IT workers turn down permanent jobs

According to industry experts, a growing number of IT professionals are favouring contract work over permanent employment because of the better pay on offer. But this trend could possibly hamper IT and business alignment, they warn.

European IT recruitment firm Parity places IT professionals in both contract and permanent work but finds employers often opt out of hiring permanent staff because they cannot meet pay demands.

All the big blue chips are looking for permanent staff but they can't match the salary job hunters are asking for, so in the end they have to go with the contractor option where firms have more flexibility in what they can pay, said Simon Page, Parity Resources director of permanent recruitment.