Matt Collingwood

Matt Collingwood is the Managing Director of VIQU Ltd. an IT recruitment and project-based consultancy company with offices in Birmingham and Southampton. Matt is also the co-founder of the Recruitment Canaries, a network of West Midlands based recruitment agencies who encourage collaboration, best practice and upholding the standards and ethics of the recruitment industry.

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Author Content

How does IR35 status affect pay? Compare inside and outside IR35 rates

The pay when caught and not caught by the off-payroll rules is heading for a 26% gap.

1st February, 2022 | IR35

Software Developer contract opportunities in 2022

Six development gigs you can land right now, plus a preview of what’s next on skills, rates and IR35.

18th January, 2022 | Successful Contracting

Why migrant contractors must be part of the solution to UK tech skills shortages

Foreign techies should be among the mix to fix what Brexit and covid are exacerbating.

4th November, 2021 | Comment

Nightmare clients as an IT contractor: when line managers go bad

Revealed: Three personality-types that make engagers of IT contractors difficult, overbearing, even notorious.

17th September, 2021 | Comment

For roles between now and 2022, IT contractors can 'pick and choose,' despite the blot of IR35

More of the same, some of the new and a fair dose of ‘we told you so?’ It’s all part of today’s ‘pick and choose’ IT contractor jobs market.

12th August, 2021 | Comment

Revealed: the dodgy activities of umbrella companies which warrant regulation

‘Beware of brollies bearing gifts’ -- and other tips for agencies and contractors hoping to shut down the underhand umbrellas.

26th May, 2021 | Umbrella Companies

Contractors’ Questions: Should agencies be clearer on inside IR35 contract rates?

‘Agents ought to push back on short inside IR35 gigs, and stop misrepresenting pay.’

28th April, 2021 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

A 40% contractor rate increase thanks to IR35 reform? It’s achievable

Universal it’s not, but clients are forking out more for freelance tech skills, knowing the off-payroll rules are hurting.

23rd April, 2021 | Comment

The UK’s brisk reopening from covid-19 will likely offset IR35 reform’s initial malaise

Taxing off-payroll rules just as the economy fires up? Believe it or not, the timing could hardly be better.

20th April, 2021 | Comment

Contractors, why use a recruitment agency that accepts incorrect IR35 status decisions?

Like some HR teams and clients, not all agents push back on off-payroll negligence. Seems PSCs have a choice to make.

16th September, 2020 | Comment