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If you are UK based, I would strongly suggest a move into the contracting world. The day rates are fantastic, and the stress is pretty low as you are contractually obligated to only work agreed hours. Less reason to get involved in work politics, higher pay and I find I am generally left alone outside of necessary meetings.

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Oh thats piqued my interest. Just out of interest what type of work have you been doing? Are the fantastic day rates in WebDev, Backend or Database work and could you give me a rough figure for the day rates? Also what language are you using and how long have you been in the contracting world? Sorry for all the questions.

It's all publicly available on the Internet (look at jobserve.co.uk for example). The rates for backend work go up to 700 GBP per day, depending on the tech stack.

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I tend to work with companies in Scotland due to being based in Edinburgh. I make 550-600 a day.

I do iOS development so swift primarily inside some combo swift/c# codebases.

I may be one of the few but i like the new ir35 rules. Less control over working methods is great. There are many contractors that are somehow happy as disguised employees but for me the distinction it forces is great.

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