High activity on the market?

[gemasp]

Hi,

Has something changed on the contractors job market in the last two weeks?

I am getting lots of calls from recruiters, especially for last 2-3 weeks.

Does anyone have same experience?

Thx

[TestMangler]

Hi,

Has something changed on the contractors job market in the last two weeks?

I am getting lots of calls from recruiters, especially for last 2-3 weeks.

Does anyone have same experience?

Thx

Would you like to qualify that statement with a few unimportant snippets of information ? What's your key skill ? Where (geographically) are all these 'jobs' that you're getting phoned about ?

[northernladuk]

Maybe quick rush before silly season starts but apart from that no.

[Ketchup]

I have had quite a few calls this week. But i am new to this whole contracting malarky. Seems to be (decent) .net devs in london/south east are in short supply

[Scoobos]

Wintel and Storage support has definately increased in the past 3 weeks - I'm getting hammered with invitations now that I've sorted a contract, after a 9 month bench

[Bluenose]

Plenty of activity in Infrastructure since April really, the market has bottomed out but I doubt rates touted could get much lower. Getting plenty of calls (3-4 per week) during June/July with:

1. Joke rates for my specialism (£400/pd)
2. Too many applicants
3. Outside of London.

I got a 12 month consultancy contract in late May after being benched for 2 1/2 months, I held out for an decent rate (£550/pd) and location (City). Have now handed in my notice for another gig (long story) paying more (£650/pd), locked into a project where the objective is known, budgeted for and more stable.

200 applicants per gig in some cases during the Jan-May period, it is hard going out there, with more senior applicants (£850-£1k range) dropping down a level just to get a contract.

[GeorgeB]

Maybe quick rush before silly season starts but apart from that no.

when is silly season?

[SueEllen]

when is silly season?

End of July and August when the brats are on summer holiday.

The only clients recruiting then are desperate, or have sufficient management staff who either are childless/have children who are all grown up/children who all are babies.

[northernladuk]

when is silly season?

When even the best laid resource plans go to rat tulip :|

[GeorgeB]

Not a good time to be looking for my next contract then...