In the money: ICT contractors in hot demand

Why a full-time role doesn’t pay.

With 72% of businesses saying they do not expect to increase the number of permanent ICT staff this year, contractors are the big winners.

A survey of 400 hiring managers, spanning small and large private and government organisations across Australia, found 76% expect to maintain or increase their use of contractors in 2017.

This is the highest proportion since 2007.

The survey by Clicks IT Recruitment found that compared to 12 months ago, 26% of organisations had increased the amount of money paid to ICT contractors.

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