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Business analyst day rates: what you’re not being told

BA demand is steady, yet day rates barely shift. IR35, hybrid work, rising skill expectations and automation quietly reshape earnings. Here’s what’s really driving rate stagnation, and which Business Analysts will secure premiums in 2026.

2 December 2025

5 min

Are there rules for working with multiple clients as an IT contractor /freelancer in the UK?

Working with different clients helps you increase your income, build a strong portfolio, and gain experience in various fields. Nonetheless, there are particular guidelines to follow when handling multiple clients.

24 September 2025

4 min

Techies told to report LinkedIn thread hijackers, CV spam, and spoof jobs

'Spray and pay' recruitment is among three blights on IT hiring that candidates are being urged to blow the whistle on.

3 June 2025

9 min

IR35 case law compendium: famous faces who lost to HMRC

And how IT job board users can avoid the same fate as four celebrity limited company workers.

18 February 2025

5 min

How outside IR35 appeals, and what outside IR35 looks like

Why limited company contractors shun ‘inside IR35,’ plus top tips if a ‘client’ starts acting like your ‘employer.’

21 January 2025

5 min

Advanced CV Writing Workbook – independent professionals

This workbook has been authored by Matt Craven, Founder of The CV & Interview Advisors. Matt is a respected Personal Branding and Winning Work Expert at The CV & Interview Advisors.

25 September 2024

14 min

What online IT job adverts frequently say – and what they really mean

A guide to help decode the language of technology job adverts, so you can compute who they actually want.

20 August 2024

5 min

Freelancer Accountants

A wide range of freelance and contractor accountancy specialists.

31 July 2024

2 min

What is the IR35 offset for contractors?

Quick explainer on IR35 set-off legislation, finally in force to prevent HMRC 'double-taxing.'

28 May 2024

4 min

The great contracting debate: umbrella or limited company; which is best for IT contractors?

Freelancers, grasp the ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ to the top ways of working as a techie on a temporary basis.

12 March 2024

6 min

What UK tech contractors need Spring Budget 2024 to deliver – boldness

Chancellor, limited company IT workers are tired of ‘jam tomorrow;’ it’s an AI boost on Wednesday which both they and our economy craves.

5 March 2024

6 min

Spring Budget 2024: Freelance IT workers hope against hope for IR35 off-payroll repeal

Even if the chance of the chancellor unveiling it is slim, revoking IR35 reform still tops tech freelancing’s wishlist.

6 February 2024

4 min

A guide to IR35: understanding the off-payroll working rules

Are you eyeing contracting in the UK tech sector via your own limited company? Meet your new priority – IR35.

6 October 2023

7 min

Does Microsoft’s IR35 rethink show the tide is turning in IT freelancers’ favour?

Hopefully a sign of things to come on off-payroll determinations has been spotted at the UK outpost of the world’s largest software company.

29 September 2023

6 min

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Brexit impact on freelancers and UK creative firms, ‘an absolute nightmare’

The lack of provisions in the 2020 deal is as if the government has said, ‘Hey Creatives…Nope.’

11 April 2023

4 min

Any risk if my client moves me from retainer to ‘required 9-to-5’?

Far from just losing billable hours, one creative may have lost the commercial status they’ll need to stay outside IR35.

17 February 2023

5 min

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