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    Trouble getting a new contract

    I'm fairly new to the contract market in the UK. I read a lot of threads on the boards here where everything is doom and gloom and so many people are on the bench. Within 1 week of applying on job boards I had two contract offers. Having said that though, agents are getting flooded with CV's...
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    China is our biggest export market. In return Chinese are allowed to pump their cheap money into our real estate market which has a created a massive bubble in Auckland. I'd dare say that Auckland property overall is more expensive than that of London. Plus I think we've sold off a lot of...
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    True. From what I can see on Jobserve, Citrix XenApp Migration work still seems to attracting good daily rates too. There seems to be a massive variation of what daily rates are on offer though. A few seem pretty laughable like they want someone who's an expert across storage, virtualisation...
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Yeah there appears to be a lot of good work in the OTT space. Pretty interesting too. Guess Pgtips Ltd will be claiming back a lot of training costs..
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Thanks for info. Yeah Dad's from Scotland so getting citizenship through him. Happy to work abroad in EU too, though I don't speak any European languages except for English.
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Some helpful replies. Thanks guys. Infrastructure roles dissapearing to automation is happening worldwide. What skillset do you think infrastructure engineers should be learning to stay competitive in the market?
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    I don't mind bunking up with colleagues as long as they are attractive and of the opposite sex. Not sure about dried noodle though. I prefer to moisten mine :grin
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Yeah I don't really care where in UK i will work. I will go where the good work is.
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Ah well that's pretty depressing. Was looking forward to making my mark in Her Majesty's land of opportunity! :frown
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Okay - How's things in the Permanent Role world?
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    But I'd imagine that a lot of this saturation would be people with a lot less experience say 3-5 years and people with paper certifications and no experience. Even over here there is a lot of saturation and 100's of CV's are sent in for the same type of position. I've always managed to stand out...
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    I'm not looking to work in operations, I would like contracts such as Citrix Upgrades/Migrations, Exchange - Office 365, deploy Skype for business etc. That's the work I've been doing in my post as a consultant in NZ for a number of years. (And in Australia too.) Surely it's not as doom and...
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    Thanks for the info. I've noticed that quite a few of these roles require security clearance and those ones command premium rates. I wonder if permie roles are more lucrative.
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    Moving to UK from New Zealand to contract

    I'm moving to the UK later on in the year - August/September. I am a British Citizen so have full working rights. I'm interested in hearing from anyone who has moved from abroad to contract and what their experiences were like. Also, interested to get some feedback on the daily rate I should...
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