Appeared in: iTWire
Author: Beverley Head
Date: Monday, 02 May 2011

While there are early signs of an improvement in the market for ICT contractors in Canberra – many recruiters will be holding their breath as it’s a fragile recovery that could be dashed by next week’s Federal Budget which has already been flagged as a cost cutting affair.

Peoplebank today released its Federal ICT Labour Hire Index, which measures the cost of a unit of labour hire and tracks contractor demand. While the report shows that there is significant strengthening over 2010 – the market is still 8 per cent down on the pre Gershon year of 2006.

Appeared in: The Australian IT
Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Date: May 02, 2011

CONTRACTOR rates are on the way up in the ACT with the April 2011 Peoplebank Intermedium Federal ICT Labour Hire Index reporting increases of about 30 per cent for some in-demand skills.

The Index, which is already more than 20 per cent higher in March compared with the same time a year ago, also noted a return of interstate IT&T contractors to fill skills shortages in Canberra.

Appeared in: ARN
Date: 02 May, 2011
Author: Jennifer O’Brien

ICT contractor rates are rising, signalling what could be “a record year for contract workers”, according to the latest findings from IT recruiter, Peoplebank.

The Intermedium Federal ICT Labour Index for January and February 2011 is already higher than figures for Jan/Feb 2010.

The latest edition of The Peoplebank Intermedium Federal ICT Labour Hire Index is now available by clicking here

Overview

The Federal Government’s use of ICT contractors strengthened significantly during the first two quarters of 2010-11 (Jul-Dec) with preliminary data for the third quarter (Jan-Mar) indicating further increases.