Does anyone know if there are any local temping agancies that cater for or specialise in IT positions?
And also, what kind of rates could I expect?

Cheerz

Hi,

TEK and Modis are pretty good. I'm currently on a contract with Modis. However, agencies like Spring, Hays and Rullion do have contracts in teh Sheffield / Rotherham / Chesterfield area.

Rates will depend upon your skill set and the client. Sheffield is typically not as well paying a place as Leeds is, so you might want to consider looking looking there and commuting to Leeds.

Here in Sheffield I've had rates around 12-20 GBP an hour offered on web development work, 20-25 GBP on Visual BASIC and 25-25 GBP per hour for Project Management.

In Leeds, rates are typically higher.

Are you talking about development work? DBA? Analysis?

Joe

Ta for that Joe
Not sure what I'm looking for yet, need to see what's available. I don't have any exp or quals in development, but have 5 years exp as senior IT/media technician at a university, so I suppose support, server admin, web design, video editing (long shot I know!)

Try out www.jobserve.co.uk It's one of those websites that groups together all the ads from various agencies. You can set up an RSS feed or email with your search. I applied for some a couple of Sundays ago an had a barrage of phone calls from the agencies on the Monday. Had an interview set up by Wednesday and got the job. Cheered me up no end.

Do you have the website addresses for TEK and modis??

Yeah jobserve is cool, though it depends on what you want to do and your experiences. Years ago i sent them my CV and was inundated with calls, avg 2 - 3 a day but that was for permenant IT work not temp stuff.