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    Originally posted by perplexed View Post
    There are chancers...

    " Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location

    Java 1.8 Developer

    Java 1.8 Developer required for bug-fixing and identifying security holes.

    Work from home with own device.
    Location
    Remote-United Kingdom
    Industry
    IT
    Duration
    3 months
    Start Date
    Immediate
    Rate
    £100 per Day "
    I know it's supply & demand and the market dictates rates, but at the same time I just think clients or employers who are trying to get skilled resources at these ridiculous rates just because they can, should be ashamed of themselves.
    If you don't have anything nice to say, say it sarcastically

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      Interesting the relatively high amount of people on here talking about permanent jobs.

      Trying to get my head round if there will be a school holiday slump this year.

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        Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View Post
        Isn't that just one of those "post this ad so we can get an ICT" ones?
        Don't think £100 a day (so £24,000 a year) is enough to get someone via the ICT scheme.
        merely at clientco for the entertainment

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          Originally posted by eek View Post
          Don't think £100 a day (so £24,000 a year) is enough to get someone via the ICT scheme.
          Or, indeed, anyone that has ever written a line of Java.

          Well, maybe a student on their summer holidays.

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            If you can do it, it might only take two hours a day. Worth educating the agent or extracting the urine.
            The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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              Originally posted by jamesbrown View Post
              Or, indeed, anyone that has ever written a line of Java.

              Well, maybe a student on their summer holidays.
              Wait until the student figures out the cost of accommodation and life in any of the big cities.
              He'd rather go live with his parents and smoke pot all day...

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                Originally posted by GigiBronz View Post
                Wait until the student figures out the cost of accommodation and life in any of the big cities.
                He'd rather go live with his parents and smoke pot all day...
                What part of this?

                Work from home with own device.

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                  Originally posted by perplexed View Post
                  There are chancers...

                  " Applicants must be eligible to work in the specified location

                  Java 1.8 Developer

                  Java 1.8 Developer required for bug-fixing and identifying security holes.

                  Work from home with own device.
                  Location
                  Remote-United Kingdom
                  Industry
                  IT
                  Duration
                  3 months
                  Start Date
                  Immediate
                  Rate
                  £100 per Day "
                  Not to bad for a two hour day.
                  Make Mercia Great Again!

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                    Originally posted by SussexSeagull View Post
                    Interesting the relatively high amount of people on here talking about permanent jobs.

                    Trying to get my head round if there will be a school holiday slump this year.
                    I am going permie - there is zero future for contracting in my specialist area - there's a twin-pronged attack going on - from the software house who want to control everything and assure their income stream and the effects of the IR35 changes. Add the virus and contracting is a no-hope for me for the foreseeable - especially as I don't see the point in inside IR35 "contracting" - that's not even contracting in my view.

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                      After speaking with a colleague, long-term contractor at my current client, and hearing from him how much they pay our permie counterparts, I'm seriously considering asking the client to make me permanent (or at least mention that I'd be interested).

                      All I see in my market is fewer contracts and lower rates so it's not looking good.

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