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Are foreign imports hurting the UK tech industry?
News According to the figures, from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), 38,450 UK work permits were issued to non-EU IT workers in the past year, compared to 33,756 a year earlier. ATSCo obtained the data from Work Permits UK, the... [12 Mar 2008]
Want a new job? No thanks, say techies
News Employers looking to recruit IT staff are facing tough times ahead, says recruitment industry body ATSCo, as the number of techies prepared to change jobs has fallen dramatically. This shrinking pool of IT candidates could exacerbate skills... [27 Nov 2007]
iPhone to fuel contractor shortage
News The warning comes from recruitment industry body the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco), on the back of figures showing pay rates for IT contractors in the telecoms sector rocketing over the past year. [28 Aug 2007]
Web 2.0 whipping up a developer frenzy
News Hot social networking properties such as Facebook and MySpace - along with the wider ecommerce boom - are whipping up demand for web skills, pushing developers' pay up 26 per cent in the past 12 months, according to research by SkillsMarket/ATSCo... [10 Jul 2007]
In brief: Apple goes to Hollywood, 'Tubing', Finns freed by Iran
News Figures out from SkillsMarket/ATSCo show a five per cent rise in median wages quarter-on-quarter and up 14 per cent between Q1 2006 and Q1 2007. The staffing experts show no change in permanent rates since the last quarter and a rise of eight per... [11 Jun 2007]
Outsourcing sparks contractor pay hike
News The average consultant's pay increased from £41,500 in 2005 to £48,484 in 2006, according to research from SkillsMarket and the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco). Ann Swain, chief executive of Atsco, said despite recent concerns... [21 Mar 2007]
India rebuts work visa 'abuse' allegations
News Most of those - 79 per cent - were granted to Indian IT workers being transferred to work on contracts in the UK, prompting allegations from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) that some of the Indian offshore outsourcing... [26 Feb 2007]
UK tech visas increase by a third
News The figures were obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco), which is concerned at the high level of intra-company transfers, where companies relocated their IT staff between... [20 Feb 2007]
Pay hike on the cards for contractors?
News A spokeswoman from technology staffing company Atsco, said a 10 per cent increase sounds reasonable following a nine per cent increase in contractor pay during the first three-quarters of 2006, from £35 to £38 per hour. [22 Jan 2007]
Web 2.0 sends web developer pay skyrocketing
News Web developers saw demand for their skills droop after the dot-com boom but it is now bouncing back up according to research from SkillsMarket/Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo). The increase in online multimedia applications... [15 Dec 2006]
Pay rates for techies skyrocket
News Staffing companies are reporting increased demand for roles such as project managers and infrastructure architects, which ATSCo said is evidence organisations are kick-starting new IT projects. That's compared to a quarter (24 per cent) this time... [07 Nov 2006]
Superstar techies get 'Hollywood' agents
News IT experts should sign up Hollywood-style talent agents to help them land highly paid positions, according to the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo). ATSCo chief executive Ann Swain said most IT professionals would rather focus on... [20 Oct 2006]
Temp CIOs see pay rates rocket
News According to the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), IT departments are coming under growing pressure to contain the runaway cost of tech projects by reducing permanent staffing costs. [25 Jul 2006]
City IT pay rates top £1,000 per day
News According to figures from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), contractors in the City earn between £50 and £59 per hour - roughly £50,500 per annum, at an average rate of employment through a year. [21 Feb 2006]
City IT contractors paid £50 per hour
News City IT contractors are being paid £50 per hour again for the first time since 2001, according to reseach by iProfileStats and the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo). ATSCo chief executive Ann Swain called it "a psychologically... [13 Feb 2006]
