Market Getting Better?

[alreadypacked]

Im in my 26th year of contracting now....

PZZ

Are you sure you are not a 'consultant', sounds like a consultant answere to me.

Information, but not the information you asked for

[Tensai]

Information, but not the information you asked for

.... but definitely the information you're going to get charged for.

[alreadypacked]

.... but definitely the information you're going to get charged for.

[zamzummim]

Are you sure you are not a 'consultant', sounds like a consultant answere to me.

Information, but not the information you asked for

hmmm, his reply made total sense to me... it must be because am an ex-consultant

[MrMark]

Just two agencies approached me last week; better than the previous week when only 1 called (resulted in an interview tho). This bench is getting really worn down...

[orac]

Seems to be getting better

Seems to be getting better. Tube strike last week seemed to slow things up.

[shelby68]

Been pretty flat in my area of testing for the last couple of months, at least at rates that would be worth working for, seen quite a few jobs paying equivalent or less than a permy roll, already had a gig in the bag to it didn't affect me to much but got 2 other offers this week from previous clients to I guess it must be picking u

[Grinder]

Its clearly different depending on your skills - I had 4 calls this week, as well as an interview based on a call I received the previous week (no news yet - I am guessing they've offered it to another candidate and are waiting to hear if he/she accepts).

I am in management of application development / support. Do we need a poll each week to chalk up calls for each skill-set?

[minestrone]

Looking very positive for me with a role, think it's just a face to face and I am in, going direct as well. Was intending to take the rest of the summer off and watch the cricket but I was getting a bit worried that there would not be anything going when I wanted something. Word of mouth for this one and a personal recommendation from someone I have worked with on several gigs.

[Stan.goodvibes]

Seems like things have got alot better in the market?

Ive had 4 real roles that Ive sounded out in the last 6 days all wanting a ASAP start.

It's annoying, I keep seeing contracts that have my skillset of SQL, SSIS,SSRS,SSAS,VB,.Net, but I don't have any ASAP skills, and I can't even learn it on the job because they all want to start off with the ASAP work.