RE: Moving to UK - what are Oracle contracts like?

Grant,
I agree with Lewis, things are tight here. Very hard to find work and you have to compete hard on rate to have a chance. You have to work as a ltd company - does not cost much to set up , or use an umbrella company.
I would recommend joing the Professional Contractors Group (http://www.pcgroup.org.uk/) if you are considering contracting. The insurance is worthwhile but the discussion forums (general, ir35 matters, technical, commercial, accounting) etc can be very useful.

Conversely I am thinking about Australia (Sydney) long-term - why are you leaving there and coming to sunny England?

John

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Sent: 16 August 2002 09:59
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Grant,

Well good luck. Things are still tight here in the UK (see a recent post about FTV's) and there are many contractors on the bench. A recent group forum topic touched on the fact that 35% of new signers-on (the dole) are from IT.

Last year I had 2 stints of 6 weeks between contracts and consider myself fortunate that it wasn't longer. It was great spending 3 months with the family but it sure did eat into the savings. Right now, there is more work OUTSIDE of London in areas such as the Midlands, Birmingham and York as well as quite a bit on mainland Europe.

If you plan to come to London looking for a contract prepare yourself.

Lewis Bishop

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Very sorry about OT post - please feel free to flame/respond to me
personally.

I'm moving to the UK, and wonder what structure most contractors are
employed under.  I've read about IR35 (pretty much the same as the
"alienation of income" rule here is Aus).  Do people work as "sole traders",
set up their own plc, work for a body shop, or some combination of the
above?

Apologies again for the bandwidth consumption.

Ciao
Fuzzy
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