "skills shortage" in IT.

Step 3.

Receive a bunch of work permits and divvy out to your smiling Bobs in India.

Step 4.

Rent a tulipe but big house and put all the Bobs in there.

Step 5.

Make a tidy profit and pay yourselves a big fat bonus.

[eek]

Step 1.

Advertise role at super low rate. Document no takers from any EU worker.

Step 2.

Apply for a bunch of work permits, submitting evidence of the appalling "skills shortage" in IT.

Step 3.

Receive a bunch of work permits and divvy out to your smiling Bobs in India.

Step 4.

Rent a tulipe but big house and put all the Bobs in there.

Step 5.

Make a tidy profit and pay yourselves a big fat bonus.

There is a slight flaw in your plan as its below the rate you can bring a bob in at. I'm sure its £35,000 at the moment.

[PropertyCrashUK]

There is a slight flaw in your plan as its below the rate you can bring a bob in at. I'm sure its £35,000 at the moment.

Surely you claim that you are paying them 100K each, bill your big public sector client 100K and then pay your boy from bangalore tuppence?

[NorthWestPerm2Contr]

Just wanted to point out that market seems to have suddenly gone nuts. I have been offered a lot of interviews in the last week and the rates seem to have really gone up. I have also seen roles advertised then re-advertised a week later at a higher rate. These are all really good signs, let's hope the recovery continues, I am starting to regret accepting this role 65 miles away from home when I see so many local roles coming up.

Anybody else agree?

[JoJoGabor]

Just wanted to point out that market seems to have suddenly gone nuts. I have been offered a lot of interviews in the last week and the rates seem to have really gone up. I have also seen roles advertised then re-advertised a week later at a higher rate. These are all really good signs, let's hope the recovery continues, I am starting to regret accepting this role 65 miles away from home when I see so many local roles coming up.

Anybody else agree?

Yeap i am getting calls about roles at £150 a day more than my current (and best ever) rate. Not seen rates like this for years

[amcdonald]

There is a slight flaw in your plan as its below the rate you can bring a bob in at. I'm sure its £35,000 at the moment.

But that includes allowances, so you can pay them NMW and pass the minimum rate

[PropertyCrashUK]

Just wanted to point out that market seems to have suddenly gone nuts. I have been offered a lot of interviews in the last week and the rates seem to have really gone up. I have also seen roles advertised then re-advertised a week later at a higher rate. These are all really good signs, let's hope the recovery continues, I am starting to regret accepting this role 65 miles away from home when I see so many local roles coming up.

Anybody else agree?

You are in Manchester aren't you?