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Sergey
another difference between direct work and through an agency work is that agencies usually pay very promptly. Usually 1 or 2 days after receiving an invoice. If you work directly you may find that you have to put a lot more time into pursuing payment.
Nick Mason
>Dear Frank,
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>Thank you very much for your reply.
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>You gave me very interesting information and figures. Some people told that they work for 50 GBP per hour and higher figures for agency. Unfortunately, I have not possibility to find contract "through word of mouth" because of a lot of work at the place where I am working now, but everything can change tomorrow :)
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>Anyway, thank you very much for sharing your experience on UK IT market.
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>>Hi Sergey,
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>>I haven't worked in the UK since 1998, but worked there for about 5 years prior to that. It was easiest for me, since I had no contacts in the UK, to find work through an agency, when looking for contract work. In my case the agency only added on about 12 to 15% to my fees. After working there for a while I was able to get contracts through word of mouth without an agency being involved.
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>>Back then fees were between 20 GBP to 40GBP depending on experience/skill.
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