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UK contractor rates... contract
News Average hourly rates have fallen 11 percent from £26.10 to £23.35 since May, according to industry portal Contractor UK, but some skills still reward contractors with salaries around £70 per hour. According to Contractor UK's top 10, FileMaker is...
[November 25, 2004, 8:25]
Demand for IT contractors rises
News Developers, Unix specialists, analysts, and project managers now command an average rate of £27.60 per hour, up from £27.01 in May, according to a Contractor UK market report. For the first time analysts are now more in demand than developers...
[June 29, 2005, 15:00]
IT contractors flee UK
News A poll of freelance IT staff by contractor networking group Shout99 found that almost half have either already left the country or are waiting to go. But the climate in which contractors operate in is very different, with IR35 now in full effect...
[August 18, 2003, 15:05]
How will the election affect IR35?
News The government claims that IR35 was brought in to stop the "Friday to Monday" syndrome -- where IT workers resign their salaried job only to carry on doing the same work, but as a self-employed contractor.
[May 19, 2001, 10:06]
August was hot for IT contractors
News The data is based on average rates for contractors working in the ten most commonly requested roles — ranging from project manager to analyst to Unix consultant — as defined and recorded by the Contractor UK Web site.
[August 30, 2005, 16:40]
IT contractors face big rate cuts
News One of those affected told Contractor UK, "Both of these approaches are a disgusting and despicable way to treat professionals. GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the latest major player to have plans to slash IT contractor rates, by up to 25 percent...
[May 29, 2002, 11:19]
Home Office admits loss of 3,000 workers' data
News Contrary to agreed procedures, an external contractor sent two discs containing details of foreign nationals to the UK Border Agency by normal post when these should have been sent special delivery. We have worked closely with the external...
[August 12, 2008, 8:04]
EDS loses unencrypted armed-forces data
News IT contractor EDS has lost a hard drive containing unencrypted Ministry of Defence data. On Wednesday 8 October we were informed by our contractor EDS that they were unable to account for a portable hard drive used in connection with the...
[October 10, 2008, 11:55]
Home Office rapped over data-protection breach
News Although the data was lost by contractor PA Consulting, as the relevant data controller the Home Office was ultimately accountable for the loss under the Data Protection Act, said assistant information commissioner Mick Gorrill.
[January 23, 2009, 12:25]
IT salaries on the rise in 2007
News Contractor UK, a website aimed at IT freelancers, claimed on Wednesday that the daily rates on offer in the private sector have jumped by 4 percent this year, with the public sector not far behind at 3.1 percent.
[January 24, 2007, 13:30]
News Roundup: IR35 in the High Court
News Wed, 21 Mar Judge argues that an IT contractor who has to pay the same rate of tax as an employee deserves to get the same benefits The government claims that IR35 was brought in to stop the "Friday to Monday" syndrome -- where IT workers resign...
[March 16, 2001, 10:50]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
News One UK contractor contacted by ZDNet UK said he had received an automated email asking him to opt out of the regulations when he sent his CV to an agency. One UK contractor that ZDNet UK spoke to had a more positive view of the new legislation and...
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
IR35 could cost companies billions in benefits
News Mr Justice Burton, who is hearing a judicial review brought by the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), said in court that a self-employed contractor who was treated as an employee for tax purposes by the Inland Revenue should also be entitled to...
[March 21, 2001, 7:31]
Worker suspended over loss of prisoner data
News A staff member at PA Consulting Group has been suspended after the contractor lost details on all prisoners in England and Wales, along with those of tens of thousands of offenders. The contractor also undertakes other work for the Home Office...
[August 22, 2008, 12:40]
IR35 ruling means tax chaos
News This ruling means that every contractor has to reassess his or her situation. This is a tax scam in which someone resigns from a full-time job but carries on doing the same work as a contractor -- meaning they earn more as less tax has to be paid.
[April 2, 2001, 9:58]
Election 2001: Fight isn't over for IR35
News Under IR35, the Revenue can force a contractor to pay National Insurance contributions and a higher rate of tax if it believes the contractor was effectively a full-time employee. The government claims that IR35 will stop the "Friday-to-Monday...
[May 23, 2001, 17:21]
Decision coming soon in IR35 appeal
News The Inland Revenue has claimed that IR35 will prevent the "Friday to Monday" syndrome -- where an employee resigns only to then be employed as a contractor doing the same job. The contractor can also pay less national insurance on gross income by...
[December 20, 2001, 12:55]
IR35 could rob Britain of the next Microsoft
News When details were first made available, the government claimed it was cracking down on "Friday-to-Monday" workers -- where an employee quits his job one week, but returns to the same job the following week as a self-employed contractor in order to...
[March 15, 2001, 6:24]
Security contractors urged to take out personal indemnity insurance
News Rob Carolina, a specialist in the legal aspects of secure electronic commerce and a senior fellow at the Royal Holloway College in Egham, explained that under English law, if a contractor undertakes a project, they are obliged to act with "due...
[June 2, 2004, 15:30]
IR35 latest: Contractors face tax chaos
News Richard Robson, an IT worker, believes that the Inland Revenue's tests for deciding if someone is a self-employed contractor are out of touch with reality. Under the Revenue's rules, if you don't provide "tools" you can't be a contractor," Robson...
[March 15, 2001, 14:08]
