Guide to Freelancing Do contractors get paid for sick leave? Explained: when poorly IT contractors can and can’t claim sick pay. # Freelance # Self-employed # Administrative 19 April 2024 5 min
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. # Freelance # Self-employed # Legal status 16 April 2024 5 min
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? # Freelance # Tax # Company 9 April 2024 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. # Job roles # IT Trends # Freelance 1 March 2024 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. # Freelance # Self-employed # Tax 13 February 2024 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. # Freelance # Company 2 February 2024 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. # Freelance # Company 30 January 2024 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. # IT Trends # IT jobs market # Freelance 26 January 2024 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. # Programming # Remote # AI 19 January 2024 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. # IT jobs market # IT Trends # Freelance 5 January 2024 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. # Freelance # Company 15 December 2023 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. # Freelance # News 23 November 2023 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. # Freelance # News 17 November 2023 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. # Freelance 20 October 2023 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. # Company # Contracting # Freelance 13 October 2023 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. # Skills # Freelance # Contracting 11 October 2023 4 min