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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...

Tags: skills, graduates, offshore, eu

[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...

Tags: skills, it staff, smes, techies

[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.

Tags: techies, atsco, iphone

[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...

Tags: atsco, web 2.0, developer

[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 plans to offer films to rent...

Tags: in brief

[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...

Tags: it contractor, it contractors, contractor, salary

[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...

Tags: nasscom, atsco

[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...

Tags: atsco

[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.

Tags: contractors, pay, it contractors, contractor

[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...

Tags: web 2.0

[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 is now at its highest level since the dot...

Tags: pay

[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...

Tags: geek, agents, cio

[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 competitive.

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[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.

Tags: boss

[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.

Tags: banks

[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...

Tags: banking

[13 Feb 2006]

UK firms importing thousands of cheap techies from India

News The Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo) said the figures, which it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act from Home Office body Work Permits UK, are the first evidence of the US phenomenon of "onshore offshoring".

Tags: atsco, offshoring

[21 Nov 2005]

Security consultants writing their own pay cheques

News According to research from the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (ATSCo), this has seen the average hourly rate for security consultants jump from £40 in 2004 to £50 this year. Ann Swain, CEO of ATSCo, who conducted the research, said...

Tags: security, cissp, ethical hacking, training

[04 Oct 2005]

Ageism warning to employers over new recruitment laws

Ageism warning to employers over new recruitment laws

News New laws on age discrimination come into force in 2006 and the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco) claims employers will have to tread carefully. Ann Swain, CEO of Atsco, told silicon.com: "It will force people to look at CVs...

[21 Feb 2005]

Tech optimism - it's everywhere

Tech optimism - it's everywhere

News While bosses are generally bullish about growing sales, the climate for hiring - given a further boost today with figures from ATSCo - is normally a better gauge. It's not only silicon.com readers who are feeling chipper about the state of the tech...

Tags: optimism

[17 Feb 2004]

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