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Four quick-wins to boost LinkedIn visibility as a contractor

Leap up the professional network’s rankings, increase your profile visits and even land work, just by doing the following four.

Top 5 IT skills for contractors in 2022

Learning or developing these skills for 2022 could lead to higher contract rates and more opportunities.

Contracting as a Project Manager

What does a Contract Project Manager do and how do I become one? 

Contracting as a Business Analyst

What does a freelance Business Analyst do and how do I become one?

When your rate gets cut: an IT contractor's guide

All you need to know about pay cuts; who’s at risk, how they hurt and when to jump.

Hourly or daily rate? IT contractor guide to pay

Explained - the staple payment terms of freelancing, attached to your next IT contract, by Outsource UK

A guide to contracting direct with the end client – advantages and disadvantages

How your personality can determine whether contracting direct with the end client is for you, or not. 

Contractors’ Questions: What other IT skills are sought-after in London?

Rundown of what end-users in the capital want, outside of development and security.

IT contractors' guide to pre-employment screening

How to handle increasingly tough pre-contract and background checks in 2015.

IT contractor interview tips - 5 things not to be fazed by

Answers to the big questions IT contractors increasingly pose about interviews.

Intra-Company Transfers & Work Permit updates

ICT visas may need another look - immigration chief

State advisor signals immigration rules may need tightening again to protect British IT contractors.

Work permit rule to protect IT contractors

Government closes a loophole to stop UK IT contractors being displaced.

Jobs News

Victims of WhatsApp IT recruitment scam ‘now coming forward every day’

Hourly rates being attached to ‘opportunities that won’t last long’ is proof scammers specifically want contractors in their crosshairs.

8th November, 2023
Seven out of 10 WhatsApp users hit by fake IT contractor recruitment agents

Job boards and instant messengers ‘swamped’ by non-existent opportunities from scammers posing as reputable tech recruiters.

6th November, 2023
You’re having a (LinkedIn) laugh! CV coach says funny posts can work for work

ContractorUK readers reassured it’s ok to be a little ‘out there’ when posting on LinkedIn.

28th June, 2023
Employers reminded that agency workers can replace staff who strike

A technically lawful supply of labour (for now anyway) ‘would only prolong and inflame tensions’ on trains, in the NHS, and at schools.

10th January, 2023
Government asks employers for ‘sensitivity’ over Queen Elizabeth’s state funeral bank holiday

Organisations put on notice ahead of an influx of workers wanting to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-reigning monarch.

12th September, 2022
Investigate effects on NHS recruiters of national insurance increase, chancellor told

Contractor hiring body APSCo asks Rishi Sunak to probe an unfairness at best; an abuse at worst.

23rd May, 2022
‘Ridiculous’ Future of Work review slammed as a case of here we go again

The government patting itself on the back on IR35 isn’t what’s irking contractors' fatigued advisers, who want ‘less talk more action.’

19th May, 2022
HMRC asks employers to feature NICs message on contractor payslips

Generic statement, or political message? Either way, the taxman wants the aim of the Health & Social Care Levy communicated.

9th March, 2022
Government extends covid ‘adjusted’ right to work checks until October

Video calls as a way to get your ID documents approved get the all-clear for after April.

24th February, 2022
Contractors should no longer work from home – Boris Johnson

The PM removes work from home guidance (not that the contractor sector was exactly following it to the letter anyway).

20th January, 2022

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Further Reading

Contractors' Questions: What to do if a rate cut looms?

How contractors can take action when waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Contractors' Questions: Which IT security skills do London clients want?

What’s sought-after in cyber security right now is simply too numerous to list.

Contractors' Questions: Which IT development skills are hot in London?

Agency reveals what’s going on in the city’s DevOps and Development spaces.

Contractors’ Questions: Which IT skills are still ‘hot’ as summer ends?

Most of what's being demanded now will remain sought-after into 2016.

Contractors' Questions: Are HR or line managers best for references?

Recruitment boss helps an IT contractor unsure who to ask for a testimonial.

Top 10 skills to land a high-paid 'dream' IT job

What attributes and skills the crème de la crème have in the eyes of 10 IT recruiters.

Contractors’ Questions: How to break into the private sector?

Recruiter helps an ex-public sector worker looking for his first commercial contract.

Contractors’ Questions: Can my signed contract rate be reduced?

Solicitor helps an IT contractor told to reduce his rate five weeks in owing to agent error.

Contractors' Questions: Am I entitled to a rate rise?

Legal aid for a contractor whose negotiated rate doesn't reflect the seniority of her work.

Contractors' Questions: Is a permie job a shoo-in?

IT freelancers may receive a cautious response for changing tack.

Top Articles

Contractors' Questions: Which IT skills are hot as Christmas nears?

Tech recruiter reveals the IT contractors who are most in demand.

Contractors' Questions: Why are the Agency Conduct rules being rethought?

Legal expert on what the staffing industry hopes to achieve from the Agency Regs review.

Contractors' Questions: How to switch sectors for project management?

Recruitment expert advises a PM hungry for non-government contracts.

Social media – the future of IT recruitment?

How IT-business professionals are making the most of Web 2.0.

Public sector cutbacks: Which IT contracts are at risk?

Analyst reveals the major government IT programmes where cuts are almost inevitable.

Contractors' Questions: What checks should I expect?

Advice on how far financial clients are likely to look into your background.

Visa rules being abused to bring in offshore IT staff, investigation claims

A BBC Radio 4 investigation claims IT companies are bending visa rules to undercut UK contractors.

Seeking legal remedy for bad references?

Can the law help when previous clients write terrible things about you?

Contractors' Questions: Agency ripped me off, where do I stand?

Legal expert, John Antell, replies to a contractor 'ripped off' by an agent, who convinced him to accept a lower rate, and then took over 50%.

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