CUK Reader Awards 2011 - at a glance
Contractor UK Readers' Award (2011):
1. Best Accountant (for IT contractors)
- SJD Accountancy
Runners-up (in order):
- PayStream
- Capital City Accountancy
- InTouch Contractor Accounting
2. Best Agency (for IT contractors)
- Computer People
Runners-up:
- Hays
- Capita
3. Best Client (for IT contractors)
- HSBC
Runners-up:
- RBS
- Barclays
- Lloyds
4. Best Umbrella (for IT contractors)
- Contractor Umbrella
Runners-up:
- PayStream
- Giant group
5. Biggest Hindrance (to IT contractors)
- Lack of contracts, lack of well-paid contracts
Runners-up:
- Weak economy/Slow recovery
- Budget or project cutbacks
- Mid-contract ‘take it or leave’ rate cuts
6. Forum Personality (on CUK)
- northernladuk
Runner-up: malvolio
7. Impact of Recession (on IT contractors)
- 45% completely unaffected
- 28% seen some impact, but active for 75% of the year
- 15% ‘not great; roughly half of my time benched’
- 7% ‘bleak, I spent less than 25% of the year in-contract’
- 5% ‘I’ve actively chosen to take time out of IT/contracting’
8. Main skills (of IT contractors)
- 15% IT consultancy/contracting/contractor services
Runners-up:
- Project/Programme Management
- Electrical and Engineering
- Management/Change Consultancy
- Actuarial
9. Most Entertaining Forum Thread (on CUK)
- Test please delete
10. Years of Experience (as an IT contractor)
- 26% have under 2 years
- 10% have exactly 5 years
- 59% more than 5 years
- The left over 5% falls between the year categories
- Total of respondents - 3,688 years.
