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Tech job interview preparation: a Business Analyst’s top tips
10 must-knows ahead of your next IT job interview, according to a Business Analyst with 40 years’ experience in UK tech.
Four best techie jobs of 2025 (quarter one) be like...
Which IT roles are paying most this year, and THAT one tech skill predicted to command £1,000 a day.
How are cybersecurity jobs changing in 2025, and what’s hot?
How the cybersecurity space is evolving, and where full-timers and freelancers need to position their skills to exploit it.
Curveball tech interview questions: ranked, with answers
Why IT job hirers ask curveball questions and how to catch them (includes actual answers you can throw back).
How to impress IT recruiters behind contract/perm tech jobs
Spot the ‘red flags’ on your tech CV as a contractor jumping to perm, or vice versa, as part of nailing the IT job application process, says Hays.
What’s in a PHP programmer technical interview or test?
Ranging from basic syntax to complex architectural interrogations, the questions PHP job candidates face depend on the role. But try these 38 for starters.
'Do your IT skills add value?' Best reply at interview be like…
Free-Work hears from a head of tech recruitment that the best replies to the classic ‘value-add’ query all have five fundamentals.
6 ways to use AI to land your dream job
Searching for a new job, regardless of the industry, is incredibly competitive and it’s not just how we work that’s changing but also the way we find work.
Will Spring Statement 2025 be taxing for tech job board users?
With AI set to hit some contractor jobs, patching employer NIC changes may be the smarter move by the chancellor.
Top cybersecurity job interview questions: revealed
Whether it’s a ‘technical test’ or ‘interview,’ the inquisition between you and your dream IT security job isn’t to be taken lightly.
Ten steps for tech employees seeking freelance IT jobs
How to land your very first temporary, freelance or contract tech assignment as a full-time IT worker.
How to handle multi-stage interviews on tech or telecom jobs
Five top ways to survive numerous rounds of questions, tests and interrogators.
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.
Top pay for contract network engineers in 2025 be like…
The best rates as a freelance, temporary or contract network engineer aren’t to be sniffed at.
'Why do you want this IT job?' Best reply at interview be like…
How full-timers and freelancers should answer an age-old tech job query 'without selling your soul to the interview devil.'