Contractors with accountancy skills are expecting demand for their skills to increase over the next few months. Confidence amongst these contractors is high and they believe there will be a rise in demand from numerous financial institutions.
18% of contractors expect investment banks and fund managers to provide the most job opportunities over the next year was compared to 15.7% in Q3 2009.
Accountancy contractors are aware though that demand for their services within the public sector is likely to decrease as are contractors with other specialist skills. This may not be the case though as alongside public sector cuts and permanent employee job losses, contractors might be hired as a short term measure to replace these permanent employees. It is certainly one to watch.
In other news, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) showed that billings for temporary IT workers fell last month to their lowest level this year. According to the REC’s index for May, demand for IT and Computing workers on a non-permanent basis stands at 56.4, down from 57.1 in the previous month, and 58.5 in March.
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