CUK Reader Awards 2011 - at a glance

Contractor UK Readers' Award (2011):

1. Best Accountant (for IT contractors)

• SJD Accountancy

Runners-up (in order):

• PayStream
• Capital City Accountancy
• InTouch Contractor Accounting

2. Best Agency (for IT contractors)

• Computer People

Runners-up:

• Hays
• Capita

3. Best Client (for IT contractors)

• HSBC

Runners-up:

• RBS
• Barclays
• Lloyds

4. Best Umbrella (for IT contractors)

• Contractor Umbrella

Runners-up:

• PayStream
• Giant group

5. Biggest Hindrance (to IT contractors)

• Lack of contracts, lack of well-paid contracts

Runners-up:

• Weak economy/Slow recovery
• Budget or project cutbacks
• Mid-contract ‘take it or leave’ rate cuts

6. Forum Personality (on CUK)

• northernladuk

Runner-up: malvolio

7. Impact of Recession (on IT contractors)

• 45% completely unaffected
• 28% seen some impact, but active for 75% of the year
• 15% ‘not great; roughly half of my time benched’
• 7% ‘bleak, I spent less than 25% of the year in-contract’
• 5% ‘I’ve actively chosen to take time out of IT/contracting’

8. Main skills (of IT contractors)

• 15% IT consultancy/contracting/contractor services

Runners-up:

• Project/Programme Management
• Electrical and Engineering
• Management/Change Consultancy
• Actuarial

9. Most Entertaining Forum Thread (on CUK)

• Test please delete

10. Years of Experience (as an IT contractor)

• 26% have under 2 years
• 10% have exactly 5 years
• 59% more than 5 years
• The left over 5% falls between the year categories
• Total of respondents - 3,688 years.