Hi folks,
I am new around these parts (clearly). I am currently in the land of permie but have been thinking about jumping on the good(!) ship contracting for a while. I have a few t's to cross and some i's to dot, but once done I think it may be something to look at even more seriously, and as is often the case I am here cap in hand asking for advice.
Firstly a little bit about me;
I work in IT (vague). I've worked in IT for all of my working life, which is the last 21 years. I have held various roles ranging from the general dogsbody (age 16) to managing a small team of people (age 37) and managing clients on a daily basis. I have experience but no certs to back that up with. During my career I have done tech support roles for specialised software, infrastructure support, general IT support (deskside / working for an MSP) and also overseeing the IT for an international company, which included me running a project to move everything from on-prem into a cloud solution.
I feel that I am at a point now that I could put my skills to use in various contracting roles, but as you can probably deduce from the aforementioned, I do not specialise in anything. I am not adverse to a little risk and I have some money behind me should I be out of work for a while.
Questions;
I aware of some changes taking place to IR35 - is this a factor that should be considered going from Permie to Contract?
Is the IT market for Contracting too heavily saturated?
Would not specialising in something be a major disadvantage?
As a new entry in the Contracting world, is there a day rate that I should aim for?
Thank you for reading, your time, patience and advice. Apologies for probably going over old ground.
I am new around these parts (clearly). I am currently in the land of permie but have been thinking about jumping on the good(!) ship contracting for a while. I have a few t's to cross and some i's to dot, but once done I think it may be something to look at even more seriously, and as is often the case I am here cap in hand asking for advice.
Firstly a little bit about me;
I work in IT (vague). I've worked in IT for all of my working life, which is the last 21 years. I have held various roles ranging from the general dogsbody (age 16) to managing a small team of people (age 37) and managing clients on a daily basis. I have experience but no certs to back that up with. During my career I have done tech support roles for specialised software, infrastructure support, general IT support (deskside / working for an MSP) and also overseeing the IT for an international company, which included me running a project to move everything from on-prem into a cloud solution.
I feel that I am at a point now that I could put my skills to use in various contracting roles, but as you can probably deduce from the aforementioned, I do not specialise in anything. I am not adverse to a little risk and I have some money behind me should I be out of work for a while.
Questions;
I aware of some changes taking place to IR35 - is this a factor that should be considered going from Permie to Contract?
Is the IT market for Contracting too heavily saturated?
Would not specialising in something be a major disadvantage?
As a new entry in the Contracting world, is there a day rate that I should aim for?
Thank you for reading, your time, patience and advice. Apologies for probably going over old ground.
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