The official CUK "What is happening in Contracting" thread

[Clippy]

There have been several threads recently regarding who is on the bench, how long for, what the market is doing etc so it makes sense to have a dedicated thread to cover this.

Blimey, I must be bored!

Main area of skills/work:

Are you currently in a contract:
If so, when does it end:

Are you currently on the bench:
If so, how long has it been:

Experience of market since on the bench:

[voodooflux]

Main area of skills/work: C#/.NET code monkey.
Are you currently in a contract: Yes, and thanks for asking.
If so, when does it end: July 2009.

[Xenophon]

Main area of skills/work: Witchcraft, Black Magic and the Dark Arts.


Are you currently in a contract: Indeed I am.


If so, when does it end: November 2009.

[DS23]

tell us a spell xeno - go on you know you want to.

[Coalman]

Main area of skills/work: Utilities (Power).

Are you currently in a contract: Yup.

If so, when does it end: July 2009.

[DimPrawn]

Main area of skills/work:

Are you currently in a contract:
If so, when does it end:

Are you currently on the bench:
If so, how long has it been:

Experience of market since on the bench:

Name and contact phone number of last 4 references:

HTH

[dang65]

Main area of skills/work: Front end web - Ajax, JavaScript, CSS etc

Are you currently in a contract: Yes
If so, when does it end: End of March, but recent meetings at client keep referring to work up to end of June

Are you currently on the bench: Uh, no

[OwlHoot]

Main area of skills/work: perl, PHP, .NET. Mostly back-end but some front end

Are you currently in a contract: Yes, starting next monday

If so, when does it end: April

Are you currently on the bench: was for a month, and probably will be again after april

[NetwkSupport]

Main area of skills/work: Nosebagging

Are you currently in a contract: Yes
If so, when does it end: March (3 month rolling )

Experience of market since on the bench: not much out there in terms of choice, very hard to get to get to interview stage, eployers extremely selective/choosy over who is hired.

[VectraMan]

Main area of skills/work: C++/C# code monkeying
Are you currently in a contract: Yes.
If so, when does it end: April 09
Is your rate crap: yes.
Are you bored with the work: yes, yes, yes.