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If you're a freelancer or an umbrella company contractor and your IT skills aren't up to par, you're not alone - but you also could be selling yourself short.
When it comes to popular lines of work for umbrella company contractors the IT field is up there at the top, and a new survey shows where in the UK the top is.
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation says that IT and engineering contractors were in high demand in December and that demand levels are only to go up.
The UK has come out on top when it comes to the information technology sector - and that includes the number of IT umbrella company contractors as well.