Ambidexterous IT Project Manager.
An Ex-contractor, who happend to get out of contracting just after IR35 killed the Goose, but for reasons unconnected with IR35 (which I avoided anyway). There is no doubt that many IT Contractors preferred to spend the money that other companies spend on NI, Pensions, Payroll Admin, Company Cars, Health Insurance, Medical Insurance etc. on either exceedingly flash company cars, or planes, yachts etc. So it is not surprising that the pool of punters with wads of cash has dried up somewhat.
The Chancellor taketh away with one hand (from IT contractors), and he taketh away with the other hand (from Accountants, Agencies, Flying Schools, Insurance Companies, Building Societies who these Contractors would have spent their filthy lucre with), and he taketh away (verily with his third hand), from the Treasury, because although we all pay a bit more Tax and NI, the UK economy has now got a lot less cash flowing around it.
And he robbed our pensions as well.