Reply to: IT Contractors - Most wanted

[Xena]

Way to go, Ladymuck. You may as well jump on board that all at the taxpayers' expense <toot-toot> gravy train and fill yer boots.

I tell you what, I am seriously considering getting a permie job with the local council doing anything. Outreach co-ordinator, building manager, who cares what as long as get decent cash for doing jack all and a bullet proof pension.

[ladymuck]

I work for local government! Yay me! And as all the permies keep leaving, my role at an inflated rate is relatively secure as no-one else knows what to do!

[expat]

Interesting that the graph suddenly goes to quarterly bars after it becomes positive, thereby shortening the climb dramatically.

The graph is of annual changes, not changes-since-last-bar, and the horizontal scale is by time, not by bars; so the climb is not massaged.

[The Master]

Interesting that the graph suddenly goes to quarterly bars after it becomes positive, thereby shortening the climb dramatically.

Over the 2003/4 period it was running at over 1/2 mill per annum increase - that is insane, not to mention unsustainable.

Surely you're not saying that the Office of National Statistics is not quite as independent of the executive as it makes out are you?

[Francko]

The government has more than doubled its share of usage of freelance IT consultants over the last two years, according to research from contractor services company Giant Group.

It used to be that government contracts payed peanuts but to me it looks like the complete opposite now. Have a search in jobserve and you will find that the best paying contracts are for the Government. Most of private sectors contracts are for less than 500 quid while rates for gov starts at 500 quid.

Ahhh the world is changing... I am starting to feel old.

[Gruntfuttock]

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Interesting that the graph suddenly goes to quarterly bars after it becomes positive, thereby shortening the climb dramatically.

Over the 2003/4 period it was running at over 1/2 mill per annum increase - that is insane, not to mention unsustainable.

[AlfredJPruffock]

Actually almost 1 in 5 of all working people in the UK are employed by the state, not just in several towns. As of September 2005, the state employed 5,826,000 people out of a working population of 30,000,000. Assuming last year's trend continues, that figure will now be about 5,850,000.

Annual changes in public sector employment, United Kingdom

On the basis of not biting the hand that feeds you, the vast majority of these workers vote no doubt for NL.

Depressing.

[The Master]

Apparently in several towns 1 in 5 of all working people are working for the gov or council etc. etc.

Actually almost 1 in 5 of all working people in the UK are employed by the state, not just in several towns. As of September 2005, the state employed 5,826,000 people out of a working population of 30,000,000. Assuming last year's trend continues, that figure will now be about 5,850,000.



Graph of annual changes in public sector employment, United Kingdom:

[threaded]

Apparently in several towns 1 in 5 of all working people are working for the gov or council etc. etc.

[ChimpMaster]

'nuff sed.

[wendigo100]

what would they want talented people for?

Hang on, I worked for the government two years ago.

[expat]

the public sector could soon find itself in a bidding war with the banks for the most talented contractors.

what would they want talented people for?

[mcquiggd]

Yep, be they animal vegetable or mineral....

[Joe Black]

Surely India, with it's large english speaking population should be in Europe. Feck if them dirty Turks can get in, why not let the whole world join?

And why not, isn't Israel in the Eurovision song contest each year?

[mcquiggd]

Nah, we already have a open door for Indians. Twinning the UK with Indonesia will keep 'em on their toes....