Guide to Freelancing
Do contractors get holiday pay?
SAW Consulting speaks to Free-Work about that age-old, nagging question of holiday pay and your eligibility as a tech contractor. 5 min
Freelance
Guide to Freelancing
Guide to Freelancing
What’s the difference between a limited company director and a shareholder?
In the IT contractor space, the director-shareholder is usually one and the same. Is your freelance tech company the exception to the rule? 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
What are the benefits and pitfalls of IT contracting?
Four quick snags of freelance tech jobs -- versus four of the ‘many pros’ to being an independent technology worker. 6 min
Contractor Finances
Are limited company IT contractors eligible for the Marriage Allowance?
Free-Work readers can now check if they (or more likely their spouse) can claim a not to be sniffed at £1,256. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
What are five pros and cons of an umbrella company?
Brollies’ big benefits and disadvantages -- listed for Free-Work, by an expert who assesses their compliance. 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
What is an umbrella company?
Quick explainer on what umbrella companies are; where they’re beneficial and when to beware. 5 min
Contracting
10 common interview questions for IT contractor jobs
They may be standard, but these ten FAQs which tech freelancers’ interrogators like to fire don’t ever stop being banana skins. 9 min
IT news
Wish you were (software engineering) here? Top countries in 2024 for freelance software engineers
Revealed: where in the world is looking most inviting to the UK’s software engineering contractors. 5 min
IT news
Top freelance tech jobs for 2024
The top tech roles for 2024 are here, assuming you’re freelance, or ready to upskill to make more money on a contract basis. 6 min
Guide to Freelancing
An IT freelancer’s guide to working through an umbrella company
Everything you need to know about umbrella company contracting as a techie, but were afraid to ask. 6 min
Freelancer News
Freelance tech sector unmoved by Autumn Statement 2023, despite AI, Life Science and innovation boosters
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s offerings on take-home pay, tax reforms, and technology, come off as inadequate to IT contracting’s top advisers. 8 min
Freelancer News
Autumn Statement 2023: Freelance tech sector in 11th hour appeals to chancellor Jeremy Hunt
Leading organisations that support tech and freelancing tell Free-Work that Hunt’s Conservative colleagues have got it right -- IR35 reform ought to go. 7 min
Guide to Freelancing
As a UK IT freelancer, what are my options if I want to work overseas?
Explainer on the rules and regulations tied to landing freelance work abroad in the post-Brexit era. 7 min
Contracting
What is a Personal Service Company (PSC)?
An explainer on the most popular vehicle for IT freelancing which, paradoxically, isn’t even defined in law. 5 min
IT Skills
How much can freelance Business Analysts earn per hour, per day?
Variations exist but freelance Business Analysts are currently benchmarked at a tidy £500 a day. 4 min
Contracting
IT contractors must beware five big threats to freelance tech success
Swapping full-timing for freelancing can be lucrative as a techie, but be wary -- because with reward, comes risk. 5 min