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RSS atscoCredit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low
News Research by online CV company iProfile.org and the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) has found that contractor rates for staff in the financial services sector have fallen to their lowest levels in... [06 Oct 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News However the extent of this phenomenon is unclear - tech recruitment industry body the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) for one said it has not seen any evidence of IT contractors taking on extra work... [22 Jul 2008]
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... [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... [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... [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. Apple is close to an agreement with several Hollywood film studios over... [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... [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... [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... [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... [15 Dec 2006]
Pay rates for techies skyrocket
News That's compared to a quarter (24 per cent) this time last year, according to a survey of 6,600 IT workers by the SkillsMarket/ATSCo. Recruitment companies trade association ATSCo said demand for IT staff... [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... [20 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.10.06
Round-Up The CEO of IT recruiter ATSCo said, possibly without chuckling at the absurdity of this statement: "The top five per cent of IT professionals are becoming superstars as demand for elite talent becomes increasingly... [20 Oct 2006]
