Jenrick CPI, the leading IT Recruitment Agency, has noticed an increase in demand for a flexible IT workforce within the City, leading to more contract jobs becoming available in the months of May and June.

This complements the findings recently published in the CBI employment survey. (more…)

At the end of last year, we noted a significant decrease in I.T. contractor rates.

Specifically, itjobswatch.com reported that they had monitored slippage of nearly 10% over the previous six months.

Yet there have been several reports throughout the I.T. industry that these economic uncertainties may actually help I.T. contract rates. The theory was that both permanent staff and contractors alike would be less willing to switch jobs, meaning employers needed to pay more to get people moving. (more…)

The following article has been written to provide an overview of trends in the Derivatives I.T. Jobs market for Canary Wharf and the City of London, for the final quarter of 2007 and beginning of 2008. (more…)

Pay for most freelance IT workers held steady in the economically fragile third quarter of last year, as average hourly rates in September matched those paid in January – according to a recent study by ATSCo, for view on the Contractor UK website. (more…)