Australia’s largest IT and specialist recruitment company, Peoplebank has been named as a Best Employer – for the second consecutive year – in Aon Hewitt’s Australian employer rankings.

The only recruitment company to achieve Best Employer status in both 2012 and 2013, this achievement reflects Peoplebank’s deliberate strategy of putting people at the heart of its financial and broader success.

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

Overview

2011 has seen a steady trend of strengthening demand for ICT contractors. Over the first six months of the year, the Index grew to 1,568 – a rise of 23% from the December 2010 figure.

Author: Jennifer Foreshew
Appeared in: The Australian
Date: July 26, 2011

Peoplebank CEO Peter Acheson.

TOP-end project managers and .net developers are among the in-demand skills that have raked in rate rises of up to $200 a day in the past six to 12-months, according to recruiters.

A highly experienced project manager in a contracting role can earn about $1200 a day, which equates to earnings of almost $300,000 a year.

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.

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.