Agency-free UK contract intelligence

The direct contracts are out there. We watch for them.

ContractingEasy monitors 2,000+ company career sites, the major ATS platforms and 70+ job boards — around the clock — and surfaces only genuine day-rate contract roles you can win direct with the end client. No agencies. No margin in the middle.

No CV required. Cancel any time. A legitimate, tax-deductible business expense for your limited company.

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Company career sites

We crawl the careers pages of UK enterprises, scale-ups, consultancies and public-sector bodies that hire contractors directly.

ATS

Applicant tracking systems

Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters, Workable and more — monitored at source, where direct roles appear first.

70+

Job boards

Filtered relentlessly: agency postings and fixed-term employment are stripped out, leaving only direct day-rate contracts.

Why go agency-free

Same role. More of the rate. Better terms.

When there's no agency in the chain, everything about the engagement gets simpler — and most of it gets better for you.

Income

Keep the agency margin

Agencies commonly take 15–25% of the client's budget. Contract direct and that margin is yours to negotiate into your rate.

IR35

Strengthen your outside-IR35 position

A direct client relationship, negotiated on your own terms, supports the working practices and contractual reality of genuine self-employment.

Terms

Negotiate flexibility yourself

Remote, hybrid, part-time and fixed-price arrangements are far easier to agree client-to-contractor — agencies have little incentive to deliver them.

Portfolio

Build a direct client base

Every direct engagement is a relationship you own: repeat work, referrals and a portfolio of clients that de-risks your pipeline.

How it works

We do the hunting. You do the winning.

Finding direct roles used to mean checking hundreds of career pages by hand. ContractingEasy turns that into a five-minute morning read.

SCAN

Continuous monitoring

Our crawlers sweep company sites, ATS platforms and job boards throughout the day, every day.

FILTER

Agencies stripped out

Every posting is classified. Agency ads and fixed-term employment are excluded — only genuine direct day-rate contracts pass.

DIGEST

Daily email, every working day

The newest direct roles land in your inbox each morning, matched to your skills and rate filters.

SEARCH

24/7 database access

Search hundreds of live opportunities by skill, sector, rate, location and working pattern — whenever you need your next gig.

Inside the database

A sample of what subscribers see

Illustrative roles in the style you'll find inside — every one posted by the end client, never an agency.

RoleLocationRateIR35Source
IT Security ConsultantFTSE-250 financial services groupLondon / hybrid£650–£750/dayOutsideCompany site
Platform Engineer (AWS)Retail scale-upRemote (UK)£550/dayOutsideGreenhouse
Data Engineer — SnowflakeEnergy providerManchester / hybrid£500–£575/dayTBCWorkday
Interim IT Audit ManagerInternational bank, EMEALondon£700/dayOutsideCompany site
Senior Frontend DeveloperHealthtech start-upRemote (UK)£475/dayOutsideLever
From the community

Contractors who went direct

"I always knew some companies hired contractors directly — finding them was the needle-in-a-haystack part. ContractingEasy took that whole effort away."

— Security contractor, London

"Started a new outside-IR35 contract last month, found through the daily digest. The subscription paid for itself before my first invoice."

— DevOps contractor, remote
Pricing

Less than a pound a day

One direct contract at a stronger rate repays years of subscription. Cancel any time — no notice period, no questions.

Monthly

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  • Skill, rate & location filters
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Questions

Frequently asked

What counts as a "direct" role?

A day-rate contract advertised by the organisation you'd actually work for — on their own careers site, their ATS, or posted by them on a job board. Agency listings and fixed-term (payrolled) employment are excluded by our filters.

Which ATS platforms do you monitor?

We monitor roles published through the major applicant tracking systems used by UK employers — including Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, SmartRecruiters and Workable — as well as career pages that don't use an ATS at all.

Does contracting direct guarantee I'm outside IR35?

No — IR35 status depends on working practices and contract terms, not just the absence of an agency. But a direct relationship gives you far more control over both, and many subscribers use it specifically to strengthen their outside-IR35 position. Always take your own professional advice.

Do I need to upload a CV?

No. ContractingEasy is a monitoring and intelligence service, not a recruiter. You apply to clients directly, on your own terms, with whatever materials you choose.

Can I really cancel any time?

Yes. Monthly subscriptions can be cancelled at any point and simply run to the end of the paid period. The subscription is also a legitimate business expense for your limited company.

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