For rent: a bench

[NickFitz]

Congratulations!

[MPwannadecentincome]

Congrats

(sorry I hope 2 yays are enough, that's what I gave to the other chappie, wouldn't want to be showing any preferential treatment now!)

[Shimano105]

Come on doooown! well done!

[FiveTimes]

well done

[OwlHoot]

Thanks all. Although I feel a bit of a fraud because I've only been benched since Christmas which make me a lot more lucky than others here.

I just hope another story adds to the general optimism that we might be turning a corner.

I had an email from an agency which shows a graph of contract rates scraping along the bottom this time last year, but stepping up fairly linearly since then and now almost at levels of a couple of years ago.

Not sure how much reliance to place on that, and it must vary by skill. Also it's likely the IT development market is being "hollowed out" by Bob and pals, based both in the UK and India.

[Zippy]

Another one bites the dust