[salmonlogs]

In my personal experience, and through my network of friends/former colleagues, it's incredibly easy to find work as a contractor - in the UK at least.

I've never met a contractor who was short of contracts and options. There is pretty constant demand. Most of my contractor friends work 8-9 months of the year, take an extended break, then when they are ready for new work will land a new contract within 2-3 weeks at most. Totally normal to land a new contract within a few days.

[jalapenos]

Is this because of the kind of specialities they focus on or their connections? Also do any of them work from overseas?

[nathias]

yes, if you are from an english speaking country you probably don't have issues, I work with the most popular stack and still have very few opportunities, but poor networking skills definitely also play a role ...

[askonomm]

I'd actually say that working with the most popular stack could be the reason you don't get many opportunities - because you have so much competition. I work with Clojure and 8 out 10 CV's I send result in interviews, and I've never looked for a job more than a few weeks tops, simply because there isn't a lot of competition. I'm from Estonia.

[nathias]

yea, I considered it but I had even less luck with more unpopular stacks, maybe Clojure is the sweetspot