Contractors with cloud computing needed badly?
Contractors in the information technology field are always in demand, but research has found IT contractors with cloud computing skills are especially needed.
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Are umbrella company contractors benefiting from the cloud?
Contractors may be among those to benefit from additional opportunities as more businesses in the UK take to the cloud.
Umbrella company contractors should prepare for the year of the Cloud
Never mind the year of the dragon, 2012 will be the year of the cloud for IT contractors.
41% of all the UK contractors work in IT!
The PCG recently surveyed the freelance marketplace and discovered that there are currently around 1.4 million contractors in the UK; 41% or 574,000 of them are IT contractors.
Contractors average hourly rates increase slightly
Umbrella company contractors will be pleased to learn that despite the global economic turmoil, their rates have managed to increase.
Global cybercrime costs businesses £172 billion a year
Umbrella company IT contractors could find themselves more in demand after Symantec revealed that global cybercrime is costing businesses £71.6 billion a year.
Will IT contractors lose their jobs to the cloud?
Some umbrella company IT contractors may think that there services will no longer be required if the company they are contracted to switches to cloud computing, but this is not necessarily the case.
Are you finding it hard to keep up with the pace of technology?
Umbrella company IT contractors could be amongst those to benefit from an anticipated increased spend in IT and telecoms services.
IT contractors could benefit from skills shortages
IT umbrella contractors might find their skills in demand as a skills shortage looms in the sector.
Will we see call centres moving back to the UK this year?
IT contractors will no doubt be interested to learn some of the predictions that have been made for the industry in 2011.
Top-level IT personnel still in high demand
Despite the decline in demand last month, the ICT sector is still looking healthy, according to the REC’s latest Report on Jobs.
Road to cloud computing to benefit IT contractors
The cloud services market is growing and this could benefit umbrella company contractors and sole traders working in the IT sector.