How low will they go??

[Lumiere]

Consultancies in the UK offer permanent jobs.

Doesn't mean you will be with the same client from one day to the next......

That's correct, but to meet work permit requirements they would need to advertise it as a permanent job, not a £150 a day contract.

[fullyautomatix]

Interesting you mention that. One of my friends is working with Lloyds in Edinburgh. He was shocked to find out that TCS/Wipro were offering "bob contractors" at £80 per day. That's like 1/5th the normal rate.
No wonder most managers are filling in with bobs to make things look good expense wise, while turning a blind eye at quality. Similar story at Nationwide in Swindon. Back in 2009, they had contractors everywhere. Only Infosys and IBM had a bit of foothold. Suddenly in 2010, we had an influx of Wipro, TCS and Accenture. Accenture took over complete QA responsibility of all projects, and a lot of contractors were let go. Last year Accenture was fired, and the whole of QA was handed over to another bob co (Wipro or TCS, can't remember), because Accenture "was not good enough" End of the day, its all about who puts the lowest bid. Makes me wanna

IBM

[SueEllen]

That's correct, but to meet work permit requirements they would need to advertise it as a permanent job, not a £150 a day contract.

It will suddenly turn permanent.

It happens with some normal rate contracts. I suggest you read some of the other threads on these boards were posters state their "employer" now wants them to go permanent.